Happy Monday, D.C.! We hope you enjoyed your holidays. If you’re back at a half-empty office like DCist is, keep checking back for periodic updates – we’re still on a slower-than-normal publishing schedule, but we’ll have a few posts throughout the day.
Thousands Killed in Southeast Asia: The big nonlocal news story is that a huge earthquake caused tidal waves throughout southeast Asia this Sunday, killing more than 20,000. The hardest hit countries were Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India. If you have friends or coworkers in that area, as DCist does, contact information for some embassies is as follows: Sri Lanka; Indonesia; India; Thailand; Malaysia. WTOP News has a bit on how you can help.
Marion Barry Is Back: The Post lets us know Barry’s agenda and ambitions for the troubled Ward 8. Barry, 68, will be sworn into the D.C. Council on Sunday.
Hearing Scheduled Today for Arson Suspect: Michael Everhart, a 20 year-old defendant in the arson case in Indian Head, Md., has a detention hearing today. Everheart has provided officers with details about the planning for the arson, which apparently had its burgeoning moments in a Denny’s in Waldorf.
Briefly Noted: Travelers still suffering fallout from holiday weekend … Jerry Kilgore, the likely Republican nominee for Virginia governor, will use the death penalty as a key strategy in his race … Many parts of Virginia blanketed by a foot or more of snow …
