- So how much did D.C. taxpayers pay for acting Department of Employment Services director Rochelle Webb to stay at the W Hotel? About $5,000, reports Freeman Klopott — that’s around $182 per night.
- Metro operators who broke speed and safety rules are to blame for several low-speed rail yard crashes over the past four months.
- The AP reports that the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an air traffic controller who fell asleep and allowed two planes to land at National without clearance.
- The District isn’t the only place with budget issues — Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is having his own problems with the Old Line State’s expenditure plan.
- What are observant Jews to do when a citywide election falls on Passover? Vote early or absentee.
- Is the District’s Interim Disability Assistance program — which gives $270 per month to individuals with disabilities while they wait for approval of federal Supplemental Security Income — in danger of being cut entirely?
- The latest Dr. Dremo’s rumor: a former Ski Chalet store at 2704 Columbia Pike in Arlington.
- Alexandria is boasting a 41-year low in crime — even though aggravated assault, larceny, and rape all experienced upticks between 2009 and 2010.
- Officials at Dulles found a pair of especially nasty Khapra beetle larvae inside a burlap bag on Monday.
- Councilmember Phil Mendelson wants to help you understand property taxes.
- Nuclear-free advocates in nuclear-free Takoma Park are doing a fine job of nuclear-free fear mongering in light of the Japanese crisis.
- It’s easy to forget sometimes, but there are an overwhelming number of incredibly promising young people in this city.
- Elizabeth Taylor outlived her New York Times obituary author by six years.
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