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>>An injured bald eagle was rescued Saturday near the Blue Line’s Van Dorn Street Station. The eagle was trapped inside the track fence and accessed by Alexandria Animal Control and WMATA via an out-of-service metro car. It was then transported to the Raptor Conservancy of Virginia location in Falls Church.
>>During the August earthquake, it is likely that the bells of the rattled National Cathedral played a song. “The clappers must have been swinging violently to and fro, striking the bells,” thus creating an earthquake song, said Ed Nassor, the man who has played the instrument that makes the bells ring since 1990.
>>The Lock Keeper’s house at 17th and Constitution is a relic of the days of a sewer-less Washington.
>>The Washington Post touts leadership lessons to be learned from this year’s best director nominees.
