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Oct 03, 2007

D.C. Taxi Driver Arrested in Boston for Al Qaeda Joke

Here’s a story we missed from earlier this week: Via the Boston Globe, D.C. taxicab driver Ermiyas A. Asfaw was arraigned on Monday in Boston on charges of joking that he was a member of Al Qaeda and that he planned to “blow things up” at Logan International Airport. Asfaw was checking in for a flight on AirTran on Saturday night when an agent asked him why he had stickers on his luggage from Dubai….

Sep 01, 2006

The Weekly Feed: Bring Gay Marriage With You Edition

WaPo Food Gets BoGlo Editor With all the turmoil and upheaval at the Post’s food section over the past couple of years, we were waiting for news that Tom Sietsema and Walter Nicholls would just take the thing over and rule it a la Tenacious D’s two kings in City Hall. This is not the case, though. WaPo announced (good get, fishbowl!) that Boston Globe food writer Joe Yonan will be the new editor for…

Jan 19, 2006

Ready to Drink and Nothing to Wear

We know what you’re thinking – you have absolutely no idea what to wear to the DCist happy hour tonight (plug, plug). While all we ask is that you wear your drinking shoes, we understand if your work attire feels a little too corporate for Cue Bar, or if you feel intimidated by the bastion of cool that is the DCist staff. Before heading to the happy hour, banish your fashion insecurities tonight at the…

 
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