The F-16 fighter jet, which was flying in a routine training mission, plummeted around 9:15 a.m. about six miles from Joint Base Andrews.
And she’s giving awards to four Colombians who helped to secure last year’s Colombian peace agreement.
After being briefed on an unrelated case, James Comey told Congress that the FBI learned of emails that “appear to be pertinent” to the investigation, though their significance remains “unclear.”
Apparently she enjoyed the iced chai at Uprising Muffins.
The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation that clarifies a grace period for submitting paperwork to get on the ballot.
A month ago, the Washington Redskins needed to win out the rest of their season and receive a ton of help from the rest of the NFC in order to make the playoffs. And it needed to start in the short week between a Sunday’s loss to Buffalo and a Thursday night game with Chicago. And then it needed to start after Sean Taylor’s funeral. And then it needed to continue despite losing starting quarterback…
>> Clinton Portis’ performance in last week’s game against the Vikings got him the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. [Washington Redskins Official Site] >> Pepto Bismal threw up inside the Carville-Matalin home. [DC Metrocentric] >> Hosiery Warehouse finally gets the Cease and Desist order handed down as developers prepare to make way for condos. [City Paper] >> The Hirshhorn Museum’s Chief Curator Kerry Brougher has been appointed acting Director until a permanent…
>> The father of a 4-year-old boy who was shot to death in October was arrested yesterday and charged with killing the man believed responsible for the child’s death. [WaPo] >> The 15-year-old D.C. boy who is charged with hitting an MPD bicycle officer with a stolen limousine has entered a not guilty plea. [WJLA] >> DCPS students spell better than school administrators. [Examiner] >> The Washington Blade has endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for…
Victory — not the concept, but the statue at State Place and 17th Street NW — is the Ghost of Christmas Past. Freedom — the Eastward-facing statue atop the Capitol Dome; not that thing that The Terrorists hate us for — is the Ghost of Christmas Present. And the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives draped in the inky robes of Grief. This stunt-casting of local landmarks as Charles Dickens’ familiar trio of…
>> Bostonist is on top of the hostage situation at the Hillary Clinton headquarters in Rochester, NH. [Bostonist] >> “The historic Hotel Washington will close at the end of the year to undergo extensive renovations and will reopen in 2009 as a sleek W Hotel.” [AP via WTOP] >> “Montgomery County Del. Kumar Barve was arrested last night in Gaithersburg for allegedly driving while impaired by alcohol.” [WaPo] >> “In this day and age,…
