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>> It’s Halloween! Spooky, Scary! Despite the taxi strike, SoberRide is still offering free taxi rides for people who have had too much to drink celebrating the holiday: If you need a ride home between 8 p.m. tonight and 4 a.m. tomorrow morning, call 1-800-200-TAXI and you should be able to get a free ride home of up to $50. How long you’ll have to wait for that ride is an open question, but…
Via Frozen Tropics, we find this story from Voice of the Hill about a recent change in policy at Gallaudet University, the nation’s premier college for the deaf and hard of hearing in Northeast D.C. According to the story, Gallaudet recently extended its student code of conduct rules to include student behavior off campus after neighborhood residents lodged complaints about rowdy late-night parties hosted by students from the school. The change in rules has reportedly…
>> An early morning fire struck some vacant buildings located at 14th & Maryland. [Frozen Tropics] >> Could potential supporters of the D.C. Voting Rights bill in the Senate, such as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, end up being out campaigning and miss the vote, thus leaving it open to a filibuster threat? [Free Ride] >> The D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is trying revoke the business…
“Petraeus Says Objectives in Iraq Are Largely Being Met” [WaPo] “Slow Progress Being Made in Iraq, Petraeus Tells Congress” [NYTimes] “We are winning in Iraq, General Petraeus says” [London Times] “Petraeus says U.S. troop levels can be cut” [Reuters] >> A noose was reportedly found hanging in a tree near a building that houses several African American campus organizations at the University of Maryland. School officials are treating the incident as a possible hate…
>> “Michael Vick agreed Monday to plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges, a deal that leaves the Atlanta Falcons quarterback facing up to 18 months in prison and puts his NFL career in jeopardy.” [AP via WTOP] >> Rep. Robert Filner (D-Calif.) was charged with assault and battery following an incident at Dulles International Airport Sunday night. [WJLA] >> Taxi GPS doesn’t eliminate fare zone confusion. [Free Ride] >> “Four years after a…
>> Nearly three-fifths of the District of Columbia’s public schools have failed basic federal standards in reading, math and other core areas. [Examiner] >> A chain reaction of collisions Thursday night on I-95 near a Delaware toll plaza killed an Arlington woman and injured 18 people. [WaPo] >> A federal judge has refused to dismiss a racketeering indictment against Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called “D.C. Madam”, who argued that she is a victim of…
>> Bobby Boswell sounds off with a strongly worded criticism against ESPN’s refusal to acknowlege a fantastic game of soccer in favor of nonstop coverage from the “Beckham Cam.” [D.C. Sports Bog] >> Fare thee well, Rock Creek Rambler. >> Late Wednesday afternoon, a portion of the ceiling on the underside of the outdoor overhang in the “lower plaza” area of the State Department’s Columbia Plaza complex fell down, damaging several cars parked underneath….
>> A federal jury awarded $260,000 to one of two men who sued NBA star Allen Iverson after they said they were beaten by his entourage outside Eyebar. [WaPo] >> Watch the very same Allen Iverson dominate on his high school football team at Bethel High in Hampton, VA in 1993. [DCSportsGuy] >> Spending $600 on a first generation iPhone: expensive. Losing it twelve hours later: so sad it’s funny? [craigslist] >> Massive fire…
>> Congressional Blues Festival ends with vomiting Hill staffers. [Yeas and Nays] >> Who owns D.C.’s neighborhoods? [Frozen Tropics] >> No clues in mysterious pet deaths in Loudoun County. [WTOP] >> No child left behind by technical difficulties in Virginia public schools. [WaPo] >> Sometimes bad allergies can lead to love. [craigslist] Photo by tophermatthews…
