The Ides of March are upon us, and we have a possible bioterror attack on our hands. More on that in just a second. First, we turn to the corner of North Capitol and F streets. Last week, we told you about how St. Patrick’s Day port-a-johns outside the Dubliner signaled the first sign of spring. Well, the drinking tent went up this past weekend, as you can see from this DCist photo we…

One of the most gruesome images one can come across is that of a hacked-off limb. To shield your sensitive eyes, we decided to post this photo of a fairly innocent-looking machete. This one isn’t curved like normal ones are, but you get the point. To the friendly local satellite organizations for Central American-based gangs, the wielding of a machete carries with it more gravitas than ever before. The AP, via WTOP, reports that the…

Yeah, it’s raining (this DCist left his umbrella at the office, super!) and there are weather-related problems all over the region, including flooding. And look at the traffic from this D.C. traffic cam looking at the Suitland Parkway approach to the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Southeast. And it’s going to be in the 20s tomorrow morning. Summer was bound to end sometime. And there are 15-minute delays on the Yellow and Green lines in…

D.C. Mayor Wowed by Beijing: Telling a member of the Post’s foreign service in an interview near Tienanmen Square, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams says D.C. has much to learn from the Chinese capital. “It’s almost the brashness. You’re overwhelmed by the vitality of the place,” he said. Williams is on a mayoral delegation to China and Thailand. Gang Vote New for Virginia: Officials in Northern Virginia say that they have encountered something new with the…

Could al Qaeda operatives be trying to tap the resources of Central American gangs in the Washington area? The W.Times says there is evidence indicating that is the case. Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, an al Qaeda operative wanted by U.S. authorities, was spotted in Honduras in July meeting with high-ranking members of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang, which has ties to the Washington area. More than 3,000 Mara Salvatrucha gang members are thought to be…

Gang leaders in Los Angeles are complaining that their subsidiaries in the Washington area are not getting serious about criminal enterprise. The Post has explored the expanding suburban gang underworld in a series that started Sunday and it says on the gang front, things could get a lot worse, especially with the Salvadoran gang known as Mara Salvatruchas. From the Post: Although police in Northern Virginia have been seeing more drugs during arrests of local…