Federal prosecutors in Virginia are charging two parking attendants at a parking lot attached to the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport of stealing more than $400,000 from the museum.
One person was struck in the leg after gunfire broke out near the Kiss & Ride parking lot near the Rockville Metrorail Station, NBC4 reports. Metro Transit Police reported the shooting about 3 p.m.
I briefly mentioned the news in this morning’s roundup, but the always-industrious Lydia DePillis put her nose to the grindstone and found a rendering of the skate park which will be erected on a parcel of the RFK Stadium concrete desert Festival Grounds.
Photo by RRRPhotos Considering the historically poor form of their hometown soccer club this season, this might just be the best piece of news that diehard D.C. United supporters have heard in several months: the stadium’s venerable Parking Lot 8 — home to many a pre-game celebration — is at last fully repaved and reopened to the public. Extensive repairs to the lot were necessary this year after the city decided to use it…
What with Paris Hilton’s release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we’ve been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we’re happy we’ve been free to blog about this week. Being the nation’s capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they…
Been wondering what that enormous sculpture erected on a hill near the Pentagon — the one that looks like “wavy future grass,” or “where Wolverine is buried,” according to friends of ours — is, exactly? Well, you can get your chance to find out this weekend at the dedication services taking place for what is the area’s first Air Force memorial. Dedication services will be taking place all weekend long, starting with a ceremony at…
Martha Begins Prison Sentence: According to a Justice Department press release forwarded to DCist, Martha Stewart arrived at the federal prison at Alderson, W.Va., at 6:15 a.m. Stewart was sentenced in the Southern District of New York to a term of 5 months imprisonment for Obstruction of Justice, False Statements; and for Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, make False Statements, and Commit Perjury. Additionally, she was sentenced to a two-year term of supervised release, five months…