While we were resting our hangovers yesterday, we missed word via the Examiner that River Road was at last reopened, a full eight days after a massive water main break caused flooding, substantial damage and led to the rescue of 15 people by boat and helicopter. The delay in reopening the road occurred after engineers discovered three cracked pipes that needed to be replaced in addition to the one that caused the flooding. The…

Good morning, Washington. We here at DCist hope that your Christmas Day was just as relaxing as ours was. Today is what’s commonly referred to as Boxing Day, a holiday devoted to returning those two-sizes too big sweaters and and engaging in some last-gasp holiday consumerism — and boy, could a lot of stores use the business. There will probably be plenty of big discounts to be had around town, considering that it’s been one…

Well, it’s August, D.C. Temperatures will be peaking, news will be slowing, and the non-workaholics among us will be fleeing the city for less sweltering vacation spots. We’re not saying you ought to panic, exactly, but there are definite signs that Summer ’07 may not be endless after all. Better get going on all that relaxing you had planned. PG County Cop Indicted For Murder: Seven months ago two Marlo employees made a delivery…

>> Plácido Domingo conducts the orchestra and selected singers of the Washington National Opera in a special concert performance in the Music Center at Strathmore. A few tickets in the orchestra section remain at the box office, if you are looking for a last-minute luxury date. $68, 8 p.m. >> Time is running out to catch this year’s Shakespeare Free For All, Love’s Labor’s Lost, at the Carter Barron Amphitheater. The final performance is…

Traffic’s been backed up near the Tidal Basin with tourists and locals alike trying to get a good view of the cherry blossoms. While there are plenty of other cherry blossoms to see around town, it’s the Tidal Basin where all the action’s at … Unless you’re up in Bethesda, where the Kenwood neighborhood off River Road gets flooded with local visitors. Along Brookside Drive, where the cherry blossoms arc over the boulevard, and its…

Good morning Washington. For those on Capitol Hill and others, we hope you’ve been enjoying the Congressional recess this week. To everyone else, enjoy your Good Friday if you have it off. For the weather today, check Capital Weather. Rain will be moving in around lunchtime with highs near 50. They’re Coming!: Tourists, a million strong, will be coming into the city for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. And according to the Post, the first…

Editor’s Note: With the breaking news out of Chile that a retired army chief suspected of human rights violations under dictator Augusto Pinochet has flung himself from a 18th floor balcony at a Santiago apartment tower to his death (say that in one breath?), we thought it was odd timing that we were working on a profile of a monument remembering another violent passage from the Pinochet era right here in D.C.: The Embassy Row…