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Sep 02, 2011

WTTG Reporter Wasn’t Bathed in Toxic Sea Foam, After All

In what is easily the clubhouse leader for the story most representative of the fact that today is a Friday before a long weekend, the Post’s Paul Farhi confirms that the disgusting sea foam which covered WTTG meterologist Tucker Barnes last weekend and spawned an internet sensation was, in fact, not toxic.

Aug 30, 2011

Post-Irene, D.C.’s Waterways Are Full Of Human Waste

Now, look — I know that most of you probably had plans to jump into a local waterway real soon. But it seems an especially silly idea in the wake of Hurricane Irene, which may have dumped as much as “200 million gallons of rain mixed with raw sewage” around the region.

 
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