Good morning, Washington. Remember last week, when we were wondering what kind of a plan a criminal had after stealing a tanker truck hauling gasoline in Baltimore? The truck was later found parked on South Capitol Street in Southwest D.C., drained of about 7,000 gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel. This morning we learn that the missing gasoline was found at a Chevron station in Southeast Washington, which police are now investigating. Weekend Protests Saw…

The Associated Press is reporting that a dark cherry red Peterbilt tanker truck hauling gasoline was stolen at gunpoint this morning in Baltimore. ABC News follows up with word that police believe it to be a straight-up robbery and not connected to terrorism in any way, but that the Joint Terrorism Task Forces from Washington and Baltimore are assisting local Police in the investigation as a precaution. The suspect was last seen driving the truck…

In a redeveloping city, where space is scarce and small squabbles over any piece of property has the potential to turn into a large heated community debate, the city’s lack of available national monumental space could dominate the District’s urban development discourse for much of the 21st century. On Monday, Post columnist Fred Hiatt, making the case for a “third-century Mall,” gives us some historical perspective. As the nation has grown, so has the National…

Hi, I’m curious about Ft. Reno, specifically the building sitting on top of the hill. I know that’s not the original fort, thanks to the NPS sign on Nebraska Ave as well as their website. All I know is that the site is always guarded and secure. So, what goes on in there? Would you believe us if we told you it was a super-secret black ops division of the CIA? No? At 429 feet…

Any blogger worth their salt should know that the -ist family’s executive editor, Jen Chung, loves pandas. So Jen, here you go. We know you can’t see pandas at the Bronx Zoo (but there are red pandas there — our red pandas here in D.C. died after eating rat poison buried in their enclosure), so here’s the next best thing. We’re sure pandas in their natural habitat don’t have to deal with the construction…

Mayor Williams has made it known: He is not happy with Fannie Mae, the home mortgage loan giant that pulled out of an agreement to develop a new office complex at the Waterside Mall site in Southwest D.C. In fact, Williams and other city officials are trying to figure out if the District has any way get some money back. And one member of the D.C. Council says Fannie Mae could potentially pay $200 million…

Amid the media attention focusing on last week’s Inauguration, the Congressionally chartered home mortgage loan giant Fannie Mae announced it pulled out of its plans to move some of its staff to Southwest D.C. Hailed as one of the key pieces to spur redevelopment in the vicinity of the Waterside Mall on M Sreeet SW, a Fannie spokesman says “[t]he decision is one of several actions Fannie Mae has taken to reduce future costs in…

Before the City Paper makes the web version of last week’s cover story inaccessible for general viewing, be sure to take a look at its article “Don’t Shoot.” In it, the CP went around to the city’s more secure federal facilities to see whether security officers would allow them to take photos. The CP had some interesting results. While they ran into problems shooting the Independence Avenue headquarters for the Federal Aviation Administration, DCist had…

As we previously reported, a fire in a Georgetown rowhouse which began around 8:30 a.m. this morning has left one man dead. Georgetown University administrators have identified the victim as senior Daniel Rigby in an e-mail to students. (The full text of the e-mail after the jump.) DCist Georgetown correspondent Grayson Shepard snapped the above photo of the home, located at 3318 Prospect St. Another Georgetown student drowned Oct. 8 in an accident at…

Now that the proposed baseball stadium in Near Southeast is getting a lot of attention, other projects along the Southeast and Southwest waterfronts are being highlighted. The Post gives an update on the plans of Fannie Mae, the home mortgage giant, to consolidate its downtown and Upper Northwest offices into one large new headquarters building near the Waterfront metrorail station. Fannie Mae plans on moving into new quarters at the Waterside Mall on M Street…