Will he stay? Will he go? Will he sign? Anxious Nats fans are closer than ever to finding out Alfonso Soriano’s fate. With next Monday’s trade deadline rapidly approaching, trade rumors are reaching a fever pitch. This afternoon, ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian is reporting that the Nats and White Sox are “extremely close” to getting a deal done. The potential spoils for the Nationals may include Brandon McCarthy, a 23-year-old, 6’7″ righty with less than…

For a region that often runs in terror at the mere sight of snow, Washington and its environs managed the weekend’s snow-dump with a relatively calm and mature demeanor. This DCist was shocked to awake yesterday to cleared roadways and open businesses, though power outages were reported in some areas and local airports struggled to get air traffic in and out. Today should proceed regularly — an unfortunate truth for those of us whose employers…

We always thought Metro was safe. Really safe. We may have been wrong. Two recent incidents on Metrorail have area commuters questioning Metro’s ability to respond to or prevent criminal activity, or, more seriously, terrorist attacks, notes NBC 4. In one case, a woman was groped by a man, and in another, a woman had her iPod and SmartTrip card stolen by a group of teenage girls. Both incidents occurred on the Red Line,…

Budget Negotiations Almost Complete: D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and members of the City Council are set to wrap up negotiations over the city’s $4.94 billion 2006 budget today. After District CFO Natwar Gandhi verified in recent weeks that the city’s finances were doing better than expected — he predicted a $90 million windfall over the next two years — members of the Council proposed that the surpluses be directed towards schools and social programs or…