In today's Go Home Already: amended ultrasound bill passes Virginia House, Washington Wizards reveal their aliases and an AU student quits a job over a same-sex marriage vote. [ more › ]

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In today's Go Home Already: amended ultrasound bill passes Virginia House, Washington Wizards reveal their aliases and an AU student quits a job over a same-sex marriage vote. [ more › ]

Amiri Baraka and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ The Caverns, Buster Williams @ Blues Alley, Intersections kicks off and Keiko Matsui w/ the Airmen of Note -- all that and more is happening This Week in Jazz. [ more › ]

Amine El Khalifi, who was arrested last week on charges he was plotting to carry out a suicide bombing of the Capitol, used to be a fixture of the District's party scene, Glittarazzi reports. [ more › ]

Amidst a growing national outcry, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell reversed course on a bill that would require ultrasounds for women seeking abortions. [ more › ]

The D.C. Medical Examiner has ruled that the death of Toki Underground chef Thang Le was a suicide. [ more › ]

Remember we stumbled upon a Mercedes-Benz convertible peculiarly branded with vanity license plates reading "OCCUPY"? It threw us off a bit. The car's owner tells us he's a firm backer of the Occupy movement. [ more › ]


President Obama, Mayor Vince Gray, former first lady Laura Bush and others were on hand at a ceremony this morning to break ground on the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture. [ more › ]

Galactic embodies the modern New Orleans Sound, so it's only appropriate that they dropped their new album, Carnivale Electricos on Mardi Gras. Here's a preview of the group's Thursday night show at 9:30 Club. [ more › ]

Ahead of six public hearings starting next week, Metro wants your input on a proposed slate of fare hikes that may go into effect by this summer. [ more › ]

A recent poll has found that Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) has weak citywide support in his re-election bid, but he may sneak into a full term the same way he won last year's At Large Special Election -- by facing a divided field of competitors. [ more › ]

On Saturday Night Live this past weekend, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers riffed on the "fetal personhood" bill moving through the Virginia legislature. Last night, the bill's sponsor responded. And he's seen Baby Mama. [ more › ]

"Look up," I tell photographers, "you never know what you're going to see." I'm pretty sure that Karon knew what she was going to see when she pointed her camera at the ceiling in the Library of Congress's Reading Room during their open house this past weekend. (EXIF) [ more › ]

Frederick County's Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance yesterday making English the official language for nearly all local government functions. Other languages will only be permitted for issues of public health or safety. [ more › ]

After weeks of controversy over a Virginia bill that would force women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound, it looks like Gov. Bob McDonnell is having second thoughts about signing it into law. [ more › ]

Is this the beginning of the Adrian Fenty comeback? Not sure, but either way, the former mayor's old pal Sinclair Skinner is back promoting Fenty. Oh, sure, in the past Skinner's Fenty hype has included some epic press releases, public statements and campaign tricks, but this is different. Cartoons. [ more › ]

Last year, the New York Avenue Metro Red Line station saw greater increases in ridership than any others in the system. [ more › ]

The District is a place for the ambitious, the intelligent and the people who don't seem to respect their matrimonial bonds. [ more › ]

Good morning, Washington. In the news today: the South Capitol Street shooters go to trial, D.C. faces same-sex marriage competition and a Virginia jury considers the fate of George Huguely. [ more › ]
