One of the only times a Seinfeld arc happened to me in real life was when I went out with someone who told me that he was conservative while I was in the middle of inhaling my spaghetti al funghi.
The pair of three-month-old cheetah cubs that — in all of their fuzzy, squeeful glory — have recently made their public debut at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. have finally been given names thanks to the fastest American sprinters at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The spotted duo will henceforth be known as Carmelita…
Republicans in Congress are currently considering enacting a law that would ban abortions after 20 weeks in the District of Columbia with no exceptions for rape, incest, or fetal abnormality, under the scientifically non-facty assumption that at that point in gestation, fetuses can feel pain. To add insult to injury,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 8: President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia walk across Lafayette Park to attend Easter Services at St. John's Episcopal Church on April 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar-Pool/Getty Images)
New York isn't the only East Coast metropolis that's seen violent encounters in its cabs recently — Washington D.C., the American frontier of traffic patterns, has been the capital of taxi assaults, as seven D.C. cab passengers have been attacked by their cab drivers in recent weeks.
In this photo taken Monday, March 19, 2012, a couple enjoys the blossoms in an area of the tidal basin containing some of the oldest cherry blossom trees in Washington. The pink and white cherry blossoms that color the U.S. capital and draw a million visitors each spring began with trees that have survived for a…
Bored with typical bathroom trope, one DC coffee shop has decided to skirt tradition and go with a mildly rapey bathroom sign that makes customers stop and say, "Wha?"
Natalie Randolph took over the head football coach position at Washington, DC's Coolidge High two years ago, and proceeded to lose the first five games of her first season. But now, she's found her stride and her all-boys team is poised to play in the city championship tomorrow. Quick, someone turn this into a…
Occupy protests took a dangerous turn this weekend when three protesters, one of them pregnant, were hit by a car in DC. A 78-year-old woman was also hurt when she was caught between protesters and police.
Sashay Brown, a police officer in Washington, D.C., recently asked her superiors to let her stay on a desk job. She'd been sent out on patrol, but there was a problem.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the legalization of gay marriage in Washington D.C., and the Washington Post reports that in the past year, more than twice as many marriage licenses were issued than before — from 3,100 to 6,600.
Though it has the highest rate of HIV infection in the country, DC is about to lose its free needle exchange program, PreventionWorks, due to lack of funds. Writes Petula Dvorak for the Washington Post,
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Maryland pastor seeking a ballot measure in D.C. defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. Gay marriages have been ruining it for everyone else in D.C. since last year.
Warning to people who live in the Washington, D.C. area and watch television: You may be about to see some incredibly graphic and misleading anti-abortion ads. And the stations say they have no choice but to show them.
When is the last time you used a female condom? If you're like 99% of the population, you probably have never even tried one. But the city of Washington, D.C. is seeking to change that with their new initiative.
What's a good way to spice up a story about lobbyists' influence over Congress? Make it about sexy seductresses, obviously! Preferably blond ones.
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