I love DC RSAN. There’s a huge sense of urgency to the messages they send out (for obvious reasons) and that generally trumps any kind of copy editing. Case in point: Subject: Police Activated. Police activity in the area of 6th and Maryland Avenue SW, Independence Avenue is closed from 7th Street to 4th Street [...]
Posts Tagged ‘crime’
16 Dec
Metro to do random bag searches (for real this time)
Remember a while back when WMATA said that everyone’s bags and whatever they were bringing into metro stations was subject to search? Well, they’re doing it again…or perhaps, actually doing it for the first time – or so they say. Two years ago, Metro announced that it was going to start random bag searches, but [...]
16 Dec
E-mail and Identity (A Rant)
At some point or another, chances are you’ve received an e-mail that was not intended for you. The reason that you received that e-mail could be anything from that someone entered the intended recipient’s e-mail address in incorrectly to a spelling error. More often than not, you’re getting that e-mail because someone left out [...]
8 Oct
Murder and the Dharma Initiative’s Arrival
While driving home last night, I saw some work being done on a power line by Dominion Power. However, driving past this on the parkway, I got a closer look and was able to see that it wasn’t work being done on the power lines – it was a news truck and it was broadcasting [...]
5 Mar
Pentagon Shooting
UPDATE: Lower level bus bay at Pentagon is back up. Regional transit (anything that’s not Metro bus, basically) will still be at Pentagon City. Pentagon Metrorail station, Pentagon Transit Center reopen Metrobuses servicing lower level bus bays at Pentagon, other bus providers still at Pentagon City The Pentagon Metrorail station and the lower level of [...]
21 Dec
snOMG!
In all seriousness, how could you even go through with doing this? I mean, the logistics of it alone are mind-boggling. Also worth noting: where in the District would you even be able to properly USE a snowboard? Via DC RSAN: AT 1350 HOURS, THERE WAS A ROBBRY FORCE AND VIOLENCE AT 736 13TH STREET [...]
18 Dec
SNOWNOZ!
Have you gone to the store yet to stock up on toilet paper, milk and assorted useless stuff you don’t need? What about GameStop? Yes? Then you’re probably a native. Chances are that, if you’ve grown up in this region, you react to snow kind of like Cookie Monster when he gets a cookie. Seriously, [...]
5 Nov
Arson?
I realize this happened a few days ago, but did anyone hear about Bridges bar being set ablaze? The owner, Aman Ajmal, was arrested for “burning an unoccupied building” (at 3:30 AM).He was apparently reeking of the booze used to set the fire. Fairfax Underground’s arrest/ticket search hasn’t turned up the charge yet, but my [...]
15 Oct
Apparently Steve Taubenkibel is a woman.
Perusing WTOP’s site, I saw this article. Good news, I suppose, but there’s kind of a major typo. EPIC. (http://wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1730081) WTOP’s story, which uses source material from the original article on the Examiner’s site, explains that the Metro rail system is expanding cell phone service beyond just Verizon network coverage – AT&T, Sprint Nextel and [...]
14 Oct
Dude Hits Trooper’s Car on Outer Loop, Then Tries to Hit Other Troopers
This morning, en route to work, I checked my e-mail on my phone and saw a breaking news headline from WTOP in my inbox; “Outer Loop Closed at Braddock Road”. Um. What? Crap. How is this bus going to get onto 395, then? No other real information in the e-mail. However, a couple of minutes [...]
