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MIAMI — Florida, a geological afterthought, was the last portion of what are now the lower 48 states to emerge from the ocean, and it emerged halfheartedly: Its highest point is just 345 feet above…
We’ve pointed to Steepster as a social network for tea snobs, and Snooth for wine-lovers. Both posts were filled with cries for similar service for whiskey fans, so we’re back with…
I didn’t do anything as amazing as this video today, but I did ride in the D.C. WABA 50-states bike trek. Only made it through 36 of the 65 miles because I was with a slowish but fun crew…
Ostensibly, this is the story of dictionary Web sites and their impending demise. But really, this is the story of the oxpecker. I ask your patience while I get ornithological.
After the relative darkness of Arm’s Way, Islands welcomes back original member Jamie Thompson and makes a welcome return to the sound of their debut. [Rebecca Raber]
Bahtiyar Mahnut, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, learned a few weeks ago that the Pacific island nation of Palau had invited him to settle there.
Bulls star Derrick Rose is facing fresh questions about the SAT test he says he took before going to Memphis.
In this week’s installment of What X Buys You, we find a gem of a home for $525,000 in one of the most underrated neighborhoods in DC, 16th Street Heights. More after the jump. Keep…
By Kent Boese
The Hotel Grafton was originally built in 1894 for Herbert, Fleming & Dulaney, and was located at 1139 Connecticut Avenue, NW (northeast corner of Connecticut and…
Big businesses will shell out for custom Internet domains in the next few years when hundreds of new suffixes become available to supplement .com, .gov, .org and others. Expect domains like .dupont,…
Nice scoop from Fritz Hahn: the empty basement space at 1115 U Street NW, formerly occupied by Cue Bar, will be taken over by an all-star group of local nightlife veterans and transformed into a…
“This is what metal detectorists dream of,” 55-year-old Terry Herbert told reporters about the 1,500 pieces of seventh-century gold he discovered near his house in Staffordshire, England. Herbert,…
In advance of the first anniversary of the TARP bailout, Inspector General Neil Barofsky faced a Senate panel this morning, telling lawmakers that TARP has yet to meet many of its major goals and…
Trouble grabbing your mail this morning? Google says Gmail’s web interface is unavailable to an uncannily familiar “small subset of users.” They officially recommend accessing Gmail through…
Thank god.After 26 long years, I can finally rest easy. Twenty-six years I spent standing in front of a camera, gritting my teeth, and…
