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  • ‘The spirit of a great city’

    ‘The spirit of a great city’

    Two D.C. marathoners pay tribute to the people of Boston.

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  • Taken for a ride

    Taken for a ride

    The Arlington streetcar plan flunks the cost-benefit test.

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  • Welcome to Fairfax

    Welcome to Fairfax

    What the new schools superintendent chief needs to know about the district.

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  • Keep Metro looking like Metro

    Keep Metro looking like Metro

    Increase lighting and improve safety, but don’t change the iconic look.

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  • Blue Line blues

    Blue Line blues

    Metro is pushing riders into their cars.

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Fairfax High's Drew Bonner gets his moment at the plate

Popular student manager gets his first at-bat for the varsity baseball team, while in a wheelchair.

A law to protect Pop-Tart guns

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Teenagers these days

Asked Thursday about the District's budget autonomy referendum, Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.) opted for a paternalistic, if not patronizing, analogy.