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Animal views
This week's gallery begins with elephants in Kenya.
Singer Christine Lavin performs Gene Weingarten's "Star-Spangled Paper." (Post)
Last week, Gene promised you a new national anthem. The first challenge in writing one was to find a tune more appropriate than the current one, which was, after all, an old barroom song written by a Brit. || Column by Gene Weingarten
VIDEO: 'The Star-Spangled Paper'
SING IT YOURSELF: Lyrics and sheet music
AUDIO: Hear the song
Q&A, MONDAY, 12 P.M.: Weingarten on new anthem
It's okay if you pray. You can own a gun./You can say what you may about anyone./You can meet in the street, you can march and strut./Been wronged? You can sue his butt."
Excerpt from Weingarten's new anthem | Weigh in
A documentary on a famous photographer | More
Play bar games with athletes for charity | More
Plan the rest of your March schedule | More
Dig into the numbers behind our stories
A failed bid to operate the city's computerized lottery games also included Lorraine Green, chairwoman of Gray's campaign, as a partner.
By Mike DeBonis | Weigh in
The network brings together the best D.C. area bloggers to weigh in on issues that matter to you.
News and features from around the world.
This week's gallery begins with elephants in Kenya.
The Washington Post's Anqoinette Crosby talks with MisFits columnist Leonard Bernstein about a all-woman's basketball league that doesn't keep score, we hear from D.C. commuters worried about gas prices and watch an archive video of the late Washington Post icon David Broder about covering the 2008 presidential campaign.
Sensitivities are raw as Congress, seeing a growing threat, turns attention to radical Islam in U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, is drawing comparisons to McCarthyism for calling these hearings. (March 8)
The Washington Post's Anqoinette Crosby talks with reporter David Nakamura about the unlikely bond between Japanese Americans and Muslim Americans and Beer Madness takes over a local bar as The Washington Post looks to crown a beer king.
The National People's Action led a group of several hundred protesters to Capital Hill to visit congressional leaders and make their various causes heard. The office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell got a particularly animated crowd of surprise visitors seeking a personal meeting with the Senator.
A man was taken to the hospital Friday after being hit by a train at the Rockville Metro station. According to Capt. Oscar Garcia of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, the injuries were to the man's arm and leg are life-threatening. The man was removed from underneath the train in about 35 minutes.
Jenna Johnson hosts Andrew Ferguson, author of "Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College."
JASON REID | Terrapins Coach Gary Williams sticks to his values, but does that limit Maryland's ability to compete in today's game?
Golf: At Doral, shifting sands affect many, including Woods
Capitals: Erupt in 5-0 rout of Oilers for sixth straight | Summary
Women's hoops: Defense vaults Navy to Patriot League final
Wizards: It's time to go camping again for woeful team
All-Met Sports: The latest on area high schools
Features: Hard Hits | D.C. Sports Bog | The League
Colleges: Maryland | Virginia | Virginia Tech | Navy
“The lack of scheduled maintenace is happening everywhere, not just on Metro. Something to mull over next time one uses a bridge, walks past a boiler room in an old office building, or hops on a roller coaster at Six Flags. Scary."
nghbrhdwatch - GM: Metro to take years to fix
Latest events show that the mayor should part ways with some.
Neighbors are upset with a sanctuary owner over primates' presence.
My daughter kept her pregnancy a secret for six months. Why?
A place of honor for Harriet Tubman.
Post columnist earned a rare credibility.
Gripping portrait of football concussions.
and commuting.