SmarTrip vending machine. (Astrid Rieken/Post)
SmarTrip campaign rolls out slowly
Metro’s push for more riders to use SmarTrip has succeeded, despite delayed availability of the cards.
Washington’s alleged bike groper: Not who you’d expect
COLUMN | Even a guy who is attractive and educated can, according to police, be a creep.
Hundreds attend funeral for slain student in Prince George’s
Marckel Ross’s classmates, as well as city and school officials, offered an emotional farewell.
Man who pleaded to role in killing of D.C. principal in 2010 is shot dead
Joel Johnson, involved in the death of Brian Betts, is killed during a failed robbery attempt, police say.
Top Metro Area Headlines
- Love’s mother campaigns against violence
- Pro-Israel group files lawsuit against Metro
- Va. schools face more rigorous math standards
- Feds seek to recoup Md. housing project funds
- D.C. poverty rates stay level as incomes rise
- Student shot pushed others out of harm’s way
- Man wounded in police shootout is charged
- Video: Metrobus driver on leave after incident
- Pastors gathering for annual Black Caucus
- Authorities: Remains found in Va. not human
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Loudoun, Fairfax, Arlington top wealthiest U.S. counties list
And both Prince William and Alexandria saw big jumps in 2011.
Frederick woman turns 110
Helen Wheat drinks red wine every day. She has five great-great-grandchildren.
The queen and Hizzoner
Queen Silvia of Sweden met with Vincent Gray today to honor students working with a Swedish company.
Local Columns
COLUMN | Red Line mess is one more sign of a subway in crisis. A modest proposal: Try goat carts.
COLUMN | Even a guy who is attractive and educated can, according to police, be a creep.
D.C. will finally get a statue of Frederick Douglass in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
Contrary to the poem, Barbara Fritchie wasn’t the one who defied Confederates in Frederick.
Photo Galleries
S. Korea set to reclaim former embassy
The government plans to purchase a Logan Circle Victorian once used as the Korean embassy.
A D.C. sartorial fixture is closing
The closing of Men’s Fashion Center, a fixture for black Washington for six decades, represents another shift on H Street NE.
Entrepreneur’s mansion in limbo
Court and land records show Hunt owes more than $10 million on unpaid loans and a couple of bad business deals.
Antietam, 150 years later
A sprawling Civil War reenactment took place in remembrance of the clash that left 23,000 soldiers dead, wounded or missing.
A celebration of Korean culture
The KORUS Festival, in its 10th year, is a three-day event celebrating the relationship between Korea and the United States.
Vance Bockis mourned by friends and admirers
Legendary D.C. punk rocker beat a heroin addiction only to die of a blood clot after routine surgery.
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Former governor Tim Kaine and former senator George Allen held their first televised debate Thursday. The two are engaged in one of the most-watched Senate races in the U.S. Both men sharply criticized each others's records.
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Post Sports Live: Grading RGIII
LaVar Arrington, Adam Kilgore, Jason Reid and Jonathan Forsythe grade Robert Griffin III’s performance against the St. Louis Rams.
Nationals win first game in doubleheader against Dodgers
Nationals win first game in doubleheader against Dodgers
Human remains found on tracks, halt commuter train service
Human remains found on tracks, halt commuter train service
Severe storms leave thousands without power
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power from Maryland to Connecticut, after heavy rains and high winds pounded the East Coast on Tuesday.
Post Sports Live: Special teams struggles continue for Redskins
The Post Sports Live crew discusses the Redskins’ struggling special teams play and wonder, after blocked punts in consecutive weeks, who is held accountable for the miscues.
Post Sports Live: Biggest concerns for Nationals through end of season?
The Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore joins Post Sports Live to identify the main areas of concern for the Nationals as they head into the postseason for the first time in team history.
Post Sports Live: Sweep in Atlanta cause for concern for Nationals?
The Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore joins the Post Sports Live crew to discuss the Nationals’ takeaways from a three-game sweep to the NL East rival Braves over the weekend.
Post Sports Live: Injured Redskins look to rebound; Nationals swept in Atlanta
The Washington Post’s LaVar Arrington, Adam Kilgore, Jason Reid and Jonathan Forsythe discuss the injury-plagued Redskins, who lost Adam Carriker and Brian Orakpo to season-ending injuries in Sunday’s loss to the Rams, preview the upcoming game against the Bengals and talk about the biggest areas of concern for the Nationals in the final two weeks of the season.
Post Sports Live: How big a setback are Orakpo, Carrker injuries for Redskins?
The Washington Post’s LaVar Arrington Adam Kilgore, Jason Reid and Jonathan Forsythe react to the loss of Brian Orakpo and Adam Carriker to season-ending injuries Sunday in the Redskins’ 31-28 loss to the Rams.
Post Sports Live: First impressions of Robert Griffin III’s rookie debut
The Post Sports Live crew react to rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III’s record-breaking debut Sunday in New Orleans.
Reenactors commemorate Battle of Antietam
Civil War reenactors commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Battle at Antietam in Sharpsburg, Md. on Saturday morning.
Maryland prepares for Saturday’s matchup against Connecticut
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