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Former Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III has put his Loudoun County home on the market for $2.749 million, The Washington Post reports. Griffin, who signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns March 24, capping a tumultuous four-year tenure with Washington’s NFL team, purchased the home, in the luxury Creighton Farms golf course community in Aldie, […]
If you saw University of Maryland shirts at Wal-Mart that seemed a bit odd, there’s a good explanation — the shirts mistook Massachusetts for Maryland. Until Monday, customers could buy shirts that featured the word “Terps” over a not-terribly-accurate outline of Massachusetts. The mess-up was first spotted on Twitter last year by a University […]
Drivers in central and western Maryland can pick up the pace a little on parts of Interstate 70. The State Highway Administration is raising the speed limit from 65 mph to 70 mph on two segments of the highway that stretches from Baltimore’s western suburbs to the Pennsylvania line in Washington County. The change went […]
Lessons learned the hard way in the aftermath of D.C.’s 2004 water crisis are benefiting residents in Flint, Michigan, who have been forced to deal with lead in their drinking water. “People don’t realize this — the extent of the problem in D.C. was about 20 to 30 times larger than Flint,” says Virginia Tech environmental […]
The lawsuit says the chain’s lattes are 25 percent smaller than the menu claims Another day, another lawsuit for Starbucks: The coffee giant is now being sued for failing to fill its coffee cups all the way to the top, reports TMZ. The class-action suit, filed in the U.S. district court of Northern California, claims that […]
Distinguished actor, James Earl Jones, yes, that James Earl Jones who played in such legendary films as Field Of Dreams, Coming To America, and of course is the voice of Darth Vadar in the billion dollar mega series, Star Wars has seen a lot in his 85 years of living. But something that he was […]
On Thursday, officials in Philadelphia passed a resolution that not only honors Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson‘s color barrier-breaking appearance in the city in 1947 but also serves as a formal apology. On April 15, the day that Robinson shattered the barrier, his widow will receive a formal apology for the mistreatment her husband […]
On Thursday, officials in Philadelphia passed a resolution that not only honors Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson‘s color barrier-breaking appearance in the city in 1947 but also serves as a formal apology. On April 15, the day that Robinson shattered the barrier, his widow will receive a formal apology for the mistreatment her husband […]
A D.C. rapper is in trouble after he was accused of trying to pass counterfeit bills at Maryland Live Casino. The rapper is Fat Trel, whose gritty songs reference the District’s rougher side. Anne Arundel County Police were called to the casino Sunday evening, where Trel — real name Martrel Reeves — tried to exchange nine […]
Supporters of District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser are getting together to raise money for Baltimore mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon. Developer Warren Williams is hosting the fundraiser on April 15 at a restaurant in Bethesda, Maryland. Williams is a longtime Bowser supporter and campaign donor. Other Bowser contributors are listed as hosts for the event, […]