News & Politics

The Morning Buzz

Good morning, Washington! Here's what we're reading around the web this AM.

This rainbowriffic photo is by Flickr user Matthew Abadi.  

Happy almost-weekend! If you're looking for plans, go no further than our weekend nightlife picks. Be a chocolate guinea pig (tough life!), go to Mars for a day, see the city from on high after dark, or head to a Three Stooges film fest. All that and lots more in our Where & When Weekend picks.

The D.C. child and family services director resigns after having been under scrutiny for months after several children who were under watch of the agency died in the past several months.

The City Paper reports that Dan Snyder's Six Flags' stock is now selling for the grand old price of…one quarter. 

Brightest Young Things talks about why nobody in DC is wearing rompers yet. They clearly hadn't seen our Sidewalk Style post on this romper-clad lady.

A new study released by walkscore.com cites DC as the 7th most walkable city in America.