washingtonpost.com - MetroGet Washington DC,Maryland,Virginia news. Includes news headlines from The Washington Post. Get info/values for Washington DC,Maryland,Virginia homes. Features schools,crime,government,traffic,lottery,religion,obituaries.All-Time High Set for Metro Ridership- July 14, 2008 Metro has set a new all-time record high for ridership, surpassing the previous record from 2004 on the day of President Reagan's state funeral.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/335375425/AR2008071401444... Bus Fare Increases Planned in Northern Va.- July 14, 2008 MANASSAS -- Two northern Virginia counties are planning to increase bus fares to offset the recent spike in fuel prices and to fund more service amid high demand.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/335255802/AR2008071401092... Both Sides of Md. Slot Debate Cite Economy- July 14, 2008 The campaign for slot machine gambling in Maryland is increasingly pinning its rhetoric on the faltering economy. So is the campaign against slots.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/334893102/AR2008071301797... D.C. Arrests Residents For Missing Jury Service- July 14, 2008 For the first six months of the year, Laurette M. Piculin lives with her elderly parents in Rockland County, N.Y. While she's gone from her house in Northwest Washington, a friend gathers her mail and sends it along.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/334764180/AR2008071301798... A Rarity for Those in D.C. Area: Taking Time to Enjoy Potomac's View- July 14, 2008 People say that Washington is on the Potomac River, but that's true mainly in a geographic sense. Culturally, it might be more accurate to say by the river. Washington, or at least its people, always seems to be going by the Potomac: driving, biking or running, always as fast as possible.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/335058262/AR2008071301932... Fairfax Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus- July 14, 2008 FAIRFAX -- Fairfax County health officials say two mosquito samples collected last week in the Mason District have tested positive for West Nile virus.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/335480475/AR2008071401746... A Century of Sisterhood- July 14, 2008 By 7:30 in the morning, nearly 1,000 ladies began their fitness walk around the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Many wore pink sweat pants with a double row of green piping. Some wore dark green Converse tennis shoes with a salmon pink toe. Others went hard, head-to-toe pink with just a h...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/335058261/AR2008071301838... Owning His Gay Identity -- at 15 Years Old- July 14, 2008 School's out, and Saro Harvey and his best friend, Samantha Sachs, are hanging out in his Arlington County bedroom. She is slouched across his bed, and he is poised on a chair, posture-perfect, wearing dark, skinny jeans and a ruffled shirt meant for a girl. A rust-orange purse he sometimes carries...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/334764174/AR2008071302066... Bus Accident Victim Remembered as Free Spirit- July 14, 2008 Joshua Stoll, fatally injured in Friday's harrowing double-decker bus accident, was a vivacious athlete and Fairfax County native who labored as a landscaper and was to marry his high school sweetheart in September, family members recalled yesterday. He had also become a mentor to the other victim.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/334764178/AR2008071301799... Geyser of Steam Erupts From Street- July 14, 2008 A spectacular geyser of hot white vapor shot into the air above Pennsylvania Avenue near the Mall yesterday after an apparent failure in an underground steam line.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/334893101/AR2008071302160... |