We're saying goodbye to a WAMU standby today. Since December, Rebecca Sheir has been debunking myths and solving mysteries about D.C., in our series, The Newcomers Guide To Washington. In the final installment, we take on the myths and legends surrounding the Lincoln Memorial

Toward the end...

By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats on Tuesday pushed through a $26 billion jobs bill to protect 300,000 teachers and other nonfederal government workers from election-year layoffs.

The bill would be paid for mainly by closing a tax loophole used by m...

By Jonathan Wilson

The nation's Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, wants his department to be more efficient and has ordered a 10 percent reduction each year for the next three years in funding for defense contractors.

It's a decision that could have huge ramifications for the Northern...

By Elliott Francis

Prince George’s County Sheriff’s records indicate deputies have shot 10 domestic dogs in 9 incidents between 2005 and 2010. One politician in the county says it’s a pattern of excessive force that should be addressed.

Two years ago, Berwyn Heights, Maryland Mayor Ch...

From the Maryland Reporter website:

EHRLICH BUCKS Former Gov. Bob Ehrlich is all but certain to have significantly less cash on hand than Gov. Martin O'Malley heading into the final months of the election, writes John Wagner of the Washington Post.

O'MALLEY BLASTED Editorial writers a...

By David Schultz

Jeff Delinski, the deputy chief of Metro Transit Police, says the Department of Homeland Security informed him this weekend someone in Turkey is seeking a U.S. visa with the intent to "do harm" to an unspecified Metro station. But, Delinski says, that's all the information...

By David Schultz

Metro's Board of Directors met with the NTSB yesterday and one of the top questions Metro Board members had for the federal safety investigators was, "Who should our role model be?"

Chris Zimmerman, a Metro Board Member from Northern Virginia, asked the NTSB chairman,...

WASHINGTON (AP) Authorities are investigating a fight that happened over the weekend at a Metro rail station involving dozens of teenagers and young adults. Police say a fight was reported late Friday evening at L'Enfant Plaza.

WASHINGTON (AP) The widow of an attorney mysteriously killed in...

BALTIMORE (AP) Coach, which makes luxury handbags, has filed suit against 13 shops on the Ocean City boardwalk for allegedly selling counterfeit handbags, wallets and accessories.

The suits were filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.

The lawsuits allege that a Coach investi...

By Matt Bush

After a four-year absence, professional golf will return to Potomac, Maryland in October. The PGA Champions tour will hold its final major tournament at a course golfers used to dislike so much, they refused to play it.

Jay Haas doesn't remember too much about the TPC Ave...

By Patrick Madden

Police in Virginia's Loudoun County say they think a serial killer who killed five people and injured 10 others in Michigan is also responsible for three attacks in northern Virginia, and that has people in the area worried.

Residents here in Leesburg say they’re con...