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Metro mugs its riders

Posted by: ladyrayne on: January 5, 2008

In: Metro
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Starting tomorrow metro raises its fares on buses and the subway. The raise in fares will be noticed during rush hour starting on Monday. The maximum fare increase during rush hour will go up by sixty cents. Daily parking fees will increase by seventy five cents. This is highway robbery!!!
WASHINGTON (Map, News) – Metro riders [...]

The Beltway Sniper case revisited

Posted by: ladyrayne on: January 5, 2008

In: Beltway Sniper| Washington D.C.
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On this cold, cloudy day while doing my laundry I was channel surfing and stopped at the Discovery Times channel. They were featuring a detective show about The Beltway Sniper. The Beltway Sniper attacks terrorized the Washington, D.C. area back in October 2002. Many folks (including myself) in the area were leary about going to [...]

Congrats to Senator Barack Obama

Posted by: ladyrayne on: January 5, 2008

I heard about Senator Barack Obama’s Iowa victory early this morning while I was getting ready for work. Congrats to Senator Barack Obama.
I’ll admit I was surprised when I heard about his victory in Iowa. You just never know what the results will be since you’re talking about a state that’s at least 95% [...]