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Occupy D.C. camp peaceful after daylong standoff

Images of stoic police officers hauling away Occupy D.C. protesters were largely a memory Monday, as both sides tried to rebuild a cooperative — if cautious — co-existence following their 10-hour standoff Sunday.

December 5, 2011
Park Police attempt to arrest protestors on the roof of a new structure the was erected in McPherson Square, in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 4, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

Police dismantle Occupy D.C. shelter, arrest 31

U.S. Park Police and a D.C. police SWAT team clashed Sunday with Occupy D.C. protesters and took down a wooden-frame shelter the Occupiers had brought into McPherson Square and then refused to dismantle.

December 4, 2011
**FILE** The National Christmas Tree is pictured after it was lit by President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha Obama and and mother-in-law Marian Robinson, at the Ellipse across from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec., 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Tree lighting kicks off D.C.-area holiday season

Washington's holiday season officially began Thursday night when thousands gathered behind the White House in President's Park to watch the first family light the National Christmas Tree.

December 1, 2011
Mark Grapin, an Army National Guard chief warrant officer (top), makes a personal appeal before the board of zoning appeals to be allowed to keep the treehouse he built for his sons. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Hard regulatory climb over, family can enjoy treehouse

Seven months after Mark Grapin dialed the Fairfax County permit office before building his sons a treehouse, the U.S. Army National Guardsman and his family walked out of a government building Wednesday with the county's blessing on the unique structure - after a process that involved appeals, thousands of dollars and international attention.

November 30, 2011
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez

Accused White House shooter deemed competent to stand trial

The Idaho man charged with the attempted assassination of President Obama after shooting at the White House is competent enough to stand trial, according to a preliminary mental evaluation submitted Monday in federal court in the District.

November 28, 2011
Allison Marman of Silver Spring visits her boyfriend, who has been living in McPherson Square, on Nov. 22, the day after U.S. Park Police arrested a person on charges of sexual assault and theft. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Sexual assault, theft reported at Occupy camp

Authorities on Tuesday were investigating complaints of sexual assault and theft at the site of the 2-month-old Occupy D.C. protest, which has largely dodged crime complaints that have plagued similar Occupy camps across the country.

November 22, 2011
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez

White House shooter held without bond

An Idaho man facing charges of attempting to assassinate President Obama was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation and held without bond at a preliminary hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in the District.

November 21, 2011
Occupy D.C. demonstrators took to the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Thursday as encampments across the country commemorated two months passing since the movement began. The protesters hoped to encourage Congress to consider reinvesting in the country's infrastructure. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Occupy D.C. protesters take case to Key Bridge

Occupy D.C. protesters and labor advocates formed a human chain Thursday across the Francis Scott Key Bridge, slowing rush-hour traffic as drivers craned their necks to watch the demonstrators wave signs and shout.

November 17, 2011
An artisan ice sculptor from Harbin, China, works on a wall of crystal clear ice as he and others carve out a huge ice slide, and as others on their team work to create colorful scenes from the DreamWorks' production of "Merry Madagascar" for this year's “ICE!” show in Oxon Hill on Thursday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Ice sculptors chill out for PG holiday exhibit

Growling chain saws, rumbling forklifts and the constant scrape of chisels are not a traditional holiday soundtrack, except at National Harbor, where skilled carvers are once again turning roughly 2 million pounds of ice into a winter wonderland.

November 14, 2011
Kevin Coffay, 20, enters Montgomery County Circuit Court with his attorney, Michael McAuliffe, before pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter that could land him up to 40 years in prison. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Rockville man pleads guilty in fatal crash

A Rockville man pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of manslaughter and failure to remain at the scene of a fatal accident, charges that carry up to 40 years in prison and which Montgomery County prosecutors said were so serious that they would push for the 20-year-old to spend substantial time behind bars.

November 10, 2011

Slow but steady stream turns out for Va. vote

Virginia residents went to polling stations across the commonwealth Tuesday to vote in state and local elections, creating a slow but steady turnout amid some voting-machine malfunctions and confusion about new voting districts and where to cast ballots.

November 8, 2011

Police will get tough on Occupy D.C. protesters

Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said Monday that Occupy D.C. demonstrators have become "increasingly confrontational and violent" and that the police department has adjusted its tactics accordingly.

November 7, 2011
A man walks past Shaw's Tavern on Florida Ave. NW in Washington, D.C., Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The tavern, which opened July 29, does not have a liquor license, so it has shut down until they are able to procure one. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Shaw tavern hopes dim as liquor license denied

The hope among Shaw residents that a new, upscale tavern would spark business development has been dealt a major and perhaps final blow now that city officials have denied owners a liquor license after keeping them in limbo for months.

November 3, 2011