By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

Strong earnings across a range of U.S. industries pushed the stock market higher Tuesday.The stock market briefly dropped, then recovered, after the Associated Press' Twitter account was hacked and a fake tweet about an attack on the White House was posted.

A man who police said terrorized a tony Washington neighborhood last year by groping women in broad daylight was deported Wednesday by the Obama administration.

Obama administration officials seemed to go out of their way to downplay the notion that the policy is aimed at troublesome China while unveiling a strategy Wednesday to respond to the theft of U.S. trade secrets.

The Dupont Circle neighborhood inspires plenty of longing among many D.C.-area residents who visit the restaurants, shops and nightlife in this lively community and wish they lived in the midst of its excitement.

If you missed celebrating Repeal Day on Dec. 5, the DC Craft Bartenders Guild will be mixing superior classic cocktails Saturday at its annual Repeal Day Ball.

A 25-year old Egyptian woman was found dead in a Dupont Circle hotel earlier this month, police confirmed Thursday.

Residents of Dupont Circle, Kalorama and Adams Morgan relish living in some of Northwest Washington's liveliest neighborhoods. While those neighborhoods offer plenty of shops, restaurants and night life within walking distance, residents sometimes can have difficulty finding a home with the space, privacy and contemporary style they desire.
When Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon made contact in the closing laps at Phoenix, Gordon was overcome by a grudge he'd been carrying at least seven months.

Ballot measures on marijuana and marriage are drawing the lion's share of media attention across the country, but other propositions included on this year's ballot could affect everything from the food you eat to how much you pay in taxes.

The steep losses finally stopped Wednesday as the stock market turned calm, a day after one of its biggest sell-offs of the year. Major indexes wavered between slight gains and losses in afternoon trading.

Nobody was expecting this round of corporate earnings reports to be great. But companies' underwhelming results are still rattling investors.

Stock markets around the world suffered through one of the worst days of trading in months Tuesday, as a number of U.S. companies reported weak earnings because of a slowdown in the global economy and as concerns mounted over Spain's role in the European financial crisis.

A Capitol Hill man who suffered traumatic brain injuries when he was beaten during a robbery this summer was struck with a bat and a BB gun, a Metropolitan Police Department detective said Friday at a preliminary hearing for two men charged in connection with the crime.

While each neighborhood in the District has its boosters, regardless of whether they love Adams Morgan, Capitol Hill or Columbia Heights, nearly everyone can find something to love about Dupont Circle.

A batch of mixed economic signals tugged major stock indexes lower on Tuesday.