'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

The view from the Southwest Waterfront has seen better days.

Officials on Sunday implored residents of the Washington area to use common sense and respect nature's will as Hurricane Sandy steered toward its clash with wintry weather from the north.

William Jefferson paddles slowly down his street in a small boat, past his house and around his church, both flooded from the bulging Mississippi River that has rolled into the Delta.


D.C. officials have opened a cooling center to help residents survive a heat index expected to top 110 degrees.
The federal government yesterday announced it will give the District $11.9 million to fix communications problems still plaguing first responders six years after the September 11 terror attacks.
The federal government yesterday announced it will give the District $11.9 million to fix communications problems still plaguing first responders six years after the September 11 terror attacks.