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    Tradition, faith and revelry mark a city's celebration of the president's second inauguration, as chronicled by Washington Times reporters in real time throughout the day.

  • Fans walk to the Redskins game from the Morgan Boulevard Metro Station on Sunday. Taking Metro is an option for fans getting to and leaving the game, but they still face a walk. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    Metro adds hour to get Redskins fans home after game

    Metro will keep its trains running for an extra hour Sunday night when the Washington Redskins take on the rival Dallas Cowboys at home in their drive for a playoff spot.

  • A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Falls Church, Va., is seen Aug. 1, 2012, on "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day,"an informal nationwide event organized by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to show support for the corporation, which has faced backlash since company CEO Don Cathy spoke out against gay marriage. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

    Chick-fil-A backers recognize appreciation day

    Churchgoers and supporters of religious freedom weren't too chicken to eat at Chick-fil-A on Wednesday.

  • The Standard Eleven on M Street Northwest offers condominiums in a community that earns a "Walkers Paradise" rating from the WalkScore website. The homes range in size from 990 to 1,600 square feet.

    Conversion property: NW condos set standard for city living

    One of the many pleasures of urban living is the ability to walk to work, restaurants, nightlife, cultural activities, sporting events and to visit friends. Few locations in the District are as close to a variety of hot neighborhoods as the new condominiums at the Standard Eleven on M Street Northwest between 11th and 12th streets.

  • Metro removes 16 rail cars after brake malfunction

    The mechanical failure Tuesday that shut down a section of the transit agency's Blue and Orange lines and stranded passengers for hours underground was caused by brake equipment failure, Metro officials said Wednesday.

  • Track problem caused temporary Metro shutdown

    Metro temporarily suspended service Tuesday on the transit agency's blue and orange lines due to a track obstruction, and several trains had to be unloaded.

  • AP

    VADUM: Marxist mobocracy

    Abraham Lincoln rightly denounced the "mobocratic spirit." James Madison considered it the sa- cred duty of government to protect property rights from the violent whims of the mob: "That is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal liberty, is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for the service of the rest."

  • A new escalator (left) is set to open Monday at the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station in the District. Foggy Bottom is Metro's eighth-busiest station with an average weekday ridership of 21,587. Its new escalator is the Metro system's 588th people mover. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

    Metro striving to keep up on escalators

    At the top of the escalator Sunday at the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station, Justine Jayet paused in relief as she steadied her large suitcase and descended to the rail platform.

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Cameras no substitute for manpower

    The article concerning all Metro stations getting surveillance cameras was welcome news to all of us who routinely use the system ("All Metro stations to get surveillance cameras," Metro, Friday).

  • That's Politics

    Metro Board member Peter Benjamin admitted he is taking the system's no eating or drinking rule personally.

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