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**FILE** Metro buses. Nancy Pastor / The Washington Times.

Multiple-vehicle crash in Bethesda kills one

A multiple-vehicle crash Wednesday night in Bethesda involving a Metro bus killed one person and snarled traffic along Rockville Pike through the evening rush hours, officials said.

December 28, 2011
In a letter dated Dec. 22 to Transportation Department Inspector General Calvin L. Scovell III, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat, requested the audit because there is no master plan to oversee the major changes at Union Station. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Audit urged for Union Station managers

Two members of Congress have asked the Transportation Department for "the first full federal audit" of the organization that manages Union Station, as major redevelopment at the historical site gets under way.

December 27, 2011
Pat Troy, owner of Ireland's Own restaurant and pub, remembers that President Reagan had corned beef and cabbage along with a beer when he visited the pub in 1988. Mr. Troy's book, "I Have a Story to Tell," is the product of decades of experiences as an Irish immigrant and businessman. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Stories pour from Virginia pub owner at Ireland’s Own

Pat Troy rattles off the names of famous hands he's shaken with the same matter-of-factness that the bartenders at his well-known Irish pub in Old Town Alexandria have when reciting the draft-beer list.

December 25, 2011
**FILE** The Washington Monument. (Associated Press)

Firm wins pact to develop monument-repair plan

The engineering firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates was awarded the contract to design a restoration plan for the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument, National Park Service officials said Thursday.

December 22, 2011

Council considers one color for D.C. cabs

On most any day in the District, cabs of all colors are patrolling curbs, cruising hotel entrances and lingering at Metro stations for their next fare.

December 22, 2011

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.

December 21, 2011
Members of the Children of the Light Dancers, from Fairfax, including Sarah Runyon, Naomi Nero, Zoe Walker and Nathalie Vadnais (top, from left) perform Sunday for an audience gathered near the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Fairfax dancers step lively for Christmas

Holiday revelers bundled against the December wind enjoyed the dancing and twirling of young performers who performed as part of a month-long celebration near the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse Sunday.

December 18, 2011
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez

Preliminary hearing delayed for accused White House shooter

A preliminary hearing for an Idaho man accused of attempting to assassinate President Obama was delayed on Wednesday after lawyers for both sides continued to squabble over whether additional mental evaluations are necessary.

December 14, 2011
Ross Truett Ashley (Virginia State Police)

Police: Va. Tech shooter obtained gun legally

The man who fatally shot a Virginia Tech police officer before killing himself legally obtained the handgun used in the shooting, Virginia State Police said Tuesday.

December 13, 2011
Washington's Capital Beltway (Getty Images )

AAA: Beltway speed camera nabbed 21,100 in 3 months

A speed camera deployed along the Capital Beltway in Silver Spring — the first of its kind to be used on the highway — issued 21,100 tickets worth $840,000 since August, a motor association analysis showed on Monday.

December 12, 2011
A police officer secures the scene where a gunman killed a police officer and another person after a traffic stop Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 on the campus of Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Va. The school said a police officer pulled someone over for a traffic stop and was shot and killed. The shooter ran toward a nearby parking lot, where a second person was found dead. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry)

Virginia Tech: 2 dead in shooting on campus

A campus police officer and another person were found fatally shot at Virginia Tech, but authorities stopped short of confirming reports the second victim was the gunman.

December 8, 2011
A woman is caught between people and a police horse as Metropolitan Police clear the street and make arrests during a protest in the intersection of 14th and K Streets NW in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, December 7, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Occupy protesters block K Street; 62 arrested

A massive protest Wednesday along the K Street lobbying corridor in Washington resulted in 62 arrests, closing busy downtown streets and marking the second such mass arrest in the city in four days.

December 7, 2011

Santa-skeleton-on-a-cross figure sparks jeers

A Santa Claus skeleton draped across a crucifix on Loudoun County property sparked outcry Tuesday from as far away as California and prompted local leaders to demand a change in First Amendment interpretation.

December 6, 2011