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Eric Sponaugle of Olney packs up his blanket Wednesday morning after sleeping near McPherson Square as part of the "Occupy D.C." protest. The protesters' complaints - corporate greed, corruption and social injustice - are vaguely defined, but they attract a wide swath of disaffected supporters. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

‘Occupy D.C.’ takes up Wall Street protesters’ cause

Lacy MacAuley of Adams Morgan signed on after hearing of the movement by word-of-mouth. Eric Sponaugle of Olney joined after seeing images of what he called police brutality. "Joe" from Frederick, Md., saw the handmade signs and wondered what all the fuss was about.

October 5, 2011
Lt. Greg Dypsky (foreground) and Fireman Steve Muccino (center), members of the Rescue Squad 3 Collapse Task Force, search through the mock rubble of a fallen building in search of survivors and bodies at RFK Stadium on Wednesday. Government agencies and their nongovernment partners simulated a response to a Category 2 hurricane strike. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Rescue workers test disaster plans in drill

The first 36 hours after mock-Hurricane Zoe pummeled the District were the hardest for the city. Evacuation attempts were blocked in Southeast. Thousands of residents were sleeping on cots underneath gymnasium roofs and officials were struggling to move 37 bodies from a flooded morgue.

September 28, 2011
A 4-foot crack on the west side near the pyramid top of the Washington Monument and other earthquake damage will keep the monument closed to the public for some time. (AP Photo/National Park Service)

Damage report on Washington Monument due today

Engineers will provide an updated assessment today on earthquake damage to the Washington Monument. The 555-foot structure has been closed to the public since cracks appeared after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the city Aug. 23.

September 26, 2011

Census reveals offbeat data in single-year survey

Last year there were 290,508 kitchens in the District, more than 74,000 Maryland children spoke Spanish Creole and only 130 Virginians chose to heat their homes with solar power.

September 22, 2011

Dinosaur fossil, found in Laurel, made plain by rain

Years of scraping away stones and sifting through loose dirt taught Dave Hacker some valuable lessons on fossil finding. So when the recent storms dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on the area, the Silver Spring resident grabbed his trowel and headed to the Dinosaur Park in Laurel to see what he could find.

September 21, 2011

Man killed in P.G. hit and run

A unidentified male was killed early Sunday morning in a hit-and-run accident in College Park, according to Prince George's County police.

September 18, 2011
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner at the White House in Washington. Salahi, who gained notoriety with her husband by crashing a glitzy White House state dinner, says in a new book that she suffers from multiple sclerosis, a potentially debilitating disease that she says she has kept secret for years. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)

Salahi leaves husband, at least temporarily

The woman who made headlines for crashing a White House party was reported missing Tuesday night by her husband, but a police report Wednesday afternoon states she is safe and just needs time away from home.

September 14, 2011

Arrest made in D.C. transgender shooting

A Northeast D.C. man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the shooting of a transgender woman, Metropolitan Police Department officials said.

September 13, 2011
Chin Sok Wells of McKinney, Texas, kisses his 10-week-old baby, Cristian, on his wife, Cathy's lap as they gather around the memorial bench of his sister, Army Spc. Chin Sun Pak Wells, who was killed in the Pentagon attacks, as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks are observed at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

At Pentagon, smiles mix with tears for 9/11 victims

The ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon began long before the more than 1,000 survivors, family members and others would arrive, when organizers in the early dawn unfurled a U.S. flag next to the spot where the hijacked plane hit the building.

September 11, 2011