On the edge of the 1792 original city plan by designer Pierre LíEnfant lies the Greater U Street neighborhood. For nearly 70 years before the Civil War, orchards and grazing land covered the area. When Camp Campbell was settled during the war where Sixth and U Streets now lie, thousands of fighting soldiers and then
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The habitats of wild bird species are shifting in response to global warming, but not fast enough to keep pace with rising temperatures, according to a study released Wednesday. Read More…

It’s hard for Nizam Ali to pick his favorite celebrity sighting at his family’s restaurant. There was the day he got a call that U2′s Bono would be arriving in 10 minutes. And the day Russell Crowe arrived to film a scene for the upcoming movie “State of Play.” Read More…

In spite of disappointing sales for both Curtis and Terminate on Sight, Fiddy still managed to be the highest earning MC in the game, according to Forbes Magazine. Check the full list below. Read More…

Constant Contact(R), Inc. (NasdaqGM: CTCT), a leading provider of email marketing and online surveys for small organizations, today announced its national SCORE Program. This alliance unites two dedicated supporters of small businesses and provides SCORE offices with access to easy, effective email marketing to enhance communication with their clients and volunteers. Read More…

The Washington Business Journal is pretty great about covering Anacostia – at least with a usually more well-rounded approach than do the Post and other local news outlets. Read More…

To understand Kobe Bryant’s surreal popularity here, pick up a copy of one of the city’s most widely read and respected newspapers, the Beijing Youth Daily. A glossy poster of Bryant in his U.S. jersey was wrapped around the outside of the newspaper on Wednesday. The headline, translated, reads: “Kobe: Nobody can compare.” Read More…

The plane that crashed in Madrid reported an air intake valve overheating before a first attempt at takeoff but it was not immediately clear whether that was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people, owner Spanair said Thursday. Read More…

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday the two countries have agreed that timetables should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the battle-scarred country. Read More…

Black kids get more in-school spankings than Whites. If the adage that sparing the rod spoils the child, Black schoolchildren are a lot less spoiled than their White counterparts. A new study shows that of the more than 200,000 children who got spanked at school last year, Black and Native American and kids with disabilities
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