Should more roads be like highways?
If the region has outgrown its roads, and there really is no room for expansion — as Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton says, then what’s the solution?
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Google, Apple maps to deploy enhanced aerial cameras
Many put satellite mapping to good use, but there’s new technology that’s prompting warnings about snooping. The Daily Mail reports Apple and Google will use aerial-deployed technology to help create 3D maps with much more detail than images derived from satellites.
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Marion Barry: Council is ‘laughingstock of the nation’
“The city’s in serious trouble, credibility trouble. We are the laughingstock of the nation,” said D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry.
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Study: Cougars again spreading across Midwest
Cougars are again spreading across the Midwest a century after the generally reclusive predators were hunted to near extinction in much of the region, according to a new study billed as the first rigorous statistical look at the issue.
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UFO on the Beltway? Not quite
Did you see the UFO on the Beltway? Twitter exploded late Wednesday evening with reports and photos that a UFO landed on the Capital Beltway near College Park. Construction at Kenilworth Avenue had traffic backed up, which escalated concerns that something big was happening.
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