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3 Great College Towns for a Weekend Getaway 04/12/2016 08:00pm • There's something special about college towns. With their stately surroundings and peaceful backdrops for learning and touring, college campuses pack plenty of charm. And while these standout spots offer their own noteworthy qualities, they share a few common characteristics: Lively atmospheres, exc The Masters relies on young guns to drive future of the game 04/06/2016 01:23am • WASHINGTON — The Masters is the unofficial beginning of golf season in earnest, when even casual observers turn their gaze toward Augusta, Georgia for a long weekend and take in the sport in its showcase setting. The actual result this weekend might be secondary to the interest level generated by Dupont Underground: Abandoned tunnel turns destination for art fans 04/01/2016 05:04am • WASHINGTON — It was 1962 when D.C. pulled the plug on the city’s trolley system and shuttered the Dupont Circle station. Other than a short stint as a fallout shelter in the 1960s and a food court in the 1990s, the station remained largely unused for more than 50 years. For months now, the Facebook: Oculus Rift Makes FB Stock Even Better 03/29/2016 08:00pm • Mark Zuckerberg has cleared hurdle after hurdle in building Facebook (ticker: FB) from a small social media network into a global empire. From monetizing his platform to figuring out mobile growth to turning acquisitions into gold, Zuckerberg has checked off every box and made Facebook shareholders Aging Parents at a Distance Who Aren't Really 'Just Fine' 03/29/2016 08:00pm • "I'm doing fine." It's reassuring to hear when you call a parent who lives far away. But the fact is, seniors living alone in their 70s and beyond may keep serious problems to themselves because they don't want to worry you or feel like a burden. Sometimes it takes a crisis -- like a call from the h 'Hexagon': Six sides of side-splitting political comedy 03/28/2016 02:11am • WASHINGTON — You couldn't pick a better town for live political comedy. So if you're looking for sidesplitting laughs, why not split six sides of a Hexagon? The 61st annual Hexagon variety show is currently raging at Woodrow Wilson High School, on Chesapeake Street in Northwest ne Marine Corps Marathon lottery registration opens Thursday 03/24/2016 05:18am • WASHINGTON — The 41st Annual Marine Corps Marathon lottery registration opens at noon Thursday and runs through noon March 30. If you don't make it in, though, you shouldn't be discouraged. "If you want to test yourself and run the Marine Corps Marathon, there's numerous ways to get in," sa Spin outs in a parking lot? Teens get advanced safety lesson in driving 03/20/2016 03:35pm • WASHINGTON — This weekend, race car drivers like Shannon McIntosh were literally taking a few student drivers for a spin at a parking lot at Dulles International Airport. She was giving demonstrations and talking student drivers through how to get out of a spin, and not to panic and hit the brake Event aims to open discussion of relationship violence with Md. students 03/18/2016 02:14pm • WASHINGTON — Students and parents are being invited to a free event this weekend aimed at addressing a serious and widespread issue: relationship violence. “One out of three teens experience actual physical violence during the course of their dating relationships,” says State's Attorney fo Plan ahead for Cherry Blossom Festival parking 03/18/2016 11:26am • WASHINGTON — The National Cherry Blossom Festival is offering ways to reserve parking for events. Online and through the ParkNow app, you can now reserve and prepay for parking garage access near festival events on weekends only. There are garages near the Tidal Basin for tree watching an Funeral arrangements announced for Prince George’s Co. officer killed outside station 03/17/2016 06:33pm • WASHINGTON — Funeral arrangements have been announced for Jacai Colson — the Prince George’s County police officer who died from friendly fire in a shootout at the District III police station in Landover last weekend. There will be two viewings: one Thursday, March 24 at Borgwardt Funeral H Metrorail shut down Wednesday; federal workers to telework, take leave 03/16/2016 03:30am • WASHINGTON — The entire Metrorail system in the nation's capital is shut down all day Wednesday for emergency safety inspections of electrical cables that were  inspected last year in the wake of the Yellow Line smoke that killed a rider and sent dozens to the hospital. The unprecedented clos 11 of the best St. Patrick's Day sales 03/15/2016 05:00am • St. Patrick's Day is a time to celebrate, pinch those who missed the memo to wear green and shop. But shopping doesn't mean you have to deplete your pot of gold. We've rounded up 11 great sales and deals that celebrate the March holiday (and even a few that don't). Amazon You can find just South by Southwest showcases rising talent in music, film, tech 03/15/2016 02:41am • WASHINGTON — It borrows its name from Hitchcock's "North By Northwest" (1959), in which Cary Grant scaled Mount Rushmore's presidential faces. But it was a sitting president who kicked off South by Southwest over the weekend, the annual festival that has become a cultural touchstone i Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon draws big crowd from all over 03/12/2016 12:35pm • WASHINGTON — The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon is the biggest party in D.C. this weekend. Roughly 24,000 runners lined up on Constitution Avenue NW to take on the 26.2 mile course through the District, eventually finishing at RFK Stadium. “It’s a tour of the city,” said runner Angela Bess