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KRT OLYMPIC SPORTS STORY SLUGGED: OLYMPICS KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID BERGMAN/MIAMI HERALD NAGANO, Japan, February 22 -- The American flag is raised next to the Japanese flag during the playing of the respective national anthems Sunday at closing ceremonies for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Riding there on a recent chilly spring morning, I see the Potomac River to my left, serene in some spots, roaring with foamy fury in others.

American public policy massively subsidizes a way of life that appeals to a shrinking number of Americans.

It's where global change takes shape, and history is made. But those changemakers still eat, drink, and shop like the rest of us - and local businesses serve up all they could want and more.

Two 19-year-old men have been charted in an armed carjacking that occurred in the 200 block of 14th Street, NE.

Wednesday on the east side of I-295 at the Pennsylvania Avenue off ramp, the body of a man was found.

A man was found fatally shot Wednesday afternoon inside a home in the Queens Chapel area of Northeast Washington, D.C. police said.

In this March 6, 2013 file photo, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Jessica Marquier stops to drop her rented bike off at a Capital Bikeshare rack at 21st Street NW near Pennsylvania Avenue in April 2011.

Wednesday marked another Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia, the 152nd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's signing of a bill freeing slaves in Washington.

"Woodward & Lothrop never strived to be the best but certainly never found itself at the bottom," Michael J. Lisicky writes in his new book.

Washington's cherry blossoms have become an iconic image of springtime in the nation's capital.

Following rare mid-April snowflakes last night, much of the Washington, D.C. metro region dropped near to below freezing this morning.

Saturday's Broccoli City Festival will pair R&B and rap with group workouts and the gospel of healthy living at the new Gateway Pavilion on the St. Elizabeths campus .

For those of you who commute in and out of DC, you may have noticed that the scaffolding is finally off of the Washington Monument , after repairs were made from the area's rare earthquake on Aug. 23, 2011.

Here's a good sign that protected bike lanes are here to stay in American cities: Cities are increasingly trading plastic bollards for concrete curbs, making the lanes a more permanent feature of the landscape.

Councilman David Catania speaks to the media in this file photo. Catania, a former Republican running as an independent, will face fellow D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser in the general election for mayor this November.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen suggested Tuesday that current regulatory rules might not be enough to prevent the kind of risk-taking that triggered the 2008 financial crisis and nearly toppled the entire banking system.

Last week, Congress packed their bags and left the Capitol Hill campus for spring recess -- the congressional equivalent of spring break.

Pallas Theatre Collective is delighted to present She Stoops to Conquer at the Anacostia Arts Center from May 14th to June 1st, 2014.