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The rush-hour collision on the busy Red Line injured dozens of people. Those killed include the operator of one train. It's the first fatal crash for the Metro train system since 1982.

The last time Ben Stiller got silly in a museum - that was in late 2006, in the first "Night at the Museum" - the American Museum of Natural History in New York that shared top billing with the movie star got a silly little 25 percent increase in attendance...

Bravo is developing a fifth edition of its "Real Housewives" series, to be set in Washington, D.C., and has begun scouring the area for candidates.

Council vote to honor nuptials performed in other states sends District deeper into national debate.

There will be no tea-dumping in the Potomac River -- that's illegal -- but organizers of the national tea party tax protests say they plan to dump a million tea bags in Lafayette Square today to demonstrate displeasure at government spending and tax policies.

Protesters plan to place the tea bags on tarps and clean up afterward, an organizer said.

The tea, which will be delivered by truck, has been purchased online by people upset over recent government policy, said John Gauger, a spokesman for the grass-roots conservative group Reagan.org.

It's that time of year again, when a swath of the nation's capital becomes awash in a sea of pink.

Frigid temperatures in Washington could pose a danger to more than 1 million people expected to walk and stand outside for hours ...