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Metro knew of escalator problems before accident

Metro was aware of dangerous issues with escalator brakes a month before an accident at the L'Enfant Plaza station injured six people -- one of them seriously.

Tags: Metro , escalators , L'Enfant Plaza Metro station , Vertical Transportation Excellence , Rally To Restore Sanity , National Mall , Metro Board of Directors , Gallery Place Metro station , Lisa Farbstein , Adam Tuss

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A D.C. weekend survival guide

Huge rallies, an annual holiday and one of the city's largest and most wide-spread events converge into a perfect storm in the D.C. area this weekend, to say nothing of the usual smattering of fetes and road closings around town.

Tags: Marine Corps Marathon , Rally To Restore Sanity , Stephen Colbert , Jon Stewart , National Mall , Paul D. Shinkman

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D.C. toilet shortage is Keeping Fear Alive

Comedy Central organizers are having a hard time finding port-o-potties for their weekend rallies in a week and a half, after the Marine Corps Marathon organizers snatched up about 800 of them.

Tags: port-o-potties , port-o-potty , porta-potties , Adam Tuss , Paul D. Shinkman , Keep Fear Alive , Rally To Restore Sanity , Comedy Central , Jon Stewart , Stephen Colbert

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