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Chinese investors to fund turnpike-I-95 connection – The Inky
The multi-generational saga to build an interchange between the I-276/Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 95/Delaware Expressway just got weirder:
To help pay for the construction of the long-awaited connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I-95, turnpike officials plan to borrow $200 million from wealthy foreign investors.
The investors, expected to [...]

Ferris Bueller said you could never go too far. The Washington Nationals gameday promotions staff is testing that with a Racing President of Julia Louis-Dreyfus

But Ol’ Man Winter, he just keeps trollin’ along.
TYSONS, Va. — Just outside the Capital Beltway, 4 inches of spring snow have accumulated.
Travel between Alexandria’s West End through Arlington (Ballston in particular) to Tysons was fine. Slushy on occasion, but not icy.

PREVIOUSLY: Alexandria, Va. March 25, 2013 snow fall total at 8:35 a.m.
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But Ol’ Man Winter, he just keeps trollin’ along.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Technically, it is spring. It has been since 7:02 a.m. on March 20. Yet, in this strange winter, “conversational snow” keeps falling down around the Nation’s Capital. Schools are delayed, even inside the Beltway.
As shown above 2 1/4 inches were measured at 8:35 [...]

In today’s edition of “it’s a crazy idea, but it just might work” there is a proposal to build a $3 million zipline over the Ohio River in Pittsburgh. KDKA-TV has more details – Mt. Washington To North Shore Zip Line Proposal Awarded Grant
A proposed zip line that would sail from Mount Washington to the [...]

Today, we discovered that a Turkish Web site has paid homage to USAToday.com’s fall 2012 redesign:
aksam.com.tr

usatoday.com

Same design firm or just lifted? Based on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, aksam.com.tr changed designs within the last few weeks.

Reports suggest that Ted Leonsis is a hardliner in the NHL Lockout (Japers Rink) which doesn’t have a double-bottom line that Leonsis used to talk about so often. The timing isn’t very good for his Washington Capitals after years of strong ticket sales and strong television ratings last season. Leonsis has all but said that [...]

Getting B1Gger: Maryland, Rutgers to join Big Ten – Examiner.com
Look at this! I’ve come out of my Penn State blogging slumber. Sort of. More of that someday, but today the big story is that Penn State has (a) new neighbor(s) in the Big Ten Conference.
The University of Maryland has accepted an invitation to the Big [...]

Strasburg’s emus are missing – WTOP
Oh no! Steven Strasburg’s emus are missing in Arlington:

“When I did call animal control they seemed very surprised,” he said in an email. “I think one of the big reasons they didn’t ask about my name was that they were still processing the word ‘emu’.”
“I’m willing to bet that [...]

Stephen Strasburg’s surgeon on Nationals shutdown: ‘I wasn’t asked’ – L.A. Times
UPDATE: The story has changed, or so they say. Here is the original report:
Remember that #strasburgopinons contest The Post did? Seems an important one was missed…
So, Washington Nationals general manager never consulted with Stephen Strasburg’s elbow surgeon, Lewis Yocum in making the shutdown decision?
OF [...]