Topic: Potomac River

Rockville Mayor Victim of Copper Thieves

Aaron Gilchrist. Thieves are so hot for copper they're ripping it right off houses while people sleep inside.. Bold Copper Thieves Strike While...

Food stamp 'challenge' lays bare hard times in US

A record 45 million Americans are now living on food stamps, a weekly stipend from the US government that helps them make ends meet in hard times.For everyone else, there's the Food Stamp Challenge, thrown down by anti-hunger activists in ...

GenOn To Close Alexandria Power Plant

GenOn Energy Inc. will close the Potomac River Generating Station, known as the Mirant Power Plant, in Alexandria by Oct. 1, 2012, the city...

Travel Tip: Free Trolley And Bus Tours

Don't get stuck paying for expensive taxis when there's a free option to get you from point A to point B. . . Several cities offer free trolley...

This Week in the Civil War

0 . This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, June 26: War jitters, gunboat building.. . A dispatch to The Associated Press in late June ...

Potomac River Safety Warning

Emergency crews are sending out a warning about the dangers of the Potomac River. As Jackie Bensen reports, they are hoping to prevent another...

Man Rescued From Potomac River After 25-Foot Fall

A man was rescued after he fell into the Potomac along the Georgetown waterfront. Video from Vito Maggiolo, DC Fire/EMS.. . "Man Rescued From...
Touring a national park involves enjoying the sights, sounds and the feel of nature. The historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park...

How the Lawyers Have Heart 10K Works

For two decades the legal community in Washington, D.C., and the American Heart Association have teamed up to raise awareness of stroke and heart...

Family Vacations: Mount Vernon

George Washington's plantation on the banks of the Potomac River offers a fascinating glimpse of how America's first president lived toward the end...