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by Katie Pyzyk | January 23, 2013 at 8:55 am | 3,265 views | 42 Comments

Flight Makes Emergency Landing at DCA — A US Airways Express flight had to make an emergency landing at Reagan National Airport this morning (Wednesday) due to a cracked windshield. The plane was minutes into its flight from DCA to Raleigh/Durham International Airport when it had to turn around. Nobody was injured. [WJLA]

Plastic Bag Tax Defeated — Sen. Adam Ebbin’s proposal to tax single-use plastic bags in grocery and convenience stores has been defeated in the state Senate. Had the bill passed, it would have imposed a five cent tax on every plastic bag distributed by retail establishments. [Sun Gazette]

Potomac CrossFit to Re-open in Courthouse — After closing last year to make way for a new development in Clarendon, Potomac Crossfit has found a new home. The new 9,000 square foot location will be located at 1320 N. Courthouse Road, Suite 100. It is expected to open in May. [Potomac CrossFit]

Piker Shorts

Welcome back, PCF!
1RLI

Nice picture of a street car in the sign.
1RLI

Nice image of a streetcar in the sign.
Libby

Nice image of a streetcar in the sign.
Piker Shorts

Oh, anonymous aliases.
Libby/1RLI

Ag…busted!!
pattyballston

The flight time to Raliegh/Durham is 45 minutes – why not just land there?
- BBMS
  
  It happened 10 minutes after they left DCA. So turning around and descending quicker was the smartest thing to do. They also probably have better maintenance at DCA since it used to be their headquarters.
  - Westover
    
    OK, the wording of the story, “less than an hour into the flight”, while technically accurate, implies it was closer to an hour into the the flight than having just taken off.
    - Katie Pyzyk
      
      We have fixed the wording. Thank you for pointing it out.
  - CW
    
    The exact question I was seeking to ask…glad to see it was already answered.
    - ArLater
      
      http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWI3583/history/20130123/1125Z/KDCA/KDCA
      - WeiQiang
        
        kewl
Arlington Cat

I hate in when those pebbles fall off dump trucks and hit my windshield.
G Clifford Prout

Nice image of a streetcar in the sign.
drax

Nice image of a streetcar in the sign.
Wow&Flutter

Nice image of a streetcar in the sign.
CW

Nice image of a streetcar in the sign.

(just to mix it up a bit)
- Clarendon
  
  Those trolley cars were very nice inside too
  
  http://clarendon.patch.com/articles/washington-old-dominion-trolley#photo-4808644
  - DCBuff
    
    Nice picture of a streetcar in the link.
John Fontain

The pictorial image of a streetcar displayed proudly on that neighborhood marker is quite stunning.
DarkHeart

Was Hootie and the Blowfish on that plane? That might explain the issue.
- Deadite
  
  I thought they had a cracked rear view?
novasteve

I think Ebbin would be a lot happier in Maryland, where he could tax and ban everything he doesn’t like much more easily.
arlimprov

Fantastic! I have been dying to try out Crossfit, but didn’t want to have to drive to one.
Anonymous Coward

Pornography
Mick Way

Instead of taxing plastic bags I propose we raise the registration fee on hybrid-car owners because they are more likely to use reusable bags and thus have a negative affect on the plastic bag manufacturers.
- Hee-Haw
  
  Next, they’ll try to tax our use of shopping carts. I’m already practicing holding all my groceries in my arms.
  - drax
    
    No they won’t, because shopping carts aren’t a major pollution problem.
    - Hee-Haw
      
      was a joke…
      - DCBuff
        
        He knew that, but your posting was the first of the day to which he could post his usual disagreement with something/someone.
      - drax
        
        No, unfortunately, you can’t assume anything around here is a joke, no matter how absurd.
        
        But thanks for letting me know, Hee-Haw.
      - Hee-Haw
        
        you’re actually right about one thing: you can’t assume something is a joke; however, the idea of tax shopping carts IS absurd and the visual of a person carrying all their groceries is a joke…its not that hard, even in a written format. From now on, when I want to tell a joke, I’ll preface the comment with “Joke coming”…
      - drax
        
        Yes, taxing shopping carts is absurd – but there are people here who would, in all seriousness, accuse some legislators of wanting to tax shopping carts. And they don’t know it’s absurd.
    - KalashniKEV
      
      These Dems are Tax Drunk… if you don’t give them a good fight, they will tax literally everything in life.
      - drax
        
        False.
      - novasteve
        
        Actually it’s quite true drax, except two things, there’s nothing dems wouldn’t tax. No matter if those taxes are regressive, it hurts the poor, if they want revenues they’re going to do it. If they don’t approve of something, it’s tax it first, then ban it, becaues I know what’s best for other people and thus my way or the highway. Look at Maryland. Every single day Martin O’Malley is thinking of new things to tax. They even got the gambling they wanted, but that still wont’ be enough. In places like MD and DC where they are so desperate for revenue they even have STOP SIGN CAMERAS now.. Can you believe that?
      - drax
        
        No, it’s false, steve.
        
        And stop sign cameras save lives by making a-holes who run red lights think about it first. If they make a little money on those people, that’s good. It’s a tax on endangering lives, and I think it’s great. Yeah, I’ll tax that.
      - novasteve
        
        Drax: A stop sign isn’t a red light. I’m talking about a STOP SIGN. You get the whatever fee for rolling through it. Most people don’t come to complete stops at stop signs. They usually slow down, sometimes to close to a stop, but not a complete stop. I’d say maybe 5% of the time I witness people driving do they stop at a stop sign unless police are around. I’m one of the very few that always comes to a complete stop. However it’s not the same as a red light. Running a red light is a lot worse and poses a lot more risk than rolling through a stop sign on pershing.
      - Bub
        
        whereas republicans will simply steal it and give it to someone richer than you could ever dream of being.
  - bub
    
    Hey Hee, keep the day job.
Read My Lips

Passing a plastic bag tax is so DC and MD. Might as well go flip a SUV while at it.

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