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Front Page: Holocaust Museum Closed After Deadly Shooting
- The US Holocaust Memorial Museum will be closed today to honor the security guard gunned down by a white supremacist yesterday. — CNN
- The World Health Organization has declared swine flu a pandemic. — AP
- US retail sales were up for the first time in three months.
Picture It: Time to Plant the Garden
A jet-lagged Michelle Obama slipped on brown-and-white gardening gloves (no, we don't know where to find them) and went to work on the South Lawn's garden yesterday. With the help of 25 beshoveled schoolchildren, she planted perennials, herbs, vegetables, and fruits. If all goes well, the assistant chef said the White House could be serving blueberries by June.
Do You Want Your Legislature to Legalize Gay Marriage?
Today was a big day for gay marriage proponents. Vermont's legislature overrode the governor's veto to legalize same-sex marriage. And in Washington DC, the district's council voted to recognize same-sex marriages issued in other states.
In Bloom: Cherry Blossoms Open in DC
The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off this past weekend in Washington DC, and runs through April 12. It marks the 96th anniversary of Tokyo's gift of 3,000 cherry trees to the capital city. Cherry blossom festivals are held all over Japan, and the flower heralds Spring, represents love, and illustrates a basic tenet of Japanese philosophy: perfection is fleeting (love, too).
HIV/AIDS Crisis in US Capital — Three Percent Infected
Three percent of residents in Washington, DC, are infected with HIV or AIDS, a number that officially makes the illness a "severe epidemic." The rate, highest in the US, mirrors infection rates in Uganda and parts of Kenya, and it's higher than West Africa's.
The District's mayor and health officials are discussing a marketing campaign to push prevention and testing.
Picture It: Service With a Smile
Michelle Obama volunteered at Miriam's Kitchen, a nonprofit that provides case management, housing support, and meals to homeless people in DC. Yesterday's meal was donated by the White House in a new effort to highlight the work of local nonprofits. The first lady urged Americans to donate food and, if that's out of reach, time.
Protesting the Weather: Climate Change Activists Storm Capitol
Activists braved the cold and snow yesterday to participate in Capitol Climate Action Day. The day of civil disobedience focused on getting the capitol's power plant to ditch coal for natural gas. Participants cut off access to the plant's entrances and refused to leave when asked.
Have a Seat? DC One Row Closer to House Seat and Vote
An argument has been a brewin' for some time in Washington, DC, over the rights of its 600,000 residents. They have a delegate in Congress, but she can't vote. Why?
Inauguration Week: Oprah Goes to Washington!
Oprah Winfrey plans to go to Washington, DC for the inauguration of Barack Obama, and she's bringing her audience, which is spread out across places like Saudi Arabia and another 140 countries!
During inauguration week Oprah will tape her show at the Kennedy Center's Opera House, also the location of Oprah's rumored star-studded inauguration night party. I guess we can start calling it the Kennedy Center's Oprah House.
Should New US Capitol Visitor Center Honor God?
If the US is really one nation under God, maybe its fancy new Capitol Visitor Center should honor the country's religious heritage. That's what South Carolina's Republican Senator Jim DeMint thinks, and he has issued a statement to express his disappointment with the facility that opened yesterday. He stated: The current CVC displays are left-leaning and in some cases distort our true history.
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