Bike to Work Day is (Sort Of) Almost Here!

Submitted by goDCgo

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011, 1:41pm

Bike to Work Day is (Sort Of) Almost Here!

Bike to Work Day, the culminating event for Bike to Work Week, is quickly approaching. Well, actually, it’s not until May 20th, but it’s not too soon to start planning! Registration is now open on the Washington Area Bicyclist Association website, which also gives you all the information you need to know to have fun, be safe and win free stuff. Here are some key things to know:

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"Where You Live" D.C. Tweet Of The Day

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011, 1:13pm

We surfed Twitter for some of our favorite Tweets of the day about D.C.. To get more noticed for selection in future WUSA9 "Where You Live" D.C. Tweets of the day, hashtag posts with #wusaWYL.

Check out today's nominees and vote for your favorite in the poll below:

1. @DJ_Recio: "36 bucks for parking 2 hours!! @#%^ you dc !"

2. @IAm726Muzik: "so the ab ripper on the p90x has wore me out for real!!!...now i gotta get ready 4 the conclusion of my day all in DC...work and #DANCE

3. @jaz_zi17 "Ppl riding bikes in the streets like its a car, dc I will neva understand!"

4. @amieparnes: "Attention DC Dudes: Pls report to the Library of Congress where, wait for it, Jessica Alba and Bridget Moynahan will be arriving shortly"

5. @mattfwood: "Only in DC would someone call getting a goal mentioned in a speech an "achievement" before anything is done to reach the goal."

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New Credit Rules One Year Later: What Effect has it had?

Submitted by Jennifer Streaks, WUSA9 Consumer Finance Writer

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011, 5:13pm

One year after new credit card regulations were enacted to stop some questionable billing practices and where are we?

Over the limit penalty charges have been dramatically decreased. Previously, card holders could be hit with over the limit charges that effectively kept them over the limit. Now that has been curtailed enough where the monthly payment can be applied to the actual balance owed.

Before the new rules, card issuers would routinely approve transactions that would cause cardholders to exceed their limits resulting in the dreaded over the limit fees. Now customers cannot be penalized for going over their limits unless they say they want such transactions to go through.

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The DC Independent Film Festival, March 3-13

Submitted by Francis Manuel Abbey, Filmmaker, Wizards Fan

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011, 5:00pm

The DC Independent Film Festival, March 3-13

The 12th annual DC Independent Film Festival kicks off this Thursday March 3 and runs through Sunday March 13. Since 1999, the DCIFF has featured a wide selection of independent films with an emphasis on filmmakers based in the District, Maryland, and Virginia.

One local film being showcased this year is Late Rounders, a feature length documentary by area filmmaker Evan A. Marshall. The film follows a group of college football players as they prepare for draft day in the hope that they will be selected by an NFL team. Sports fans and non-sports fans alike should identify with these young men as they wait to see whether or not their dreams will become a reality. Late Rounders plays at the Artisphere in Arlington on March 13.

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Possible DC Measles Exposure Sites Identified

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011, 2:08pm

WASHINGTON (AP) -- District of Columbia health officials have identified additional areas where people may have come in contact with an airline passenger later determined to have measles.

The New Mexico woman arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport late in the afternoon of Feb. 20 and two days later departed from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport near Baltimore.

D.C. health officials said Monday that riders on the D1 or D6 bus Feb. 21 from Georgetown toward Columbia Heights between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., and riders on the S2 or S4 bus from Columbia Heights to Georgetown between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 may have been exposed. Those in the Potbelly's Sandwich Shop at 1400 Irving St., NW, that day between 11:00 a.m and 5 p.m. also may have been exposed.

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Man Killed On Key Bridge Identified

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011, 2:08pm

WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- A DC Police officer was struck after he responded to an accident on the Key Bridge late Sunday night.

Officials tell 9NEWS NOW the officer responded to a serious accident involving a moped on the bridge around 10:30 p.m. The police say Aliester Elizardo Pineda-Medrano of Arlington was walking his moped in the right hand lane toward Virginia when he was struck by a silver Mercury SUV. The silver Mercury did not stop, traveling into Virginia. Pineda-Medrano, 23, died.

Before a lookout was even posted for the vehicle, Maryland State Police say the driver was stopped by a trooper on I-270 who noticed the Mercury had two flat tires and front end damage.

He has been identified as 40-year-old Anthony Randolph. He has been charged with DUI but not with the hit-and-run on the Key Bridge.

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