A man was shot and critically wounded by a D.C. police officer in Southeast Washington late Monday night, authorities said.

Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the man was apparently shot during an exchange of gunfire with an officer looking for a suspect in a shooting in the same neighborhood earlier Monday night.

“He is still in the hospital,” his manager Tom Goldfogle said at a Harlem Renaissance festival in Prince George’s County. .

According to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), the break happened early Wednesday in a relatively unpopulated industrial park in the 5600 block of Columbia Pike Road in Hyattsville.

The derailment occurred around 7:15 p.m., after the peak of the evening rush period, but at a time when the system is still heavily used.

The young adult Asian small-clawed otters, a male and a female, died late Thursday. They were part of a family of 13, seven of whom had patches of their fur dyed earlier in the day for identification purposes, a statement from the zoo said.

Barbara C. Whitener, 27, of Olney, was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck north on Route 15 just before 8 a.m., when she crossed the center line about one mile south of Harmony Church Road, police said. Her pickup struck a southbound tractor-trailer at the driver’s side fuel tank. Whitener, who died at the scene, was not wearing a seatbelt, police said.

The teenager, who was walking next to the tracks near Oakmont Avenue, was wearing earbuds and listening to music when he was struck around 8:30 a.m., authorities said.

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The announcement was made minutes before a screening of “Bully,” a documentary that depicts such strong language among teenagers that the Motion Picture Association of America warned that the film might not be appropriate for children under 17.

Occupiers at Freedom Plaza voted Wednesday to move the bulk of their operations to McPherson Square, after the two sides had spent several days dickering over the details of the move.

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]]> http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=dc1401cba3124161c8641a82ed229158 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/man-falls-to-death-from-high-rise-balcony/2012/04/10/gIQAD2cS8S_blog.html?wprss=rss_post_now http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/man-falls-to-death-from-high-rise-balcony/2012/04/10/gIQAD2cS8S_blog.html?wprss=rss_post_now http://www.washingtonpost.com/Fragment/SysConfig/WebPortal/twpweb/rss/mobile/blog-entry.jpp?id=1000.4.201502839 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/man-falls-to-death-from-high-rise-balcony/2012/04/10/gIQAD2cS8S_blog.html?wprss=rss_post_now http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/man-falls-to-death-from-high-rise-balcony/2012/04/10/gIQAD2cS8S_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/man-falls-to-death-from-high-rise-balcony/2012/04/10/gIQAD2cS8S_search.html 1000.4.201502839 6b0c31f6-832c-11e1-b088-8660630b7284 Oscar Garcia Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:13:28 EST Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:36:52 EST 20120410173652 The Washington Post /WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/post_now/201204/manfallsfrombalconyblog--.xml /WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/post_now/201204/manfallsfrombalconyblog--.xml BlogStory BlogStory The Washington Post Visitors to the Lincoln Memorial were evacuated Monday morning after a defective piece of equipment in the basement began smelling of smoke, authorities said.

Oscar Mendez, spokesman for D.C. Fire and EMS, said the odor came from a defective air handler unit that has since been shut off. The building was evacuated around 10:20 a.m.

Officials say the Alexandria Fire Department responded to the fire in the 1100 block of Palmer Place about 10:15 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters, assisted by the Arlington and Fairfax county fire departments, brought the blaze under control in about an hour.