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FamousDC applauds all Marine Corps Marathon participants. But one story really stuck with us. Meet two-time Marine Corps Marathon finisher (and FamousDC fan) Fred Miller. One Step at A Time One step at a time: it’s a cliché often used to tackle complex projects and it’s also literally used to …

The best basketball player in the White House Press Corps, Hans Nichols asks all the the tough questions. h/t Matt Dornic

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Zombies attacked Washington, DC, Texans lost faith in UT but they’re still got Baylor & the Texas Rangers, sh*t is gonna get nuts this weekend, was this the first Newsweek framed at 320 First Street SE?, Freddy Barnes is going to write-in Cam Newton on Election Day, Queen Noble for …

We all know and love the Snuggie. The commercials are hysterical and the Snuggies themselves are, well, snuggie-rific. And we’re sure that we’re not the only ones who have thought about magical Snuggie Sex (think about the weirdos reading FamousDC after googling Snuggie Sex!). Luckily for all of us, a …

NOW at Night is the Corcoran’s new annual fall event, planned by the Corcoran Contemporaries to support and celebrate NOW at the Corcoran, the museum’s new contemporary art program.  On view now is work by Spencer Finch, whose incredible blue cloud installation glowed on Friday night from Corcoran’s central Rotunda …

BlainR Enjoy it while it lasts … RT @marcadelman: Photo from the best view in Washington. Speaker Pelosi’s balcony! http://yfrog.com/jwxntfj

Arianna Huffington loves Christine DeLargy’s jewelry, Clinton Portis wanted to be a wrestler as a kid, DC experienced a Rainpcalypse, Tara Palmeri is the boss, Emily Heil celebrated her birthday, Ryan Grim is that guy, Executive Branch spelling is hard, Huffington Post vs. POLITICO, Gilbert Arenas stopped shaving, Supreme Court …

Still. No. Hoverboards. The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson:  High-Speed Rail By 2040 Amtrak presented its 30-year plan for high-speed rail in the northeast corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston. The plan will cost $120 billion. It will take 30 years to complete. It would shrink the travel time between D.C. and …

Mashable’s Geoff Livingston: Social Media: The New Battleground for Politics Control of the House of Representatives hangs in the balance of the 2010 Congressional election. A recent forecast published on The New York Times website anticipates a two-out-of-three chance for a change in power. The election has become a war, …

Thanks to our Extreme friends over at C-SPAN we now take our morning coffee in a more fashionable manner. Speaking of mugs … where will the next FamousDC mug show up?

Oil rig madness continues in the Gulf, Gindy had his mind blown, the name Earl just didn’t do it, need a new apartment in DC?, Ken Spain took on Hugh Hefner, congrats to Katie Hackett, why are there sharks in the Potomac?, Meghan McCain explained why she was fired by …

No, Mr. Bardella, this has nothing to do with LeBron James. National Geographic Channel is remembering the pivotal day with Witness: DC, which reveals how the day unfolded in Washington, DC. Below is a brief description, as well as a couple of video excerpts: WITNESS: DC Monday, September 6 at …