Federal Government Operating Status in the Washington, DC, Area. The following message applies only to Monday, March 2, 2009. The report comes from OPM.gov.

In a short news NYPost reports that Oprah Winfrey is in a Washington D.C. househunt, apparently looking for a house in the nation's capital to be as close to Barack Obama as possible. However, Celebuzz writes that the report is untrue. Remember that she was one of the first and earliest celebrities that endorsed Barack Obama. Is Oprah entering politics?

Scheduled for Jan. 20, 2009, Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort is Only Two Hours from Washington D.C. and a convinient place for those attending the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama presidency.

Azerbaijan's government has raised concerns with U.S. officials that militants from Turkey's Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are expanding from northern Iraq into the Caucasus and could be setting up cells in Azerbaijan.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of commuters and tourists travel in and out of Washington. One of the most popular modes of transportation in the Washington area is Metrorail, a subway system serving more than 85 stations. VOA's Jeff Feuer has more on the nation's capital's subway system.

Chop't Creative Salad Company brings its chef designed and custom crafted salads to another Washington DC neighborhood on Tuesday, February 12th, when a new Chop't location opens in Dupont Circle.

Al Gore to attend; Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to perform at Live Earth Concert. Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Hosts ‘Mother Earth’ Event for Climate Change in the Spirit of Live Earth Project. The Event Features Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore -

A surprise concert in Washington, D.C. has been added to the Live Earth lineup. Tentatively scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time, the July 7 event will be the earliest U.S. concert.

A prominent Washington lawyer yesterday settled civil charges that he misappropriated secret information to buy Vastera stock in advance of a merger, reported The Washington Post.

Collaborators from Mayo Clinic and IBM have exploited parallel computer architecture and memory bandwidth to dramatically speed up the processing of 3-D medical images