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The Metro Washington, DC Area General Information and Resources

General DC Information • Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor (http://dc.gov/mayor/index.shtm) • Mayor’s Cabinet (http://dc.gov/mayor/organization.shtm) • Eleanor Holmes Norton (D – DC) (http://www.norton.house.gov/) • Council of the District of Columbia (http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/) • DC Government and Services (http://www.dc.gov/index.asp) • DC Chamber of Commerce (http://www.dcchamber.org/) • DC Department of Health (http://doh.dc.gov/doh/site/default.asp) • Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (http://www.mwcog.org/) • Metropolitan Police Department (http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/site/default.asp) • DC Visitor Information Center (http://www.itcdc.com/explore.php?p=2)

DC Area Resources • White House links (http://www.american.edu/dccampus/links/whitehouse.html) • US Government links (http://www.american.edu/dccampus/links/whitehouse.html) • DC Theatres (http://www.american.edu/dccampus/links/wheretogo.html) • Area Sports Teams (http://www.american.edu/dccampus/links/news&sports.html#Sports) • Libraries, Museums, and Parks (http://www.american.edu/dccampus/links/wheretogo.html) • International Connections (http://www.american.edu/dccampus/links/news&sports.html#inter) • Area Colleges and Universities (http://www.american.edu/dccampus/links/generalinfo.html)

Living in DC • DC Area Events (http://washingtondc.beta.citysearch.com/) • DC Neighborhoods (http://www.dcnet.com/) • WashingtonDC.com (http://www.washingtondc.com/) • DC Dining (http://www.dc‐restaurants.com/) • Local Weather (http://www.weather.com/weather/local/20016?lswe=20016&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared)

Events Calendars • Washingtonian (http://www.washingtonian.com/index.html) • Major Annual Events (http://godc.about.com/od/seasonalevents/a/annualevents.htm) • Embassy Events (http://www.embassyevents.com/) • Verizon Center (http://www.verizoncenter.com/events/) • Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center (http://www.kennedy‐center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html) The Metro Washington, DC Area General Information and Resources

• Smithsonian Institution Calendar of Events (http://www.si.edu/events/)

Local News Sources • WRC 4 (NBC) (http://www.nbcwashington.com/) • WUSA TV9 (CBS) (http://www.wusa9.com/) • News Channel 8 (http://www.news8.net/) • WJLA TV‐7 (ABC) (http://www.wjla.com/) • WTTG 5 (FOX) (http://www.myfoxdc.com/) • WETA Channel 26 (PBS) (http://www.weta.org/) • WETA 90.9 FM (Listen Live) (http://www.weta.org/fm) • WAMU 88.5 FM (Listen Live) (http://wamu.org/) • The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/) • The Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/) • USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/) • Washingtonian Online (http://www.washingtonian.com/index.html) • Washington City Paper (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/) • The Afro American Newspaper (http://www.afro.com/) • The Washington Blade (http://www.washblade.com/) • The In Towner (http://www.intowner.com/)