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Dominique Strauss-Kahn is facing a civil action by maid Nafissatou Diallo over their hotel room encounter in 2011. (Associated Press)
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A high-speed rigid inflatable boat run by the Protection Services International company heads toward Tower Bridge on the River Thames, which is expected to be a busy thoroughfare during the London Olympic for the world’s yacht-owning elite demanding hassle-free transport and top security aboard their floating palaces. (Associated Press)
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Protection Services International with its river boat is one of many companies that will be catering to the super rick coming to London for the Olympic Games. (Associated Press)
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A pedestrian walks in the rain past the Tower Bridge displaying the Olympic rings on Saturday as London prepares for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The last few weeks and days are all about putting up signs, fitting in the remaining seats and completing the landscaping. (Associated Press)
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Tour: Edible Urban Garden Tour Nothing grates quite like a lecture from a "locavore": Scolds who literally mix food and politics by refusing to buy any product that's traveled more than 100 miles from stable to table, and lecturing those who don't do likewise. While the "buy local" philosophy often makes for pitiful politics, the locavore crowd is right about one thing: Food that's traveled for thousands of miles and grown out of season generally isn't very tasty. So if you believe in letting your palate guide your spending, there's something to be said for urban farming. Yes, hipsters do it. Yes, it can be expensive. But it can also be, well, delicious and convenient.But perhaps the prospect of immediate access to tasty greens and the promise of spiritual renewal via sifting through top soil hasn't sold you. Maybe you need to taste an urban garden for yourself. Lucky you! The District's urban gardens are opening their doors for self-guided tours during Eat Local First week. Check in at Old City Green, and you'll get a map of the area's urban gardens. Afterward, there's a party with booze--which does not discriminate on the basis of a foodie's politics. Tuesday July 17 at Old City Green, 902 N St. NW. Web: http://www.eatlocalfirstdc.com/
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The kitchen features professional-grade appliances and a large center island. The dining room and family room are open to the kitchen.
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The home at 1111 McNeill Lane in Silver Spring's Good Hope Estates community is on the market for $1,400,000. The home, built in 1942, has four bedrooms and four full baths.
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The Drum Point model's kitchen features 42-inch cabinets, granite counters, a pantry and recessed lighting. The kitchen connects to the dining room.
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The Standard Eleven on M Street Northwest offers condominiums in a community that earns a "Walkers Paradise" rating from the WalkScore website. The homes range in size from 990 to 1,600 square feet.
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President Obama heads to his car July 10, 2012, after getting ice cream at Deb's Ice Cream & Deli in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Associated Press)
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Bradley Beal walks to the locker room following practices during the Wizards summer mini-camp at Verizon Center, Washington D.C., Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)
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A portion of the sapper platoon makes their way through tall grass after arriving on a Chinook helicopter en route to a base for the next training mission. For 10 days and nine nights during the second phase of the 28-day sapper course, the soldiers persevered with only a couple of hours of sleep each night and one or two packaged meals a day. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Army Capt. Stephanie Godman rappels down the side of a cliff during sapper training. A rope fastened by an instructor to a tree atop the cliff and a harness hold her. A cadre of instructors accompany the trainees and evaluate them. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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With her weapon pointed outward from the truck, Sapper candidate and Army Captain Stephanie Godman watches for a possible ambush while riding in the sweltering heat with some members of the platoon aboard a truck to be transported to a site for the next mission during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Monday, June 25, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The platoon of Sapper candidates lie low in the grass as they watch their Black Hawk helicopter ride arrive to transport them to a base for the planning of a mission, during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
