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Breaking and entering: the new way to party

By Jody Pollock | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Features »

The front door of a white house in the middle of the block is slightly ajar. Inside, the house looks empty, except for a lonely Christmas tree in the corner. It is 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 23, and the homeowners have gone on vacation with their teenage son. Little do they know that upstairs in their supposedly empty home, smoke swirls in thick clouds and eight friends of their son are lounging on their furniture, snorting OxyContin off of their CD collection.


All-star jazz group shines

By Jeremy Goodman | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

On Friday, Feb. 18, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove performed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., on their "Directions in Music" tour. Their nearly three-hour performance was as powerful, complex and inexplicable as any music being played today.


A big McWin for free speech

By Alex Mazerov | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

On Feb. 14, the same day that a federal appeals court ruled that reporters at The New York Times and Time magazine may face jail time if they refuse to testify before a grand jury about their confidential conversations with government sources, free-speech advocates across the pond in England earned a huge victory.


Photo: Bethesda - Bethesda Row

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Bethesda Row features movies that are not played at most average movie theaters. It's movies are mostly independent and foreign films.


Controversy over A-Level examinations in German school

By Fidan Karimova | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The article below is from the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gymnasium school newspaper, located in Hamburg, Germany. The article deals with the newly implemented A-Level examination, a test that is taken by all graduating students in thirteenth grade in Hamburg schools. The A-Level exam is very similar to the standardized testing in American schools.


Photo: Takoma Station

By Diana Frey | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

The outside of the Takoma Metro station, one of the stops now featured on Silver Chips Online's new Metro section.
Click here to see a gallery of Metro pictures.


Governor pushes highway plan

By Jeremy Goodman | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In Print »

On Tuesday, Feb. 15, the period of public comment ended on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.'s (R) proposed intercounty connector (ICC), a highway that would link Interstate 270 near Rockville with Interstate 95 near Laurel. Ehrlich has labeled the ICC "his top transportation priority,” and the Maryland General Assembly is expected to vote on the project before the legislative session ends on April 11.


Roller coaster weekend makes NHL look even worse

By Michael Bushnell | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The NHL did it again. Incredible. And by incredible I mean absolutely disgraceful. That's what Saturday's labor meetings were to the sport that somehow made itself look even more inept and selfish than it was when the season got cancelled on Wednesday.


Doug Williams

By Danielle Foster | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Washington Redskin Doug Williams was the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl. He was named the MVP of the Super Bowl XXII, after leading his team to a 42-10 defeat of the Denver Broncos.



Photo: Pentagon City Station

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »


Photo: Tenleytown - Best Buy

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

A Best Buy store located near Tenleytown


Photo: Dupont circle Station

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Dupont Circle Station in the heart of Washington, D.C.




Photo: Metro Center - Potbelly

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »


Photo: farragut North - Gap

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Photo: Cleveland Park Station

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Cleveland Park Station


Photo: Cleveland Park - Uptown

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »


Photo: "Constantine" movie poster

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Photo: Friendship Heights Station

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Friendship Heights station


Photo: Keanu Reeves in "Constantine"

By | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

The brooding Keanu Reeves as John Constantine in "Constantine."


Photo: Pentagon - Lacoste

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »


Photo: Pentagon City - Macy's

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