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Hoopster-in-chief Picks Kansas (Again)

by Allen on March 16, 2011

As he did last year, President Obama has again demonstrated that he may be one of the brightest minds in basketball since Dr. James Naismith by selecting Kansas to win it all. The President correctly noted “I’m picking Kansas, just because I think they’re deeper…I think that Kansas has more firepower [than Ohio State].” You can check out his full bracket here.

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A New Record

by Allen on February 10, 2010

It’s officially the most snow in the District of Columbia since they started counting. That’s 126 years. If you’re counting, Chester A. Aurthur was president and on November 4, 1884, “Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.”

Via – DCist

As the snow totals have been steadily piling up, we’ve all been thinking that we can’t remember ever seeing this much snow in D.C. before. Well, now it’s official: no one has seen this much snow in D.C., at least not since Pat Collins‘ great-great-granddad started sticking yardsticks in area snowpacks back in 1884. As of 2:00 this afternoon, the National Weather Service is reporting that this is indeed the snowiest winter in recorded history for D.C., Baltimore, and Dulles.

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A Record: 54.9″

Via – Capital Weather Gang The District has a new record for snowfall in a year, at least since they started counting: Reagan National Airport (DCA) reported 1″ of snow last hour, upping its storm total (unofficially) to 9.7″. By our math, it now has received 54.8″ this year, exceeding the 54.4″ of 1898-1899. We’ll [...]

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Photos: Snowball Fight, Malcolm X Park

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Kansas Back at No. 1 in AP Poll

Via The AP. Kansas (20-1) back on top after tough win at K-State. Tweet

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Study: 2,200 Vets Died Last Year Because They Lacked Health Insurance

Via – Think Progress On the eve of Veterans Day, a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School has released a study finding that an estimated 2,266 veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they did not have health insurance. That “translates to six preventable deaths per day” and more than twice [...]

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Basketball Capsules: Kansas overwhelming No. 1 in AP preseason poll | basketball, kansas, storied – Sports – Brownsville Herald

AP via The Brownsville Herald For the second time in its storied basketball history, Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press’ preseason Top 25. The Jayhawks were a runaway choice Thursday, receiving 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to easily outdistance Michigan State, which was No. 1 on five ballots. Tweet

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