Monday, February 8, 2010

Top Updates: Week of February 8th, 2010

WTOP Snow Emergency Guide
WASHINGTON - With heavy snow expected, you may want to keep this information handy.
WTOP recommends you print it out ahead of the snow and any possible power outages. Read more...
The bronze flag-raisers of the Marine Corps War Memorial are draped with snow, in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, that blanketed the metropolitan Washington area. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)>

Utility Phone Numbers
Pepco: 1- 877-737-2662
Dominion Virginia Power: 1- 888-667-3000
Allegheny Power: 1-800-255-3443
NOVEC - Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative: 1-888-335-0500
Baltimore Gas & Electric: 1-877-778-2222
SMECO - Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative: 1-877-74-SMECO
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative - 1-800-552-3904

Government Snow Hotlines:
D.C. - Residents can call 311
Maryland:
Montgomery County - 240-777-6000
Prince George's County - 301.350.0500
Frederick County - 301-600-3000
Anne Arundel County - 410- 222-0600
Howard County - 410-313-2900
Virginia:
Arlington County - 703-228-6485
Fairfax County - 703-817-7771
Stafford County - 540- 658-5751

INSIDER TRANSACTIONS
Monday, February 8, 2010
Thomson Financial.

The week ahead: Feb. 8-12 in business
Monday, February 8, 2010
This week will bring a fresh reading on retail sales, the first congressional testimony of the year by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, and the first release of a new and potentially useful economic indicator.

Washington region digs out, but more snow ahead Tuesday
By Ashley Halsey III and Matt Zapotosky
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 8, 2010
In the aftermath of the weekend's massive snowstorm, the region came to grips with the fact that digging out will take days, even as more potentially paralyzing winter weather appeared headed this way by Tuesday.

Come summer, D.C. area students may pay the price for snow days
By Michael Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 8, 2010
All Washington area school systems are expected to stay closed Monday, and with another snow wallop threatening to arrive Tuesday, it's not clear when they'll reopen.

Historic snowstorm in D.C. leaves a mess to be reckoned with
By Carol Morello and Ashley Halsey III
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 7, 2010
The Washington region was paralyzed by a blizzard that dumped more than two feet of heavy snow on the area by late Saturday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people, toppling trees and reducing many streets to pedestrian pathways.

D.C. posts new regulations to clarify bag tax
By Tim Craig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 6, 2010
The D.C. Department of the Environment published new regulations Friday clarifying which retail stores have to charge the 5-cent tax on plastic bags and how the city will enforce the law.

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