Taxicabs in the District of Columbia will almost certainly begin using time and distance meters to calculate fares next month, after the D.C. Superior Court on Monday turned back an effort by several cab companies to delay the implementation of the meters.

The rain may have been falling, the lightning flashing and the wind blowing, but the dreary weather conditions on Sunday did not stop thousands of people from gathering at the National Mall for a truly “green” event.

There’s a new sheriff in town.

Mark Carter, a 25-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, was named acting commander of the Second District, which includes Georgetown, on Monday. He is replacing former Cmdr. Andrew Solberg, who was promoted to MPD field commander.

“My intention is to make the Second District the best of the best,” Carter said.

The recent credit crunch in the U.S. economy has led national credit unions to lobby for lower interst rates, an effort supported by Georgetown’s own credit union.

Forty years ago, English professor John Glavin (C ’64) was driving on 14th Street in downtown D.C. when he got caught in a fray. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot.

“People were banging on our car, trying to overturn it,” he said. “I remember going on top of LXR and all around you could see flames. It was like we were in a war zone.”