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Hundreds ride to cherry blossoms in first DC Bike Party of 2015

On the 8th of April, hundreds of DC area cyclists gathered in spotty rain for the first of the year's DC Bike Parties. They leave Dupont Circle at 8PM on the second Wednesday of each of the warmer months of the year. This one was the Cherry Blossom Chase, and rode to the Hained Point loop, under newly opened cherry blossoms. Just before the ride began the rain tapered off to nothing more than drizzle, nowhere near enough to dampen the spirits of hundreds of riders on the first Bike Party of the year

2 min video of the ride

Departing from Dupont Circle

Greenpeace occupied Shell oil rig heading to arctic drill site

On the 6th of April, Greenpeace activists used climbing gear to ascend high into the structure of a Shell oil rig loaded on a ship heading to one or more Arctic drilling sites. Greenpeace is on record as not intended to "interfere with navigation" of the ship but will hold their position with the "The People vs Shell" banner.

Photo by Greenpeace

Massive power outage blamed on hardware, not monkeywrenchers

On the 7th of April, power outages cascaded from Charles County, MD through PG County and into Washington DC. WTOP News reported that Homeland Security was inundated with calls asking if "nefarious activity" was to blame, but official blame went to failing equipment in Charles County, MD.

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