<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Answer Man</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/columns/answerman?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><description>News  (www.washingtonpost.com)</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31905-2004Mar4.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31905-2004Mar4.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What's with the  National Bank of Washington building at 14th and G streets NW? It has been languishing, empty, for years. How can a fine building in such a prominent spot be unwanted and unloved?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10762-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10762-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I was driving past Ninth and Q streets NW when I saw a building  with a sign saying "Bistrot au Ghetto." It looked boarded up, but was there actually a bistro on that corner?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56265-2004Feb19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56265-2004Feb19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What do the green signs that say "Seminole Trail" along Route 29 in Virginia refer to?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38072-2004Feb12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38072-2004Feb12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On H Street NW, near Second Street and Massachusetts Avenue, there is an odd-looking building that is very skinny and tall. On one side is painted the Capitol dome. Everyone I ask says it is a missile silo. What is it really?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17428-2004Feb5.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17428-2004Feb5.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What's the deal with the globe in front of Leisure World in Silver Spring. Did it ever rotate?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD+VA+DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61919-2004Jan29.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61919-2004Jan29.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I sometimes hear Virginia referred to as a commonwealth and not a state. What's the difference?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40366-2004Jan22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40366-2004Jan22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I've read with increasing concern about private citizens keeping lions and tigers as pets. Can people in Virginia, Maryland and the District own tigers?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19747-2004Jan15.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19747-2004Jan15.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[How many people own cell phones in the Washington area? Sometimes I feel like the last person without one.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A87-2004Jan8.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A87-2004Jan8.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[How did Anne Arundel County get its name? <br><em>Tom Jackson, Warrenton</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DECODING MD + VA + DC (www.washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46539-2003Dec31.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46539-2003Dec31.html?nav=rss_style/columns/answerman</guid><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2004 8:55:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Where  in Rock Creek Park are the marble "ruins" from the last big Capitol renovation?]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>
