http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/288579346/AR2008051200361.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051200361.html?nav=rss_metro Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDTSo much for that drought. The Washington region appeared to have officially ended its 11-month spell of dry weather yesterday -- but residents and local officials soon found themselves facing the opposite problem. Instead of too little water, they had too much, as a soaking rainstorm flooded road... <p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?a=C2mfl8"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?i=C2mfl8" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~4/288579346" height="1" width="1"/>David A. Fahrenthold and Ovetta Wigginshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051200361.html?nav=rss_metro http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/289146208/AR2008051202554.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202554.html?nav=rss_metro Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDTPrince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, a Democratic convention delegate pledged to support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, said yesterday that he thinks Sen. Barack Obama has "in a real sense" won the Democratic nomination and that he now plans to support Obama at the August convention. <p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?a=OtzVfK"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?i=OtzVfK" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~4/289146208" height="1" width="1"/>Rosalind S. Heldermanhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202554.html?nav=rss_metro http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/289146209/AR2008051202609.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202609.html?nav=rss_metro Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDTJoseph Boone, a junior at Anacostia High School in the District, and Natalie Wainger, a sophomore at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, do not travel in the same social circles. <p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?a=oagoSv"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?i=oagoSv" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~4/289146209" height="1" width="1"/>Daniela Deanehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202609.html?nav=rss_metro http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/289146211/AR2008051202575.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202575.html?nav=rss_metro Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDTImmigrants of the past quarter-century have been assimilating in the United States at a notably faster rate than did previous generations, according to a study released today. <p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?a=LzLIYj"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?i=LzLIYj" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~4/289146211" height="1" width="1"/>N.C. Aizenmanhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202575.html?nav=rss_metro http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~3/289221534/AR2008051202570.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202570.html?nav=rss_metro Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDTA Prince George's County police officer fatally shot an auto theft suspect yesterday after a brief pursuit just south of Upper Marlboro, the department said. <p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?a=XLjnmE"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml?i=XLjnmE" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/index_xml/~4/289221534" height="1" width="1"/>Ruben Castanedahttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202570.html?nav=rss_metro