GOOD News: First Snow Day for Bao Bao, Bank Robber Suspect Nabbed, New Businesses Opening

Start your week off with some good news recently featured on our Patch sites in Virginia and DC.

As the year’s first blanket of snow coated the Washington, D.C. area, giant panda cub Bao Bao spent much of the morning Tuesday playing in it for the very first time. The 16 month-old panda tumbled down the hill in her outdoor enclosure (watch the video below or click on the link), climbed trees and pounced on her mother Mei Xiang.

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Photo: Devin Murphy/Smithsonian’s National Zoo

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