Car bomb: Was it near the building or the city?

The blogger for Yahoo! News has me confused. Did the car bomb go off near the capitol (which is a building where a legislature meets) or the capital (which is a city)?

Is it possible that the writer used the wrong word!? Say it isn’t so!

Celebs take control of congressional building

It’s not enough that they’ve invaded the nation’s capital, now celebrities have taken control of the Capitol:

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I have no idea what they plan to do in that building, but I’m sure Yahoo! omg will be on the trail. Maybe we’ll find that the invasion of the Capitol (which is a building) is just a foolish mistake.