The Weekly Feed: Experimentation Edition
Morning Roundup: Change Edition
Former Blade Staffers Launch 'DC Agenda'
D.C. Insurance Dept. Denies Birth Control Coverage Meddling
Controversy Over Rhee Now to Include Sex, Congress
Good morning, D.C. Seeing as we're in the midst of the annual summer spike in crime, you might be feeling a little vulnerable right now. Well, good news! It turns out that we can at least stop worrying quite so much about terrorist attacks — according to DHS, anyway. In order to justify the recent cuts to anti-terror funding for the District, the agency has begun explaining that we simply aren't that likely to be a target. Doesn't that make you feel better?
Sniper Receives Six Life Terms: John Allen Muhammed received six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole in Manassas Maryland yesterday, the Post reports. Muhammed had previously received a capital sentence in Virginia, where he is now imprisoned on death row. The sniper's prosecution may not yet be over: he could still face trial in Louisiana and Alabama.
Post Cuts Its Rolls: Fishbowl reports on the latest news from 15th Street. Apparently the Washington Post is trying to trim its fat in the face of declining circulation. Despite our occasional complaining about the venerable paper, we're sorry to see the cornerstone of D.C. media paring itself down (we wish we could say we aren't part of the problem, but we stopped subscribing when our paper started getting stolen every morning). All told, seventy reporters, photographers and administrators have accepted early retirement offers — head over to Fishbowl for the set of names. You might be surprised to see who is (or isn't) on the list.
Stadium Gets Commission's OK: WJLA brings word that the National Capital Planning Commission has approved the first phase of the Nationals' new stadium. Some board members expressed reservations related to the building's potential for blocking views of the Capitol, but the final vote was unanimous.
This Day In DCist: One year ago today we focused on organizations that do good and took a second stab at guessing who would jump into the mayoral race.
Briefly Noted: Alleged weekend carjackers arrested... BGE rate hike still being argued over... "Ursprache" is winning word at Scripps Spelling Bee... More delays at Wilson Bridge... Water restrictions coming for Howard & Anne Arundel counties... Times thinks yesterday's traffic jam was one of the worst of all time, presumably because it happened near their offices...
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How can the Post abandon me now?!? Can I live with less lifestyle coverage from the people who just today brought me a highly insightful and *totally* hilarious screed on the folly of the flip flop? I'm still waiting to hear a soccer mom's take on Amsterdam Falafel, for goodness sake.
Seriously, I'm cancelling my subscription even sooner if they start running Sunday Source three days a week. One can only withstand so much coverage of how to make a purse from rhinestones and bat guano.
Oh dear. I'm a Post subscriber, and have been since the early 80s, when I was an undergrad at GW. I love the Post. But this worries me. Why oh why didn't they buy out Dr Gridlock and replace him with someone who knows something - ANYTHING - about traffic, roads, and public transportation? And how dare they mess with Food and Home?
And while I'm on a roll, the Sunday Source just gives me a headache. I would hate to see that eat my favorite weekday special sections.
Oh, and can we talk about the comics too? I could get up quite a rant on that!
Some of my favorite writers are on that list! This is bad news.
picky comment - Muhammed was tried in Maryland, not Manassas.
MM: I don't think that's a picky comment at all. My apologies for the stupid mistake — there's a long story involving LASIK and my eyesight yesterday that resulted in more typos than usual (I'm all better now). Thanks for catching the error; I've made the correction.
Tom Shales? Say it ain't so.
And who knew Jo Polniaczek wrote for the Post?