> > Deadline worth noting! Anyone interested in participating in this year's DC Idiotarod has until tomorrow, Thursday March 1, at 11:59 p.m. to register your team for the big race on March 3. Don't miss out on this opportunity to bring wanton chaos to the streets of D.C. [DC Idiotarod]

> > Fans of soccer, wine, photography, and philanthropy will descend upon the JW Marriott tonight for the Goals for Girls Auction & Wine Tasting. Hosted by Mayor Adrian Fenty, the event will feature Tiffany Roberts, an Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup winner, as guest auctioneer. The event seeks to raise money for the DC Blast, a local girls' soccer team. The girls (ages 14-16) are embarking on a trip to South Africa. There, with the help of Roberts, they will run a soccer camp while concurrently educating 100 young South African girls about HIV/AIDS prevention. Note: that's "concurrently", not simultaneously. Though that would be a neat trick. Goals for Girls Auction & Wine Tasting is tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the JW Marriott, 1331 Penn Ave. NW.

> > Well, so much for our plea to the local media w/r/t televising police chases!

> > The Academy Awards have their seat fillers, but we Washingtonians salute our city's most unsung heroes: the line sitters.

> > Babel on and on: Reliable Sources contend that Angelina Jolie, unbroken and unbowed, will now adopt the entire Council on Foreign Relations as her own brood. Also: Lisa Ling — called "deep thinker" and Fugged in the same week!

> > The latest installment of THE DEFENDERS OF STAN is online. Play "Spot the DCist Contributors!"

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