>> The city's "Rat Patrol" takes on Dupont Circle in the wake of that creepy baby carriage incident. [Free Ride]

>> Two armed men, one with a gun and the other with a knife, killed the 23-year-old manager of a Woodbridge Popeye's restaurant late Tuesday night when he couldn't open the safe. [Examiner]

>> Metro announced plans to buy 452 hybrid buses from General Motors, with an option for 500 more. [WTOP]

>> Interest in a free Wilco ticket is apparently low. [Prince of Petworth]

>> "No matter what your political leanings it seems, when large groups organize in DC a mob mentality takes over and the idea of leaving enormous amounts of trash on the ground, on America’s Front Yard, somehow becomes acceptable." [Penn Quarter Living]

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