- A man from Togo attacked several employees at the Embassy of Togo with a knife today, WTTG-FOX5 reports. The employees and the suspect were treated for minor cuts.
- Police have ID'd the bicyclist who was killed Saturday when he was struck by a Bladensburg police officer driving an official police vehicle: he was Rene Osmin Pineda-Paredas, 25, of the 5000 block of Tilden Road, via the Washington Post.
- 14th and You reports that Garden District has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, "leaving it's future on 14th Street cloudy."
- Unsuck DC Metro continues to highlight stellar WMATA employees when it can. One reader shares how a station manager helped him retrieve an MP3 player he accidentally dropped on the tracks.
- Barry Farm (Re)Mixed offers a first-hand account of how the mortgage lending crisis affects condo owners. "The financially responsible homeowners of my association are getting punched in the face over and over again by their own community with no end in sight."



may want to check the news about the robbery that happened at the quiznos on 13/u st nw at 6pm
"leaving it's future on 14th Street cloudy."
That apostrophe mocks me like a big middle finger in the middle of that sentence fragment.
Looking forward to his new new gastro-venture "Crepes on the Corner." Hopefully, this will be followed by a series of crepe-themed gastro-ventures like "Crepe in a Treebox," "Crepe in the Alley," "Crepe on a Stick," and my personal favorite, "Crepe IN MY PANTS."
That photo says to me that someone tried the ill-fated mixture of pop rocks and soda...
RIP Skaterboi, RIP
After years of attempting a Smith Grind, Our Hero finally accomplishes one and promptly commits seppuku. If only the rest of the flower of American skaterathood would wipe themselves out with such pluck and tenacity.
Yes, especially the overgrown children who mark up Freedom Plaza.
What do you call someone from Togo? Toghesian? Togite? Togan? Fries?
What do you call someone from Togo?
In this case, "an ambulance."
"That apostrophe mocks me like a big middle finger in the middle of that sentence fragment."
God, how how did I manage to do that? Typing my post at 12:30 AM after consuming a cheap bottle of merlot, that's how.