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• Posted Go Home Already: Be Seeing You to DCist
  Photo by M.V. Jantzen Rock throwing is back in the headlines this evening. WJLA finds rocks flying in Southeast.Silver Spring, Singular reports that the American Apparel had its window busted again.Congratulations, University of Maryland students, you may continue to enjoy your pornography of choice.A 60-year-old woman was hit and killed by a school bus driver in front of Bethesda Elementary School on Monday afternoon.Happy the Hippo is apparently happier in his new home. Fine...
• Posted Shooting Victim Was the Brother of DeOnté Rawlings to DCist
  The man who was shot and killed while trying to board a Metrobus near 14th and H Streets NE this morning was George Rawlings, the brother of DeOnté Rawlings, according to the Washington Post. DeOnté Rawlings was 14 when he was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in 2007. George Rawlings, 21, was killed today reportedly as he was leaving a funeral service for another young man, who was shot to death...
• Posted Tracy Morgan's D.C. New Year's Eve Show Canceled to DCist
  A New Year's Eve concert to be hosted in D.C. by 30 Rock and SNL veteran comedian Tracy Morgan has been canceled, Live Nation spokesperson Robert Muller confirmed today. Tickets went on sale in October for the event, billed as the "New Year's Eve Countdown with Tracy Morgan," which was to have been held at the Warner Theatre. Live Nation promised more details on the cancellation later today, so we'll be sure to update with...
• Posted Daytime Shooting on H Street NE to DCist
  A man was shot multiple times earlier today while attempting to board a Metrobus near 14th and H Streets NE. D.C. Police are currently investigating the shooting, which took place just before noon. Police described the victim's injuries as serious, but declined to provide much more information while officers were still searching for suspects. The Post reports that the bus in question was a westbound X2, and that it's being held at the scene for...
• Posted NextBus App Now Available for BlackBerry to DCist
  The folks at NextBus have just released an application for the BlackBerry, available for $2.99 at this link. It appears to work somewhat similarly to the iPhone version, which we reviewed earlier this year. BlackBerry users, be sure to let us know how it works for you. In other mobile real time bus arrival application news, Greater Greater Washington has a review of a new Circulator iPhone app, created by developer Yaogang Lian using...