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- A former employee of the District’s Office of Tax and Revenue has been accused of stealing more than $400,000. Wait, this is happening again? [Crime Scene]
- Mayor Vince Gray announced today that he’d be hiring 300 police officers over the next year; the math on how many officers that will leave the force with is still muddy, though. [WaPo/City Paper]
- A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged with plotting to blow up the Pentagon and Capitol with explosive-filled, remote-controlled aircraft. [AP]
- Two percent of the country’s married same-sex couples live in the District. [WAMU]
- It’s a hot mess over in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5B. [Brookland Heartbeat]
- Jayson Werth actually believes that the running gag of Teddy losing has helped to “ingrain” a culture of losing at Nationals Park. I’m willing to go on record and state that Werth’s .233 average this year didn’t help matters much, either. [SB Nation]
- Digging deep into Capital Bikeshare’s successful first year. [GGW]
- Pepco got some rare compliments yesterday from the Prince George’s County council. [WTOP]
- Only number four, eh? [Dunkin’ Donuts]
- The Georgetown Voice has lost its longtime campus office, and had to cut back staff. Bummer. [Campus Overload]
- Believing the state made a mistake in convicting him 27 years ago, the Cooch has gone to bat for a convicted felon. [WaPo]
- Dave McKenna on the Redskins’ history of racism. [TBD]
- A government shutdown would apparently cost the District $5 million per week. [@SegravesWTOP]
- Let it all hang out, Arlington. [ARLnow]
- Ice skating on the National Mall? [WTOP]
- “A female employee at a federal building in Washington, D.C., went to the hospital early this week after suffering serious injuries from sitting on an exploding toilet.” [Huffington Post]
