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Go Home Already: What Lies Beneath

BREAKING now: an arrest has been made in the Nov. 7 slaying of liquor store owner Rufina Hernandez, D.C. police are saying. More on this to come after a 7:30 p.m. news conference. [WJLA/ABC7]
The U.S. Postal service has declared its own War on Christmas: they are dropping the popular national program where volunteers in North Pole, Alaska open and respond to letters addressed to Santa. The decision comes amid fears of the possibility of pedophile infiltration in the program. [AP via NPR]
Charlene Lugar, the wife of Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) was arrested last night by the Fairfax County Police Department for driving while intoxicated and a hit-and-run. Looks like she hit a parked car. No one was injured. [USAToday]

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Go Home Already: Between the Lines

D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray appeared on News Channel 8's NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt this afternoon to respond to some of the ethics questions raised in two different news stories today.
Voting rights activist Nikolas Schiller got asked to remove his tri-cornered hat, part of his standard Colonial costume garb at pro-D.C. events, at today's Congressional hearing on District autonomy, WAMU reports.
Via We Love DC, looks like Top Chef's Richard Blais plans to bring his Flip Burger concept to D.C.'s Chinatown.

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Go Home Already: Proceed with Caution

Washington Blade staffers plan to put out some kind of issue of the newspaper on Friday, Paul Schwartzman reports in WaPo. He also notes that two prospective publishers offered earlier this year to buy the Blade. See Erik Wemple's reporting on the scorned potential Blade buyers for more on that.
Looks like Ovie's going to be back on the ice tonight, according to NHL.com.
Prince George's County police made a gruesome discovery this morning: they found a body in a trash compactor, WaPo reports, and are investigating.

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Go Home Already: Taking the Piss

WTTG/FOX5's Will Thomas got mugged in Georgetown last week, Reliable Source reports. 'No injuries, but "as you can imagine, I'm still a bit shaken up,"' he told them.
Jim Graham is collecting donations for the family of Oscar Fuentes, says PoP.
New Columbia Heights breathlessly awaits the opening of the new Chipotle, now slated for on or about Dec. 10.

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Go Home Already: Hard Knocks

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."

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Go Home Already: Be Seeing You

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.

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Go Home Already: On the Move

It's difficult to think of a convoluted scare story more tailor-made for local TV news than this one. If only the virus also killed your household pets and caused traffic delays that contributed to the delinquency of your teenage daughter.
D.C. is finally getting wheelchair-accessible taxis this month, via WaPo. Long, long overdue.
The headline says it all: "Diapers on the street -- Not cool."

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Go Home Already: Just Around the Corner

This seemed inevitable: DCPS CFO Noah Wepman was fired on Friday, according to sources. Wepman was made to look a fool by the D.C. Council after they grilled him at a hearing on the recent D.C. Schools RIFs, to the point where he admitted withholding budget numbers from the legislative body. [WTOP]
A bicyclist was struck and killed Saturday morning by a Bladensburg police officer, authorities only announce today. "The cyclist, who police have not identified, was pulling onto Annapolis Road from the Bladen Plaza Shopping Center about 2 a.m. when he crossed the path of a Bladensburg police officer headed west, police said. The front right section of the cruiser hit the cyclist, and he was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said." [WaPo]
Potential new owners for the Maples, a historic mansion on Capitol Hill, weren't able to put together the funds they needed in time to make the purchase, and now PETA is looking at the property. [The Hill is Home]

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Go Home Already: Senselessness

The Associated Press has the best information we've seen coming out of Fort Hood. An officer who's been identified as Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan allegedly opened fire at this military base, leaving 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman and apprehended two other soldiers in what appears to be the worst mass shooting ever to occur at a U.S. military base.
The biological father of one of the adopted daughters of Renee Bowman, the woman accused of murdering the girls and placing them in a freezer, has filed a $75 million wrongful death lawsuit against the District of Columbia.
Frozen Tropics updates on the Martini Lounge stabbing and subsequent temporary license suspension.

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Go Home Already: Patterns of Behavior

If you're commuting by car to Montgomery County this evening, you might want to come up with some other plan, or wait until much later. The county's traffic lights still aren't timed right after a malfunction this morning.
Area corporate executive denied first class seating on United Airlines because he was wearing a track suit. WTTG/FOX5 investigates!
Jean Cryor, commissioner of the Montgomery County Planning Board, has died at the age of 70, AP reports.

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Go Home Already: This Way and That

The D.C. Clergy for Marriage Equality are holding an interfaith worship service in support of same-sex marriage tonight at the Asbury United Methodist Church at 11th and K Streets NW. The service starts at 7 p.m.
Scientists say it's probably not such a good idea to buy a condo on the Atlantic Coast, given rapidly rising sea levels.
Parking meters! D.C. residents complain about 'em. A lot.

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Go Home Already: All You Need Is ...

The New Gay asks straight people at the High Heel Race whether they're there laughing with the gays, or at them. The answer? Maybe a little of both.
Huffington Post shares the Allbritton memo on the new Jim Brady-helmed local D.C. news web site, which will merge "the current WJLA.com and News8.net websites into a site whose aim is to set a new standard for media coverage of local news, with a staff of more than 50 people."
Maryland has confirmed two more H1N1-related deaths, the Post reports. The cases involved "two adults from the Baltimore area who apparently had no underlying medical conditions."

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Go Home Already: Take Cover

Members of the D.C. Council met behind closed doors today, claiming to be working on a "personnel matter" and not taking any official action. [D.C. Wire]
Convicted D.C. Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be put to death by lethal injection, after declining to choose between that method or electrocution. [WashTimes]
Upgrades to Metro's SmarTrip system have been delayed, again, citing the need to comply with a federal IRS mandate. [Greater Greater Washington]

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Go Home Already: Keep it Clean

We've now got an ID on the man who was fatally shot by police in Petworth over the weekend. He was identified Monday by authorities as Jamaal Grant, 23, of no fixed address (via the Post).
The first half of the D.C. Council's same-sex marriage hearing keeps on trucking along. City Desk already has a nice summary of one back and forth exchange between Bishop Harry Jackson and David Catania.
More bad news for the Washington Post's circulation, courtesy the Washington Business Journal: average daily circulation dropped 6.4 percent in the six months that ended Sept. 30.

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Go Home Already: Keep it Moving

The National Capitol Region Transportation Planning Board is making a pitch for $13 million worth of stimulus funding to help expand D.C.'s SmartBike bicycle sharing program. [DC StreetsBlog]
Know any theater companies who'd like a chance to take over the Crystal City space that's been housing Arena Stage temporarily? The Crystal City BID is looking for a new tenant for its theater once Arena moves into its new Southwest D.C. digs. [Washington Business Journal]
Metro looks like it is finally about to cooperate with Google Transit. [GGW]

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Go Home Already: Play Time is Over

Do local organizations Bread for the City and New Community for Children a solid and vote for them in this Tom's of Maine contest. They're each up for a $20,000 grant if enough people vote for their local community projects, and you can vote once every day up until Oct. 30
Looking to get a taste of that infectious Bloomingdale whimsy? Richard Layman recommends an upcoming Bloomingdale House Tour. It's this Saturday, Oct. 24, costs $15 and benefits the Bloomingdale Civic Association.
Silver Spring, Singular is anticipating a "significant zombie horde" for this weekend's Zombie Walk, natch. The big event is Saturday at 9:30 p.m., and a lot of local businesses have clued in and are planning related parties and happy hours.

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Go Home Already: Incoming

Looks like that Dulles Toll Road rate hike is really gonna happen.
Georgetown sophomore posts an ad seeking a personal assistant to do stuff like run his errands and make his bed. On top of that apparent ego, he's also insanely cheap: "Tasks such as doing laundry that involve a lot of waiting around (time when you could be doing other tasks or doing your own stuff) will be counted for the approximate amount of time it would take to do the labor involved. For instance, laundry will be counted for half an hour even though a laundry cycle takes 1.5 hrs to complete."
A United Airlines employee was taken into custody at Dulles airport this afternoon after he ran away from a TSA inspector.

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Go Home Already: Done and Done

Breathe easy, ~~D.C.~~ entire world. That balloon kid was found safe and sound. You'll have to find something else to distract you from work tomorrow.
Whoa, Jack Evans tells News Channel 8's Bruce DePuyt that he'll run for D.C. Council Chairman if Vince Gray decides to run for mayor. Sounds like someone might have an inkling Gray is going to pull the trigger.
D.C. will be one of the first markets to get 7.5 oz Coca-Cola cans in stores ... because everything small is cute?

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Go Home Already: Photo Opps

A group of local architects have developed "an audacious proposal" that "essentially calls for bringing Paris, mansard, Seine and all, to the Capital of the United States." [Greater Greater Washington]
The View 14 development at 14th and Florida NW will finally open its leasing office next month. Feels like that place has been a construction wasteland forever. [Housing Complex]
Private school students at the Latino-focused San Miguel school got a surprise visit from J. Lo and husband Marc Anthony this afternoon. The celebrity couple stopped by to push a stay-in-school message. [WJLA]

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Go Home Already: Jumping Off Place

City Desk looks at which Cathy Lanier initiatives may have helped contribute to this year's drop in homicides. "Assistant Chief Peter Newsham, who is in charge of the Investigative Services Bureau, attributes the homicide drop to a series of Lanier-endorsed initiatives from IT upgrades to personnel moves to a push to investigate not only fatal shootings but non-fatal shootings."
WUSA9 reports that a "pack of dogs" menaced a mounted U.S. Park Police officer and his horse at Ft. Dupont Park in Southeast today. No injuries were reported to people or animals, but a woman was reportedly arrested for letting the 20 some odd dogs roam without leashes in the park.
DCmud previews tomorrow's public meeting for comments on the Environmental Assessment of the K Street Transitway Study.

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Go Home Already: Beginnings and Endings

In case you somehow missed it, Behind the Badge has all those naked photos of D.C. United players from a recent ESPN The Magazine shoot. Marginally NSFW, but well worth a looky-loo.
In other local sports trivia, the Sports Bog shares the statistical odds of going to 19 Nats games this season and seeing them lose every single one: 1 in 131,204. Impressive.
Frozen Tropics reports that the methadone clinic on Bladensburg Rd. has been evicted for non-payment of rent.

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Go Home Already: Patience is a Virtue

A U.S. District court judge ruled today that Franklin Shelter advocates have to take their case to the D.C. Court of Appeals, Darryl Fears reports in the Post, further delaying any chance they might have to reopen the building as a shelter before the city manages to sell it.
Unsuck DC Metro quotes purported wife of MTPD officer worried that those T3 Segway trikes will leave transit police officers "not in a position to draw their weapons to protect themselves or others."
Prince of Petworth posts Jim Graham letter outlining plan to offer tax relief to organic grocer Ellwood Thompson's, in an effort to help them finally open in Columbia Heights.

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Go Home Already: Ins and Outs

Quite possibly the dumbest survey question we've read all year, courtesy the Washington Business Journal.
The Triangle spots a Shepherd Fairey poster being removed by the Downtown BID. Does this mean the glow from the 2008 election is officially over?
And Now, Anacostia has an image of the street car tracks currently being installed along Firth Sterling Avenue.

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Go Home Already: The Most Interesting Man in the World

D.C. Taxicab Commission Chairman Leon Swain speaks! To WUSA9's Bruce Johnson. He "says it took him less than a month to collect almost 40 bribes from individuals looking for illegal licenses to operate cabs on the city's streets."
Via Prince of Petworth, the Bates Area Civic Association blog brings word that the contentious billboards at 4th and P Streets NW have been ordered removed by close of business on Tuesday.
It's a big night for At-large D.C. Council member David Catania (I). He appears in a new documentary called OUTRAGE, about the practice of outing closeted politicians, which premieres on HBO at 9 p.m. tonight; and we assume he'll be busy preparing for tomorrow morning's introduction of his gay marriage bill at the John A. Wilson Building – which is sure to bring out scores of activists on both sides of the issue.

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Go Home Already: Keeping a Lookout

Looks like a number of businesses in Cleveland Park were vandalized last night. Among them: Palena, Zoo Bar, Byblos Deli and Nam Viet.
Former D.C. Housing Authority director Michael Kelly is moving on up to New York City.
D.C. cab drivers picketed the Wilson Building this morning, with plenty of anger to go around for Fenty, Graham, Bowser, et al.

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Go Home Already: Splish Splash

D.C. cab drivers are still planning to boycott Adams Morgan this weekend, even though Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham withdrew his controversial taxicab regulation bill today. [WaPo]
Devyn Black, the former intern for Graham who was arrested for shooting two people outside the Columbia Heights Metro station in June, pleaded guilty today to counts of aggravated assault while armed and possession of a firearm during a violent crime. [AP via WTOP]
D.C. police officer doesn't care to ticket for public urination. [Life in Mt. Vernon Square]

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Go Home Already: A Little Night Music

Two staffers for Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), David Vacca and Steve Hernandez, have been subpoenaed to appear next week before a federal grand jury in the ongoing taxicab bribery investigation. [D.C. Wire]
An update on the ongoing Wilson Court Apartments/SOME real estate saga. "Why should you care? Because it's yet another entity that will not pay property taxes and add any sort of economical value to our community." [Barry Farm (Re)Mixed]
Video from last weekend's Bluebrain boombox sound art experience in Dupont Circle. [The 42]

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Go Home Already: Above Our Heads

The Wizards are heading back to training camp, and that means Gilbert Arenas is talking to the press. The AP (via WUSA9) sums it up: "Gilbert Arenas arrived for the Washington Wizards' mandatory media day Monday declaring he doesn't want to be judged by his words anymore. Then he spoke for 30 minutes."
Carlos in DC attends the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Award Dinner. "People here just love Obama; everyone is clapping with respect and Obama looks very confident."
The Eagle Bank Bowl wants to sell 40,000 tickets in this, its second year, the Business Journal reports. Good luck with that (unless Maryland ends up playing).

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Go Home Already: Trials and Tribulations

More trickling out this evening on the Ted Loza arrest. He's already been placed on paid administrative leave, for starters. Then there's the question of Loza's involvement with three groups being mentioned in connection with the case: Prisma Communications, an Adams Morgan advertising and graphic design company; United Fleet Management, a firm that handles operations for small taxicab operators; and Fiesta D.C., the annual Latino street festival, for which Loza's wife worked. [all via City Desk]
Management announced some brutal layoffs at CQ and Roll Call today. Hope you're all getting drunk tonight. [Fishbowl DC]
Wow! It looks like scientists have made a major breakthrough in the search for an HIV vaccine. Very exciting stuff. [Newsweek]

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Go Home Already: Ch Ch Ch Changes

The Treasury Department is asking the D.C. Department of Transportation to change F Street between 14th and 15th streets NW from a two-way street to a one-way street due to security concerns, WTOP reports. At least they're not asking them to close it?
Barry Farm (Re)Mixed highlights two parcels for sale near the Anacostia Metro station.
An update on several new business currently moving into the Mt. Vernon Triangle area, courtesy The Triangle.

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