Good morning, Washington. In case you didn't believe us when we first told you that this tax office corruption scandal was going to get bigger and badder as the week went on, just check out the trio of stories on offer from the Post this morning on the widening scandal. First and foremost, it turns out Harriette Walters and Diane Gustus allegedly worked together to steal $4 million more than originally thought, bringing the grand......

>> Along with their still awaited Local Blogger Directory, washingtonpost.com is set to roll out a social networking function this spring. How long will we have to wait before Hank Stuever starts updating his profile every hour with cryptic messages in an elaborate attempt at online performance art? [Fishbowl DC] >> A woman was struck by a Green line train on Sunday night at the Suitland station, after falling onto the tracks. Amazingly enough,......

You know it's August and the news has slowed down considerably when everybody starts running their "Who's The Hottest fillintheblank" type polls. The Hill ran their 50 Most Beautiful (which was appropriately snarked by the DCeiver, who in turn got a mention in Newsweek!); Gawker's already done a bunch of hottie media types; and now FishbowlDC is running their own media Hot-A-Thon, featuring several members of the D.C. media elite. The categories are Hottest On-Air......

The Post's Hank Stuever weighed in today on a major event in the world of comics. Last Saturday, Cathy, from the comic strip of the same name, the perennially single gal, got married to long time on again off again boyfriend Irving. For those of you that don't read the comics, Cathy's kind of like the Bridget Jones of the comics world, only less funnier and, let's face it, Irving is no Mark Darcy. The......