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As we noted in the Morning Roundup, Ward 8 D.C. Council member Marion Barry was just released from the hospital on Monday evening after being treated for dehydration and a mild blood infection. But now D.C. Wire is reporting that the "Mayor for Life" actually went right back to Howard University Hospital late last night, thanks to an allergic reaction he had to some shrimp.

Barry and a group of friends decided to celebrate his release by going to dinner. Barry ordered the shrimp. A short time later, he says, his throat began to swell closed, his vision went blurry and his tongue went numb.

Both D.C. Wire and WJLA have updates on the health of former mayor and Ward 8 D.C. Council member Marion Barry, who was hospitalized early Tuesday morning to be treated for "dehydration," according to his spokesperson. Barry remained in Howard University Hospital's intensive care unit on Wednesday, according to both reports, and will likely not be discharged for at least a "few days." Seems kind of extreme for a case of dehydration, but considering Barry's age and health (he's 73, has diabetes and recently underwent kidney transplant surgery), we suppose it makes sense for his doctors to be overly cautious. Barry spokesperson Natalie Williams elaborated to WJLA that Barry's doctor also diagnosed the councilman with a mild infection.

WUSA9 News is reporting that Marion Barry has been quietly re-admitted to Howard University Hospital, just a handful of days after being released following his kidney transplant surgery. They quote a Barry spokesperson saying the Ward 8 Council member and former mayor is expected to remain in the hospital at least through the end of the week. Doctors apparently became concerned about Barry's condition after examining him on Monday, and promptly admitted him to the hospital, thus explaining why he did not attend yesterday's Council legislative session. The news means that Barry will likely spend his birthday in the hospital. He turns 73 on Friday.

Tony Randolph Hunter, the Clinton, Md., gay man who was attacked near Be Bar on September 7, died yesterday afternoon according to an announcement by the MPD's Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit. Having suffered a laceration to the back of the head, Hunter was listed in critical condition and placed on life support at Howard University Hospital. Friends confirmed that Hunter and a companion were en route to Be Bar when they were attacked. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

We're getting ready for our staff holiday party tonight, so GHA and AT are combined into one super post! Have fun, y'all. We certainly will be.

In the department of that sounds completely and utterly effed up, via Feministing, a 19 year-old woman who attends Howard University is suing the District, Howard University Hospital and GW Hospital after being denied treatment on the night of and morning after her rape because she "appeared intoxicated." The GW Hatchet reports that the woman says that during an off-campus party near Howard in December 2006, the plaintiff was given a date-rape drug that rendered...

Disturbing news out of the Columbia Heights neighborhood, as reports emerge about a 9 a.m. shooting at a crowded bus stop this morning at the corner of Georgia Ave. and Columbia Rd. NW. A woman being described as a Latino woman in her mid to late 30s is in critical condition at Howard University Hospital after being shot in the head by a man who fled on a bicycle. The shooting ocurred as students at...

Well, D.C. we had a nice weekend together, didn't we? Perhaps we ran into you at the hugely successful opening of the inaugural DCist Exposed photography show on Friday, or we might have crossed paths out walking the dog in the fantastic spring weather. Or maybe it was just that extra hour of evening light created by Daylight Savings. In any case, it was good to see you. But now, it's time for coffee and the news:

>> Do college students like having fun? Well, DO THEY!? Sounds like a job for Laura Sessions Stepp! Pull-quote highlight: "[Professor Frederic D.] Homer and graduate assistant Rodney Wambeam wanted to know what students meant when they said they were in college to have fun. They wanted to know why students rarely included classwork in that definition. What they heard surprised them." That means if Stepp, herself, was surprised, it could potentially bring the total...

>> As you've all no doubt heard, we're all Time magazine's Person of the Year. Unless you've never authored a blog post, a comment, or even submitted a loosely-sourced tip to a blogger who would irresponsibly publish it. Then you're nothing. [Time]

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Happy Friday, folks; may this day be the start of a fantastic, 80-degree yet cloudy weekend. On that note, who loses 1,137 laptops? It seems that, having announced the missing laptops Thursday night, only the Commerce Department is capable of such feats. NBC 4 tells us that since 2001, the laptops, 672 of which belonged to the Census Bureau, have vanished. Says Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez. "The amount of missing computers is high, but...

The local press is occupied this morning with news of a shooting that took place near the Christian Tabernacle Church of God at 10th and V Streets in NW, around 6:00 this morning. The victim, a man, was pronounced dead at Howard University Hospital, and police continue to investigate. Officers are apparently looking for silver car, reported to have Virginia plates reading "JZG5667," and which could be a Nissan or a Honda. Please call police if you have information about this crime.

These days, if you haven't seen Butterstick in the flesh, well, you may as well not even be alive. Ever since the District's favorite new celebrity was born just over six months ago, residents from across the region have watched as Butterstick grew from grotesque rat-looking thing to the mound of cuteness we see today. And ever since the National Zoo started handing out free tickets to see the 'stick, attendance at the Woodley Park site has doubled, according to NBC 4. Of course, just a trickle of that stream of visitors has expressed any interest in those other animals, which, from what we hear, are just itching for the day that Butterstick gets sent back to China. How cute will that precious little panda be then?

In response to allegations that existing state law banning gay marriage hasn't gone far enough in protecting traditional marriages from corrosive homosexual influences, Virginia is now considering further defining marriage as only being between a man and a woman, reports WJLA. We thought that Virginia had made their opposition to gay marriage clear enough last year with their endorsement of "Traditional Marriage" license plates, but it's always good to err on the side of excess....

Six months on, and we're still not calling him Tai Shan. He's Butterstick, and he basked in even more attention than usual yesterday as he turned six months old. A hefty 27 pounds and boasting a newly-blackened nose, Butterstick has been all the rage in the District as of late -- those who haven't yet seen him in the flesh have opted instead for the voyeuristic Panda Cam, watching and awwing his every move. While...

If you've got a council of city representatives nervous about spending over $500 million for a stadium, what's the best way to soothe their nerves? Throw another huge, risky capital project their way, of course!

When we first mentioned the non-fatal shooting of Cameron “Cam’ron” Giles in town two weeks ago, it appeared to be nothing more than, as Cam’ron’s manager Joe Sherman described it, “a botched carjacking.” It happened, it was reported, and since Killa Cam left Howard University Hospital in fine condition, most thought little of it afterwards. Such things happen after all, and one could hardly be surprised when a rapper who is known almost equally for...

Good morning, Washington. We hope you had an enjoyable weekend - whether it was checking out the D.C. United game (they tied Chicago 0-0 and will play again next weekend), discovering the FSM in the Metro, or checking out Howard's homecoming. Be prepared for wet weather today - today will be cloudy with rain developing later in the day and temperatures in the 50s.

The District's plan to have Howard University own and operate a city-built medical facility to replace D.C. General Hospital near RFK Stadium in Southeast is running into some snags. Although a number of politicians and activists have said that Wards 5, 6, 7 and 8 are underserved in terms of access to medical care, some health interests have come out and said the new hospital isn't needed and a reshifting of medical assets could threaten the survivability of other hospitals in the city.

We'd like to wish our readers a Merry Christmas, or as Gothamist put it, "the last Saturday in December."