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D.C. Police Chief Declares Crime Emergency: You heard right. Police Chief Ramsey has officially declared a Crime Emergency for the District, which in practical terms means he now has greater authority to change police officer's schedules in order to increase manpower on the street without the 14-day notice typically required by the union. With 13 murders since the first of this month, many residents are upset and demanding action. The Post notes that the number of murders in the city so far this year, 94, is the exact same number we had this time last year — though robberies are up 14%. DCist definitely noticed a lot more patrol cars last night in N.W., which is we guess is never a bad thing — though the Post also quotes Officer Kristopher Baumann's concerns that officers will only be further demoralized by not receiving overtime pay — so maybe it's sometimes a bad thing. Our Crime Emergency status will continue for at least the next 30 days, when Ramsey will reevaluate.

Good morning, Washington. With deadlines for signing the stadium lease looming, D.C. officials are considering new options for defraying cost overruns, in their attempt to corral a majority in the D.C. Council. The Post reports today that the latest of such measures is an initiative to sell land adjacent to the planned stadium to the new Nationals owner. That land, which is likely to host a lucrative mix of development, could prove valuable enough to...

The mystery is no more. Given any other circumstances, the item from the police blotter wouldn't have attracted much attention. Three young men arrested late at night, charged with defacing public property. But these were no ordinary circumstances. This was Borf, the infamous grafitti artist who for months had taken to the streets in the District and Virginia -- and even as far as San Francisco -- leaving behind scribbles, scrawls, and stencils that...