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The Hill has the idiot local news scoop of the day with this gem from the Columbia Heights location of the Washington Sports Club. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama stopped by earlier on Friday to check out the new facility (he usually goes to the one in Gallery Place), and the woman who works behind the counter didn't recognize him and made him show her his ID. Now, the tone of the article suggests the embarrassing part of the story is that no one at the gym recognized Obama, one of the most recognizable faces in the country. But we'll submit that it's somewhat rather more embarrassing that Obama felt he didn't need to swipe his membership card at the front desk. We all have to face the shame and doubt that comes along with wondering whether the front desk person can tell how long it's been since we've been to the gym, senator. Next time, swipe that card.

Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) never ceases to amaze us. When he's not looking to shutdown bars and clubs (whether he has a reason or not), he's proposing schemes to put strip-clubs anywhere but in his own ward. He's newest plan? Putting them under Dupont Circle. Yes, you read that right. Under Dupont Circle. The Washington Times is reporting today that Graham has floated the idea of relocating some of the strip-clubs forced out...

Our snack prayers have been answered. After studying vending operations in New York, Chicago and other cities, D.C.’s Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs is ready to give our street carts another go. Intimidation tactics–mob-style, we imagine–led to the 1998 moratorium on licenses, which finally ended Oct. 15.

Georgetown, a neighborhood not exactly known for a paucity of shopping options, will soon give D.C. residents a few more ways to indulge in retail therapy. Three big-name chains -- eclectic women's clothing and home accessories retailer Anthropologie (Urban Outfitters' offering for women age 30-45), Benetton Group's Sisely, and New York-based Intermix -- are alighting in Georgetown Park mall. They join the already-open Capital Segway, a generously-sized yet sparsely furnished space where people who have been enviously watching tourists tool around D.C. on the personal transport devices can try out and purchase their own model. Segway riders can burn the calories they would have otherwise used walking and get their atrophied legs into shape at the newest branch of Washington Sports Club, also located in Georgetown Park.