Duck Watch Begins at Treasury: Remember the expectant duck nesting outside the Treasury Department that captured the heart of all America? Well, those eggs may be hatching this week, the AP, via WJLA, reports. We can already hear the ooohs and ahhhs coming from the area, but unfortunately, the view from the nearest DDOT camera, seen here at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, is turned away from the duck’s security perimeter. If the world can look for white smoke through a trained television camera, certainly CNN, Fox and MSNBC can get permission to set up a duck watch camera outside the White House.
Body of Missing Maryland Student Found in Anacostia: The body of Avin Sharma, the missing 22 year-old University of Maryland student was found floating in the Anacostia River near the 11th Street Bridge. Sharma was last spotted by friends at Club Lime on Half Street in Southwest, and according to the Post, there were no “obvious signs” of foul play. More from the Diamondback.
From the Tales of Good Role Models … The Examiner reports on the surprise motivational visit by singer Alicia Keys to Terrell Junior High School in Northwest through a program called Frum the Ground Up aimed at motivating eighth graders. Keys said such visits fulfill her love of children. She also wants to start a charter school.
… And of Bad Ones, Too: Out in Prince George’s County courtroom, the manager of rapper The Game (as seen in this Rap Fanatic magazine cover) is sought for trial for an incident of second-degree assault at the Lanham studios of WKYS radio. James Rosemond, The Game’s manager, didn’t have the calmest of reactions to an apparent joke when he “pounded on” WKYS DJ Zxulu, aka Richard Dunkerson, according to the Post.
Dunkerson made a joke about Rosemond’s cell phone earpiece. The lawsuit says Dunkerson made a hand gesture made famous on the TV series “Star Trek” that means “live long and prosper.”
To make matters worse, 50 Cent “rubbed emotional salt” in the wounds of The Game over the incident by crafting a very special song. The Game too faces an assault charge from the incident and a $280,000 civil suit, according to AllHipHop.com.
Briefly Noted: Guest editing at Gridskipper is D.C.-based blogger Scott David McIntosh. In the “DC Grab Bag,” DCSOB sends McIntosh some really annoying things about our fair city and some cool things … A Blockbuster employee from the P Street store has been indicted for stealing ID information … The blog wars have officially started in the Virginia gubernatorial race … Then there’s trouble at St. Elizabeths …
