Two D.C. Tickets Almost Take Powerball Fortune: While the winning ticket for the $365 million Powerball jackpot was bought in Nebraska, the District can claim two winners, albeit smaller ones. WJLA is reporting that two tickets bought in D.C. matched five of the numbers, netting their holders a cool $667,000. Unfortunately, we didn’t take in that much — $4 is all we can claim in winnings.

Post Profiles Fight Against Young Car Thiefs: Today the Post profiles the District police officers charged with hunting down and capturing the city’s car thiefs, notably the youngest ones who have often led daring chases down city streets in stolen cars. Among the article’s many revelations on the daily toil of hunting down car thieves is that many have been apprehended with the aid of local drug dealers, few of whom have appreciated the added attention the car thieves have brought their territories. What happened to honor among criminals?

Eisenhower Could Get Memorial on Mall: President Dwight D. Eisenhower might be next in line to have a memorial on the Mall, writes the Examiner. A presidential commission created in 1999 to explore the prospect has identified a five-acre site between Maryland and Independence Avenues just south of the National Air and Space Museum, though the memorial’s plans may face opposition as it works its way past planning commissions and through Congress.

Briefly Noted: Fire sweeps through Georgetown building … Eight stabbed in Fairfax County party … It was a damn cold weekend.