Good morning, Washington. Excuse us if we’re a little grumpy. It might just be this
hard-hitting report from NBC 4 that increasing numbers
of professionals are hiring personal assistants to get their “frazzled lives” under
control. Why can’t we get us a personal assistant to give us some Morning Roundup love,
hmm? Then we could lounge around in our robe and sip our coffee at our leisure. Someday,
someday. When bloggers rule the earth. But for now, news.
In With the Young, Out with the Old: Can’t claim to know anything about
baseball, and surely the crack DCist sports folks will take this on later today, but big
news in the world of D.C. baseball – Manny Acta was chosen as the Nats new manager. At 37
years, he is the youngest manager in the majors. Acta spent the past as two years New York
Mets’ third-base coach. (UPDATE: Doh. I told you I knew nothing of this “baseball.” The DCist crack team already did in fact cover this news as soon as it became unofficially known.)
Marion Barry Pleads Not Guilty: Claiming you were only a tiny bit drunk while driving
instead of absolutely smashed may not be the smartest strategy, but Marion Barry is
playing it for all it’s worth. Charged with “driving under the influence, operating a
vehicle while impaired, operating an unregistered vehicle and misuse of a temporary tag” back in September,
the former mayor plead not guilty yesterday to those charges. He insists his blood level alcohol was only at .02%, which is
like, totally legal.
Police Patrol NE After Shootings: Rashes of violence aren’t restricted to the hot, hot
heat of the summer, it seems. Police are out in force in the area around the National
Arboretum after four people were found shot at 17th 19th and M Streets NE. According to one resident in this WTOP piece, “gunfire is so common, they
don’t even duck anymore.” Wowza.
OMG WHO KILLS KITTENS?!?!: Some dude in Hagerstown, that’s who. And he didn’t
just kill them. HE BURNED THEM TO DEATH. The story: after a fight with his girlfriend, in
which he hit her, this jackass threw four kittens in a fire. Priceless. What a catch!
Abusive AND willing to burn animals. Isn’t that, like, two out of three of the signs of a
complete psychopath? But he was sentenced yestderay
to 1.5 years in jail for aggravated animal cruelty. I’ll say.
Briefly Noted: Fenty picks a deputy mayor,
eliminating the three other positions … Man pleads guilty to killing Hopkins student … Two convicted in MS-13
trial … IRS loses bunch of laptops …
This Day in DCist: In 2005, we prepared for Butterstick’s coming out party and searched for bovinity. In 2004, we saw Big Brother stop in Arlington and welcomed Torontoist to the -ist family.
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