>> Tragedy strikes the best little bar in Arlington! According to a MySpace bulletin, some miscreant has run off with Galaxy Hut’s kareoke equipment, effectively squashing DCist Amanda’s favorite way to spend a Thursday night. Why would someone do such a thing? Especially since wherever they take it is sure to have an inferior beer selection to the equipment’s original home. Do your part and go spend some money at G Hut so they can reinstate the fun as soon as possible. Correction: No theft, just a temporary karaoke hiatus due to some staff changes. But we still stand by the imperative to go and drink at Galaxy Hut. Any old time.

>> Staff members of Sen. Tim Johnson ought to enjoy those long lunches while they still can. Majority Leader Harry Reid said Johnson (D-S.D.), absent from the Senate since suffering a brain hemorrhage late last year, is likely to return to work in September, if not earlier. [AP]

>> “Arlington County police thought they might have caught the plastic-bag predator early this morning after the latest of four attacks in recent weeks, but the suspect was released shortly before noon today.” [WaPo]

>> “The National Archives announced today that it has uncovered in its stacks a hand-written note sent by Abraham Lincoln to one of his top generals four days after the battle of Gettysburg, at the height of the Civil War.” [WaPo]

>> Magic Johnson is now part-owner of the Hilton Washington. [Examiner]

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