
>> Mayor Fenty has named Shannon Lee Hader, an epidemiologist and public health physician who has directed the U.S. AIDS program in Zimbabwe, to head the District’s HIV/AIDS Administration. [WaPo]
>> D.C. Law enforcement officials are trying to seize control of a house at 1923 Rhode Island Avenue NE, a long-time location for illicit activity. [WJLA]
>> A small plane crash landed in the Hollywood area of St. Mary’s County. Two of three passengers escaped unharmed, and 85-year-old woman was flown to a Baltimore trauma center and is in critical condition. [NBC4]
>> Amtrak recently began offering once-a-day Acela Express service between Washington, D.C. and New York cities that stops only in Philadelphia — saving passengers ten minutes. [AP via WTOP]
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