>> “Florida’s top police agency said Wednesday its investigation into former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley’s lurid Internet communications with teenage boys has been hindered because neither Foley nor the House will let investigators examine his congressional computers.” [AP via TPM]

>> “A New Carrollton mother accused of leaving her five young children in filth pleaded guilty in the case on Thursday.” [NBC4]

>> “A D.C. Superior Court judge today sentenced a former D.C. police officer to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in Rock Creek Park after pulling her over on Georgia Avenue NW.” [WaPo]

>> “Huge concrete slabs from the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge are being dumped into the Chesapeake Bay to create a deep water, artificial reef for fish, oysters and underwater grass beds.” [WTOP]

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