
>> D.C. United star striker Luciano Emilio is neck and neck with the Chicago Fire’s Cuauhtemoc Blanco for MLS Goal of the Week. Emilio scored his 20th goal of the season with an sensational left-footed volley. Be sure to vote. It’s your civic duty.
>> It’s been exactly five years since the sniper shootings perpetrated by John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo began. [WTOP]
>> “D.C. Council leaders will not hold up the District’s proposed $2.7 million purchase of a dilapidated apartment complex in Southeast, despite what they acknowledge is an unfavorable deal with unsavory people.” [Examiner]
>> Add to the Wonkette jobs listings: One person to edit Wonkette from D.C.
Alex Pareene is leaving Wonkette, and D.C., for Gawker and New York. [Wonkette]
>> Late Night Eats in D.C., examined. No doubt they hadn’t heard that Florida Ave. Grill is open until 4 a.m. on the weekends now. Still, not too bad. [Gridskipper]
>> D.C./Philadelphia neighborhood equivalences. [Movering]
Matt Bourque contributed. Photo by krisetya