>> The District’s poverty rate is the highest in nearly a decade, and the employment rate for African American adults is at a 20-year low. [WaPo]

>> ACK! OMG! The Hair! The Hair! Blood on the Hair! [Princess Sparklepony]

>> bam! smack!@ Pow! [craigslist]

>> WASA says it has repaired the two holes that were leaking raw sewage into the Anacostia River. [WaPo]

>> Adam Clampitt has filed papers to run as an independent against Carol Schwartz for her at-large D.C. Council seat. His campaign chair is none other than Judith Terra, the socialite and arts patron who played a large role in the campaigns of Mayor Adrian Fenty and Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser. [City Desk]

>> “For one bright moment, my faith in local government had been restored.” [IntangibleArts]

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