>> Starting in January, the so-called Humpback Bridge on the George Washington Parkway will be revamped to be hump free and more pedestrian friendly. [WTOP]

>> Mayor Fenty’s administration tripled the number of employees making $175,000 or more from this time last year. Five of those employees, including the mayor himself, make over $200,000. [Examiner]

>> Last night’s fatal shooting of a man in the Barnaby Terrace neighborhood brings D.C.’s 2007 homicide total for the year to 170. That surpasses 2006’s total of 169, which was the lowest in the city in 21 years. [WaPo]

>> At least one of the three new video billboards recently installed at 7th and H St., NW is already malfunctioning. [Penn Quarter Living]

>> The Logan Circle ANC voted to allow Whole Foods’ P Street location to sell single containers of beer, while the Barrel House nearby on 14th Street can’t. [City Desk via Dupont Current]

>> Hunger leads to improvised sushi. Among the ingredients: hot dogs, pimentos and cucumbers. [endless simmer]

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