>> It’s official: Federal transportation officials today told Congress and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine that they have approved the proposed 23-mile Dulles Rail project. [WaPo]

>> Turns out to have been totally true that nobody was willing to pay $20 to see wax statues of Marion Barry and Katie Couric. The city’s new Madame Tussauds wax museum is lowering its prices. [AP via WTOP]

>> The D.C. Council’s public works and environment committee today voted to strip $2 million from Mayor Fenty’s budget proposal that had been set aside to reconstruct Klingle Road NW. [City Desk]

>> Adorable puppy or vicious killing machine? A judge has spared the life of Bubba the dog, who stands accused of biting a Shar Pei, but banished him to live a life entirely outside the District of Columbia. [WJLA]

>> Looks like the HGTV crew is already in Anacostia, after the neighborhood won the channel’s Change the World. Start at Home contest back in January. [And Now, Anacostia]

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