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• Sign spotted in New York suggesting that gay PDAs are not welcome in a Rite-Aid: some kind of publicity hoax or is time for another hug-in? [Gothamist]
• A 12-year-old boy playing with fireworks in his bedroom set his house on fire in Anne Arundel County, causing $100,000 in damages. [WaPo]
• Former Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli (pronounced more or less like “broccoli”) will replace Len Downie as Executive Editor of the Washington Post. [FishBowl DC]
• Developer Herbert Miller has settled his $40 million lawsuit against the District government over the failed plan to build two 13-story condominium towers just outside Nationals Park. [D.C. Wire]
• Mayor Fenty and his wife Michelle found out they are having a girl! [via City Desk]
• Mount Pleasant finally starts to represent in the blogosphere. [Climbing the Mount]
• Reports that some D.C. Starbucks were without baked goods and milk this morning because a local vendor walked off the job can’t be verified by us — did this happen to you? [14th and You]