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• Would you like a strange filmmaker to sleep on your couch? That can be arranged, if that’s what you’re in to. [Penn Quarter Living]
• A giant red tent has been erected on top of one of the parking garages that no one uses next to Nationals Park. The cherry? It totally blocks the view of the U.S. Capitol that we were supposed to be able to get from almost anywhere in the ballpark. [Half Street Blues]
• A U.S. Marshal shot a repeat criminal in Northeast today while trying to arrest him on a parole violation. The man, Fernando Morris, tried to attack members of the Capital Area Regional Task Force with a knife, and could not be subdued even after they used a taser on him. Morris is in the hospital in critical condition. [WJLA]
• A man is hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by a car in the Seat Pleasant area. [NBC4]
• A funeral was held for Ronnie White in Laurel today. [WaPo]
• A Virginia man who killed his 79-year-old neighbor is scheduled to be executed tonight. [AP]