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- Jin-Hae Jo, a 21-year-old North Korean defector who was on a hunger strike and protesting in front of the Chinese Embassy in D.C. since August 3, fell into a coma on Saturday afternoon. Jo was protesting the Chinese government’s policy on repatriation of North Korean refugees. [Pulitzer Center]
- There are still 68 D.C. public school teachers who don’t know where they’ll be teaching this year. School starts on Monday, and originally all teachers were supposed to be placed by July 31. [City Desk]
- The Marine Corps Marathon has altered its route through the District. Runners will reach Hains Point earlier this year. [Washington Business Journal]
- A group of student filmmakers from Southeast are trying to raise money to attend the Democratic Convention in Denver next week. They’re making a film about streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. around the country, and there’s one just a couple blocks from the Pepsi Center, where the convention will be held. [NBC4]
- No one was hurt after a small plane skidded off a runway at BWI today. [AP via WaPo]
- Ever wondered what you should do in the event zombies take over Silver Spring? One blog has the answers. [Silver Spring, Singular]
- Let’s get some bus stop shelters like these, stat. [Greater Greater Washington]
