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• Someone phoned in a bomb threat to the McPherson Square Metro Station this afternoon, causing the entrances to the station to closed for about 40 minutes this afternoon, from ten minutes before 4 p.m. to until about 4:30. The threat was cleared and the station reopened before rush hour began.
• The Washington Post’s new executive editor, Marcus Brauchli, officially started today, but for some reason all anyone can talk about is how the paper is changing the look of its lobby. This is probably because journalists are sentimental saps. [Fishbowl DC & City Desk]
• “I certainly hope that Mr. Novak has a speedy and complete recovery, but parts of his account are somewhat bothersome. He says his Corvette hit the pedestrian – like it did it on its own. He accuses the bystanders of “taking on aspects of a mob”, but that account differs from the one I heard from David Bono and others.” [TheWashCycle]
• A man in Chesapeake, Va. was arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty after police said he killed his dog with a sword on Sunday. [Daily Press]
• A woman was sexually assaulted in the middle of the day in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. [WJLA]
• The medical examiner’s office has ruled the death of a woman found in her home near Bethesda a homicide. [NBC4]