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• Uhh, this doesn’t seem good. [Wall Street Journal]
• Is a new youth hostel just off H Street NE misleading potential visitors about the neighborhood? [Frozen Tropics]
• Brian Beutler, a D.C. journalist who was shot three times in early July in the course of a mugging, returned to his blog today.
• “Eight suspected members of a District-based sect of the West Coast Bloods gang have been indicted on charges of kidnapping, assault and forcing a female member to have sex with three men for money, local and federal authorities said. ” [WaPo]
• Ghanian President John Kufuor got the full military honor guard treatment for his official state visit to the White House. [AP]
• A Bethesda man is suing Applebee’s and its partner Weight Watchers for serving some entrees that contain three times as much fat per serving as advertised. [Kansas City Star via City Desk]