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• Today is Constitution Day, the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. constitution in 1787.
• The first payday for select middle schoolers enrolled in DCPS’s new “Capital Gains” pilot program will be Oct. 17. [D.C. Wire]
• Gilbert Arenas underwent knee surgery this morning, and will miss at least the first month of the Wizards season. [Wizards Insider]
• Business owners along the U Street corridor are considering forming their own Business Improvement District. [Greater Greater Washington]
• Apparently Mayor Fenty dubbed the new Safeway at 5th and L Streets NW the “Sexy Safeway.” Provocative. The Bloomingdale blog is proposing the “Swanky Safeway,” which we think sounds a little more on the money.
• Looks like charges may be being dropped against former Office of Tax and Revenue employee Diane Gustus.
• “D.C.’s fire department is downplaying an incident in which an Emergency Medical Technician was cut by a fire lieutenant as ‘negligent horseplay’. But the victim — who received ten stitches — doesn’t think so.” [WJLA]