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  • WJLA picks up on the Hawk N Dove has a policy against solo marines entering the bar story. We originally reported on this over a year ago.
  • Washington Mystics general manager Linda Hargrove has been fired, and a formal search for her replacement has already begun. [Washington Business Journal]
  • How was this year’s H Street Festival? [Frozen Tropics]
  • The second of two public meetings for the 16th Street Metrobus Line study is tonight at St Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church at 16th & Newton NW. The open house part of the meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a presentation and discussion from 7 to 8:30.
  • A local man got away with giving a mugger a fake wallet he started carrying around for just such an occasion. Do you think it might be worth it to carry that extra item in the event you get held up? [WJLA]
  • The Nationals could be about to set a new record for worst attendance of a brand new major league ballpark in its inaugural season in the past 25 years. [City Desk]
  • “So, the anti-development forces in Brookland have looked at the latest version of the Brookland Metro Station small area plan and declared it unacceptable. They’re preparing to rally on Saturday at the station.” [The Bellows]