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• WaPo columnist Courtland Milloy has Officer James Haskell’s version of events as told to investigators into the shooting death of 14-year-old DeOnté Rawlings: “Asked by investigators to describe how DeOnté was firing and running at the same time, Haskell said the boy was running with what police later said was a .45-caliber semiautomatic in his right hand while firing back over his left shoulder.”
• A Maryland state delegate who called for “DUI” license plates that would be issued to people convicted more than once of drunken driving has been charged with driving under the influence himself. [AP via NBC4]
• A developer plans to put a Fatburger in on Florida Ave. near Howard University. [renew shaw]
• The Arlington County man who killed himself after shooting and injuring an Alexandria police officer who pulled him over last night on I-395 may also have killed his wife. [WaPo]
• “This whole thing about McCain wanting to delay the debates, or suspend the campaign, reminds me of being a kid and watching two dudes knuckle up over some minor juvenile dispute. (“Yo, he was trying to talk to your girl!”) Inevitably one would rocked a few times and then hold up his hands and get to stalling–Yo, chill son, chill! Lemme take off my chain. Lemme take off my chain!” [Ta-Nehisi Coates]
• CNN’s Campbell Brown calls for the McCain campaign to “free” Sarah Palin and stop hiding her from the press in a seemingly sexist attempt to protect her as though she’s a “delicate flower.”