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• Renee Bowman was formally indicted today on attempted murder charges stemming from the abuse she is suspected of dishing out to her living daughter. No one has yet been charged in the deaths of Bowman’s other two daughters, whose bodies were discovered inside Bowman’s freezer. [WaPo]
• “Steven Posniak, a former ANC commissioner representing the American University Park neighborhood, faces federal charges for setting the 2007 Ham Lake fire in Minnesota, the state’s largest and most expensive forest fire in 80 years.” [City Desk]
• “The D.C. Council on Tuesday directed the Fenty administration to bury all utility lines hanging over 12th Street NE between Rhode Island and Michigan avenues in the Brookland neighborhood.” [Examiner]
• The White House has picked out its Christmas tree already. [AP via WTOP]
• One Ward 5 candidate for the D.C. school board had an embarrassing typo on his campaign signs. [bloomingdale (for now)]
• A lot of folks are indescribably excited about a new cheese stand coming to the Bloomingdale farmers market.
• Big Chair Coffee in Anacostia appears to be all set with its business licenses. [And Now, Anacostia]