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• An armed security contractor at Walter Reed Army Medical Center shot and killed himself on the facility’s grounds today, prompting the closure of the 16th Street entrance while police investigate.
• The New Republic’s Michelle Cottle attempts to take stock of how the Obamas might influence D.C. culture, with the most interesting quote from an unnamed Obama insider who said that they “have already had conversations with three single women who don’t live here but are thinking about moving to Washington because they think the place is going to be overrun with eligible professional single black men.”
• What appears to have been a domestic dispute led to the shooting deaths of three people in Vienna.
• ANC6D votes to oppose a stipulated liquor license request from Kristina Noell to turn the H2O club space into a coffeeshop/restaurant/catering business, reports SWDCBlog.
• Tickets are on sale to see a bunch of local journalists play rock music at a charity concert, Journopalooza on Jan. 9, at the National Press Club.
• WashTimes reports Maryland furloughs could lead to the University of Maryland shutting down for an entire day.