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- The internet (and the stock market) is more or less freaking out about Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s announcement that he’s taking six months of leave due to health reasons.
- A deal is now in place for the city to hand over a vacant lot near the Ft. Totten Metro station to a team of developers who are planning to convert it into an $80 million mixed-use project.
- Eleanor Holmes Norton says she gave out 600 “surprise” tickets to the Inauguration this afternoon to D.C. residents. Know anyone who got one?
- At last, we think we may have found the worst Obama souvenir ever.
- Metro GM John Catoe warns that something is sure to go wrong on Metro on January 20. Duh?
- The water main break near the Verizon Center is still being fixed; we hear it won’t be resolved until tomorrow afternoon. Fans attending the Georgetown vs. Syracuse game tonight are strongly encouraged to take Metro.
