Good morning, Washington. Apparently Madame Tussaud’s debuted a wax replica of Michelle Obama yesterday, and at least one local newscast decided to do one of those hi-larious pieces where they ask the sculpture questions and act surprised when it doesn’t respond (the same channel also did this when Gilbert Arenas was added to the collection). Good lord. How much longer will this ridiculous imported tourist trap plague our city — and worse, get free advertising every time it unveils one of its horrifying statues?

Loudoun Attack Victim Speaking With Police: Cynthia Bennett, the woman who suffered a savage beating and whose husband was killed in a seemingly random attack in Lansdowne, has recovered enough to communicate with police, according to the Post. Bennett’s condition and ongoing surgeries have limited the amount of information she’s able to share, but police are now looking for four or five individuals who participated in the attack while wearing dark clothing, then left in a white van. The county sheriff has also released a list of behaviors that suspects might exhibit, but unfortunately they’re not much more specific than “general suspiciousness.”

Fenty Learned of Ambulance Donation When Public Did: Yesterday’s Examiner story revealed that staff in the mayor’s office were instrumental in arranging the now-cancelled donation of a firetruck and ambulance to a town in the Dominican Republic. But according to NBC4, that involvement didn’t include Mayor Fenty himself: he’s now said that he first heard of the donation through media accounts. Fenty also noted that the vehicle donation didn’t appear to be illegal, although he refrained from defending the wisdom of the gift.

Briefly Noted: D.C. United not coming to P.G. County… Md. schools will soon be required to report their porn policies… Some Easter Egg Roll tickets were allocated for LGBT families… Md. lawmakers identify $162 million in highway cuts… O’Malley expected to introduce emergency legislation aimed at keeping the Preakness in Maryland… Former employee discusses conditions at National Funeral Home… Md. Office of Crime Control and Prevention Director calls Ensign amendment “operationally impossible”… Morning fire leaves P.G. firefighter badly burned…

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