- Video above, courtesy FOX 5, of Marion Barry speaking at his press conference today. The gist: he’s happy the stalking charges were dropped, thinks he never should have been arrested, and refused to answer any of the many, many questions he got about the propriety of hiring his ex-girlfriend for a job she may have never done. Also: Barry was worried his poor 92-year-old mother might have succumbed to the stress of finding out about this latest arrest. Something tells us if Barry’s mother survived all his previous arrests, she probably handled this one just fine.
- The Sexist covers today’s arrest of 26 AIDS activists at the Capitol, at least four of whom are part of the local HIV/AIDS community.
- Echoditto labs has resurrected the long lost Meenster iPhone app for Metro train arrivals.
- Northeast is losing its only DMV service location: the Brentwood Service Center will close permanently Aug. 14, the Post reports.
- Breaking with its previously stated policy, DCPS has decided to review the recent firings of some 60 first or second-year teachers, D.C. Wire reports.
- Washington Kaleidoscope provides an update on the future of Central Union Mission.
- The Onion spoofs the Kiss Cam and the lackluster crowds at Nationals Park, in the instant classic: “Baseball Fans Delighted By New Between-Innings Fuck-Cams.”
