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- DCist’s own Heather Goss has requested that I harness the power of the DCist readership to throw support to her cat, Amos, in Prince of Petworth’s ongoing Coolest Pet in PoPville Contest. And so it shall be done. Vote for Amos! Or at least, not that freaky hairless thing or the one with the thumbs!
- Hey here’s something else to worry about regarding your Metro commute: the arched ceilings in New York City’s Subway system are starting to collapse. Couldn’t this eventually happen in Washington, too?
- Local “Top Chef” Carla Hall is part of a group bidding to take over the space at the former Stevens School. And don’t forget that the new season of Top Chef, which premieres tonight at 9 p.m., features not one, not two, but three contestants with D.C. ties.
- Did you know that some guy has been making bomb threats to Metro stations since January? Neither did we, but a federal grand jury has just charged Raymond A. Gray Jr. with five counts of willfully making a threat and/or maliciously conveying false information using fire and explosives.
- Academia Bilingue de la Communidad (ABC) Public Charter School will relinquish its charter effective August 30, 2009, which means that students in grades 6 through 8 at the school must now scramble to find another school to attend with only a few days left before the first day of school.
- UnsuckDCMetro catches WMATA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein being a potty mouth while reacting to some ridership numbers she thinks The Examiner got wrong.
