- Mayor Fenty smash! Hizzoner got a little fired up this afternoon after detemined reporters — namely, the troika of WTOP’s Mark Seagraves, NBC4’s Tom Sherwood, and City Paper’s Mike DeBonis — kept asking him about the legitimacy of his kids’ attendance at Lafayette Elementary School. [City Desk]
- The Nationals jumped out to a five-run lead in Chicago today and held on to pick up their 46th win of the season. The Nats only need to go 14-20 the rest of the way to finish with a better record than last season, which seems shockingly plausible. [ESPN]
- Tim Carman ponders conspiracy theories about how Palisades restaurant Makoto tops the D.C./Baltimore Zagat rankings for the third time in five years, despite the fact that local food critics don’t share the sentiment. [Young and Hungry]
- Don’t forget, Saturday is Columbia Heights Day! A cupcake eating contest, belly dancers and a $5 pint and slice deal at Pete’s? Sounds delightful. [Columbia Heights Day]
- Advanced Placement exam performance by DCPS high schoolers in 2008-09 improved quite a bit, while overall SAT performance fell slightly. [D.C. Wire]
- “I’m betting she’s adjusting her vagina or something, but how would I know? FOX 5 just plopped a “CENSORED” button on top of a completely blurred-out woman! I guess you can never be too safe when it comes to a sight as disgusting as a prostitute.” [The Sexist]
- The National Organization For Marriage opened a D.C. office last month, and will “use part of its $6 million budget to defeat attempts to establish gay marriage in the District.” Any attempt on my part to skewer this will obviously pale in comparison to what former DCist contributor Jason Linkins can accomplish in under 140 characters, so I’ll just leave that to him. [WUSA9]
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