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- D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier says she is cracking down on officers who use their cell phones while driving. “We were just having a difficult time getting compliance.” [WTOP]
- A new report puts D.C. at #4 on a list of American cities with the worst traffic. That’s frankly a little better than we thought we’d do. [Washington Business Journal]
- The man who was shot by Prince George’s County police in Southeast D.C. yesterday has been identified as Theodore Blandford, 51 of Lothian. He died from his injuries last night, and was suspected of killing his wife, Sheena Blandford, 50, and her cousin, Cheryl Timmons, 55, of Pasadena, earlier Wednesday morning. [WaPo]
- Whoa, everything at the Mansion on O Street is for sale this week? Hope that doesn’t means they’re closing. [Housing Complex]
- Mark your calendars: D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will host her own health-care reform town hall meeting on Sept. 15. [Susie’s Budget & Policy Corner]
- A fuzzy wuzzy sheep got loose from the petting zoo at Columbia Heights Day last weekend. No one was injured. [NBC4]
- That Smoothie King in the Gallery Place kiosk market that briefly opened and then suddenly is closed is back open again. [The 42]
