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  • A U.S. District court judge ruled today that Franklin Shelter advocates have to take their case to the D.C. Court of Appeals, Darryl Fears reports in the Post, further delaying any chance they might have to reopen the building as a shelter before the city manages to sell it.
  • Unsuck DC Metro quotes purported wife of MTPD officer worried that those T3 Segway trikes will leave transit police officers “not in a position to draw their weapons to protect themselves or others.”
  • Prince of Petworth posts Jim Graham letter outlining plan to offer tax relief to organic grocer Ellwood Thompson’s, in an effort to help them finally open in Columbia Heights.
  • The Downtown Neighborhood Association sounds the alarm that the Penn Quarter farmers market may be in jeopardy thanks to some guy who finds its location inconvenient to his evening commute (hat tip to The Triangle).
  • DCmud says a new grocery store could go in at 3rd and H Streets NE.
  • And in other grocery story news, Ward3DC points to a new web site for folks who want to follow the construction of the new Social Tenleytown Safeway.