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- The Associated Press has the best information we’ve seen coming out of Fort Hood. An officer who’s been identified as Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan allegedly opened fire at this military base, leaving 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman and apprehended two other soldiers in what appears to be the worst mass shooting ever to occur at a U.S. military base.
- The biological father of one of the adopted daughters of Renee Bowman, the woman accused of murdering the girls and placing them in a freezer, has filed a $75 million wrongful death lawsuit against the District of Columbia.
- Frozen Tropics updates on the Martini Lounge stabbing and subsequent temporary license suspension.
- Bread for the City shares the strange story of how they ended up with 1,000 donated coconuts thanks to some disgruntled Florida residents who wanted to send the U.S. Postal Service a message.
- Greater Greater Washington keeps on the SmartBenefits changes confusion, and finds a basic failure to communicate.
- TPMDC has all the coverage you could possibly want (and then some) on today’s tea party protests at the Capitol.
