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- BREAKING now: an arrest has been made in the Nov. 7 slaying of liquor store owner Rufina Hernandez, D.C. police are saying. More on this to come after a 7:30 p.m. news conference. [WJLA/ABC7]
- The U.S. Postal service has declared its own War on Christmas: they are dropping the popular national program where volunteers in North Pole, Alaska open and respond to letters addressed to Santa. The decision comes amid fears of the possibility of pedophile infiltration in the program. [AP via NPR]
- Charlene Lugar, the wife of Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) was arrested last night by the Fairfax County Police Department for driving while intoxicated and a hit-and-run. Looks like she hit a parked car. No one was injured. [USAToday]
- A lawsuit filed by developer The JBG Cos. designed to halt the groundbreaking of the Convention Center Hotel will be allowed to proceed: “Although the judge has not issued an injunction — an order that would block construction — the suit appears to have succeeded in stalling the project.” [Washington Business Journal]
- The grim discovery of a body inside a PG County trash compactor gets so much grimmer: the body was that of a homeless man who had been sleeping in a dumpster when he was picked up and compacted by a recycling truck. [Washington Post]
