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- Mayor Fenty is helping the Haitian Embassy set up a D.C. command center to organize their relief efforts, WTOP reports. I know diplomats aren’t necessarily political, and obviously this tragedy merits everyone’s best efforts, but I have to wonder if Fenty felt at all funny about standing shoulder-to-shoulder with someone who technically represents the absolutely corrupt Haitian government.
- The Washington Independent has some interesting boots-on-the-ground dipatches from Massachusetts, courtesy friend o’ DCist Dave Weigel.
- H Street Great Street shares two business updates from the Atlas District: proposed brick oven pizza joint
Liberty Tree (1016 H St. NE) has successfully reached a voluntary agreement with ANC6A, and Mediterranean restaurant Souk (1208 H St. NE ) has applied for a liquor license. - Loving this Matt Taibbi takedown of David Brooks’ latest column on Haiti.
- Looking for a job? The much-anticipated Capital City Diner is hiring (via Frozen Tropics).
- Just developing now: some kind of shooting spree took place way out in Appomattox County. ‘Virginia State Police said there have been “numerous fatalities and injuries,”‘ the Post reports.
- Close call in a carbon monoxide incident at a rowhouse on Seaton Place NW, via WTTG/FOX5.
