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- In case you missed it from the Examiner this morning: DDOT’s expenditures during February’s blizzards included $73,380 worth of McDonald’s gift cards for the city’s 750-strong snow plow crew, plus nearly $300,000 in hotel room expenses.
- Drama in the non-profit world, as Mid-Atlantic Make a Wish Foundation President and CEO Catherine Martens was fired this morning, and most of the local board has resigned, WTOP reports.
- The Post covers Mei-Xiang’s latest maybe-pregnancy, with nothing much to report after her second ultrasound. With Tai Shan gone, everyone is hoping for a new cub, of course. “Even the new zoo director, Dennis Kelly, showed up for a peek at the 7:30 a.m. procedure.”
- Who Murdered Robert Wone? wonders if the three defendants in the conspiracy case may no longer be together. Also: co-defendant Dylan Ward, the one who had all the bondage equipment in his room, is (or at least was) offering “sensual massages” as part of his massage therapy practice down in Florida.
- We may all be using fewer plastic bags, but the Anacostia River is even more gross than usual right now thanks to post-storm debris, WJLA reports. “And, according to environmentalists, what you can see is just scratching the surface. They are even more concerned about all the chemicals that are seeping into this river daily from places like the city’s big snow piles at RFK stadium.”
