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- A barge bumped into the 14th Street Bridge earlier today. No injuries, no structural damage, but the barge got stuck thanks to surging water levels, AP reports.
- Kwame Brown is proposing outlawing sexual contact of any kind between “any public, charter or pre-kindergarten teacher or public day-care worker” and any student enrolled in a public school, the Post reports. Seems like a reasonable idea, but the ACLU’s got some concerns about the measure being overly broad.
- A big tree fell on a house and several cars in the 2300 block of 49th Street NW this morning, via WJLA.
- Former SFist editor Eve Batey seems like she’s more than a little skeptical that James Dougherty is going to be the answer to all of WMATA’s safety woes.
- Southwest residents, take note. Safeway says it will provide shuttle bus service between its SW store and the 14th and Kentucky Ave SE location during 8 days the SW store will be closed later this month. Via Southwest … The Little Quadrant That Could, more details to follow.
- DCmud details the selection of a development team to turn the M.M. Washington Career High School at 27 O Street NW into affordable senior housing and various community space.
- The Department of Parks and Recreation is seeking input on how best to improve its web site. Online survey here, via Susie Cambria.
