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- Bad news for those of you about to consume a ton of green beer and whiskey: apparently none of the popular remedies for curing hangovers — hair of the dog, greasy food, etc. — actually do anything to help.
- Two D.C. police officers have testified that they heard former Chief Charles Ramsey give the order to make mass arrests at the infamous Pershing Park incident in 2002, City Desk reports. Both officers quoted Ramsey, who has repeatedly denied giving such an order, as saying something to effect of “lock the motherfuckers up.”
- Fenty crony Sinclair Skinner is trying to reschedule his court-ordered date to testify before the D.C. Council, via the Examiner. Somehow we’re guessing Vince Gray isn’t going to like the sound of that.
- Looks like Baltimore won’t be adopting a D.C.-style disposable bag fee, says D.C. Wire.
- Interesting H Street business news from Prince of Petworth: few details, but apparently there are plans afoot to both scuttle the freak show oddities theme of Palace of Wonders and merge it with the Red & the Black, turning the property into a larger music venue that will also serve burgers.
- Greater Greater Washington reports that the National Park Service is contemplating options that might end the monopoly of the Tourmobile as far as transit options on the National Mall.
