- DC9 reopens tonight, after about three months of inactivity due to the death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed. Rend Smith reports that an activist filed a petition to prevent the club from reopening tonight; according to Sommer Mathis, the petition was denied this afternoon by a D.C. Court of Appeals panel.
- WTOP’s Adam Tuss has the latest info on where the Dulles Metro station might be located.
- Council Chair-elect Kwame Brown is being sued by a collections agency regarding a credit card debt of $5,661.43.
- Free wi-fi is on its way to National and Dulles.
- The Department of Public Works will pick up trash and recycling as usual on Friday, December 24 and Friday, January 31. Parking restrictions are also lifted for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
- Sorry federal workers: you’re probably working on Christmas Eve.
- The District has won a $185,000 settlement after reaching a settlement with DirecTV. The lawsuit had claimed that DirecTV deceived customers by offering a 12-month promotional rate that required them to sign up for 24 months of service. The money will go into the city’s Consumer Protection Fund.
- Not reassuring at all: the District was “judged to be understaffed for a long-term outbreak” in a recent survey of preparedness for health emergencies.
- Michael Neibauer takes a look at the form the city’s parking meters might take in the future.
- Two MoCo women arrested for beating and robbing a 74-year-old man.
- Washington’s love affair with Donovan McNabb is officially over, methinks. That was a fun few months, wasn’t it?
Photo by Paige Weaver.
