- Rhee-hired? Rhee-instated? Rhee-versed? Whatever: the bottom line is that 75 teachers fired by the District’s former schools chancellor will be coming back to work and getting back pay.
- The Eagle reports that testing and treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhea at college health centers in D.C. will no longer be free due to D.C. Department of Health budget cuts.
- A new Metro report tells us all what we already know: the system’s escalators are breaking down more frequently and are taking longer to fix than ever.
- Mayor Vince Gray told reporters today why he favors gun control: it’s due to an incident in his youth when Gray’s brother — a “mechanical genius” — accidentally fired off a round from his father’s gun while cleaning it, barely missing a young Gray.
- President Barack Obama announced some big plans to invest $53 billion on high-speed and intercity rail projects over the next six years. Details from Dr. Gridlock and WTOP.
- New Columbia Heights passes along word of a brothel at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Irving Street NW which was recently shut down by police.
- Lydia DePillis highlights where she thinks we could notate cultural districts inside the District.
- Via Amanda Hess, transgender advocates in Maryland believe the language of an anti-discrimination law currently proposed in the legislature leaves the door open for discrimination against trans people; they’re also peeved that the state’s same-sex marriage legislation is getting an unfair share of attention from Equality Maryland.
- The Post’s Peter Marks clearly enjoyed panning the Spider-Man musical.
- Headline of the day: “What Could Possibly Go Wrong: Immortal Micro-Organisms“.
Photo by Bogotron.
