- Crime in general — not just electronic theft — was way up on Metro last year. The 2,279 serious crimes reported to the agency in 2010 is 79 percent more than the number reported in 2005.
- The fantastically-named Patrick B. Pexton, formerly of National Journal, is the new ombudsman at the Washington Post; meanwhile, the paper’s circulation took a 7.5 percent hit in 2010.
- The New Gay’s A.M. Bowen presents the first part of a four-part series looking into the Metropolitan Police Department’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit.
- Remember all those fun statehood street ideas you guys came up with yesterday morning? Now there’s an official place for you to drop them.
- Based on this report, the liquidation of the Borders at 1801 K Street NW has resulted in a retail apocalypse.
- The Summer Youth Employment Program, now with more One City branding!
- Howard and Morehouse will renew their long-dormant football rivalry at RFK Stadium on September 10.
- As alluded to earlier, Alexander Ovechkin was really shooting pucks off the roof of a building on top of the Judiciary Square Metro station for a Capital One commercial.
- A fire inside an apartment building at 230 W Street NW sent one woman to the hospital this afternoon.
- Philly native Michael Neibauer finds the parallels between the new Intercounty Connector reminds him of Philadelphia’s Blue Route.
- The Washington Times has brought college sports reporter Patrick Stevens back into the fold.
- If you’ve been meaning to check out a Wegmans and are in need of orange juice, coffee, cereal, bananas, red peppers, pasta and sauce — well, now’s the time to dive in.
- Remember when a man broke into Post reporter Marc Fisher’s home and taunted his family by posting a photo of himself posing with cash on Fisher’s son’s Facebook page? Yeah, he was caught and pled guilty.
- Finally, DCist’s own Martin Austermuhle has started a blog all about the April 26 special election. Go, read.
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