- Whoa: Housing Complex reports that Haydee’s, Don Juan’s, and Don Jaime’s “voluntary agreements” with the Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Alliance have been dissolved by the city’s Alcohol Control Board, which will allow them to host early evening happy hours and bands at night.
- Your DCPS Test Tampering update: Chancellor Kaya Henderson has asked the D.C. Inspector General to investigate the claims that tests were tampered with, while former chancellor Michelle Rhee’s petulant reaction to the original story has been universally derided by various media outlets.
- Breaking: Metro trains to and from the Nationals opener tomorrow will probably be crowded.
- After President Obama delivered a speech at Bell Multicultural High School earlier this week, New Columbia Heights wonders whether the neighborhood is Obama’s favorite.
- Northern Virginia stands to pick up several additional seats in the state legislature after redistricting.
- The national County Health Rankings are out — here’s how the District stacks up.
- Ward 8 has an unemployment rate “higher than in any U.S. metropolitan area with a labor-force of comparable size,” according to Bloomberg.
- New D.C. Fire and EMS Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe is reverting to the department’s old logo. You know, because nothing will put you in the union’s good favors by making them all pay five bucks to switch a logo as one of your first official acts in charge.
- Time tackles the mismarked grave scandal at Arlington National Cemetery: “The Army now plans to make only educated guesses about the identity of remains rather than digging in the dirt to be sure. That means that the true location of some remains may be a mystery forever.”
- A court ruled that Redskins must provide closed-captioning for the deaf on stadium announcements at FedEx Field. Also news: Redskins hadn’t been providing closed-captioning for the deaf on stadium announcements at FedEx Field.
- Preakness reps say that Kegasus “in no way” condones alcohol consumption. Sure.
- Hey, it beats Boston.
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