- Heartbreaking: war photographer and Restrepo director Tim Hetherington was killed today in Libya.
- The good news: the Washington Post has chosen current staffer Philip Kennicott to replace Blake Gopnik on the art criticism beat. The bad news: Kennicott already has two other jobs at the paper, both of which will probably cut into the time he’ll have to produce art criticism.
- DCist’s Martin Austermuhle followed up his moderation of last night’s Ward 6 candidate forum by talking all things special election on NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt this morning.
- Interim Councilmember Sekou Biddle has proposed the creation of a hotline to help battle chronic truancy among D.C. public school students.
- Speaking of Biddle: could this Examiner story about the Interim Councilmember having brunch with fellow special election candidate Bryan Weaver be any more breathless? (Frankly, we find the Current’s need to “reiterate” its endorsement of Biddle a far more interesting story.)
- Prince of Petworth reports on a stabbing at 11th and Lamont Streets NW last night.
- Montgomery County police are reaching out to the community for help in the mysterious case of a man who died on the campus of the University of Maryland last night.
- Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond will be missing one to three games — no, Desmond isn’t nursing a minor injury; he’s going on paternity leave.
- The man accused of stabbing Redskins punt returner Brandon Banks outside The Park at Fourteenth in February has been removed from electronic monitoring in advance of his preliminary hearing.
- Really great stuff from Amanda Hess on the pronouns journalists should use when talking about drag queens.
- I always knew Jumbo Slice was bad for your health, but never thought it could be this bad.
- D.C. Police have no idea how much it cost to give Charlie Sheen a police escort from Dulles International Airport to his gig at DAR Constitution Hall last night.
- In honor of 4/20, here’s High Times’ take on the District’s medical marijuana regulations. Yes, the headline is “District of Cannabis.”
Photo by Vileinist.
