- Today, Redskins PR man Tony Wyllie said that the Dan Snyder lawsuit against the Washington City Paper is a “warning shot” to other media outlets, and also compared Snyder to Egyptian protesters. I wish I was making this up.
- Good news on the Metro budget front: WMATA’s 2012 deficit has been reduced to $66 million as higher gas prices and job growth have helped push ridership up.
- TBD’s Andrew Beaujon has his kids review a Queen cover band, thereby insuring that they come away from Take Your Children To Work Day with a complete understanding of the cruelty of bosses. (On the plus side: they actually do a half-decent job!)
- The New Gay was not impressed with a recent town hall on hate crimes: “From the second I cast my eyes on the paper, I realized what would be the focus of the meeting: accepting the existence of crimes against the queer community, educating individual members of that community on how to avoid the inevitable and invariable violence attacking us, and how the district and federal courts are using bias enhancements to increase the penalties of the offenders.”
- The Washington Times reports that the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance has opened an investigation into Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander’s constituent spending.
- Michael Neibauer reports that the seemingly-interminable 14th Street Bridge renovation project has hit yet another roadblock.
- 14th and You has a rundown of PN Hoffman’s plans for the former Verizon building at 14th and R streets NW.
- Radio One’s moving to Silver Spring, despite the city’s efforts to bring it back to the District.
- PBS NewsHour covers the D.C. autonomy story.
- Aw, look, Bryce Harper’s first professional bench-clearing brawl.
- A Maryland man had a murder conviction overturned because the prosecution couldn’t prove that his then-girlfriend had posted something on MySpace.
- BREAKING: Journalism won’t make you a millionaire, kids.
- Any wagers on which of the District’s several burger joints will be the first to replicate this?
- Well, this’d be interesting.
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