- Drinking with Metro! “The Red Line: Light flaming shot. Smash glass on ground. Charge customer to leave.”
- Hey, D.C. educators, police officers and firefighters — need a piece of paper? Tough! Today, Mayor Vince Gray announced a spending freeze on supplies and equipment today to ensure agencies under his control don’t overspend during this fiscal year.
- Maryland governor Martin O’Malley signed an alcohol tax increase into law today, as expected.
- Your daily Jack Johnson update: the feds had serious dirt on the former county executive, and two of the developers involved in the scandal have been revealed.
- Lydia DePillis examines whether, almost ten years after 9/11, anything’s changed with regard to the security aspects which permeate Washington buildings and public spaces.
- Kye Allums, an openly transgender player on the George Washington women’s basketball team, will no longer play for the team after deciding “that it is in his best interest to no longer participate in intercollegiate athletics.”
- 18 people in four states, including ringleader Yonis M. Ishak of Arlington, have been arrested in connection with an international khat distribution ring.
- A very interesting piece by Rend Smith on the importance of maintaining a black majority in the Metropolitan Police Department’s force.
- Don’t forget, tomorrow is Bike to Work Day! Ride safe out there.
- Sorry, children of Shirlington — no more puppies for you.
- Saveur provides a recipe for those of you who’d like to brew a batch of George Washington’s beer.
- Shocking: charging people $300 (or even $150) to listen to Led Zeppelin covers at National Harbor is not a very successful business plan.
- Kiandra Haywood is the eighth person to plead guilty on theft charges in connection a four-year D.C. identity theft ring.
- So long and thanks for all the gorditas, Taco Bell.
- So, this happened.
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