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Good morning, Washington. Late last night, a woman fell from the rooftop of the W Hotel to her death. The woman, who was pronounced dead on arrival after emergency crews responded to the scene and has not been identified, was reportedly having drinks at the hotel’s rooftop bar when she apparently climbed over a fence on the roof and fell ten stories down to the street. It’s still unclear whether the woman jumped from the roof or fell — though witnesses told WTOP that she indeed jumped off the roof. Police are still investigating the incident.

Hook, Tackle Box To Close Indefinitely: An already bad week for popular eateries got even worse yesterday, as a fire crippled Hook and The Tackle Box yesterday afternoon. Hook took the brunt of the blaze, and despite “solid insurance,” will likely be closed for months. It’s still unclear what started the fire, but because of the tight corridors of Georgetown, firefighters had to take axes to the interior of the restaurant to prevent the fire from spreading. (The building is also missing part of its roof.) According to a statement released by owner Jonathan Umbel, “the most important thing…is that our patrons and staff are safe and no one was harmed.”

Council Raises Concerns About Online Gaming: The D.C. Council spent a whole lot of time yesterday talking about Michael A. Brown’s intranet gaming proposal — and it sounds like they’ll be talking about it some more. Despite the blessing of D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan, the end result of yesterday’s hearing was, well, more questions about whether or not Brown gave the proposal an appropriate vetting before including it in the District’s budget, and where exactly people will be able to play the games. (A little bit of poker at the daycare center, anyone?) The program is scheduled for a soft launch in August. For a non-ethics related take on the program, DCentric wonders who will lose money playing the system.

Follow The Money: Alan Suderman does a fine job tracking down the local campaign contributions of Jeffrey Thompson — who has “a good chance of being the top individual money man” for those who work at the Wilson Building — but the real eye-opening portion of Suderman’s report is the how hard the reporter had to work to get what is probably incomplete information. “There’s no good-government watchdog group in D.C. keeping close tabs on who is funneling large amounts of money to District pols, in part because it’s not easy,” Suderman writes, adding that his search “only went back to 2000 because that’s how far back the Office of Campaign Finance’s online records go.” Hmm. Any chance the Sunlight Foundation would be interested in opening up a local chapter in this town?

Briefly Noted: GAO to release audit of Metro governance today…Sounds like commuting on the Green Line this morning was a real mess…D.C. man gets 47 years for 2003 murder of homeless man…78 percent of D.C. drivers support red light cameras in survey…Sad: evicted elderly man was sleeping on the lawn in front of his apartment before being taken to a shelter…Gray and Barry have nothing on Dan Snyder…Editor that kept Jose Antonio Vargas’ immigration secret won’t be demoted…Things could be worse for LivingSocial.

This Day in DCist: Last year, a meteor flew over Washington, Michelle Rhee said she’d be bailing if Vince Gray won the mayoral election and a guy proved you could get by in D.C. on Groupons alone.