- Here’s a bunch of D.C. United fans planking at last night’s match. [Deadspin]
- Anheuser-Busch InBev is trying to trademark the 202 area code so that they can make, as Tammy Tuck puts it, a series of “local-sounding brews in other cities” which “will be neither craft nor local.” [Young and Hungry]
- Remember when Kal Penn got mugged at 15th and S Streets NW? Well, the guy who did it, 20-year-old Marcellus Chambers, was sentenced to 40 months in prison today. [Reliable Source]
- How did Maryland’s athletic department run out of money? [WaPo]
- “Racial, anti-Semitic, and anti-religious” graffiti found inside Georgetown’s New Research Building. [Vox Populi]
- WMATA is deploying extra staff to deal with the high heat this week. [Dr. Gridlock]
- Hearing on logistics for the long Advisory Neighborhood Commission redistricting process is happening tonight in Ward 6. [The Hill Is Home]
- Bummed about the NBA lockout? There’s going to be some big talent — John Wall, Kevin Durant, DeMarcus Cousins — on display at a showdown between D.C. and L.A. streetball leagues on August 20. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- A 53-year-old Fairfax man was arrested for the murder of his 75-year-old father last night. [WJLA]
- Oh, you thought we were done talking about the Dulles rail extension? Now the focus shifts to how Virginia’s share of the project will be paid for, which hinges on a labor dispute between Governor Bob McDonnell and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Association. [WAMU]
- Mayor Vince Gray is mulling whether or not to petition the Environmental Protection Agency to close a power plant in Alexandria. [Examiner]
- Ta-Nehisi Coates on gentrification in Washington: “There needs to be a lot more agency in this discussion. There also needs to be a lot less nostalgia.” [The Atlantic]
- Arlington is bunny central. [ARLnow]
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