- So why did D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan let Harry Thomas, Jr. off so easy? Well, he’s toothless when it comes to criminal charges. “Though Nathan is the city’s top legal officer, his ability to enforce District law is strictly limited, and he has no ability to criminally prosecute Thomas, or anyone else, for stealing from the city,” writes Mike DeBonis. [DeBonis]
- A Metropolitan Police Department sergeant pled guilty to first-degree theft in a case where she was accused of stealing $40,000 from an 85-year-old woman. Aisha Hackley, 36, faces up to 15 years in jail and will resign from the force. [WJLA]
- The SunTrust National Marathon is now the SunTrust Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Marathon & CareFirst Rock ‘n’ Roll USA Half Marathon. Yeah, that’s definitely much easier to remember. [press release]
- The best pizza in D.C. is at Comet Ping Pong, says the Food Network.
- Tommy Wells gets the WaPo style treatment; “I can’t get bogged down worrying about who’s my friend and who’s not. I try to treat everyone as a friend, and it’s important that there be civility on the council. . . . It’s about governing the city in a way that works for everybody. Whether we’re friends or not is just not an issue,” Wells says. [WaPo]
- The National Mall isn’t the only place that the National Park Service is flexing its muscles; Dupont Circle is often a topic of contention between NPS and the community who wants to host events there. [GGW]
- Check out page 10 of this PDF for a pretty neat neighborhood map of the District from 1937. [Park View D.C.]
- Pop-up barbeque, eh? [NBCWashington]
- WUSA9 sports anchor Brett Haber is leaving the station to pursue other opportunities. [WUSA9]
- A new report by the Brookings Institution tackles the topic of affordable housing in the District. While the report brings mixed news about the progress the city has made, there are still basic questions to be answered, like how much affordable housing the city actually has at the moment. [DCFPI/Housing Complex]
- That wasn’t actually the Virginia State Police tweeting. [WJLA]
- People are still getting very touchy about abortion, in case you forgot. [WaPo]
- Here’s the man who’s charged with making sure the Beltway Bridge doesn’t collapse. [NBC4]
- D.C. Brau gets some signage. [Facebook]
- For those of you waiting out the Red Line delays, we recommend this long read about the raid which led to the death of Osama bin Laden. [New Yorker]
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