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- Two Prince George’s County police officers have been indicted on charges stemming from the beating of a University of Maryland student after a basketball game in April 2010. [WUSA9]
- Terrible: a two-year-old in Oxon Hill died last night after shooting himself in the head. [WJLA]
- WMATA will consider adjustments to some Metrobus routes, but the changes will only affect less than one percent of the system. [WaPo]
- John Kelly on Metro station design: “One could argue that that’s exactly what government is — powerful, inhuman — and thus the Metro perfectly reflects what’s aboveground.”
- The special election to replace Leslie Johnson on the Prince George’s County Council is underway, though turnout’s been slow. Polls close at 8. [Informer]
- An Arlington political specialist who was hired to help ballot initiatives has pled guilty to election fraud. [ARLnow]
- NO LOOPED ROADS IN WARD 3! (OR IN WARD 2, FOR THAT MATTER!) [Dish]
- NO LEAFBLOWERS IN ANY WARD! [WaPo]
- Seven members of a Radford University fraternity have been charged in connection with the death of a prospective member, who had a 0.44 blood alcohol content at the time of his death. [WJLA]
- The death of Gaurav Gopalan, a local theater fixture who was found dead close to his Columbia Heights home on September 10, has been ruled a homicide. [City Paper]
- Spectacular map by Park View, D.C., showing who built houses in the neighborhood.
- We’re going back to the “Remembering Swampoodle” well, I see. [WAMU]
- At least someone is still using pay phones. [WJLA]
- Norma Holloway Johnson, the first woman to serve as chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, has died. [Legal Times]
- A local teenager has signed with English football club Arsenal. To which, as an ardent Arsenal supporter, I can only provide the following advice: get out now, son, while you still can! [WaPo]
