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- “For years, family members trying to call Arlington National Cemetery to make funeral arrangements often heard the phone ring. And ring and ring. If no one answered, there was no way to leave a message.” [WaPo]
- Well, perhaps we should have seen this coming — Mid City Caffe, the coffeeshop located above the (possibly) relocating Miss Pixie’s, is closing on October 1. [We Love DC]
- Demarcus Boulware — the man who hit cyclist Ian Barry with his car in Adams Morgan this summer, which sparked a brawl that left fellow cyclist Saul Leiken with a concussion after he tried to report the collision — was given a suspended sentence and probation. [City Desk]
- What the District’s vitals would look like if it was still ten miles square. [City Paper]
- Happy trails to longtime neighborhood bloggers, 14th and You, who have decamped to Montgomery County. [14th and You]
- The union representing Prince George’s County police officers is backing the two officers indicted on assault charges for the beating of a Maryland student in College Park last year. [Examiner]
- The student paper at G.W. tsk-tsks the school’s administration for waiting to inform them about the possible presence of a gun on campus on Tuesday. Shani Hilton explains why expecting them to do otherwise is ridiculous. [Hatchet/City Desk]
- A thinker from Brooke Hatfield about what it feels like to be a Georgian in the wake of the Troy Davis execution. [City Paper]
- D.C. police found a body floating in the Anacostia River this morning. [WJLA]
- Metro is testing out new remote sensors on escalators which will “help officials learn faster when the units are on the fritz.” [Examiner]
- Apparently, all that business about $16 muffins was based on some rather shoddy math. [Mother Jones]
- You might want to lay off Colorado-grown cantaloupes for a little while. [AP]
- Kids: they’re expensive. [CNN]
