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- Our brains are among the most
succulent healthy in the United States. [Washingtonian]
- A very interesting interview with outgoing NoMa Business Improvement District president Liz Price on managing an up-and-coming hood. [Capital Business]
- More supermarkets around the country are apparently ditching the self-checkout line; here, we’re giving away chickens to people who spot broken registers. [WaPo/Housing Complex]
- Metro’s spending $15,000 on “team-building exercises with a leadership coach,” and $40,000 on upgrades to the offices of its public relations team. [WTOP/Examiner]
- They’re also looking for the public’s help to nab whoever shot a man at an Oxon Hill bus stop on Sunday afternoon. [WMATA]
- The (e)merge art fair (read our review!) will be back again next year. [Arts Desk]
- The fire in Union Station last night was actually something called “arcing,” which “produces sparks and plenty of smoke and happened due to some water infiltration,” but no flames. [TBD On Foot]
- On Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham and the meaning of the word “bribe.” [Loose Lips]
- A barricade situation this morning in Southwest ended peacefully. [WJLA]
- “Once upon a time, there was a drawer in my house featuring a seemingly endless supply of plastic bags—souvenirs from every time I bought a dozen eggs or a pack of gum or just about anything else. Nowadays? The drawer’s contents are limited to the long, skinny, poop-unfriendly plastic bags that carry the daily newspaper to my door.” [City Desk]
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