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- Another update on that developing story involving bribes taken by Army Corps of Engineers employees: “53-year-old Kerry Khan of Alexandria and 55-year-old Michael Alexander of Woodbridge, both employees of the USACE, helped funnel more than $45 million in payments to a favored company through a federal government contract they oversaw, and planned to steer hundreds of millions more to the business.” [NBCWashington]
- Discussions between D.C. United officials and D.C. Councilmembers regarding a new stadium “fell flat.” [Soccer Insider]
- Your daily reminder that the federal government could still, conceivably, shut down. [Examiner]
- “What is the best way to break a terrorist? Waterboarding? Stress positions? What about pizza, ice cream, or sugar-free cookies?” [Mother Jones]
- Who needs Groupon or Living Social? [ARLnow]
- The visual proof that Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is not one of the 49 percent of his state that opposes gay marriage. [WAMU]
- Yes, DC9 now has a L’Academie de Cuisine-educated chef. [Young and Hungry]
- Trinity University prez wonders why the D.C. Council just can’t get along. [HuffPoDC]
- Cranky constituents are single-handedly keeping the Post Office alive. [WaPo]
- That’s good thinkin’, guys. (Ahem.) [City Paper]
- The average number of people who are watching the Washington Nationals on television is less than one-tenth of the average number of people watching New York Yankees games. [Bog]
- Kaboom. [Capital Weather Gang]
- Normally, we’d call this the “worst story ever,” but given that we’ve got DVDs of the first seven seasons, I’m not sure it’s all that bad, really. [Daily Beast/Gothamist/WaPo/The Awl]
