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- 2 p.m. has come and gone, and the protesters are still in Freedom Plaza. [WAMU]
- Area developers talk about the future of RFK Stadium. [WaPo]
- So you think you’ve got what it takes to be Miss UDC, eh? [DeBonis]
- Jonathan O’Connell has doubts about the District’s rabid subsidizing of the hospitality industry. [Capital Business Blog]
- In the battle between defense contractors and Busboys and Poets, Montgomery County’s sticking with the warmongers. [Examiner/Housing Complex]
- Heartbreaking: police identify teen stabbed to death in Petworth over the weekend; uncle says “someone no’s who killed my nephew.” [Homicide Watch]
- Yup, people are still stealing copper wire. [WaPo]
- The University of Maryland’s student government is still having money issues, forced to cancel its annual crab festival. [The Diamondback]
- Marion Barry: joke thief? [Loose Lips]
- The Washington D.C. Economic Partnership got the money it needed from the District to stay afloat. [WaPo]
- President Obama spent his Columbus Day visiting wounded veterans at the new Walter Reed in Bethesda. [WaPo]
- Shocker: anti-taxation group doesn’t care for the recent income tax increase on wealthy residents approved by the D.C. Council. [Americans for Tax Reform]
- Nah, too easy. [NBCWashington]
- The best possible lede for a story about that whole Netflix/Quikster thing. [Gothamist/NYT]