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- Best of luck to those of you planning to brave Union Station, the roads or the airports this evening. [Dr. Gridlock]
- Yup, the District government is closed tomorrow.
- The Watergate office complex has new owners, but the United Medical Center isn’t quite ready for a buyer yet. [WaPo/WBJ]
- A car with an infant passenger was stolen at a D.C. Exxon station today, but later recovered with the child inside, unharmed. [WUSA9]
- “Don’t go into that last building—the one with the centrifuges. That’s the place where they spin the water out of the sludge, making it light enough to carry away to fertilize farms and reclaim mines. Go inside, the workers say, and the stench will never leave your clothes.” [City Paper]
- A D.C. employee has been fired after allegedly funneling fraudulent payments to a company owned by her friend. [WaPo]
- As Mayor Vince Gray seeks to overhaul D.C. Public School’s athletics, Dave McKenna wonders whether new athletic director Stephanie Evans can work some magic. [WaPo/City Paper]
- Big Bear Cafe: quite popular with the realtors. [Curbed]
- More on DCPS’ recent special education failures. [GGW]
- A man who was trying to commit suicide survived a four-story leap off a Metro parking garage yesterday. [Examiner]
- What exactly is DCUSA? [New Columbia Heights]
- Is Rep. Darrell Issa the most important politician in the District? The case. [Loose Lips]
- Lady Gaga and Art Smith appear to be teaming up for a benefit at Smith’s Art and Soul restaurant on the Hill. [Washingtonian]
- Virginia’s got two new representatives on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. [WaPo]
- Nationals next big thing/Wale fan Bryce Harper might have to spend more time in the minors — Major League Baseball’s brand new labor agreement includes a clause which could potentially delay Harper’s major league debut.
- The kids over at BYT have some new digs. [TBD]
- Oh, Bob Ehrlich . [WaPo]
