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So, Starbucks announced today that it is raising prices in D.C. and other regions by about 1 percent. In promoting an Associated Press story on the higher cost of coffee, the Post tweeted something rather painful.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you:

.@Starbucks is raising prices, but not by a latte: wapo.st/yL8yNm

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 3, 2012

Ouch. Maybe let Alexandra Petri make the jokes? Hell, even The List is funnier.