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>> At a first meeting of Mayor Vince Gray’s task force on burying D.C. power lines, city officials said they would not accept massive rate hikes to cover the costs of the massive undertaking, reports the Examiner. Burying the city’s power lines is estimated to cost anywhere between $1 and $6 billion; City Administrator Allen Lew said that the city is considering a variety of strategies to help cover the costs of the project. According to the Washington Times, the task force also discussed only burying power lines in high-risk areas.

>> A high school student in Prince George’s County was shot and killed in her bedroom on Wednesday night, reports the Post. A gunman kicked down the door of 17-year-old Amber D. Stanley’s house and walked straight to her bedroom, where she was shot. Nothing was taken from the home. Stanley was an honor student with aspirations to go to Harvard.

>> Virginia booze buyers beware: WTOP reports that information taken from a buyer’s driver’s license appears on the receipt given to customers who buy their drink of choice from state-run liquor stores. While the practice isn’t new, it’s still a shock for some buyers who don’t like seeing personal information on receipts that are often discarded. Virginia officials say there isn’t much of a risk if someone collected the receipts—they don’t include full names and only have the first four numbers of the drivers’ license.

Briefly Noted: Maryland’s local government keep growing … Former Rep. Virgil Goode makes Virginia presidential ballot … Woman’s ex-boyfriend kills her daughter in Southeast D.C. … Maryland lawmaker admits that he was drinking before boat crash that injured four … 1,700 buildings in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County are too close to risky water mains … FRC shooter due in court today for preliminary hearing … Go ahead, make jokes about Baltimore Ravens fans and rabies.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2011, New Belgium beers came to D.C. and Mayor Gray took responsibility for hiring mistakes. In 2010, we had a terrifying vision of Dan Snyder as a partial owner of a newspaper.