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>> Though it’s only a few months old—and will be the focus of a D.C. Council hearing today—the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability has launched its first investigation of a lawmakers, reports the Post. The board, created as part of ethics legislation passed last year, will be looking into a Metro land deal that Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) interjected himself into when he was on the transit agency’s board. Last week an independent report found that Graham violated the board’s rules when he tried to influence the direction of the deal, but since he no longer serves as a board member there’s nothing that can be done to him there.

>> The city’s first Walmart has cleared its last bureaucratic hurdle. The Examiner reports that six opponents of the Walmart planned for a site at Georgia and Missouri Avenues NW lost a last-ditch appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment yesterday, meaning that the mega-retailer will be free to continue construction on the site. The Ward 4 Walmart is expected to open next year.

>> There he goes again—Virginia Delegate Robert Marshall didn’t have enough with transvaginal probes and fetal personhood bills, so now he’s introducing legislation that would ban “sex-selective abortion,” reports the Washington Times. While some groups claim that abortions based on the gender of the child occur in some communities, pro-life groups say the bill would be unenforceable and impractical.

Briefly Noted: Two local hikers lost in Glacier National Park were equipped to survive … Mother-son robbery duo plead guilty … Fairfax OKs $3.1 billion redevelopment of Tysons … Virginia man who received face transplant enjoys new life … Two Maryland daycare teachers fired after four two-year-old found wandering Bethesda street.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2011, a driver slammed on his brakes in front of a group of cyclists on the GW Parkway and the Post explained which naughty words it won’t print. In 2010,