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>> A woman was shot and killed as she boarded a bus on Minnesota Avenue SE, writes the Post. She was holding a 23-month-old girl when she was hit; the toddler was grazed by a bullet, but not seriously injured. While police haven’t yet found a suspect, they say that the woman was likely targeted.

>> Elected officials in Prince George’s County are going to try to join their neighbors next year in imposing a five-cent fee on plastic bags, reports the Washington Times. The county debated the fee—which both D.C. and Montgomery County have instituted—earlier this year, but it failed on concerns that it would disproportionately affect poor residents.

>> A majority of the D.C. jobs created over the last five years have gone to non-residents, reports the Examiner. An analysis by the D.C. CFO found that of 37,400 jobs created between the end of 2007 and September 2012, 62.4 percent went to people not living in the city. Experts say that the jobs have gone to non-residents because education and workforce development programs are further along around D.C. than they are in the city.

Briefly Noted: Need a primer into the corrupt mess that was the 2009 D.C. lottery contract? Read this … Prince George’s County to add new traffic cameras … Georgetown joins Harvard project to offer online classes for free … D.C. hopes to pay off debt on Nats Park by 2026 … Cabdriver attacked in Northwest … Maryland’s only ski resort declared bankrupt … D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson still figuring out the ropes.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2011, local officials started souring on Occupy D.C.’s presence. In 2010, the closing Brickskeller was set to reopen as “Rock Creek.”