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- A man who allegedly shot a juvenile in the arm during a robbery attempt in Southeast D.C. then aimed an AK-47 at an off-duty officer. [Post]
- President Obama will speak at the March on Washington anniversary later this month. [NY Times]
- Two lottery tickets sold in Maryland and Virginia are worth $1 million. In unrelated news, I lost a lottery ticket in Maryland or Virginia. [Post]
- Learn how homebrewer Mike Stein helped revive Heurich’s Lager. [City Paper]
- The Smithsonian will host a helicopter festival in Northern Virginia this weekend. [WNEW]
- The person who wrote the “Metro Song” rap is now a libertarian hero. [Post]
- July was not a great month for D.C. ambulances. [Times]
- PoPville really likes that two condo buildings on Otis Place NW are named Otis and Redding. [PoPville]
- There’s now an app that allows the user to complain to their Senators and members of Congress about crappy infrastructure. [WAMU]
- This Day in DCist: One year ago, a D.C. resident ordered a TV from Amazon and received a gun instead. Make it up to us, Jeff.
