- How plans for the Chuck Brown memorial fell apart. [Arts Desk]
- The Helen Hayes Awards considers reorganizing and splitting its awards into tiers [Washington Post]
- Another week, another child born in ill-to-do places: A woman gave birth to a baby girl this morning on the shoulder of I-270. [Washington Post]
- Well this is disturbing: Hundreds of fish have suddenly died in the Constitution Gardens pond. [WJLA]
- Looks like it’s going to be another beautiful autumn morning today! Wait, what? [Washington Post]
- Former D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles says that Mayor Gray “stole” 2010 election. [WJLA]
- Bummer: Cars that were barricaded in yesterday’s police standoff were ticketed anyways [DCist]
- In this week’s Washington City Paper cover package, Arianna Huffington, NPR’s Guy Raz, Slate’s Dan Kois, and many others offer their editorial advice for Jeff Bezos [Washington City Paper]
- D.C.
vs.= Baltimore. Baltimore City Paper proposes nine reasons the D.C. vs. Baltimore debate needs to end. [Baltimore City Paper] - This Day in DCist: D.C. was ranked the fourth slimmest in the nation.