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- The Bentzen Ball—the BYT-sponsored comedy festival—returns this fall after a four-year hiatus and, damn, the lineup is already looking killer: Tig Notaro, Doug Benson, Ira Glass, Nick Kroll, Rachel Dratch, Megan Mullaly, Wyatt Cenac, Brooke Van Poppelen, and more. [Post, BYT]
- The parking garage where Bob Woodward met with Deep Throat is going to be torn down. [Washingtonian]
- Two former LivingSocial employees launch a quirky new sock-related startup, Nice Laundry. [Washingtonian]
- The D.C. Fire and E.M.S. department, which has taken a lot of heat this summer (some pun intended), is getting some new ambulances and staff. [Release]
- The programming schedule has been released for this year’s Small Press Expo, which takes place on September 14 and 15. [ComicsDC, Release]
- That weird monolith in the middle of the Dulles Greenway, explained. [Post]
- Brace yourselves: Metro will close some red line and green line stations on Labor Day weekend. [CBS DC]
- A hearing will take place today to determine whether three U.S. Naval Academy students accused of rape will be court-martialed. [AP}
- This Day in DCist: Cub Watch 2012 had just gotten underway. It would be months before our hearts would be crushed by this devastating news.
