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  • Special Council committee will vote today on proposal to censure Marion Barry and take away his committee chairmanship. The punishment stems from two cash gifts he accepted from city contractors. [De Bonis]
  • The D.C. Preservation League won’t declare the Washington Post building a historical landmark. [Capital Business]
  • Businesses that offer hookah but don’t have a special exemption by October 1 could be fined by the D.C. Health Department. [WJLA]
  • A speed camera in Howard County was torched over the weekend. [Post]
  • Gray still coy about whether he will seek re-election. [AP]
  • Jonathan O’Connell traces the growth of downtown D.C. [Post]
  • Snakehead fish continue to invade Potomac River. [WAMU]
  • Two women shot in Southeast D.C. [WJLA}
  • This Day in DCist: Two years ago, Hayden Panettiere joined the fight for D.C. statehood, which still feels weird.