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- D.C. Office of Planning recommends big changes to the height act. [Housing Complex]
- Faith and Action offers to not press charges against person or people who knocked over a Ten Commandments statue if they sit down for a chat. Other minister wants the incident labeled a hate crime. [Times]
- A lawsuit was filed by 78-year-old veteran Bennie Coleman yesterday “seeking to stop tax-lien investors from taking homes through foreclosure” and compensation for his lost home. [Post]
- Another rally by federally contracted workers for a living wage will be held near the White House today. [Release]
- Marquette Bell, a 14-year-old boy killed Saturday in a car crash involved in a police pursuit, was remembered by mourners yesterday. [WJLA]
- Navy Yard shooting victim John Johnson remembered as man who loved fishing, family and family at his funeral. [NBC4]
- A report says two D.C. fire department instructors displayed “potentially inappropriate” behavior but did not sexually harass female cadets. [Post]
- Cab drivers will protest at Freedom Plaza today. [WJLA]
- Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Howard University’s credit rating. [Post]
- This Day in DCist: D.C. Fire Department Chief Kenneth Ellerbe said that beer was not an appropriate gift for firefighters.
