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- Park Police break up Meridian Hill Park drum circle because of the (wait for it) shutdown. [City Desk]
- A domestic violence group needs $19,000 to keep its doors open during the shutdown. [WAMU]
- An employee of MedStar Washington Hospital Center died Sunday after being overcome by fumes of a gas used in air conditioning equipment. [Post]
- Living Social is still a long way from being able to collect the millions in tax breaks Gray approved last year. [Capital Business]
- Hey, lonely people: Here’s where to eat. [The Plate]
- It will cost D.C. $58,000 per week to pick up federal trash. [Times]
- Gray says he’ll decide about reelection in “the next few weeks.” [Washingtonian]
- Rain is in, summer is out. [CWG}
- A big congratulations to former DCist editor Martin Austermuhle on the birth of his “own little native Washingtonian.” [Twitter]
- This Day in DCist: Two years ago, the Central Liquors sign came down.
