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- Hillary Clinton officially endorses Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. [Politico]
- Meanwhile, here are five things you might not have known about Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate, Ken “The Cooch” Cucinelli. [Post]
- Some regional breweries did very well in this year’s Great American Beer Festival. Unfortunately, no D.C. breweries were represented this year. [WAMU]
- Busboys and Poets owner Andy Shallal will formally explore a mayoral run, says he “[wants] to be a serious candidate.” [Post]
- Wonder if Bearded Lawnmower Guy will do anything about this. [Reuters via HuffPo]
- Another day, another side effect of the shutdown: Stinkbugs taking over D.C. and there’s nothing the USDA can do about it. [WJLA]
- Speaking of the shutdown, it looks like D.C.’s rainy day fund is just about dried out. [WAMU]
- Respect is due: The new Dismemberment Plan album is officially out today. We’ll have a full review of it tomorrow. [D-Plan]
- Doom: A fireball (large meteor) was maybe spotted over D.C. last night. [Capital Weather Gang]
- This Day in DCist: That time we adopted St. Louis’ flag for a day.
