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- Inside D.C.’s homeless shelter crisis. [WCP]
- Last night’s high winds knocked out power for thousands in the D.C. area. [AP via WJLA]
- Mayor Vince Gray is “up to his ass in alligators,” according to Va. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Richard L. Saslaw. [Post]
- Over-crowded buses renews calls for 16th Street rush hour bus lane. [WAMU]
- Officer shot during Navy Yard shooting “doing much better.” [NBC4]
- Go home weather, you’re drunk. [Capital Weather Gang]
- Silver Spring institution Dale Music is closing its doors after 64 years. [Post]
- Downtown D.C. is getting its very own ampersand pizza. [Elevation DC]
- How a former Hill staffer became Janelle Monae’s manager. [Post]
- This Day in DCist: The buyers of the old Georgetown West Heating Plant told the Washington Business Journal that—shocker—they’re turning it into condos.