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  • $2.8 million awarded for environmental study of proposed project to replace Long Bridge over Potomac River. [Post]
  • History lesson of the day: How a number of churches in D.C. defied authority to help Central American refugees in the ’80s. [WCP]
  • Mother who beat her three-year-old son to death will remain in jail. [Post]
  • Change to environmental design of Silver Line’s second phase won’t exceed current budget, MWAA says. [WAMU]
  • Md. police confident a new search will yield answers to the 1975 disappearance of the the Lyon sisters. [AP via WJLA]
  • Dupont Circle ANC commissioner who attacked homeless man offered plea deal. [Post]
  • What D.C. would look like as a state, geographically speaking. [GGW]
  • An in-depth look at why Carol Schwartz is running for mayor again. [Loose Lips]
  • Planning to stay in D.C. for a while? Buy, don’t rent. [Urban Turf]
  • New music video from Olivia Neutron-John is a gem. [Bandwidth]
  • How Bryce Harper got that fire helmet that was eventually doused in champagne. [Washingtonian]
  • This Day in DCist: FYI.