Photo by Tim Fulmer.

Photo by Tim Fulmer.

  • Kaya Henderson: Extended school days are helping students. [WAMU]
  • Yes, you probably heard Concert for Valor soundcheck last night. [Post]
  • Launch date of D.C. streetcars still unknown due to paperwork problems. [WAMU]
  • Northern Virginia teens plead guilty to creating online nude photo cache of fellow students. [Post]
  • Boy shot in SE D.C. while playing football. [WJLA]
  • Taser reportedly used in Dupont Circle brawl on Sunday night. [NBC4]
  • If you like baby animals, go to the National Zoo this weekend. [Washingtonian]
  • When you can call it a “polar vortex,” and when you can’t. [Post]
  • Stay away, hippies: the best jam sessions in D.C. don’t involve jam bands. [Bandwidth]
  • This Day in DCist: Bearded shutdown lawn mowing hero is awarded a chainsaw.