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- Did the cherry blossoms need a helicopter platoon? [Popular Mechanics]
- Prosecutors say they’ve busted a local million-dollar heroin ring. [NBC 4]
- “Blue Collar Cats” will solve rat problems at local businesses. [WBJ]
- After residents complained of strange vibrations, inspectors found damage in Green Line tunnel. [WAMU]
- What it’s like to live four years at a building run by Sanford Capital. [WCP]
- A mother thought her daughter would be safer from gang violence in the D.C. region than in El Salvador. [Post]
- This buzzer beater is unbeatable. [Post]
- Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams on the failure of technocratic governance. [CityLab]
- “Stay away from low-hanging fruit”: The Onion struggles to lampoon Trump. [New Yorker]
- Tracking a con man who claimed to raise money for veteran’s families. [Washingtonian]
- Norton asks Trump for some say in District federal court nominees. [Buzzfeed]
- Dr. Gridlock is retiring. [Post]
- Area homeowners association fees are on the rise. [Curbed]
- 9:30 Club gets a cameo in James Blunt’s self-deprecating joke. [Twitter]
- Arlingtonians: buy your lynxes while you still can. [Post]
- ICYMI: RIP Buck Hill.
- ICYMI: A real crappy story.
- This Day In DCist: Kush Gods pleads guilty.
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