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- Nats clinch the first playoff spot this year. [WTOP]
- While our football team fares less well against a Philly team. [ESPN]
- Adams Morgan “is like the East Village of D.C. It is the last eclectic space, it is mom and pop, and it’s a space rich in history.” [Post]
- Metro’s on-time performance neared 90 percent in August, but is it enough to bring riders back? [WAMU]
- What it’s like to treat the 64-mile Beltway like the Appalachian Trail. [Washingtonian]
- The Smithsonian is still far from breaking ground on its $2 billion overhaul. [WBJ]
- After Irma and Harvey, retail gas prices continue to surge. [NBC 4]
- An interview with the owner of the web host deciding whether to appeal judge’s order to provide prosecutors with information about visitors to an anti-Trump site. [Post]
- Vehicle strikes two Alexandria police cruisers on 395. [WTOP]
- College Park Council not sure whether referendum is best way to determine if noncitizens can vote. [Diamondback]
- D.C. etiquette expert weighs in on modern predicaments. [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: After failed contract negotiations, Metro and ATU are headed for arbitration.
- ICYMI: We do a lot because we know that people view us a certain way, so we have to work harder to get that target off of us.”
- ICYMI: D.C. AG Karl Racine isn’t entering the mayor’s race.
- This Day In DCist: D.C. students asked to compare/contrast Hitler and George W. Bush.
Rachel Kurzius