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- Nationals lose after a “4-hour, 37-minute hallucination of baseball“, and the drought continues. [USA Today, SI]
- And now we know about rule 6.03(a) [Post]
- The area’s most ridiculous vanity plates. [WTOP]
- The Foos christen The Anthem. [WTOP]
- The 1832 lock keeper’s house on the National Mall gets a new home 50 feet away. [Post]
- People at a medical facility for homeless military veterans have been sickened by noxious gases. [Post]
- This week in animal nightmares. [NBC4]
- Plus, a bathtub raccoon. [ARLnow]
- Metro was able to accurately predict ridership until 2010. [GGW]
- D.C. is trying to plant 100 trees a day for next six months. [WAMU]
- A+ Halloween house decorating. [Popville]
- ICYMI: When, where, and how gunfire is detected in D.C.
- ICYMI: The Wharf made its official debut.
- ICYMI: Artificial turf tests results showed more fields had failed in the spring than previously disclosed, and more than half the entire inventory would fail using a more industry stringent standard.
- This Day In DCist: The city’s best museums off the beaten track.
Rachel Sadon