>> A federal jury awarded $260,000 to one of two men who sued NBA star Allen Iverson after they said they were beaten by his entourage outside Eyebar. [WaPo] >> Watch the very same Allen Iverson dominate on his high school football team at Bethel High in Hampton, VA in 1993. [DCSportsGuy] >> Spending $600 on a first generation iPhone: expensive. Losing it twelve hours later: so sad it’s funny? [craigslist] >> Massive fire…

>> “The structural steel and concrete work on the new Nationals stadium is done, and a ‘topping out’ celebration is set for Wednesday, July 11.” [WTOP] >> “Starbucks has arrived to Columbia Heights. Mi barrio has a Starbucks coffee.” [El Guapo in DC] >> A great list of rejected names for a new food blog — the demise of “girl sandwich” will be mourned by all of us at DCist. [endless simmer] >> A…

Happy Friday, Washington! Oh, wait. It’s Tuesday. But we’re not going in to work tomorrow! Oh, wait again. We have to come in on Thursday. And Friday. This is confusing. We’ll have some more info for you later today on how to avoid the crowds and have a stellar 4th of July celebration — just as soon as we can wrap our heads around the idea of stumbling to our desks on the 5th, totally…

>> The young women killed in last night’s Beltway accident have been identified, and two of them graduated from high school only hours before. [AP and WTOP] >> A Judge ruled that rapper 50 Cent cannot be compelled to testify in the civil case against NBA star Allen Iverson stemming from a 2005 scuffle at Eyebar. [WaPo] >> A woman was humiliated by a TSA employee for trying to take her son’s tap water-filled…

The Washington Wizards took another step towards the Mendoza Line last night with an emphatic 120-91 win over the visiting Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets entered the Verizon Center with an impressive 12-7 record and a viable MVP candidate in Baltimore product Carmelo Anthony. They left the court looking like a team that was in the middle of a five game road trip, wondering who would be shipped out of town in a possible deal…

When the NBA calendar turns to March, teams are either start thinking about lottery choices or jockeying for playoff position. The Washington Wizards, after a slow start to the season, seemed to find their groove in February and catapulted themselves back into the playoff race, currently holding a precarious grip on the sixth seed in the East. Tonight on ESPN, they take on Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers, who currently trail the Wizards…