Members of the public are invited to help plant flags each day as the death toll rises.

Both the regionals and semifinals of the competition will be held in D.C. in April.

Ah, our beloved D.C. Armory. Home of such wonderful events like the DC Rollergirls, an occasional boxing card, umm, liquidation sales, and, uhh, American Idol tryouts… OK, so it’s pretty easy to see that the Armory might be a wee bit underutilized. But if the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission has its way, that could all change through a proposed renovation project, revamping the Armory into a 10,000-seat concert hall and expo center. Although the…