D.C. Council candidate Elissa Silverman is denying that she offered fellow contender Matthew Frumin support in a future race if he dropped out of tomorrow’s Special Election.

D.C. United’s patience seems to be wearing thin, and the team said today that it would consider sites in Maryland for a new stadium.

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: rich sports team owner plays one jurisdiction off of another to get what he wants.

While it probably will do little to curb the fury which has developed over President Barack Obama’s decision to sellout access to abortions for low-income women in Washington, it’s at least some positive news for those seeking D.C. autonomy: HuffPo’s Arthur Delaney reports that the city will still be able to spend local funds on needle-exchange programs.

In the age of Groupons and Meetups, new venture Grubwithus provides a combination of the two. Started in Chicago by two friends, Eddy Lu and Daishin Sugano, the venture has expanded to San Francisco and New York, with a D.C. site to launch soon. The concept is simple. View a list of menus and sign up for a prix-fixe family-style meal. Your dining companions will be a random mix of those who sign up. (But they do display who has already signed up for the meal, so you can avoid that nasty confrontation with an ex, or masochistically create an awkward family-style meal for everyone involved)