Local philanthropist David Rubenstein has agreed to split the cost of repairing the Washington Monument with the federal government, kicking in $7.5 million to patch up the iconic obelisk that was damaged in the August 23 earthquake.

In just a few months, fans will finally get a glimpse of the new $611 million baseball stadium rising in Southeast. No longer will they simply be looking at an artists rendering — they’ll get to see the new concourse, the stands, the suites and the field for themselves. And today the Post’s Marc Fisher poses an interesting question — beyond the bricks and mortar, what should the team’s owners offer inside the stadium? After…

> > Deadline worth noting! Anyone interested in participating in this year’s DC Idiotarod has until tomorrow, Thursday March 1, at 11:59 p.m. to register your team for the big race on March 3. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to bring wanton chaos to the streets of D.C. [DC Idiotarod] > > Fans of soccer, wine, photography, and philanthropy will descend upon the JW Marriott tonight for the Goals for Girls Auction & Wine…

It’s going to be a bright and beautiful day here in Washington, and since we’ve had some less than sunny headlines so far this summer, we’d like to take a moment to point some good news. Believe it or not, your daily walks to work could actually begin getting easier. How, you say? Well we’re just so glad you asked. It seems the city has begun spending money on rubberized sidewalks, which last longer than…

As we in the DCist newsroom say, you can never have too many society magazines. Via U.S. News & World Report’s Washington Whispers, we hear that Capitol File, a new Washington society magazine, hits the streets tomorrow. According to editor-in-chief Anne Schroeder, the new magazine reveals that “Washington is fun and sexy.” Not to self-promote, but we at DCist have been publishing that fact for the better part of the last year. Or making fun…