> > Pour one out for Coach Janky Spanky. Clinton Portis will receive surgeries for his bum shoulder and broken hand, which means he’s headed to the IR for the rest of the season. It’ll be up to Ladell Betts to carry the rock, though, who knows? Maybe the coaches will remember their costly impulse-buy TJ Duckett, mouldering on the bench. [Washington Post] > > The U.S. House of Representatives is filled stem to stern…

The U.S. government is soliciting bids for a potential renovation of the Old Post Office building, the Pennsylvania Avenue landmark which has held government offices since 1899. The General Services Administration is soliciting bids from companies interested in “redeveloping the OPO and its annex, the OPO alone or the annex alone,” but the press release makes clear renovation by the private sector is anything but certain: “If GSA determines through its review that redevelopment is…

At her keynote address at South by Southwest Interactive, Ana Marie Cox aka Wonkette, the former fulltime Washington-area resident turned bi-metropolitan blogging maven and up-and-coming author, said that blogging is not journalism. We think that she’s right to a certain level, but hot damn, Austinist is on fire! With some stellar reporting and camera at the ready, our colleagues in Texas caught Ms. Cox being denied entry to attend her own party at a…

In search of cheap eats before a movie at the new Regal multiplex at Gallery Place, DCist wandered the streets of Chinatown in an attempt to asses the recent diminution of traditional businesses and their replacement by big name corporate chow. While McDonalds touted Chinese characters on their facade nary a lo-mien noodle was to be found inside. Pot Belly’s also declared their support of the Chinese culture with a decorative store front Wandering inside…