Photo by philliefan99 Morning, Washington. The Washington Post checks in on the dire case of D.C. street food, which, improved though it may be, is still far from what it ought to be in a city of this size. What explains the lag in D.C. street food? The story begins with the case of one Shemondy Haile, a hot-dog vendor who experimented with selling Eritrean food from his cart before the city struck him down….

You’ve earned the right to smile, kid. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Nationals 5, Pirates 2: The biggest sign of great things to come for Stephen Strasburg wasn’t the huge ovation he received from the 40,395 at Nationals Park last night after finally breaking 100 miles per hour on the radar gun — which he did several times. It wasn’t the dominating second inning, during which he struck out the side. Nor was it the multiple…