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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: To hear Quansa Thompson talk of her life as an exotic dancer, to listen to her describe how men offer cash as she sashays, gyrates and jiggles the night away, is to evoke a thousand titillating thoughts, not a single one having anything to do with the Federal Fair Labor Standards […]

Some of the DC area’s swankiest restaurants are among nearly two-thousand eating establishments in the region recently cited for health code violations. The “Washington Examiner” says over a recent three-month period, health department records indicate problems including rat infestations and slime-covered water faucets. At the top of the list of critical violations were Gordon Biersch […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: District families applied in record numbers to the annual online lottery for out-of-boundary, preschool and pre-kindergarten slots, school officials reported Thursday. School leaders said the historic level of participation, which generated first-time waiting lists at 14 schools, reflected improvements in test scores, school building conditions and teacher quality since control of […]

Morgan State Rolls Past North Carolina A&T Winston-Salem, N.C., March 10 – Kevin Thompson recorded yet another double-double with a team-high 20 points and 16 rebounds and Reggie Holmes and Troy Smith each chipped in with 17 points as Morgan State rolled past North Carolina A&T, 84-57 in the quarterfinal round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic […]

VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – The D.C. police union says a detective accused of unholstering his gun at a snowball fight faces a possible 10-day suspension. The Fraternal Order of Police said Detective Michael Baylor learned about the proposed suspension Tuesday and plans to appeal. The police union is representing Baylor, who does not have an […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: On Feb. 23, a select group of Washingtonians received an intriguing e-mail: “The orange arrow is pointing at you,” the subject line read. It was an exclusive invitation to “an exclusive underground anti-restaurant,” the e-mail explained. “Because the DNA of the magical dinner is unmapped, these events will evolve, month to […]

VIA DCIST: The Post reported earlier that the very first gay couples to get legally wed in the District of Columbia this morning were Jeremy Moon and Bryan Legaspi, a pair of White House staffers, and James Betz and Robert Hawthorne. The two couples appear to have held their marriage ceremonies nearly simultaneously, one inside […]

VIA DCIST: Plenty of local love from Michelle Obama, as the White House announced today that two out of three commencement speeches the first lady has agreed to make this year will be right here in the District. The biggest news from the local perspective is that Obama will address graduating seniors at Anacostia Senior […]

VIA FORBES: The country may have started its long haul back to economic recovery — if recent news that consumer spending increased slightly in January is any indication. But even so, most Americans still aren’t ready to brag about their paychecks. Except, perhaps, in Loudoun County, Va., where median household incomes are higher than anywhere […]

VIA MYFOXDC: Police have identified the female who was struck and killed while jogging on 14th Street and Constitution Avenue Saturday morning. The victim was struck around 6:00 a.m. by a tractor trailer traveling northbound on14th Street NW near the National Mall. The truck is described as white with a conventional cab. It has a […]