Paul Zukerberg makes his case for keeping the attorney general election in 2014;  Judge on ballot language mix-up: “Somebody did a lousy job here.” [Post]

Elissa Silverman counts herself out of Democratic At-Large race, Shadow Rep. Nate Bennett-Fleming is in. [Post, LL, LL]

Rock Newman and Andy Shallal told Vince Gray that Shallal would stay out of the race if the mayor ran. [Washingtonian]

D.C. students post gains in test scores. [WAMU]

Post ed board is pumped. [Post]

Metro lost $5.5 million in revenue during the shutdown. [WAMU]

Cabbies unhappy about mayoral spokesman Pedro Ribeiro‘s “third world” remark about the cab system. [Washingtonian]

DNA led police to suspect in cold case. [Post]

Howard ditches its CFO. [Post]

Ron Moten: affluent Washingtonians insulated from violence. [Times]

No, Metro car seats won’t match their line color. [Post]

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