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A new lawsuit claims that an attorney’s corpse went unnoticed in Metro’s Judiciary Square station for four days before being found. The man’s parents are suing WMATA for $25 million.
LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:
- Final terms reached on soccer stadium deal. [Post]
- D.C. cab companies are struggling to meet a deadline for wheelchair accessibility. [WAMU]
- Phil Mendelson asks for mercy for Council staffer convicted of fraud. [Loose Lips]
- Survey: Residents move to D.C. for jobs and move out for housing. [District, Measured]
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LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Will Sommer (tips? wsommer@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- Muriel Bowser cuts final D.C. United deal. [Post]
- Phil Mendelson asks judge to have mercy on Harry Thomas Jr. crony. [LL]
- OSSE creates committee to review employee emails before they go out. [LL]
- Cathy Lanier: If video redacting is as easy as BEGA says, they can do it themselves. [Times]
- Concealed-carry numbers jump. [WAMU]
ARTS LINKS, by Christina Cauterucci (tips? ccauterucci@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- Our Pride Week gift to you: two hours of dance music from the ’70s and ’80s, New York’s gay heyday, mixed by DJ Lisa Frank and the NeedlExchange crew [Arts Desk]
- A Q&A with AFI DOCS head Michael Lumpkin [Washingtonian]
- Fredericksburg guitarist Daniel Bachman played a set of traditional Virginia tunes for Smithsonian Folkways. [Bandwidth]
- A review of a thoroughly queer trapeze performance by D.C.’s Sweet Spot Aerial Productions [DCist]
- Local author Dolen Perkins-Valdez has published a new book on race and rebuilding in post-Civil War Chicago. [Post]
YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Jessica Sidman (tips? jsidman@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- Six bars with live music [Drink DC]
- Timber Pizza Co. coming to Petworth. [PoPville]
- Try “hot” gelato at Dolci Gelati. [Post]
- Hangover observations from the RAMMYS [Eater]
- Eight must-try steaks in D.C. [Zagat]
- The Olive Oil Boom opens in Courthouse. [ARLnow]
- A guide to Capital Pride [BYT]
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