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Firefighters responded to smoke incidents at three different Metro stations over the weekend, though no injuries were reported.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• More bad news for the streetcar: It caught on fire Saturday night. [Housing Complex]
• Christopher Barry‘s run to replace his father on the D.C. Council has been much more challenging than expected. [Post]
• Post editorial board criticizes Bowser administration for its decision on the Franklin School museum. [Post]
• A developer sold the majority of its parcel on Half Street SE across from Nationals Park. [WTOP]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

Homeless Youth: These maps show where D.C.’s homeless kids go to school.

High-Tech Drinks: A bar in Dupont Circle is experimenting with sous vide cocktails.

Due Process: Federal prosecutors are taking their time with Jeff Thompson.

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Will Sommer (tips? wsommer@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• The streetcar catches on fire. [Housing Complex, Post]
• Feds take their time with Jeff Thompson and Vince Gray. [LL]
• The rise of gentrification truthers. [Housing Complex]
• Chris Barry tries to take his dad’s seat. [Post]
• Where all D.C.’s vacant land is. [Housing Complex]
• Royal Jelly? [Post]
• The homeless talk about living outdoors during the winter. [WAMU]
• What caused the petroleum smell in the water? D.C. Water doesn’t know. [Housing Complex]
• Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library bulks up homeless outreach. [WAMU]
• Hearing held over CSX rail project. [Post]

HOUSING COMPLEX LINKS, by Aaron Wiener (tips? awiener@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Nine short tales of homelessness in D.C. [WAMU]
• Mapping homeless students in D.C. [City Desk]
• Attracted by its grittiness, retailers are betting big on Ivy City. [WBJ]
• Seven miles of new bike lanes are expected for D.C. this year. [GGW]
• JBG buys Fairgrounds site near Nationals Park, plans two residential buildings [WBJ]
• Cautionary tale for D.C. streetcar: Atlanta’s new line has disappointing ridership [Streetsblog]
• More on the gentrification debate [City Observatory]
• Three Dupont rowhouses hit the market as a package deal. [UrbanTurf]
• When manholes explode [AP]
• Today on the market: Rowhouse near the soon-to-be-transformed Southwest Waterfront—-$884,900

ARTS LINKS, by Christina Cauterucci (tips? ccauterucci@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• For the Washington elite: how to spend $133 on a movie date [Washingtonian]
• A history of women’s theaters in D.C. [Post]
• Watch a video of Laura Tsaggaris playing “To Sleep is to Dream” on a ukelele and cello at the Atlas Theater. [Hometown Sounds]
• A visit with blind keyboardist George Smallwood, who plays covers to beats from a Yamaha drum machine [DCist]
• Should the Phillips Collection and National Gallery include artists’ full, real names on wall text, revealing their Jewish heritage? [Post]

YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Jessica Sidman (tips? jsidman@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Three places to pretend it’s summer [Zagat]
• Provision No. 14 will replace Diego on 14th Street NW. [Washingtonian]
• Not even Old Bay can save the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish. [Post]
• Restaurants are drawn to an industrial neighborhood with Hecht Warehouse development. [WBJ]
• Six farm restaurants worth the road trip [Eater]
• Donburi owner James Jang to launch eclair boutique G’eclair. [Express]
• La Tagliatella officially closes in Clarendon. [ARLnow]
• Taste test of weird Asian chip flavors [BYT]