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The Wizards beat the Celtics in double overtime last night. In an emotional post-game interview, guard John Wall dedicated the win to a 6-year-old friend who died of cancer Monday morning.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser reportedly tapped Alexandria’s top executive, Rashad Young, to be her city administrator. [Washington Post]
• Metro has cleared up some safety oversight issues, and the new 7000-series Metro cars are coming to the D.C. area in early 2015. [WAMU]
• Still-Mayor Vince Gray will give his farewell address on Dec. 17 at Dunbar High School, his alma mater. [Loose Lips]
• Six people, including two young children, were killed yesterday when a jet crashed in Gaithersburg. [Washington Post]

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Mouse Tale: The NoMa Harris Teeter was shutdown yesterday after inspectors found a live mouse in a food container, subsequent rodent feces, and flies.

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

• Report: Muriel Bowser will name Alexandria city manager Rashad Young as city administrator. [NBC4]
• Candidates declare for Ward 4, Ward 8 special elections. [LL, Times]
• Vince Gray will give his farewell speech next week. [LL]
• Eleanor Holmes Norton wants officials to hit the brakes on 395 closure. [Housing Complex, Post, WAMU]
• A 2014 launch day looks less likely for the streetcar. [WAMU]
• Congressman aims to quash District traffic cameras. [Roll Call]
• Marion Barry‘s memorial service in photos [LL]
• Why District police have taken a light hand with traffic-blocking protesters [WAMU]
• Fight continues in court over handgun ruling. [DCist]

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

• The neighborhoods where home prices are rising fastest, led by Hillcrest [UrbanTurf]
• A look at Bethesda’s $10 million condo [Post]
• BicycleSPACE is moving—-around the corner. [City Desk]
• Southwest church set for redevelopment, with a big residential component. [Hill Rag]
• NoMa Harris Teeter closed for mouse, feces. [City Desk]
• Houses really are cheaper in the winter. But why? [CityLab]
• Today on the market: Dupont 2BR condo—-$479,900

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

• Paperhaus‘ Alex Tebeleff is fiddling around with a Moog in preparation for his band’s Kraftwerk cover show. [Arts Desk]
• A photo gallery and Q&A with Jim Saah, whose photos of D.C. hardcore shows made it into the new Salad Days documentary [Vice]
• Glenn Meade of ’60s D.C. folk band Vos Cantu Monemus on how the band’s limited-edition 1969 LP came to fetch $1,125 on eBay [DCist]
• Eight D.C. music photographers explain how they got some of their best shots. [D.C. Music Download]
• How the technocrat B.J. Novak plays on The Newsroom matches up to the New Republic‘s Chris Hughes [Washingtonian]
• The creator of the Klingon language, Marc Okrand, plays Scrooge in a Star Trek adaptation of A Christmas Carol. [DC Theatre Scene]

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

• Start planning New Year’s Eve now. [Post]
• A guide to Christmas Day dining [Washingtonian]
• D.C.’s holiday dining survival guide [Zagat]
• Sam Kass is leaving the White House. [Politico]
• James Horn is leaving Mike Isabella‘s restaurant group. [Eater]
• Pop-up cat cafe coming to Rock & Roll Hotel. [City Desk]
• Salt and Pepper Grill III coming to former Chocolate Crust space. [PoPville]