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People protesting the St. Louis County grand jury’s decision to not charge police officer Darren Wilson with shooting and killing unarmed black teen Michael Brown blocked traffic on I-395 near the 3rd Street Tunnel Sunday afternoon. Dozens of people blocked the road and eight people were arrested.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• Here are eight pieces of Marion Barry‘s D.C. that highlight his successes and failures and what he left behind. [Washington Post]
• House Republicans introduced legislation to ban traffic cameras in D.C. [Washington Times]
• Should Ben’s Chili Bowl paint over its big Bill Cosby mural? [Washington Post]
• In D.C., some Walmart workers went on strike and protested for higher wages on Black Friday. [WAMU]

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

• Marion Barry, remembered by his friends and sometimes foes [WCP]
• Barry memorial and funeral events set for later this week. [LL, WAMU, Times, Post]
• Jack Evans hits a pedestrian in his car, but says she’s fine. [Fox 5]
• Barry’s troubled time on the D.C. Council [LL]
• Bill from outgoing Republicans would outlaw speed cameras in the District. [Times]
• Muriel Bowser transition team announces open houses. [WAMU]
• Post ed board: Check out tax breaks in the D.C. United stadium deal. [Post]
• District continues to monitor potential Ebola-exposed travelers. [WBJ]
• Possible Wizards practice facility in Shaw gets a chilly reception in the neighborhood. [Post]
• Remembering the 1994 shooting at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters [City Desk]
• Churchgoers fret over the streetcar. [Post]

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

• D.C. Olympics boosters try to downplay political discord. [AP]
• So far this year, 482 pedestrians and cyclists have been hit by cars. [DCist]
• Jack Evans is responsible for one of them. [FoxDC]
• D.C.-New York travelers have shifted rapidly from air to rail. [CityLab]
• Southwest plan would improve streets, but maybe not enough. [WashCycle]
• How new highways nearly destroyed sections of town [Ghosts of DC]
• Today on the market: End-unit rowhouse off U Street NW—-$1,800,000

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

• Why Ben’s Chili Bowl should get rid of its mural of Bill Cosby [Post]
• New music from Black Clouds, Fellow Creatures, Asheru, and Pentamon [DCist]
• Painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby won the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s contemporary art prize. [Post]
• Theater J artistic director Ari Roth says the DCJCC canceled his Voices From a Changing Middle East festival over concerns for conservative donors. [Washingtonian] 
• What a Smithsonian paleontologist thinks of the new Jurassic Park trailer [Post]
• The National Portrait Gallery asked the public to vote on three pieces for its “Recognize” wall, and a portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe won handily. [Post]
• What President Obama bought at Politics & Prose on Saturday [Post]

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

• Five new health conscious menus in D.C. [Zagat]
• Five brunch spots to taste the globe [Post]
• Daniel Boulud‘s D.C. DBGB doesn’t live up to its New York counterpart. [Washingtonian]
• Ice cream sandwich business, Milk Cult, finds a permanent home in D.C. [Eater]
• Holiday place setting guide [BYT]
• Nagomi Izakaya opens with donburi. [Post]
• Different kinds of alcohol don’t get you different kinds of drunk. [VICE]