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District officials and D.C. United executives have nearly finalized an agreement to build a 20,000-seat soccer stadium on Buzzard Point. The basic framework of the deal is still the same, but under the almost-official agreement, one of the provisions says that the city will replace sharing profits with the team with a combination of sales tax payments and a future $2 surcharge on tickets.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

  • The search for Relisha Rudd continues with a woman who says she can speak to the dead. [Post]
  • D.C. Public Schools have announced a tentative agreement with the union that represents principals, business managers, and other non-teachers in schools. The four-year contract would give most of the 600 union members an annual 3 percent raise. [Post]
  • A look at streetcars in D.C. and the many, many delays of the H Street streetcar line. [WAMU]
  • Three men and two women were shot and sustained non-life threatening injuries outside of Stadium Club in northeast D.C. early Saturday morning. [Post]


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

  • David Catania‘s mayoral campaign woos Democrats. [Post, Post]
  • DCPS strikes possible deal with principals union. [Post]
  • U.S. Attorney Ron Machen and AG Irv Nathan trade letters over Jeff Thompson evidence. [LL, LL]
  • Mystery Brianne Nadeau hater fliers about the presumptive Ward 1 councilmember [LL]
  • Jack Evans proposes tripling Destination D.C. budget. [WBJ]
  • What’s holding up the streetcar? [WAMU]
  • District students study Marion Barry book Dream City. [Post]
  • Judge upholds District gun law. [Times]
  • Minor Height Act change becomes law. [WAMU, Housing Complex]
  • Behold the new MLK library, maybe. [Housing Complex]
  • Fatal shooting near Suitland Parkway Saturday night [Post]
  • District party affiliations, mapped. [Housing Complex]
  • No home for megaclubs in changing D.C. [Times]
  • Howard University Hospital nurse layoffs could be on hold. [WBJ]

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

  • City, D.C. United near deal for Buzzard Point soccer stadium. [Post]
  • What’s behind the delays on the H Street streetcar? [WAMU]
  • Changing D.C., through photos. [CityLab]
  • As marginal neighborhoods become less “crappy,” warehouse nightclubs are disappearing. [Washington Times]
  • Bikers shouldn’t have to wear helmets. Discuss. [Vox]
  • But without helmets, where would they mount their cameras? [DCist]
  • Streetcars: mainly for tourists? [CityLab]
  • Struggling ultra-luxury hotel tries catering to ultra-luxury-seeking locals. [Post]
  • New York apartment buildings begin excluding rent-regulated tenants from amenities. [NYT]
  • Today on the market: Capitol Hill two-level condo—$775,000

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

  • Can we quit it with the holograms of late musicians, already? [Post]
  • Mini-reviews of all the big films playing locally [BYT]
  • After 60 years in radio, Carl Kasell retires. [Post]
  • D.C.’s warehouse nightclubs are going extinct. [Washington Times]
  • A video interview with the cast and creatives of Side Show, which runs at the Kennedy Center this summer [YouTube]
  • The GI Film Festival, which bills itself as “Sundance for the troops,” kicks off today in Alexandria. [Washingtonian]
  • Local investors get behind Reed Krakoff‘s burgeoning fashion line, and the result is all business, little glamour. [Post]

FOOD LINKS, by Jessica Sidman (tips? jsidman@washingtoncitypaper.com)

  • Bayou Bakery opening a second location in Capitol Hill. [Post]
  • The President and VP hit up Shake Shack. [Washingtonian]
  • Texas de Brazil taking over former Buddha Bar space. [WBJ]
  • Modern Moroccan restaurant Mazagan opens on Columbia Pike in Arlington. [Eater]
  • Five summer crawfish boils to check out this summer [Zagat]
  • Taste test of Blue Duck Tavern‘s new spring menu [BYT]