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The plan to build a Walmart in a New York Avenue shopping center in Northeast has fallen apart, leaving just five planned stores for the retail powerhouse in the District.
LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:
- A D.C. paramedic was put on temporary leave after he wrote a letter to the D.C. Council complaining about staffing shortages. [News4]
- A medical examiner determined that the 9:30 Club’s Josh Burdette committed suicide. [WTOP]
- Federal prosecutors charged 14 people with stealing unemployment benefits from the District. [WAMU]
- U.S. Park Police charged a man with allegedly taking “upskirt” photos of women sitting on the steps leading up to the Lincoln Memorial. [Washington Post]
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LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Will Sommer (tips? wsommer@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- New York Avenue NE Walmart plan breaks up. [Post]
- D.C. fire paramedic who wrote letter about ambulance problems is put on administrative leave. [NBC 4]
- Gray administration officials worked with Walmart in the run-up to the living wage bill vote. [Housing Complex]
- David Grosso talks Walmart lobbying. [Housing Complex]
- U.S. Attorney’s Office considers hate crime charges for attack on drag queen at Manny and Olga’s. [Metro Weekly]
- Strain of pure Ecstasy could have caused Echostage death. [Post]
- The Lincoln Memorial, “a magnet for a less savory category of visitor: voyeurs.” [Post]
- D.C. taxes are the most complicated in the metro area. [WBJ]
HOUSING COMPLEX LINKS, by Aaron Wiener (tips? awiener@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- Plans for Walmart-anchored development on New York Avenue NE fall apart. [Post]
- Lead subject of Congress Heights gentrification story objects to story’s premise. [CHOTR]
- Exorbitant house of the week, indoor basketball edition. [UrbanTurf]
- Why we shouldn’t get too excited about D.C.’s new career academies. [GGW]
- A 100-unit residential building on Georgia Avenue will break ground next year. [UrbanTurf]
- For the New York Times wedding section, New York > Bethesda > Anacostia. [City Desk]
- Apartment renters can expect more choices and concessions. [UrbanTurf]
- Today on the market: Townhouse on Unicorn Lane
ARTS LINKS, by Ally Schweitzer (tips? aschweitzer@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- Medical examiner says the 9:30 Club’s Josh Burdette died of suicide. [Post]
- The young woman who died after partying at Echostage last weekend may have taken some bad Molly. [Post]
- Kennedy Center formally begins the search for a company to take on pre-construction work in preparation for its planned major expansion. [WBJ]
- Honor the dead and buy some Sockets Records (RIP) merch from Dischord. [Dischord]
- Five things you didn’t know about Kathleen Hanna [Spin]
- National Symphony Orchestra to debut a symphony about George Washington‘s life. [AP]
- U.S. Royalty spent months in the lab trying to genetically engineer The Ideal Pop Song. Rock ‘n’ roll! [Express]
FOOD LINKS, by Jessica Sidman (tips? hungry@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- The eight best pizzas in D.C. [Thrillist]
- Japanese whiskey plays hard to get [NPR]
- Jamie Stachowski talks about his love of sausages. [Washingtonian]
- Where to eat right now [Eater]
- Beer plus heavy metal at Port City Brewing Company [Post]
- Check out the menu for Duke’s Grocery, opening soon in East Dupont [PoPville]
- Restaurants with markets attached [Zagat]