The Needle: Cut Throat Edition

by Perry Stein August 26th, 2013October 17th, 2020

Cut Throat: The Arlington parking garage where Bob Woodward met Deep Throat is being demolished as part of a redevelopment project. -2

Free Ride: Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser promoted a new program that allows District students to ride Metro buses and D.C. Circulators for free. +2

School Bully: The weekend before Dunbar High School’s grand opening, an unknown number of suspects stole three laptops from the new, $125 million building. -3

Drone Strike: A camera-carrying drone crashed into the crowd at Virginia’s Great Bull Run over the weekend. +2

Yesterday’s Needle rating: 60 Today’s score: -1Today’s Needle rating: 59

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