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The first campaign finance reports for D.C. mayoral candidates are due today.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• Work on the District’s upcoming streetcar system will cause delays for drivers this morning at 16th Street and Benning Road NE.  [WaPo]
• Metro’s general manager says future employees who disable rail car intercoms will be disciplined. [NBC4]
• Protestors marched to the White House last night in support of whistleblowing Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. [WTOP]
• The D.C. Department of Public Works is holding its monthly hazardous waste drop-off event at the Fort Totten transfer station in Northeast. [WTOP]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

The Wait is Over: The District’s first medical marijuana sale was made Monday night at the Capital City Care dispensary.

It Goes On and On: Check out “Kitchen,” a new six-and-a-half-minute single from the fuzzy D.C. band Teen Mom. 

A Productive Recess: Phil Mendelson asked LivingSocial to eliminate its guns and alcohol deals.

We Have a Winner: The MRP Reality and Ellis Development Group partnership has been chosen by the District to develop residential units and a ground-floor market at 965 Florida Ave. NW.

Economic Eats: The President’s chief economic advisor Alan Krueger discussed the D.C. food scene at Politico Playbook Lunch on Monday.

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Will Sommer (tips? wsommer@washingtoncitypaper.com)D.C.’s first legal medical marijuana is sold, but only nine patients have cards. [Post]

• Jeff Thompson wants to delay Chartered payout. [WBJ]
• Machinists union endorses Jack Evans. [Post]
• Michelle Rhee returns to celebrate DC-CAS score improvement. [Post]
• Delinquent tax sale nets $6.6 million. [WBJ]
• Woman accused of paint splattering National Cathedral held without bond. [CNN]
• Martin Luther King Jr. inscription removal begins. [Post]

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

• Live at 15th and P NW for $25/month, plus the cost of a time machine. [Ghosts of DC]
• Assessing the new WMATA union contract. [GGW]
• New Frederick Douglass Bridge looks to be the best biking bridge in D.C. [WashCycle]
• No surprise: Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park getting more expensive. [UrbanTurf]
• Mary Cheh: Why is the Wilson pool so terrible? [LL]
• Watch the last of the old NPR building come down. [DCist]
• D.C. is the fifth-best city for renters. [Nerd Wallet]
• Today on the market: Wesley Heights condo

ARTS LINKS, by Ally Schweitzer (tips?aschweitzer@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• More backstory on the green-paint vandal [AP via Huffington Post]
• D.C. libraries will recommence Sunday hours starting in October. [DCist]
• An update on the proposed Smithsonian Latino Museum [AP via WTOP]
• Beyoncé‘s dancers teach YMCA summer campers some moves [Washingtonian]
• Tyler Green on Hirshhorn’s departing director: “… it’s hard to call the Koshalek years anything but a substantial failure.” [Modern Art Notes]
• Ian Svenonius on Vish Khanna‘s podcast [Kreative Kontrol]
• The Backstage column on Taffety Punk’s “Bootleg Shakespeare” and Arena’s forthcoming Kogod Cradle season [Post]
• Vice interviews Dismemberment Plan [Vice]
• An English viscount and viscountess visit the National Gallery of Art to view an insanely valuable Giorgione once owned by their ancestors. [Post]
• Listen: Faraquet live in Indianapolis, December 2001 [Dischord]
• Playwright Gwydion Suilebhan talks technology, theater, and social media [Morgan Allen]
• The Plums make noise—with visuals [Plumsband]

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

• Bars with really great air conditioning [Drink DC]
• Huma Abedin dines at Meiwah Restaurant with Clinton spokesman. [CNN]
• Blue Duck Tavern has a new pastry chef. [Post]
• Ten Latin plate lunches around D.C. [Eater]
• Dolci Gelati launches a food truck. [Washingtonian]
• Romeo & Juliet American restaurant will replace White Tiger on Capitol Hill. [PoPville]
• Taj of India coming to Cucina Vivace space in Crystal City. [ARLnow]