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Major League Baseball may be about to suspend players like Alex Rodriguez over connections to a Miami clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs, but the Nationals’ Gio Gonzalez likely won’t be among them. According to ESPN sources, Gonzalez’s treatments from the clinic were legal.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• D.C. Council passes some of food vending regulations. [Young & Hungry]
• Homeless man hit by a Mercedes last month dies. [Examiner]
• Metro is running behind on escalator repairs. [Examiner]
• Arlington teen killed in skateboarding accident. [Post]
• Council passes health exchange bill. [Post]
• Mayor’s race looking good right now for Vince Gray, says analyst. [NBC 4]

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Barry Farm Blow-Up: Protesters disrupted a meeting last night over the future of Barry Farm.

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Where’s the Bill? Councilmember David Catania introduced a new package of education reform bills yesterday, but D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson says she doesn’t understand the need for the new legislation.

Thirsty and Rich: The $22 Manhattan at the Rye Bar is so popular the bar is tapping its third batch.

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

• Council passes health exchange bill with small business mandate. [Post]
• Anita Bonds introduces bill exempting some seniors from property taxes—as long as they’ve lived in D.C. for 25 years. [WAMU]
• Vince Gray faces big backlog on commission vacancies. [Examiner]
• Barry Farm development meeting called off after protesters clash with audience. [Housing Complex]
• D.C. arrests for marijuana possession jump 60 percent in a decade, with black residents making up 90 percent of arrests. [Post]
• Free bus rides for D.C. public and charter students under Muriel Bowser‘s bill. [Examiner]
• Mary Cheh‘s taxi safety hearing starts at 11 today. [NBC 4]
• Chuck Thies talks race and the mayor’s race [NBC 4]
• Kaya Henderson‘s not impressed with David Catania‘s seven school bills. [Post]

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

• Watch NoVa sprawl before your very eyes. [GGW]
• GSA proposal would make it easier to unload excess property. [WBJ]
• Mapping Metro track work disruptions. [GGW]
• Feds admit bike helmets don’t prevent injuries as often as they said. [WABA]
• And correcting the record is the first step toward promoting good biking behavior. [WashCycle]
• New York designs a library to encourage teen loitering. [Atlantic Cities]
• After one failed attempt, developer takes another stab at Fort Stanton residential complex. [WBJ]
• Today on the market: Barracks Row living doesn’t come cheap

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