The Needle: Bumping Bethesda

by Will Sommer May 14th, 2013October 17th, 2020

Cool Suburb: Bethesda is hoping to lure nightlife out of D.C. Even Lindsay Lohan is welcome, according to Montgomery County County Executive Ike Leggett. +1

Fire Bugged: Five D.C. Fire and EMS employees are on desk duty after joking on Facebook about police, apparently in reference to how long it took for an ambulance to reach injured D.C. police officer Sean Hickman. -5

Left Out: D.C. won’t even get that many cicadas. Northern Virginia, on the other hand… +1

Superstitious Burger: Are Z-Burger’s free burger deals jinxing Washington sports teams? -3

Monday’s Needle rating: 56 Today’s score: -6 Today’s Needle rating: 50

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