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Are the Pigskins victims of a “travesty of fairness” after being penalized for breaking salary rules? General Manager Bruce Allen thinks so.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• Injury toll after North Capitol drive-by up to 13. [Post]
• Post publisher implies paper could leave D.C. [Post]
• Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton wants to help Spring Valley family living near munitions dump to relocate. [WJLA]
• Metro gets Daylight Saving Time wrong. [Post]
• Robert Griffin III recovering from knee surgery. [WTOP]
• D.C. teacher admits he sent sexual texts to students. [WJLA]
• Home sellers more interested in D.C. market. [Post]
• Takoma Park’s granola reputation remains intact. [Post]

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

Photo of the Day: Daylight Saving Time.

Easy Money: Former ANC commissioner Sandra Seegars is suing over a recording of her saying she stole D.C. government money to buy a new car. For her part, Seegars says she was just being sarcastic.

Keep Rock Creek Social Club Weird: D.C. party organizers Rock Creek Social Club are headed to Austin to pitch themselves at SXSW.

Adios, Boomtown: A New Republic writer claims that claims about D.C.’s affluence are exaggerated.

LOOSE LIPS, by Loose Lips columnist Alan Suderman. (tips? lips@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Sandra Seegars suing over tape that has her saying (she says sarcastically): “Yup, I stole ANC money and bought me a new car.”  [City Desk]
• Anita Bonds picks up Muriel Bowser’s endorsement, right? [Post]
• D.C. housing market above prerecession levels. [WBJ]
• After 13 shot, Tommy Wells says nightclub is “incompatible” with growing NoMa.[Post]
• David Catania mixing it up as education overseer. [Examiner]
• KIPP charter proposes new high school. [Post]
• Why aren’t job seekers getting more training from DOES? [GGW]
• Board of Elections has issues with voter database. [Post]
• Activist wants IG to investigate School Without Walls principal’s efforts at hiring his wife. [Examiner]
• D.C. public employee pension funds look good compared to the rest of the country. [Post]
• Who will win Medicaid contracts? [Post]

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

• Drive-by forces NoMa BID to defend neighborhood’s safety. [WBJ]
• Metro’s hoping to let people pay fare directly with credit cards, smartphones. [Examiner]
• Pepco wants a $52 million rate increase. [DCist]
• Your water might taste and smell funky starting next week. [New Columbia Heights]
• In 1903, D.C. had nine automobile merchants but 64 for “bicycles and sundries.” [WashCycle]
• EastBanc buys Georgetown post office from struggling USPS. [Examiner]
• Only a third of renters have insurance. [Housing Wire]
• Today on the market: Hill East rowhouse