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Defending champs come through again: Washington has retained its title as the country’s most congested city.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• Tommy Wells wants nurse-to-patient floor in city hospitals. [Examiner]
• And gears up for mayoral run. [Examiner]
• In honor of the release of Michelle Rhee‘s book today, a flashback: What’s the Harry Jaffe connection?
• Judge says D.C. attorney general Irv Nathan‘s “honor” is in question over Pershing Park documents. [Loose Lips]
• Hammer-wielding bandits rob Pentagon City jewelry store. [Post]
• Metro claims mobbing floors with special chemical makes them less slippery. [Examiner]
• Woman robs two D.C. banks. [Examiner]
• Food truck prevails in Arlington vending case. [WTOP]
• D.C. police, union officially at odds over contract. [Examiner]

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY: Photo of the Day: Two Women. 

Meatless: Meat-Free Week has arrived, just after the end of Meat Week. Here’s where to get your unmeats.

First for the Post: The Washington Post elevated National editor Kevin Merida to one of its two managing editor spots yesterday, triggering a shuffle of editorial responsibilities. Merida is also the first African-American managing editor in the paper’s history.

Downtown Gets Livelier: The Department of Commerce’s Herbert C. Hoover Building could be getting a little friendlier to pedestrians.

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

• Tommy Wells files exploratory committee for mayoral run, Jack Evans says such things are for the weak-minded. [NBC4]
• Vince Gray‘s One City is loaded, so Gray plans to spend on affordable housing. [Post]
• Elissa Silverman tries to bounce John Settles and Paul Zukerberg from the ballot. [NBC4]
• Post: All hail Nat Gandhi’s “noble tenure.” [Post]
• Barras: The good that CFOs do lives after them; The evil is oft interred with their bones. [Examiner]
• Cathy Lanier says Human Rights Watch juked its stats on sex assault cases, says it found 109 of “missing” 170 cases. [Post]
• Wait! Now it’s 116! [NBC4]
• Impasse on police contract. [Examiner]

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

• The S bus commute could get less unpleasant. [GGW]
• Another residential building is coming to Adams Morgan. [UrbanTurf]
• How do you solve a problem like Potomac? [GGW]
• DDOT really doesn’t want cars in the L Street cycletrack. [DCist]
• Craigslist is getting more user-friendly. [UrbanTurf]
• The city doled out 1.8 million parking tickets last year. [WJLA]
• Today on the market: Four-level Capitol Hill house