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Meet your newest interim councilmember, as chosen by D.C. Democratic State Committee: Anita Bonds, the head of the D.C. Democratic State Committee. How about that?

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• Man accused of fatally shooting girlfriend, injuring daughter on Metro bus found dead in New York in apparent suicide. [Examiner]
• Taxi design options are ugly. [LL]
• Corcoran Gallery of Art staying in D.C….but how? [Arts Desk]
• Chairman Phil Mendelson to firm up Council committee assignments by Dec. 19. [Post]
• Chilly mice set up shop in BWI. [Sun]

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

Photo of the Day: Man Reading to Child.

Fourth Brew: The District is getting a fourth brewery, headed to Ivy City: Atlas Brew Works.

Mom I’d Like to Christmas: The Sleigher, our annual Christmas song takedown, rolls ever forward. The latest victim: the sort of cozy, sort of saucy “Mama’s Too Hot for Christmas.”

Park It: A D.C. judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking a controversial bus parking lot in Ivy City.

Hurray for Hollywood: Ned Martel, the once-ousted editor of the Washington Post‘s Style section, is headed to Los Angeles after a year in steerage. A look back.

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

• Meet the new boss: Anita Bonds. [Post]
• Why didn’t top officials do anything with 2008 report saying Jim Graham engaged in questionable behavior on lottery contract? [Examiner]
• Yvette Alexander says Ron Moten is behind false allegations regarding lottery contract; Moten says that’s false. [Post]
• Muriel Bowser rips elections boss for showing up to council hearing unprepared. [Examiner]
• Cherrie Doggett rips Marion Barry for ripping Barbara Lang. [WBJ]
• Suspect in Metro bus shooting dead of an apparent suicide. [Times]

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

• As change comes to the Logan Circle area, carryouts hang on. [GGW]
• Phil Mendelson weighs potential candidates to chair Economic Development and Housing Committee. [Post]
• Neighbors want to turn RFK parking lots into a park. [DCist]
• Housing sales surged in November, but new contracts were down. [RBintel]
• Homes moved particularly quickly in Adams Morgan and Dupont. [Curbed]
• D.C. proposes four taxi color schemes. [DCist]
• Red and white is best, but really, the schemes aren’t that hot. [GGW]
• A women’s history museum could come to the Mall. [DCmud]
• An investment in Anacostia pays off. [UrbanTurf]
• Today on the market: The Capitol Gateway Walmart boom begins

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