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Is this D.C. politics or a mafia movie? The AP reports that the FBI is looking into whether staffers for Councilmember Yvette Alexander asked one lottery contract bidder for $20,000 to “prove his loyalty” to Alexander.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• Woman killed, 4-year-old shot in bus shooting. [Post]
• New cab colors go on display today. [Examiner]
• Post ed board: Not so fast, Kwame Brown. [Post]
• Some of Virginia’s fancy specialty plates can’t be read by toll booth cameras. [Examiner]
• Free classes at Georgetown! [Post]

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

Photo of the Day: Car Crashes Into McDonald’s.

Wide Stance: The elaborate management process behind the construction of bathroom stalls at Anacostia High School could just be another example of D.C.’s flawed contracting scheme.

Yes! Or No?: Yes! Organic Market isn’t closing east of the river after all, instead attempting to rebrand itself with a name change.

Bistro A Go-Go: Nage Bistro is back, and making hires.

Smashbrowns: Adams Morgan’s sleepy Friday afternoon was shattered last week when a car crashed through the front door of the 18th St. McDonald’s.

Nutcracker Options: The D.C. area offers Nutcracker choices for every budget and tolerance of canned music.

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

• Feds probing Yvette Alexander’s role in lottery, whether staff asked for $20,000 of would-be lotto partner to “prove his loyalty.” Also looking at Michael Brown’s ties to online gambling lobbying. Both deny any wrongdoing. [AP]
• Get moving, Ron Machen. [Post]
• And give us details about Kwame “Fully Loaded” Brown‘s 2008 campaign. [Post]
• Marion Barry lashes out at Chamber of Commerce’s Barbara Lang. [WBJ]
• Good news businesses: you’ll only to to pay the Ballpark fee for another 14 years. [Times]
• Phil Mendelson still figuring out how to run the D.C. Council. [Post]
• Vince Gray: Posties are mean to me because they still love Adrian Fenty. [Post]
• Anita Bonds doesn’t like corporate campaign donations. [WAMU]
• Majority of new District jobs going to commuters. [Examiner]

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

• A good short profile of acting GSA chief Dan Tangherlini. [Post]
• Time to revamp the residential parking permit program? Council thinks it might be. [WJLA]
• But changes aren’t likely before late next year. [DCist]
• The Takoma Metro is finally getting some density. [DCmud]
• Only 1.5 percent of a.m. Metro trips end east of the Anacostia in D.C. The plurality of those start in Petworth or Columbia Heights. [GGW]
• Before settling on Tysons, Intelsat rejected Capitol Riverfront because the neighborhood’s “not quite there yet.” [WBJ]
• Speaking of Tysons, it’s apparently tailor-made for self-driving cars. [Post]
• Peak-hour cycling in D.C. has nearly tripled in the past eight years, and 77 percent of bikers are male. [DCist]
• Here’s how the fiscal cliff could affect D.C.-area homeowners. [UrbanTurf]
• The Office of Planning’s favorite strip in town: 1800 block of Columbia Road NW. [OPinions]
• Today on the market: Truxton townhouse

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