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As you watch the Olympics this week, imagine the worst: What if D.C. was hosting instead? City Paper editor Mike Madden will be on News Channel 8 with Bruce DePuyt at 10 a.m. to talk about this chilling possibility.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

  • Ex-lottery official suing CFO Natwar Gandhi for defamation. [Examiner]
  • House to vote on banning late-term abortions in D.C. today. [Post]
  • Embattled D.C. campaign financier Jeff Thompson scored an airports contract after serving on the airport board. [Examiner]

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LOOSE LIPS DAILY POLITICS LINKS, by LL columnist Alan Suderman (tips? lips@washingtoncitypaper.com)

  • The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, on whose board Jeff Thompson used to sit, paid Thompson’s old accounting firm more than $1 million. Also, former lotto boss Leonard Manning won a no-bid contract from the board to import flowers from Ethiopia. [Examiner]
  • Former CFO contracting officer on the lotto contract Eric Payne doubles down, sues CFO Nat Gandhi for defamation. [Post]
  • Jonetta backs Payne. [Examiner]
  • Ed board: Ban on late-terms abortions in DC is “a cynical exploitation of the District to advance others’ political agendas.” [Post]
  • One mother’s heartbreaking story of a late-term abortion and why they should be legal [Post]
  • One of Jeff Thompson’s two vacant Crestwood homes sells. [Curbed]
  • Jack Evans loves Darrell Issa. [Times]

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

  • CHOMPIE RETURNS! [DCist]
  • The Smithsonian unleashes a visitor’s guide app. [Around the Mall]
  • Doug Aitken‘s design for a pavilion at the Tate Liverpool museum looks an awful lot like “Song1” at the Hirshhorn [Architect]
  • Michael Kaiser: How arts organizations can persuade their board members to hit their friends up for money [Huffington Post D.C.]
  • More photos of the Pussy Riot protest outside the Russian Embassy [Huffington Post D.C.]
  • The Washington Ballet’s Brooklyn Mack wins a gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria. [Post]
  • An interview and an eclectic EDM podcast from local producer and DJ Maxmillion Dunbar [Little White Earbuds]
  • America’s Most Wanted—based in Montgomery County—finds a comfy new home at Lifetime. [Post]

FOOD LINKS, by Young & Hungry editor Jessica Sidman. (tips? hungry@washingtoncitypaper.com)

  • Two senators protest Meatless Monday by chowing down at Hill Country Barbecue. [DCist]
  • Taco Bell‘s Crunchwrap Supreme, for “maximum portability” [NPR]
  • What people are saying about Del Frisco’s Grille [Eater]
  • It’s all about the bread at New Orleans PoBoy Shop. [Thrillist]
  • Where Vermillion chef Tony Chittum eats in Greece [The Plate]
  • World of Beer opening soon in Arlington. [ARLnow]
  • Funniest restaurant names in D.C. [Zagat]