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Flying high [drug plane invades Obama’s airspace] Texting and walking is hard [video] Vegas on the Potomac [bet on it] Job of the Week [flacks]

Does Shep Smith have a twin? [Fishbowl thinks so] Santorum wants to use protection [TPM] Another great Marion Barry story [set up] Not sure about this headline [Tebow] David Cross likes empty espresso pods [and cocaine] By Adrian Gray

And just when we ordered Netflix. President Obama’s budget proposal supports allowing the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail deliveries, raise the price of stamps above the rate of inflation and recalculate how it plans to pay for the future retirements of postal workers. via the WaPo By Rdoke …

Lots of Valentine’s Day tweets yesterday [how cute] Local artist kills it on The Voice [Erin Willett] Sarah Palin gets the dumbest question ever [CPAC] Better than the Westminster Kennel Club dog show [video] The game was in Toronto [watch the fans]

Rep. Fred Upton is the talk of the town today, but the chatter has nothing to do with the XL Pipeline, even though he sent out the following survey.  

Facebook allows you to erase the past [timeline] Georgetown boathouse plans [here we go] Nothing says love like a sparkling cocktail [yum] Amazing photo [perfect timing] Source: i279.photobucket.com

Perfection comes at a high price. Metro is paying more than $51 million for outside expertise in how to run the transit agency. The consultants are analyzing data, studying escalators, advising onSmarTrip farecards and even crafting requests for other outside contracts in the quest to keep the transit system running. …

Huge sign falls on I-66 [images] Models hit Crystal City [catwalk] Mr. Darling [a year of amazing pictures] Best quote of the Grammys [Dave Grohl] By r.m.b.  

A big thank you to Patrick Ryan for snapping some great shots last night.

Last night, some of DC’s hardest working Hill staffers, flacks, reporters, lobbyists, fundraisers, corporate folks, policy wonks, digital media nerds and a random bearded man from West Virginia, gathered at Hill Country BBQ for another FamousDC Happy Hour. Thanks to our lead sponsor National Journal Hotline and our headlining sponsors Hamilton Place Strategies, Vote …

Great happy hour last night [definitely more to come] Pelosi mocks Colbert [funny] Bachmann mocks herself [interesting] Where lonely people go [bar pictures] Photo by Jeremy Art

CPAC make out break out session [what?] Kasich delivers interesting remarks [for 100 minutes] Drop your pants and run like hell [for a good cause] Boundary Road opens Monday [H St.] via Frozen Tropics

Catherine Gatewood and Christine Moxley were recently spotted chilling with Jay-Z and Nas at the 40/40 Club. According to Gatewood, “just a typical Monday night in NYC. And Beyonce is gorgeous.”