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Public Notice recently released an infographic featuring the Congressional Super Committee – and they’ve never looked so good. [Bankrupting America] What if there was a group of lawmakers whose sole mission was to scrutinize our spending and find at least $1.2 trillion in cuts in a sweeping effort to control …

Congratulations to Andrew Kovalcin and the Chamber’s Global IP Center on the launch of The Innovation Lifecycle, a multimedia project aimed at educating members of Congress, the Administration and the public on intellectual property (aka IP).

Currently live. If Sen. Harry Reid has access to a time machine and isn’t telling anyone, we’re not going to be happy.  

Name chosen for red panda cub [National Zoo] Washington’s healthiest employers [trim the fat] What would DC look like if it never split up? [interesting factoids] Can the Skins Win? [Cowboys] D.C. bike hazards: [An illustrated guide]

Surely the most spectacular time lapse we’ve ever seen. Everyone else should just quit now. h/t Ryan Howell

Dan Snyder nearly missed the Forbes Top 400, which means you need to buy more beer next time you’re at the Skins game. The man is hurting. An heiress to the Mars candy company family is the top D.C.-area resident on the most recent Forbes 400 list of the richest …

Hat tip to Patrick Reis at Politico’s Morning Energy for this great one-liner. He might not be able to tell what day of the week it is, but the man can write. As we all know, Congress – like the Metro – is not scared to go to single tracking. Read the …

Someecards summed up yesterday pretty well [Facebook] Levi talks about the Republican party forcing him to cut his mullet [shame] DC is one of the smoggiest [exhaust] Rangel to be honored [unveiling]

Mayor Barry t-shirts are selling like hotcakes, and we can see why. While I sat for the better part of an hour — okay, perhaps longer than that — outside H Street Country Club on Saturday enjoying a few libations as the Northeast corridor’s fabulous festival unfolded around me, I …

Congressman Phil Roe performs CPR on man at airport [save life] TruOrleans Restaurant [opening] You can’t outrun the secret service, so stop jumping the WH fence [again] People thought he was Vince Young [no, really] What’s in a sandwich? [vote]

A few months ago we would have found this to be weird, but since the earthquake, hurricane, #snOMG, Marion Barry still driving,  and other strange happenings in DC, we find it totally normal. [typical Monday] A five-inch-long baby dinosaur with a short nose, armor and spikes went belly-up and likely …

Scott’s New Band is back at the Clarendon Grill this Saturday, Sean Spicer went poaching, fall might have fallen on DC, is there a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow?, The good news? Your wife was not kidnapped. The bad news? She was cheating on you, Frates gets a …

Scott’s New Band is back at the Clarendon Grill and it’s happening this Saturday. If you’ve never been to a show, you’re missing out. Saturday, September 17 · 9:30pm – 11:30pm Clarendon Grill, 1101 N. Highland Street, Arlington, VA

We tease because we can. Tourists often stop us on the street asking for information about Washington, and we usually give them straight answers. After all, they are spending their hard earned dollars (or Euros or yen) in our fair city, and we want to be gracious hosts so that …

Turner scrubs out the stench of Weiner [sanitize] H. St. liquor cap [too many drunks] Chicago style pizza arrives in DC [finally] Getting to the beach just got more expensive [tolls] Photo of the Day: Pot of Gold, by Robert Jameson