Where even the escalators can kill you. Liz Farmer: Broken Metro escalators send riders flying Two escalator brake failures in five days sent passengers flying down to the bottom — and landed four in the hospital, putting the spotlight on Metro’s deteriorating escalator performance.

The best basketball player in the White House Press Corps, Hans Nichols asks all the the tough questions. h/t Matt Dornic

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Foreshadowing? FishbowlDC:Guess Who Didn’t Make NPR’s Coffee Table Book? Three guesses. Who didn’t make NPR’s beautiful new 271-page coffee table book, This is NPR,  packed with pictures and stories from the past four decades? The book is to honor NPR’s 40th anniversary with essays, behind-the-scenes photographs and transcripts of memorable …

MSNBC partnered with Minneapolis-based creative branding and advertising agency mono on the Lean Forward campaign. Here are a couple shots from around D.C.

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We all know and love the Snuggie. The commercials are hysterical and the Snuggies themselves are, well, snuggie-rific. And we’re sure that we’re not the only ones who have thought about magical Snuggie Sex (think about the weirdos reading FamousDC after googling Snuggie Sex!). Luckily for all of us, a …

POLITICO: Karl Rove’s Karl Rove Forti, who last year told National Journal “I spend all my time trying to avoid the spotlight,” declined to comment for this story. And, unlike many political figures who turn down interviews, he also largely resisted the temptation to try to shape reporters’ narrative behind …

… then the world NY Daily News: Terror threat to restaurants as Al Qaeda calls for attacks on government workers in D.C.

The former Notre Dame coach is heading down to Florida to hold a fundraiser for Florida GOP state Rep. Sandy Adams who is running for Congress. [pep talk] We imagine Lou will warm up the crowd with one of his memorable motivational speeches. Just a warning to those sitting in …

This week FamousDC super fan Jeffrey Ostermayer turned the dirty thirty. Come join him at the Top of the Hill this Saturday to help in celebrating his ability to now tee off from the white tees with a little less embarrassment. Please also be nice to him as his Tigers …

Whoever sent Sarah Palin to the John Kerry School of Campaigning should be commended. Bob Lowry: Sarah Palin strays from politics in $1 million fundraising speech for Montgomery school The former Alaska governor tried a takeoff on the importance of college football in Alabama, but it backfired on her, likely …

POLTIICO’s Ben Smith: MTV screening Obama’s audience for views, looks “We’re just trying to get the broadest, most diverse audience possible,” she said, denying that either Republicans or ugly people would be screened out. “We want to have divergent points of view – we’re not looking for a single-view audience.