Arianna Huffington loves Christine DeLargy’s jewelry, Clinton Portis wanted to be a wrestler as a kid, DC experienced a Rainpcalypse, Tara Palmeri is the boss, Emily Heil celebrated her birthday, Ryan Grim is that guy, Executive Branch spelling is hard, Huffington Post vs. POLITICO, Gilbert Arenas stopped shaving, Supreme Court …

How many folks will link to this CNN story on Facebook today? [take a look at me now] CNN: America’s brainiest places to live Ever wonder what happened to your high school valedictorian? He or she might just have wound up in Washington, D.C. That metro area has the nation’s …

37% Say Marketers Play Role In Childhood Obesity Ongoing, in-depth attitudinal surveys conducted by Resonate Networks, Inc. confirm not only that such issues are on the minds of significant percentages of U.S. adults, but that many believe that companies and government are key in addressing them.

First we have a drive-by shooting during a teen’s funeral and now we’ve got mid-day bank robberies in Georgetown? TBD: 4 armed, masked men rob armored car in Georgetown Four armed, masked men robbed an armored car across the street from the Georgetown branch of BB&T bank at approximately 2:20 …

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Still. No. Hoverboards. The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson:  High-Speed Rail By 2040 Amtrak presented its 30-year plan for high-speed rail in the northeast corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston. The plan will cost $120 billion. It will take 30 years to complete. It would shrink the travel time between D.C. and …

Mashable’s Geoff Livingston: Social Media: The New Battleground for Politics Control of the House of Representatives hangs in the balance of the 2010 Congressional election. A recent forecast published on The New York Times website anticipates a two-out-of-three chance for a change in power. The election has become a war, …

WTOP: Rains today bring 1 to 3 inches WASHINGTON — The heavy rains and chance of storms in the next two days are a welcome relief from the recent summer drought for farmers and gardeners, but the area will remain far short of the average rainfall for this time of …

Two gentlemen enter. One gentleman leaves. Roll Call’s Jackie Kucinich: Hoyer Criticizes Colbert’s Testimony Before House Panel The testimony that comedian Stephen Colbert made to a House subcommittee last week was “inappropriate,” according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. “I think it was an embarrassment for Mr. Colbert more than …

GOP unveils new agenda at a lumber yard. Sean Duffy was jealous.

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About 4 minutes and 30 seconds into the clip. Perhaps they were both out in the club and a sippin’ that bub? And although she vows to call again and again, she should know that that blowin’ up their phones won’t make them leave no faster, put their coats on …

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Robert Gibbs and The New York Times spent the weekend tangling with House Minority Leader John Boehner and his staff. In today’s wired world, the story doesn’t stop on the printed pages of the newspaper. Boehner’s press shop spent the weekend neutralizing the hit piece and Robert Gibbs took to …