Good morning, Washington area and readers world-wide: Check out these five stories to keep you informed and get you going:
Inside D.C. punk legend Ian MacKaye’s surprise 50th birthday party
While Washington journalists and A-list celebrities including Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian were primping, tweeting, and writing about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a far more exclusive gathering took place – a surprise 50th birthday party for D.C. hardcore punk pioneer Ian MacKaye.
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With an asterisk, WTC is back on top in NYC
One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City’s tallest skyscraper on Monday. Workers will erect steel columns that will make its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just enough to peak over the roof of the observation deck on the Empire State Building.
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Naked man walks along GW Parkway
Commuters got quite a surprise Monday morning on the George Washington Parkway: U.S. Park Police confirm a naked man was seen walking along the parkway around 6 a.m.
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Metro scraps ‘peak of the peak’ fare surcharge
Even though Metro riders will pay higher fares starting July 1, they no longer will have to pay the 20-cent “peak of the peak” surcharge during the busiest commuting times. But that’s not sitting well with some observers, according to The Washington Examiner.
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FDA may let you get meds without prescriptions
Going to the doctor isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time. Now there’s a proposal to let patients skip trips to the doctor to get medicine without a prescription.
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