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28 PEOPLE MAKE HISTORY WITH KIDNEY EXCHANGE
There were smiles, tears, laughter and applause at a local hospital Tuesday, as people who took part in a history-making medical procedure met -- in some cases -- for the first time.
The gathering of 14 kidney donors and 14 recipients took place at Washington Hospital Center in the District.
Doctors say it was the world's largest paired kidney exchange. (WTOP)
TROOPER'S DEATH SPOTLIGHTS OFF-DUTY RISKS FOR OFFICERS
Despite the slaying of Maryland State Police trooper Wesley Brown last week as he was working off duty as a part-time security guard, police officials said moonlighting can be safer than on-duty policing and provide officers with needed additional income.
"A lot of these guys have to do it to survive," said Lt. Mark Darby, commander of the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack, where Brown was assigned.
Brown, 24, had received department approval to work security at Applebee's Neighborhood Grill in Forestville, where he was fatally shot June 11 in the parking lot at 12:40 a.m., about 30 minutes after removing a disorderly customer. Brown was performing security with a retired state trooper, but police said Brown was "ambushed" while outside alone making a phone call. (Gazette.net)
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ONE-SIXTH OF WILCO TO PLAY BLACK CAT BACKSTAGE
Wilco guitarist Nils Cline manages to show off his legit guitar chops at every opportunity without ever stretching the band's credibility as a low-key Americana outfit. Cline's a technician with an ear who fits seamlessly in a group that quotes country western, rhythm and blues, and southern rock. But when he's not playing with the band that penned "Bull Black Nova", he's tooling around in the wilds of avant-jazz. For graduate-level Wilco fans and guitar jazzbos alike, tickets are now on sale for the Nels Cline Singers, his side trio, at the Black Cat backstage. July 8, $15, 9 p.m. (DCist)
LIKE IT OR NOT, THE HOUSEWIVES ARE COMING
Given the lengthy delays that preceded Bravo's confirmation today that the Real Housewives of DC was official and will begin airing on August 5, I think I could be forgiven for wondering if the show was ever actually going to air. There are no real surprises in the announcement: everyone knew that Michaele Salahi, Mary Schmidt Amons, Lynda Erkiletian, Catherine Ommanney and Stacie Scott Turner were the wives in question.
One thing I do think is interesting, though, is that the Salahis' infamous crash comes towards the end of the first season's events. Given that Andy Cohen, Bravo's senior vice president for original programming and development told the Post that the show is intended to ""dive into the Beltway subculture as it underwent an historic shift," I'm wondering if the show will feel more like a documentary of the social scene in the early days of the Obama administration, than a reflection of the city fully into the second year of the new presidency. (Washingtonian)
