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New vendors coming to [Eastern Market] Livingsocial features dreidels at a 7 sins party [greed] Washington football team’s name not about [Dan Snyder] DC’s Halloween party king [1970s] Baby panda now too big to escape through [zoo bars] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Blues alley [having a bad time] WEATHER [CAR CRASHES] Dog costume contest [you must click] Mars candy heiress wreck in [nova] Metro work closes stations [womp womp] Cab drivers bad luck with credit card service [abandon cab] Photo by Noe Todorovich

Did you catch the International Space Station [last night?] José Andrés strikes again [Chinese Peruvian] $100,00 in jewelry stolen [the maid did it] Governor’s race in near [dead heat] Enterprising criminals begin [Obamacare scams] Photo by Noe Todorovich

We love this love song themed around our favorite retro video games. Street Fighter under the Chinatown Arch? The Smithsonian Institution Building as the Super Mario castle? Yeah, we’ll take it.  

Chris Brown cut a guy [down] 62 year old woman ran her 100th marathon [MCM] Guerilla gardener gets revenge [DuPont] 1966 plans reveal Metro could have been a little [different] Giving out Halloween candy? Reese’s are America’s [fav] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Halloween for your dog, Halloween for yourself, Sunday’s game watching and underground comedy. You couldn’t beat this weekend if you tried.

Taxi drivers organizing [union] DC that much closer to decriminalizing [marijuana] DC has catacombs [who knew] Photo by Kevin Wolf

While we have seen some pretty creative brand alternatives to the Washington Redskins, the folks at NJI Media paired up with our fabulous FamousDC writers to come up with five alternative rebrand solutions. Preview the first two here and click below for the full set. 1.  Washington Washingtons “No compromise!”  Here is …

Handy Haunted DC guide [spoooooky] St. Elizabeth’s is open [pavilion] DCist dares to name DC’s [best brunches] VA has weird booze [laws] Halloween [is coming] Bluejacket kind of already [rules] Photo by Noe Todorovich

GW has their mind on money and money on their mind [admissions] Cold weather is about to arrive [snap] Streetcars won’t start service this year [and other surprises] Capitol dome finally getting [repaired] Photo by Fred King

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Stuck in a costume rut? The folks at NJI Media have a handy decision flowchart for 2013 topical costumes to get you out of it. Click to see who you should be. We can’t promise there won’t be a million other people in the same costume at every party you attend, but at …

Yes, it’s coming [winter] “How can you just sit there eating??” Arlington limits [dog tethering] Halloween Part-As [all of them] 30 year-old peace vigil display outside the White House [removed] Photo by Patrick Onofre

Good morning baby panda photos [new] Georgetown waiter buys nice stuff [picassos] An original DC beer (+pleasure) garden [Mt. Vernon] Invisible shutdown [effects] Facebook weather becoming a problem [frauds] Photo by Dan Lawrence