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Jordy Yager: Longworth building temporarily evacuated  The Longworth House Office Building was evacuated Thursday afternoon after a steam pipe malfunctioned on the fifth floor.

No more updates? [graff] Good luck [interview] Reflection [Meg] Laid off [flickr] SEC [Madoff]

Cooley Zone: Congrats to Redskins Pro Bowlers

Fly Congress [Caribbean] Legally Blonde [musical] Hard Nosed [kids] Revolving [door] Wow [turtle] Playaz [ball]

Presidential [documents] Campaign ads [history] Crazy [oddly enough] Chatty [journalists]

Last night we experimented with our Twitter friends. We wrote: “Who wants to be FamousDC’s first Twitterer of the Day? Be the first to send us a public reply and we’ll feature you tomorrow.” Within seconds, Lauren Cook responded: “No whammies, No whammies!” Well, she didn’t hit any whammies and …

Cheese balls [eastern shore] Press Advance [good form] Spotted [Pamela’s Punch] Stay Classy [deceiver] FAIL (Again) [GM] Post [secret]

Michelle Rhee turns DC fame into national fame. She’s been on quite a media tear with a Washingtonian profile, an Atlantic Monthly profile and now the cover of Time Magazine. DCist‘s Kriston Capps tiptoes around calling DC’s Education Czar Michelle Rhee FamousDC: This cover illustrates a couple of interesting phenomenons: …

Has anyone seen Bloomberg News reporter Nicholas Johnston lately? If not, you should call him. We’re pretty sure he kicked off for the Chargers last night.

Forget Musicovery [pandora] stuffed change [animals] Change [Professor] Transformers [WH]

Now that Obama is President, will the next version of Microsoft Word stop auto-correcting his name to Osama?

You gotta tackle these things early. AP: Obama Eyes College Football Playoff

What does this button do? [yep] Fake NY Times [1.2 million?] Weekend Drink [specials] Doors closing [change] Too Soon [christmas] Cheaper tix [NFL] Come back [PB]

Happy Monday. How was your weekend? Here’s the DC update if you’re stuck on the trail knocking on doors and making calls. Texas Tech shocked the world Following Jay Z is tough Not sure if it moved any votes, but damn funny. Who doesn’t want pork knives? Head’s up – …

Here’s a quick and dirty weekend review to enjoy with your Monday morning coffee: Lots of heroes around town as the Marine Corps Marathon was Sunday … Santana Moss erupted and the Skins won again … Campaign attacks becoming more frequent … Jennifer Crider convinced her GOP mom to vote …