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>> Three students at a controversial Massachusetts clinic where D.C. special education students have been farmed out for years were mistakenly subjected to electric shock treatments as part of a prank. [Examiner]

>> The Metro board voted 5-1 to approve officially the largest increase in fares in Metro history. [NBC4]

Last week, we had a nice long chat about the maddening idiosyncracies of the D.C. taxicab system. The Examiner reports today that at least some of the difficulties associated with cabbing around town might be gone in the near future. Cab Commission Chairman Causton Toney has said that his organization is "seriously considering" the elimination of the zone system in favor of metered fares. The city is awaiting the results of a six-month study comparing...

From time to time, we have a little miscommunication here at the site, and the morning roundup doesn't get up as it normally does. Then we play a little game called live-blogging. First Stop: I'm sure it comes as a shock that we tend to hit the Washington Post first thing in the morning. Being a demographics geek, my eyes are immediately drawn to a story revealing that Virginia's Caroline and King George Counties, at...

We spend plenty of time complaining about the state of the region's public transit network, be it delays on Metrorail, unpredictable arrival times for Metrobuses, or just too much traffic along area roadways. But at least we don't have to hitchhike to work. Today the Post features an entertaining feature on John Schindel, a Stafford County man whose decade-old DUI conviction has left him at the mercy of fellow motorists to get him to and...

You have to give it to the Washington Times -- at least their headlines are amusing. The much-loved newspaper today reports on six Montgomery County residents who were detained for transporting illegal immigrants into the area for work as prostitutes, titling the story, "Four in family among six held in alien sex ring." Alien sex ring? Well, yes, "alien" is the technical term for a non-American, but wouldn't "immigrant" have sufficed? Cropp Proposes New Funding...

Good morning, Washington. This house is the entry by the University of Maryland in the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon, the student competition we told you about last week. The houses are viewable on the National Mall until October 16th. Today will be cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and highs in the 60s.

In an interesting article highlighting the power of blogs and internet forums in promoting democratic discourse, the Examiner today reports on a heated debate that has developed on D.C. Watch's bi-weekly online newsletter concerning a new $400 million, 250-bed hospital being planned for Southeast. Gary Imhoff, longtime city activist and the newsletter's publisher, recognized the importance of new forums in allowing residents access to large audiences, stating, "There are few places where someone who doesn't own a printing press can really get his or her opinion out citywide." We'd like to think we offer readers the same soapbox, whether on issues as serious as the budget surplus and smoke-free bars or as mundane as cupcakes and gentrified bars.