Subject: Afternoon Buzz: Audit: No-show poll workers, outdated equipment marred D.C. election
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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:30:06 -0500 (EST)

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Audit: No-show poll workers, outdated equipment marred D.C. election <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3egA5252>
Mike DeBonis
The District’s Nov. 4 general election was marred by absentee poll workers, outdated equipment and uneven access for disabled voters , the D.C. auditor concludes in a new report, which recommends that city officials replace voting machines and improve worker training.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3egA5252> 

Alexandria property values rise 3.5 percent <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3epA99f3>
Patricia Sullivan
Alexandria property values rose 3.5 percent last year, a new city report says, driven by both appreciation and new growth and reflecting the recovery of the residential tax base after a nine-year dip.The average single-family home was assessed at $702,098, up 2.9 percent from the previous year. The average condominium value rose to $302,843, a 3.5 percent jump. The value of commercial property — which includes rental apartments — rose 2.37 percent, with a 4.6 percent jump in apartment values compensating for flat office building assessments and a 13.3 percent decline for hotels.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3epA99f3> 

Inova plans medical research complex in Fairfax <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNjZl8Poq6Cxb_R4Ac1db>
Jonathan O’Connell
Northern Virginia’s largest hospital system will announce Monday that it plans to acquire Exxon Mobil’s 117-acre campus in Merrifield to create a complex dedicated to what many view as a potential remedy for Northern Virginia’s sagging economy: genomics and personalized medicine.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNjZl8Poq6Cxb_R4Ac1db> 

The complicated history of a D.C. block smeared by Rep. Schock’s former adviser <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3exA27d8>
Perry Stein
On this balmy Sunday afternoon, couples walked their dogs, a man assisted an elderly woman carrying her groceries to her apartment, and joggers briskly made their way along the sidewalk of the 1400 block of W Street NW — a narrow one-way street filled with colorful rowhouses and small apartment buildings.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3exA27d8> 

Metro to Dulles Airport already? <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3fAAf286>
Dana Hedgpeth
Metro’s Silver Line will eventually go to Dulles International Airport, but the second phase of the rail line in Northern Virginia isn’t quite done yet.But according to this sign spotted by a Metro rider this morning you can ride the Silver Line to Dulles now.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3fAAf286> 

Man in barricade situation at Silver Spring business kills himself <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3fPAec85>
Dan Morse
A standoff in Silver Spring, Md., on Monday between police and a man armed with a shotgun ended when the man fatally shot himself, authorities said.The shooting came after officers attempted to talk with the man, who had used mulch and building material to barricade himself outside a landscaping business. No one else was injured, police said.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3fPAec85> 

D.C. barbecue legend Mr. P will be taken off life support, his family says <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3feA3300>
Tim Carman
The family of Fate Pittman, the local barbecue legend who goes by the handle Mr. P, will gather this afternoon at Providence Hospital and take the patriarch off life support after he suffered a pair of heart attacks last week, his son Melvin Pittman said.Read full article &gt;&gt; [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184029ke4.3f7t/VNkYccPoF_Oeg3feA3300> 

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