Subject: Afternoon Buzz: Heat advisory: D.C. to challenge record high temperature this afternoon
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:39:54 -0400 (EDT)

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HEAT ADVISORY: D.C. TO CHALLENGE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON 
Jason Samenow
Should D.C. make it to 95, it will tie the daily record set in 2002 [
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MOTHER WHO POURED SCALDING WATER ON SON WITH CEREBRAL PALSY GETS 9 YEARS 
DeNeen L. Brown, Keith L. Alexander
A mother who pleaded guilty to pouring scalding water on her 9-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy, and of binding him with duct tape and refusing to feed him, was sentenced Friday by a D.C. Superior Court judge to nine years in prison.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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WORKERS’ SCHEDULES COULD BE THE NEXT LABOR FIGHT IN THE D.C. COUNCIL 
Perry Stein
One-third of service-sector employees who responded to a D.C. Jobs With Justice survey released this week said they receive their work schedules less than a week in advance. Last-minute scheduling, these workers say, makes it grueling to coordinate child care, shuffle two jobs and pay their bills.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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MARC TRAINS HAVE BEEN SLOWED BY HOT WEATHER EVERY DAY THIS WEEK 
Julie Zauzmer
For the fifth day in a row, MARC said Friday that trains would run at reduced speed on the Brunswick and Camden lines due to hot afternoon weather.During periods of heat-related speed restrictions, trains arrive at their destinations five to 15 minutes late.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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READ MD. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE K. RAHN’S LETTER TO METRO 
Lori Aratani
Here’s the full text of the letter that Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn sent questioning the board’s decision to award the transit authority’s former general counsel a consulting contract the same day she left the transit authority. Rahn was concerned the hiring of Kathryn Pett violated Metro’s own policies. Pett’s contract has since been terminated.  Read the full story here.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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WHY THE OLYMPICS WASHINGTON DIDN’T WIN COULD STILL TRANSFORM THE CITY 
Jonathan O'Connell
ANALYSIS |For more than a year, some of Washington’s most accomplished architects, engineers and planners assembled a vision for how the region could look a decade from now. Huddled in secret brainstorming meetings, they plotted the most idyllic Washington and inner suburbs they could imagine for living, working, visiting and admiring.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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SATURDAY IS WORLD GIN DAY. HERE’S WHERE TO CELEBRATE. 
Fritz Hahn
June 13 is World Gin Day, which in my house ranks just below Christmas on the Holiday Importance Scale. If you'd like to celebrate by raising a glass of the spirit once known as Mother's Ruin, one of these six destinations will fit the bill.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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‘JURASSIC WORLD,’ ‘ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL’ AND OTHER NEW MOVIES, REVIEWED 
Macy Freeman
In this week’s new releases, "Jurassic World," the third sequel to the 1993 film "Jurassic Park," stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. Adapted from the novel by Jesse Andrews, "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" follows a high schooler who befriends a classmate who has been diagnosed with leukemia.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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