Subject: Afternoon Buzz: Washington to Amazon: How urban do you want to be?
From: "The Washington Post" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 21:03:48 +0000

Afternoon Buzz from The Washington Post
The story behind the carpeting in Metro’s rail cars? It stinks.; This is the snowiest time of the year in Washington, at least in theory

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Updates since this morning's paper

 

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Washington to Amazon: How urban do you want to be? <https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-to-amazon-how-urban-do-you-want-to-be/2018/02/08/01332440-0843-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Amazon is considering nine areas in the region. Its preference will say a lot about the company it wants to be.

By Jonathan O'Connell    •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-to-amazon-how-urban-do-you-want-to-be/2018/02/08/01332440-0843-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The story behind the carpeting in Metro’s rail cars? It stinks. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/the-story-behind-the-carpeting-in-metros-railcars-it-stinks/2018/02/08/33d24974-0b92-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Metro’s inspector General found the “exceedingly stringent” requirements for Metro’s carpet were likely written to favor a particular supplier.

By Faiz Siddiqui   •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/the-story-behind-the-carpeting-in-metros-railcars-it-stinks/2018/02/08/33d24974-0b92-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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Analysis

This is the snowiest time of the year in Washington, at least in theory <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/02/08/this-is-the-snowiest-time-of-the-year-in-washington-at-least-in-theory/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

If it's the first half of February, it should be snowing at some point.

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Net neutrality, sex, falconry: In one week, I crashed as many D.C. conferences as possible. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/net-neutrality-sex-falconry-in-one-week-i-crashed-as-many-dc-conferences-as-possible/2018/02/07/044ab3fe-f6ec-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

It’s a weirder city than you think.

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‘Like we descended from Hitler’: Coming to terms with a slave-trading past <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/like-we-descended-from-hitler-coming-to-terms-with-a-slave-trading-past/2018/02/07/3d65b0bc-f48a-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Generations after their ancestors bought slaves in Alexandria, Va., and sent them to the Deep South, a far-flung diaspora of cousins struggles to make amends.

By Patricia Sullivan   •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/like-we-descended-from-hitler-coming-to-terms-with-a-slave-trading-past/2018/02/07/3d65b0bc-f48a-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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From holograms to Justin Bieber, Anne Frank’s stepsister is using any means to keep the Holocaust’s lessons alive <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/02/08/from-holograms-to-justin-bieber-anne-franks-stepsister-is-using-any-means-to-keep-the-holocausts-lessons-alive/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

"It is the danger of the bystander,” said Anne Frank's stepsister, Eva Schloss, in urging people to speak out about injustice.  At a speaking engagement in Fairfax, Schloss talked about the lessons of the Holocaust and how Frank's life should best be viewed.

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Celebrate the Lunar New Year with two days of music, dancing and family activities at Smithsonian museums.

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Capital One Arena will get a $40 million facelift with modernized concourses and new concessions <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2018/02/08/capital-one-arena-will-get-a-40-million-facelift-with-modernized-concourses-and-new-concessions/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Monumental Sports and Entertainment will foot the bill for the upgrades to the Chinatown arena.

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D.C. is No. 2 on the list of ‘snow losers’ this winter <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/02/08/d-c-is-no-2-on-the-list-of-snow-losers-this-winter/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Even Paris has now received more snow this winter.

By Angela Fritz   •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/02/08/d-c-is-no-2-on-the-list-of-snow-losers-this-winter/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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Two men charged with human trafficking of teenage girls in Maryland <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/two-men-charged-with-human-trafficking-of-teenage-girls-in-laurel-md/2018/02/08/7bf44d46-0cc4-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Police arrived at a hotel and found three teenagers who they believed were being trafficked for prostitution, authorities said.

By Dana Hedgpeth   •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/two-men-charged-with-human-trafficking-of-teenage-girls-in-laurel-md/2018/02/08/7bf44d46-0cc4-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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Hot pink for hunters: Young sisters push for new law in Maryland <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hot-pink-for-hunters-sisters-ages-9-and-12-push-for-new-law-in-maryland/2018/02/07/6105665c-0c13-11e8-8890-372e2047c935_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Paige and Brooke Simonsen, from the Eastern Shore, say the color may be safer than blaze orange in the woods.

By Rachel Siegel   •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hot-pink-for-hunters-sisters-ages-9-and-12-push-for-new-law-in-maryland/2018/02/07/6105665c-0c13-11e8-8890-372e2047c935_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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Liberty and Justice, plus their egg, roost above the D.C. police academy <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/02/08/liberty-and-justice-plus-their-egg-roost-above-d-c-police-academy/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The eagle pair have returned to their nest in Southwest Washington and have already started incubating their latest offspring.

By Dana Hedgpeth   •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/02/08/liberty-and-justice-plus-their-egg-roost-above-d-c-police-academy/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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21 bar specials and events for D.C. singles around Valentine’s Day. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2018/02/08/love-stinks-21-bar-specials-and-events-for-d-c-singles-around-valentines-day/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Throw some axes. Learn to mix cocktails. Cuddle with kittens. These ideas are more fun than a candlelit dinner.

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