Subject: Afternoon Buzz: CVS to end SmarTrip sales and other Metro card services heavily used by low-income riders
From: "The Washington Post" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 20:12:23 +0000

Afternoon Buzz from The Washington Post

‘Hey liberals better get your guns if you try to impeach’: This pro-Trump sign outside Washington is coming down; An officer’s response to a pregnant woman was ‘demeaning and...

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Updates since this morning's paper

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CVS to end SmarTrip sales and other Metro card services heavily used by low-income riders <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/05/09/cvs-to-end-smartrip-sales-and-other-metro-card-services-heavily-used-by-low-income-riders/?utm_term=.bfa9a9872613&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Metro riders make as many as 500,000 SmarTrip purchases and reload transactions each year at the region's CVS locations.

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‘Hey liberals better get your guns if you try to impeach’: This pro-Trump sign outside Washington is coming down <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/05/09/hey-liberals-better-get-your-guns-if-you-try-to-impeach-this-pro-trump-sign-outside-washington-is-coming-down/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The sign's owner said she contacted the man who rents the sign and told him to take it down because “people are freaking out."

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Perspective

An officer’s response to a pregnant woman was ‘demeaning and offensive.’ Why her race matters. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/an-officers-response-to-a-pregnant-woman-was-demeaning-and-offensive-why-her-race-matters/2018/05/08/57aa1d12-521f-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html?utm_term=.b5c26dafbd8d&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Police complaints in D.C. show that a Philadelphia Starbucks isn’t the only place where trust has been lost.

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Washington’s first round of spring thunderstorms may erupt Thursday afternoon <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/05/09/washingtons-first-round-of-spring-thunderstorms-may-erupt-thursday-afternoon/?utm_term=.b76a218c2e4e&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

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On government forms, Md. gubernatorial candidate said she lived in D.C. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/on-government-forms-md-gubernatorial-candidate-said-she-lived-in-dc/2018/05/09/e46af98c-5207-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html?utm_term=.c6592f1c7ccf&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Krishanti Vignarajah, who now lives in Gaithersburg, says her time in the nation’s capital was temporary and she has always been a Maryland resident.

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This 400-year-old Virginia church is older than almost any institution in America <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-400-year-old-church-is-older-than-almost-any-institution-in-america/2018/05/09/5ee724ea-592f-4c38-bd3c-9a1e0d4f6a0b_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Colonists at Jamestown began worshiping at Martin's Brandon by 1618. The church is still going strong.

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Why Mike Isabella may escape the fate of other celebrity chefs accused of sexual harassment <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2018/05/09/why-mike-isabella-may-escape-the-fate-of-other-celebrity-chefs-accused-of-sexual-harassment/?utm_term=.22f110bffc01&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The Washington chef remains firmly atop the org chart at his company, unlike Mario Batali and John Besh, who both stepped away from daily operations.

By Tim Carman   •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2018/05/09/why-mike-isabella-may-escape-the-fate-of-other-celebrity-chefs-accused-of-sexual-harassment/?utm_term=.22f110bffc01&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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What is the best way to complain about poor service? <https://live.washingtonpost.com/ask-tom-0509.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

CHAT TRANSCRIPT | Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.

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Girls, 10 and 11, charged in connection with alleged threats toward third girl <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/girls-10-and-11-charged-in-connection-with-alleged-threats-toward-third-girl/2018/05/09/7de33bf2-5342-11e8-a551-5b648abe29ef_story.html?utm_term=.702ac0f88b21&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Girls attend a Prince William County school.

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Company sold $25,000 ‘service dogs’ that were really just untrained puppies, Virginia says <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/05/08/company-sold-25000-service-dogs-that-were-really-just-untrained-puppies-virginia-says/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The lawsuit against a firm that provided diabetic-alert dogs comes amid growing scrutiny of service animals on the ground and in the air.

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Groundhog terrorizes a woman and her co-workers days after a deputy fatally shot one ‘acting oddly’ <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/05/09/groundhog-terrorizes-a-woman-and-her-co-workers-days-after-a-deputy-fatally-shot-one-acting-oddly/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Though groundhogs don't typically attack people, groundhog-human interactions are common.

By Justin Wm. Moyer   •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/05/09/groundhog-terrorizes-a-woman-and-her-co-workers-days-after-a-deputy-fatally-shot-one-acting-oddly/?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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