Inspectors to halt import of some food from Mexico (CNN.com)
Starting Monday, health inspectors will halt the shipment of ingredients common to Mexican cuisine from Mexico to the United States, sources familiar with the salmonella poisoning investigation said.

District Businesses Benefit from Hi-Tech Partnership Between TechAssist and the DC Chamber of Commerce (Centre Daily Times)
This month, the DC Chamber of Commerce and TechAssist announced the formation of a strategic partnership which aims to provide access to technology for small and medium-sized businesses in the District of Columbia.

How Ockawamick became the choice (Register-Star)
COLUMBIA COUNTY — County supervisors chose the former Ockawamick School as a new location for the Department of Social Services only after ruling out 12 other possibilities, some of which were originally ranked above Ockawamick, the Register-Star learned Tuesday in a PowerPoint presentation by county officials.

Go Home Already: There She Is (DCist)
Photo of the Mrs. District of Columbia/Mrs. Maryland pageant on June 25 in Frederick, Md. by IntangibleArts Drivers in Washington, D.C. average one accident every 5.4 years, giving them the most dangerous collective driving record in the country. [ AP via WUSA ] On the Brookland neighborhood email list, one resident shares how a D.C. 311 operator suggested she develop some CSI ...

New tax district hits dead end; Property owners disagree on assessment. (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Efforts to form Columbia’s first community improvement district, or CID, to fund Keene Street improvements have dead-ended after a new plan by opponents of the original proposal fell flat.