• MAJOR IMPORTANT WASHINGTON MEDIA NEWS: Famous Washington gangbanger Patrick Gavin is leaving his mighty editorial perches atop Fishbowl DC and the Examiner to, uhh, make wacky videos for Politico, OH GOD. [Mike Calderone]

Former four-time DC Mayor and current Ward 8 Council Member Marion Barry is itching for some action these days — a rush of blood, a big PR bomb, maybe some crack. His chief of staff, Keith Andrew Perry, is willing to satisfy these urges and has selected as his target the DC Examiner, that veritable wellspring of editorial controversy. MORE »

Following a weekend of harsh global condemnation — or, actually, a single Wonkette post on Friday night — DC Mayor Adrian Fenty has returned the sack of iPhones his operatives collected from the AT&T store at 17th and Pennsylvania. MORE »

There are “life lessons” for all new beauty queens. Miss USA and Miss Teen USA learned it’s best not to be caught having coked-up lesbian sex together, and new Miss America Lauren Nelson has learned it’s best not to hook up with DC Examiner gossip Patrick Gavin, because he’s just going to put it all in the paper. MORE »