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The District of Calamity (1)In a Washington, D.C., pedestrian tragedy in December, prominent urbandesigner Charles Atherton, 73, was fatally struck down by a driver, butthen when paramedics arrived, they discovered that D.C. police hadalready been there and had issued Atherton a $5 jaywalking ticket.
(2)In December, a special committee of the D.C. Council, seeking to movethe annual Martin Luther King Day parade from January to a warmer date,chose "April 1." (Committee members later said they never realized thatthat was April Fool's Day.)
(3) The Washington Post found in Decemberthat the D.C. medical examiner's backlog of autopsies stood at 1,038,including 84 homicides more than a year old. [Washington Post, 12-6-05][Washington Post, 1-4-06] [Washington Post, 12-31-05]
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