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The District of Calamity [!--BEGIN_TEXT--](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.
[/p](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.)
[/p](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][/p][/font]
