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Scam letters target men in affluent D.C. neighborhoods: ‘I know about the secret’; Redskins rookie running back Derrius Guice suffers torn ACL, will miss season

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The story behind the searing image of Charlottesville’s worst day <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/its-still-hard-to-look-at/2018/08/10/e25df0ca-9ca5-11e8-8d5e-c6c594024954_graphic.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Photographer Ryan Kelly had been working all day when he heard a car rev its engine and saw a flash of metal. He pointed his camera, capturing a microsecond of mayhem after last year’s gathering of white nationalists and the killing of a young woman who came to protest them.

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Scam letters target men in affluent D.C. neighborhoods: ‘I know about the secret’ <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/i-know-about-the-secret-men-in-affluent-neighborhoods-are-getting-shakedown-letters/2018/08/10/9fb2e126-94cc-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The unsettling scam seeks a bitcoin payoff and arrives on paper at their mailbox.

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Redskins rookie running back Derrius Guice suffers torn ACL, will miss season <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2018/08/10/derrius-guice-suffers-torn-acl-likely-will-miss-season/?utm_term=.a397548a5f25&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmk=1&wpmm=1>

Rookie suffered injury in first quarter of Thursday's exhibition; tight end Manasseh Garner also suffered a season-ending knee injur.

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Before Charlottesville, a young man walked away. But links with the alt-right are hard to shake. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/before-charlottesville-a-young-man-walked-away-but-links-with-the-alt-right-are-hard-to-shake/2018/08/10/3c856f68-9ca3-11e8-8d5e-c6c594024954_story.html?utm_term=.fc4c3730bf59&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Isaac Smith’s past flirtation with the alt-right has become political fodder in Virginia.

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Corey Stewart takes back controversial tweet comparing Muslim candidate to ‘ISIS commie’ <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/corey-stewart-takes-back-controversial-tweet-comparing-muslim-candidate-toisis-commie/2018/08/10/f673aa54-9c92-11e8-b55e-5002300ef004_story.html?utm_term=.a69e8072bb9d&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Republican Senate nominee said since-deleted tweet was posted by one of his campaign vendors.

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Alex, the National Zoo’s 100-year-old Aldabra tortoise, is euthanized <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-zoos-100-year-old-aldabra-tortoise-is-euthanized/2018/08/10/609839ca-9ca9-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Alex, one of the zoo’s oldest and largest animals, was suffering from fluid inside his shell and around his heart.

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Uber and Lyft drivers debate whether to work during Unite the Right rally <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/uber-and-lyft-drivers-debate-whether-to-work-during-unite-the-right-rally/2018/08/10/6b6b52db-eb25-49d2-adf2-fd7dd8313d79_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Ride-share drivers — particularly those who are people of color — worry about facing hostility from racist riders.

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Jealous calls on Baltimore TV stations to take down RGA ads calling him a socialist <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/jealous-calls-on-baltimore-tv-stations-to-take-down-rga-ads-calling-him-a-socialist/2018/08/10/d59b6ab0-9ca6-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html?utm_term=.2ccdd7ca53c6&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Campaign attorney argues that the ad is “misleading” and could violate FCC requirements.

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George Washington University Hospital tapped to run new Southeast D.C. hospital <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/george-washington-university-tapped-to-run-new-southeast-dc-hospital/2018/08/09/a1287d90-9c1a-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html?utm_term=.9ffbb0420248&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

District officials entered a tentative agreement for the facility to replace the troubled public hospital.

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Virginia man killed in ‘road rage incident,’ police say <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/va-man-killed-in-road-rage-incident-police-say/2018/08/10/2b844fbc-9cc2-11e8-a823-c514d56da709_story.html?utm_term=.77d58fd88b4a&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

A man was struck by a vehicle in Woodbridge after getting out of his truck in traffic, police said.

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Seafood with a need for speed inside Union Station <https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/seafood-with-a-need-for-speed-inside-union-station/2018/08/09/d460c6ac-95c3-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html?utm_term=.f28df313cae4&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

FIRST BITE | In cod we trust at the new Legal Sea Bar.

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A spacious, secluded home in Great Falls embraces the great outdoors <https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/09/spacious-secluded-home-great-falls-embraces-great-outdoors/?utm_term=.3378b02fd8b1&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The owner describes the 1978 post-and-beam house in Great Falls, Va., as a cross between a Zen temple and a mountain lodge.

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D.C.’s cider scene is blossoming. Here’s where to go and what to try. <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/going-out-guide/wp/2018/08/10/d-c-s-cider-scene-is-blossoming-heres-where-to-go-and-what-to-try/?utm_term=.5abe32e2dd55&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Washington is now home to three cider-makers, each with a different flavor and spirit.

By Fritz Hahn • Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/going-out-guide/wp/2018/08/10/d-c-s-cider-scene-is-blossoming-heres-where-to-go-and-what-to-try/?utm_term=.5abe32e2dd55&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>
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