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Good morning, DCentric readers! Snow flurries last night, link flurries this morning:

First Lady wears $34.95 H&M dress on Today Show This has to be a first: “The first lady donned a navy polka dot knee-length day dress with a ruffled collar by Swedish retail chain H&M. The dress is part of their current collection…” (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Federal Investigator Talks About DC MS-13 Indictments Feds use RICO to go after violent gang for first time, ever: “We’re talking about murders, stabbings, kidnappings, and extortions.” (WUSA Washington, DC)

Ben’s Chili Bowl Historic Docs Head to GW Now if only they had a location near campus: “(Ben’s) is an institution, reflecting the changing African-American culture in Washington since it opened in 1958.” (NBC Washington)

Minorities are majority population in Montgomery County “What we’re seeing is a reinvigoration of the suburbs with Hispanics, Asians and blacks,” said William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution. “It makes Washington more ethnic, more globalized, while the white suburban image is pushing further outward.” (The Washington Post)

DC Needle Exchange To Close Blame money and turnover: “PreventionWorks has been distributing free needles for more than 12 years. It provides about a third of the free needles in the city, distributing about 100,000 sterile syringes to 2,200 people last year.” (WUSA Washington, DC)

The Willard: Where hope collapsed as slavery raged Fascinating look at the “Peace Convention” at the Willard: “The convention hoped to offer a compromise – mainly about slavery – that would soothe the rebellious states and satisfy the militant northern abolitionists, scholars say.” (The Washington Post)