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Good morning, DCentric readers! While you were biting your nails at Election results last night, we were hunting and gathering– links, that is. Enjoy!

A picture of the dog killed by police at that street fest on Sunday “Calla with Parrot, the pitbull-terrier shot an hour later by DC police at today’s Adams Morgan street fair.” Parrot was at the fair with Lucky Dog Rescue when he fought with a poodle. The police arrived, an officer pinned the dog to the ground, decided he was dangerous, threw him down a stairwell and shot him, point-blank in front of a crowd including children. Controversy has swirled since.(twitpic.com)

Why we’re teaching ‘The Wire’ at Harvard “Impressed by (The Wire’s) treatment of complex issues, we developed a course at Harvard drawing on the show’s portrayal of fundamental sociological principles connected to urban inequality. Our seminar was designed for 30 students; four times that many showed up for the first class last week. Of course, our undergraduate students will read rigorous academic studies of the urban job market, education and the drug war. But the HBO series does what these texts can’t.” (The Washington Post)

D.C. GOP quietly backs Adrian Fenty as Republican write-in candidate for mayor “…a very active group of Republicans worked quietly to get fellow party members to go to the polls Tuesday, even though the GOP did not run a candidate for mayor. The Republicans were encouraged to write in Fenty — a Democrat — as the GOP’s mayoral nominee.” (tbd.com)

Lovely pictures of “The Yards Park” in SE “Some folks have already mentioned how impressed they were with the new park but I wanted to share…sweet photos from the opening ceremonies this past weekend.” (Prince Of Pentworth )

Redskins RB Clinton Portis apologizes for comments about women reporters after NFL scolding “Portis, asked about the investigation into alleged harassment of a female reporter working with the New York Jets, had said he was confident that female reporters working in team locker rooms would have some level of attraction to the players. “You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she’s gonna want somebody,” Portis told WJFK-FM.” (content.usatoday.com)

Woman dies after Adams Morgan crash “The victim, Julia Bachleitner, 26, was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. She was from Austria, police said.” (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Political Cartoon from Mexico, regarding Immigration “This comic was published in Mexico’s biggest newspaper, La Jornada. The Mexican & the Native are saying: “We just want to remind you that on this continent, you people are the immigrants.”” (jasmint.tumblr.com)