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Good morning, DCentric readers! While you were watching Top Chef DC (and tweeting your anguished reactions), we were finding tasty links for you to enjoy!

Can the LGBT vote rescue Mendelson? “A Washington Post poll showing that the largely unknown D.C. shadow senator, Michael D. Brown, is leading incumbent Council member Phil Mendelson by 17 points in the at-large City Council race has shocked the city’s political establishment and raised the question of whether LGBT voters could save Mendelson from defeat.” (ashingtonblade.com)

Twitter breaks story on Discovery Channel gunman “…for raw speed and real-time eyewitness accounts, it’s now virtually impossible for the mainstream media to keep pace with the likes of Twitter. The service enables anyone equipped with a smartphone to tell the world what he or she sees in 140-character bursts. Twitpic (as well as similar sites) can let them see it.” (The Washington Post)

Resident to Launch First of Three Health-Conscious Restaurants “By the end of the year she expects to open her first restaurant in downtown D.C., and her later plans call for opening another in Chevy Chase as well as a Centric Kitchen in Georgetown…“Everything’s steamed, baked, grilled or broiled, and it’s all whole grain,” Finley said. “Nothing is fried and everything’s made to order right on the spot,” she continued. “There is meat, but it’s chicken, bison and ostrich – things that are low in fat.”” (afro.com)

Facebook CEO suddenly worried about his own privacy; in other news, pot meets kettle on dating site. “Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says a lawsuit by a man who claims to own a huge chunk of the popular social networking website is seeking to uncover unnecessary details about his private life to harass him.”" (Yahoo News: Business)

D.C. Wire – Fenty’s wife has emotional moment after debate “After remaining in the background for most of Mayor Adrian Fenty’s four years in office, the District’s First Lady, Michelle Fenty, drew reporters and TV cameras at the mayoral debate at the Newseum with a tearful defense of her husband’s accomplishments…”He is moving a thousand miles an hour, but it is for the people,” said Michelle Fenty in a rare exchange with reporters.” (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Scottish school becomes first in world where all lessons take place using computers “”Each of the children will have their own iPad, which is hooked into the school’s wireless network and from there they will use the computers for learning…They will obviously be able to use the internet for research but we’ve found that it solves major problems for us – especially in science subjects as now they can watch experiments that would be too dangerous to do in class on YouTube.” (dailyrecord.co.uk)