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Good morning, DCentric readers. While you were enjoying a hot, late Summer September night, we were scurrying around the web, searching for delicious links! Happy Friday, everyone.

Arrest made in Sherman Circle murder case “A Northeast Washington teenager police said is a gang member has been charged as an adult with murder in the Northwest D.C. shooting of a Catholic University student in August. Police said Eric D. Foreman, who turned 17 on Sept. 18, allegedly shot and killed 31-year-old Neil M. Godleski as the victim was riding his bicycle in Sherman Circle, in the Petworth neighborhood just north of the university campus.” (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Ew, Stink Bugs! Close your doors and windows! “…despite what we might think, stink bugs don’t bite. “They have little clasping feet, so some people feel like they’re being bitten and some people will actually have a skin reaction to them,” she says. The stink bug emits a pungent odor when threatened and they’ve kept exterminators extremely busy this year.” (wamu.org)

Starbucks is rasing prices– try 7-11 coffee with steamed milk. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced Thursday that “a highly speculative green coffee market and dramatically increased commodity costs” are forcing the chain to raise its prices on its most “labor-intensive” (and therefore expensive!) drinks. That’s going to put the price of a grande (or, in English, medium) drink over $5 in some places. (slatest.slate.com)

In Bethesda, the transportation of tomorrow, today “”Cooperatively owned smart cars and roads will replace these dumb, individual gas-guzzlers,” said the society’s Patrick Tucker. “The point is you’re never using more vehicle than you need.” Tucker envisions a scenario where shoppers take a community-owned bicycle to a store, where they could pick up a car to truck groceries back home. “Public transportation is a little frustrating because you’re not in control and this system alleviates that problem,” he said.” (WTOP News)

The D.C. “Housewives” that got away are happy not to be on the Bravo series It was the kind of scene a reality-TV producer would salivate over: A sunset cocktail party at a chic downtown high-rise, filled with beauty queens and political movers. But there were no camera crews at Lisa Spies’s soiree Thursday night. A year ago, creators of “The Real Housewives of D.C.” were courting the GOP fundraiser hard to be a part of their cast. She said no and doesn’t regret it in the least. (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Isolation cases of jailed District youth skyrocket “The spike has youth advocates concerned that Hildum is directing the agency back to a time when it focused more on incarceration and less on treatment. “It’s a dangerous practice,” Liz Ryan, head of Campaign for Youth Justice, told The Washington Examiner. “It should only be used in very extreme situations. It’s the kind of practice that human rights organizations condemn.”" (Washington Examiner )

Yummy photo from Jose Andres’ Twitter stream (@chefjoseandres) And no one believes me when I tell them that I’ve seen star Chef Jose Andres at the Penn quarter Freshfarm Market…also, how “healthy” and interesting does this cocktail look? “Amazing gin and tonic at my home with my friend Albert Adria with tomatoes and basil from PennMarket” (twitpic.com)