The MLK dedication happened (with a bang!), horses raced, Washingtonians jetted to NYC to party like rock stars, Meridian Ball was packed with well-fed ambassadors, and more happened in the district this weekend.

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• WTF is going on with Ron Paul's eyebrow? Is it fake?! [Politico]
• White House's Korea State Dinner fashion recap [Reliable Source]

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The gala season in D.C. is really picking up!

In addition to that warm and fuzzy feeling, those who give big are often entitled to little perks like their company logo lit up on the wall, a seat at the head table, a strut down a runway, or their name in a program.

How wild would it be if a big wig asked for their donation back? It's happened before...read on for a list of famous cases of Indian Givers!

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• Clinton turns down Dancing With the Stars [Yeas & Nays]
• Camera found in Starbucks Penn Quarter bathroom [NBC Washington]
• Warren Buffet to throw $38,500/ticket fundraiser for Obama [ABC]
• KISS bassist Gene Simmons flips out over Rick Perry's pronunciation [Politico]
• Levi Johnston's Alaskan mullet [Reliable Source]
• Obama flubs a group photo with world leaders [Politico]
• Jon Huntsman's daughters flirt with Tagg Romney on twitter [Glittarazzi]

• Obama's Martha's Vineyard rental up for sale [Politico]
• Socials dine together at SAX with DC Modern Luxury Magazine's Lindsey Becker [Guest of a Guest]
• Tech companies divided in opinion over first patent reform overhaul in 60 years [Politico]
• Former D.C. schools Chancellor ties the knot in low-key wedding [Reliable Source]
• The once-legendary Jockey Club re-closes [Reliable Source]
• Venga's "Stuff the Bus" fundraiser photoshoot with Mike Isabella, Ryan Zimmerman, Ed Henry, Spike Mendelsohn and others [Revamp]

• Guest of a Guest DC under new management! [Yeas & Nays]
• Wikileaks springs leak of its own...can anyone out their protect data? [Wired]
• Michelle Obama, Gloria Steinem to hold abortion rights fundraiser in NYC [Sun Times]
• D.C. drama is very good for Politico... “few welcome it as much as the four-year old political site.” [Reuters]
• DJ Scene in DC is here to stay [Washington Post]
• ‘Twitter is expanding its Washington presence’ with a new head of global public policy. [Politico]
• President Obama's uncle arrested for drunk driving [AP]
• Montel Williams threatens legal action against the Salahis [TMZ]
• Snooki tweets McCain on his 75th Birthday [Politico]
• District Sample Sale tickets go on sale on Thursday [Yeas & Nays]
• Washington Kastles Tennis Team honored for perfect season at US Open, and Venus Williams plays a great first round [US Open]

• On top of bankruptcy fraud, a luxury car scheme, possession of cocaine and ecstasy charges, Lenny Dykstra is charged with placing ads on Craigslist for housekeepers whom he exposed himself to during work. [LATimes]
• Rumored couple and co-stars of The Amazing Spider-Man Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield spotted having date night at Nobu in Malibu. [TMZ]

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President Obama celebrated Wednesday night in Chicago with huge fundraisers, but celebrated the actual evening of his birthday Thursday night with a patio party for about 200 in the White House Rose Garden.

There are basically no photos from the 5-hour "fabulous but casual" private party except this photo of their chef setting up the scene, via the Obama Foodorama blog.

Politico did a succinct run down of the VIPs that attended: More»

Not your usual birthday check from Grandma...

Today is President Obama's 50th birthday!

He did most of the celebrating last night (seems like Thursday would be more fun than Wednesday, at least you're hungover with everyone else on Friday at work) in Chicago with two grand campaign fundraising parties.

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• The latest booze trend to come out of BK: moonshine.  Figures.  [VillageVoice]
• Facebook can't make up its mind. The social network is once again looking to make major changes to its news feed. [WSJ] More»

• Did you know you can now add "Expected: Child" to your list of family tags on your Facebook profile to let your closest 900 friends, acquaintances, and people you don't even know but feel rude rejecting because you have 10 mutual friends, know you're knocked up. [LATimes]
• The only known copy of a long-lost Alfred Hitchcock film, the earliest of his legendary filmmaking career circa 1923 titled The White Shadow starring Betty Compson, surfaces in New Zealand. [Telegraph]
• This news story actually made waking up this morning totally worth it: a duo of Ashton Kutcher and Colonel Sanders doppelgangers have been stealing bicycles in the Newport area. [KTLA]
• A homeless man is arrested after jumping the fence of the White House as CNN's John King is about to go live for a segment in front, the whole thing caught by the network's film crew. [TMZ]
• Sarah Palin pulls the Obama "palling around with domestic terrorists" card, again, on FOX News, sounds equally moronic. [HuffPo]