May 11, 2006
Morning Roundup: Weapons Stash Edition
Enjoying your grey and drizzly morning, Washington? Well you're in luck. Our current perfectly reasonable precipitation is predicted to turn into an ill-tempered thunderstorm by this afternoon. If only we could prescribe psychotropic drugs and anger management classes for the weather. Alas. We'll just have to settle for some slightly upsetting headlines.
More Charges Against Maryland Teacher:A total of 12 felony threat counts have now been brought against sixth grade teacher Michelle Dohm of Thurmont, Md., reports the Times. Five male students at Thurmont Middle School now claim Dohm has been stalking them, in addition to other charges including that she threatened to blow up the school. In related news, NBC4 is taking the opportunity to warn us all about female sex offenders run amok, and Mary Kay Letourneau would like to remind you that she's still totally alive and deserving of some of your attention.
Nats Might Make It To Comcast Soon: We hate to be a tease, but we can't resist mentioning the latest news in the seemingly never-ending dispute over the Nationals' TV rights. NBC4 reports that Peter Angelos has agreed to place Comcast licensing revenue into an escrow fund, allowing the situation to be temporarily resolved while the two sides continue to hash out an agreement. The relevant parties will be meeting on Friday; hopefully we'll hear definite news of a resolution then.
Briefly Noted: Man killed by own pit bulls... BGE ordered top stop distributing rate-hike-related literature...Metro to be even more unpredictable than usual... Arlington police shoot a man in N.E. Washington... New Wilson Bridge to open next month, er, sometime...
This Day In DCist: A year ago today a helicopter accidentally buzzed the White House as we made cajun pasta and tried to offer sage advice to the city's interns.
Image posted to DCist Photos by Flickr user Claire de Lune
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Was there a reason you didn't include this, considering how obsessed you all are over it?:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/AR2006051002249.html
Reid I would guess it was either missed or a dedicated piece is in the works. Thanks for the link.
Ah, how one misses Seattle on days like these.
I love love love the PIT BULL ATTACKS! story. Check it: "A 78-year-old man has died after being attacked by a dog today in Lusby, although officials say the cause of his death isn't clear."
Translation: Fox News can claim whatever headline we want to in the first half of the sentence - DOG ATTACK!, although officials may contradict it in the 2nd half which you won't read, where we admit we may be totally lying. And the rest of the story looks like it's totally made up as well.
Guy fled again after being shot in the chest. Wow