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» A city of parents cries out in anguish as the last day of the school year arrives for the D.C. Public Schools system. Kids are free — vuvuzela! But wait: D.C. students have to make up those snowpocalypse days on Monday and Tuesday. Sad trombone.

» D.C.’s Seersucker Social made its way to the elite pages of Copenhagen Cycle Chic! Note that in Copenhagen, a dressy event like the Dandies and Quaintrelles bike function is known more commonly as “weekday commute.”

» The Associated Press reports that 15 Metro police cruisers just installed onboard software systems to help translate American Sign Language. It has always been the deaf community’s responsibility to accommodate public services — in ways that the hearing community takes for granted. Given the size of D.C.’s deaf community, it should not be a one-way responsibility alone.

» A narcotics police dog busted Pennsylvania resident Jose Acevedo for attempting to smuggle 4.5 pounds through Dulles airport today, the Washington Post reports. He was transporting all $140,000 worth of blow in soup packets. No soup for you, dude.

» You may have missed your opportunity to help pick the name of the Capital Bikeshare program — but you can influence where it goes, the Associated Press reports. Check out the District Department of Transportation’s interactive survey.

» I think David Nakamura undersells how much alcohol District residents can drink at inappropriate hours when they set their minds to it. The larger point stands: The World Cup turns out to be excellent cover for a little a.m. mayhem.

» ABC7 reports that Metro has disciplined three employees for allowing a train with two extra cars to leave a rail yard and pass through five Metro stations before they caught the error.