Photo by C. Michael Poole.

>> Capital Fringe Festival tickets went on sale today!

>> An interesting read from Ned Martel on the quest of Rep. John L. Mica, the Republican lawmaker who wants to annex the home of the Federal Trade Commission to the National Gallery of Art.

>> Good to see Mayor Vince Gray being very productive at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Baltimore. (Maybe he’s just preoccupied with the poll numb…oh, wait, he’s not.)

>> It seems that Michael A. Brown has paid his taxes. Congrats, I guess.

>> Diplomatic immunity can lead to some rather ugly situations, as one might imagine.

>> “Half a century after many Virginia public schools shut their doors rather than accept black students, the state is offering college scholarships to compensate those whose education suffered in the era of “massive resistance” to desegregation. Among the recipients: white students.”

>> Housing Complex has word that Madame Tussauds, the city’s finest purveyor of wax-based attractions, is suing its landlord, Douglas Development, over an unfulfilled $105,000 rent abatement.

>> Some members of ANC6B are organizing a formal protest of the Hill Center‘s application for a liquor license.

>> The woman who disrupted air traffic at National yesterday with a bomb threat told authorities that she had received a message from God.

>> Court clears the way for Mrs. Green’s organic grocery to come to 4330 48th Street NW.

>> TBD has brought back its On Foot blog, which had posts on biking in Southeast D.C. and how to complain to the government about speed humps.

>> Installation of a broadband network across the state of Maryland is underway; the network will, in part, “connect schools, health centers, police stations, libraries and other “community anchors” on high-capacity Internet cables.”

>> And whatcha gonna do, D.C. politicians, when Machenmania runs wild all over you?

>> The District’s public schools will be getting 19 new principals this summer, a smaller number than in recent years.

>> The man whose suspicious behavior caused a commuting nightmare around the Pentagon last Friday appeared in court today, but not on any charges related to Friday’s activity.

>> Are you ready to go to the hospital to visit your general practitioner?