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DCist can finally claim it has reached a journalistic zenith -- in a first, we received a tip from a well-placed source that D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams is set to make an announcement today concerning his political future. While we tried to tease more info out of our source -- is Williams running for re-election, or is he stepping aside? -- the most we can say is that today is the day that will decide the future of the two-term pol and the three candidates seeking to take his place. According to the Post, who also picked up the story, Williams is set to announce at noon at the Hillcrest Recreation Center in Southeast. WTOP already jumped on the news -- they claim Williams won't run again. We're betting the same.

D.C. being the place that it is, big protests such as those that took place this last weekend are a dime a dozen. Complaints of excessive use of force by police officers are just as recurrent, with protestors often charging that overzealous police officers step in to make arrests too quickly and offer few apologies or admissions of wrongdoing thereafter. This weekend seems to have been different in that regard -- WJLA is reporting that the District's Office of Police Complaints, which sent 11 employees out to monitor the protests, did not observe nor report any aggressive police behavior. While this newfound concern for freedom of expression and assembly stems from the shameful 2002 events at Pershing Park, it is at least reassuring to know that expressing dissent nowadays won't provoke a quick billy-club to the head.

She came, she went, she left destruction in her wake. Hurricane Katrina -- whose fierce winds and plentiful rains have left New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas partially submerged and reeling from the damage -- is continuing its way up through the continental United States, yet will thankfully avoid the Washington area. That's not to say we won't feel Katrina's impact in our own way, though. The Examiner today recognizes that District gas prices...

So the Nats are having a little post-All Star Game slump. In any city, fans would blame the players, the managers, the umpires, anything. Here in Washington, where the beloved Nationals have electrified a baseball-starved populace? It's the fans, like the one at right that Justin DC snapped a pic of at Monday's game against the Colorado Rockies. The bandwagoners, to be exact. Writes the Post: When the bandwagoners first showed up -- yapping on...

Mayor Williams Not Informed of Threat to City. Things can happen in a flash, and yesterday's air scare left the District's mayor, like so many others, somewhat unaware what was happening in the city. MSNBC reports that the mayor says District authorities didn't know what was going on until after the all clear was sounded. Says the mayor:

Critical and potentially life-or-death information about threats facing district residents needs to be shared immediately -- not five, 10 or 15 minutes after the fact ... I am concerned about the apparent delay in alerting key decision-makers in the city.

Good morning Washington, the weather will be in the 60s and sunny with the next 10 days "consistently average," says Capital Weather. This photo of the Hirshhorn is from Justin DC, posted in DCist Photos via Flickr. Serial Arsonist Caught: Authorities say that the serial arsonist who has plagued parts of the District, Virginia and Maryland has been caught. Read about this big story in the Post, W.Times and the Examiner. According to investigators, a...