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You won't be able to escape it, so don't even try. The first of the three Presidental debates airs tonight at 9pm on just about every network. While we bet that NBC is none too pleased about having to shuffle its Thursday night cash cow line up, they too will postpone an another helicoper-falls-out-of-the-sky episode of ER, to bring you Kerry vs. Bush. Or Bush vs. Kerry. Whichever you prefer, really.

Welcome back from Labor Day weekend! Here's some of what you might have missed:

People of D.C.! What were you doing crowding the metro this morning? DCist would like to remind you that NEXT week is the big “get back to work” week. This week is still summer vacation. Did the Sept. 1 date throw you off? You really shouldn’t surprise an unsuspecting person on the metro by filling a train during a week that is traditionally one of the lightest of the summer. Even WMATA thinks it is still summer. They ran a four-car train as the second-string train. To our knowledge, WMATA hasn’t run a rush hour four-car train on the Orange Line in a month or two. DCist kindly asks them to not begin that bad habit again.

And DCist blanks on telling everyone about the start of 2004 World Cup of Hockey last night. We plead Olympic hangover. But hockey fans have nothing to fear with 13 games remaining to satiate your hockey craving. Actually hockey fans, there may be something to fear with the probable delay of the NHL season, but we will get to that later. First things first. Tonight the United States takes the ice with Canada at Montreal’s...

From DCist contributor Rebecca Walters:

From DCist contributor Rebecca Walters:

From DCist contributor Rebecca Walters:

From DCist contributor Rebecca Walters: DCist knows that there are many Daily Show addicts out there who are already aware of tonight's guest, but those who only tune in for a Jon Stewart diversion for time to time might want to catch this evening's show. John Kerry is set to chat with Mr. Stewart this evening at 11 p.m. on Comedy Central (for all our non Eastern-time readers, please check your local listings for air...

Welcome to DCist, the newest metro blog from Gothamist.com. For the next week, DCist will be in a public beta testing period. So please mind the dust as we tie up all the loose ends.

From DCist contributor Rebecca Walters:

Observatory Park in Great Falls opens at dusk tonight. Point Lookout State Park in Scotland, at the tip of rural Southern Maryland, and Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis, W.Va., will be open for viewing.

From DCist contributor Rebecca Walters: As Washington fans got their first official taste of the area's “Return of the King,” little did they think one of their stars would be sidelined before the season even got off the ground. The 20-17 Redskins pre-season win over the Broncos was bittersweet as veteran Jon Jansen went down with a ruptured Achilles tendon. What this means for Washington’s 2004 hopes and dreams? Well, DCist can still see a...