This weekend’s weather hinted at what is yet to come in the Washington region in the months ahead — heat and humidity. And given that this Wednesday marks the official start of summer, the change in weather has come right on time. Look for high temperatures and afternoon thunderstorms through Sunday.

Laptop with District Employee Info Stolen: Note to self — don’t take laptop from work home, especially if it has sensitive information about city employees on it. Someone has learned that lesson all too late, reports WJLA. An employee of ING Financial Services had their company-issued laptop stolen from their house last Monday, and on it was the Social Security numbers of 13,000 District employees and retirees. Worst of all, the computer wasn’t even password-protected.

Maryland Governor Race Hits Facebook: According to the Post, candidates for governor in Maryland have taken to Facebook to attract attention and votes from college students. Given the traffic the popular social networking site gets — 7 billion page views in April 2006 alone — this seems like an obvious and cheap campaigning tool. But given the audience, we’re guessing it’s more likely that the candidates — notably Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley — will get dates before votes.

District Curfew Hard to Enforce: Summer time means more kids on the street at night, though they do have to be home by 11 p.m. on weeknights and midnight on weekends. NBC 4 is reporting that some activists argue that the curfew is hard to enforce, leaving some teens to rove the city’s neighborhoods at night start trouble.

Briefly Noted: EMT fired in wake of death of NYT editor … Ocean City looking to clean up image … Cardinal McCarrick gives farewell address … Small fire at Old Executive Building … Smart Meters coming to District homes.

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