Travel Might Suck Today: A word to the wise — Amtrak and Greyhound might seem like mighty good options in the coming days. As you’ve no doubt heard, British officials report that they have broken up a plot to blow up airplanes flying from London to the U.S., sending both countries into a security frenzy, writes NBC 4. Things are so bad that passengers are now forbidden from carrying any liquids or gels onto airplanes, and security lines are expected to be much longer and scrutiny much more intense.

Cameras to Appear This Week: Just yesterday we asked where the 23 surveillance cameras written into emergency crime legislation passed by the D.C. Council would be placed. Today the Post starts giving us an idea of their locations, and tells us that there may actually be 48 cameras in total, not 23 as we had originally expected. Police are planning on installing the cameras in four locations throughout the city this week — 14th and Girard streets NW, 4th and O streets NW, 15th Street and Benning Road NE, and 12th Street and Valley Avenue SE. Five more cameras will be installed next week at locations chosen by Police Chief Charles Ramsey with input from ANCs. The legislation put $2.3 million towards the cameras, each of which was reported to cost $100,000. We’re still trying to figure out how they might have squeezed 48 cameras out of this budget. Costco, maybe?

Lucky Winner to Blow Up Wilson Bridge: At some point in our lives, everyone has to want to be a demolition expert. It just seems like a satisfying job. Virginia transportation officials seem to think so, notes the Post, and they’re going to give one lucky commuter the chance to blow up the old span of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Commuters that regularly used the bridge are being asked to submit their worst experiences on the troubled span, and the worst of the worst of them all will be invited to blow the whole thing up on August 24 at midnight. We’ve rarely crossed the bridge — we’re city-dwellers, after all — but we’ve got active imaginations. What could we make up that would really take the cake?

Briefly Noted: Bob Bobb to run for D.C. School Board … 15-year-old charged with murder … Ehrlich aide details firings … Money-maker arrested.

This Year in DCist: On this day last year, we cooked up some tuna tartare, explored smoke-free bars and clubs, saw Cakelove’s Warren Brown get his own show on the Food Network, and reported on the doomed Kennedy Center plaza plans. Two years back, we saw Adrian Fenty propose a ban on slots and found out the D.C. emergency vehicles were actually getting stopped at security checkpoints on Capitol Hill.

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