Happy Monday, Washington. Many reasons to be smiling during the start of this week: fall

appears to be settling in

with some cool yet still-sunny weather, the Redskins totally (and finally!) kicked some ass yesterday against the

Houston Texans, and Tim Gunn, Project Runway guru, will be doing a live chat on on washingtonpost.com at 11 a.m.! If only Jeffrey

Sebelia would go ahead and get his mouth sewn shut, then we’d be truly happy. But as for

the real news, let’s get to that.

Teen Held in Cardozo Shooting: A 17-year-old D.C. teen is being held without bail

in last week’s shooting of a Cardozo basketball player. Eugene Huff was charged as an

adult with assault with intent to murder while armed; the shooting took place, allegedly,

over a girl, which, you know — romantic! Given that I also just moved right next to

Cardozo High, I’m feeling pretty fuzzy on the inside. Nothing says true love like assault

with intent to murder while armed.

E. Coli Timing Called Suspicious: E. coli contamination from spinach has been

linked to three people in Maryland thus far, and an 86-year-old woman in Hagerstown is

believed to have died from it. Now her family is questioning officials’ timing of

the announcement and warnings and wondering if the public could have been alerted

earlier. June Denning’s son-in-law suggested that Maryland officials only told the public

of the E. coli threat after Denning’s death had been publicized; a spokesman declined to

answer specific questions about Denning’s case. Remember, kids: stay away from the green

stuff.

Surprise! Electronic Polling Problems!: The Post reports on a variety of errors that affected the Sept. 12 primary in Prince George’s

county. Color us shocked. Collection failures and improperly secured voting machines

both played a part, but the Post notes that the biggest problem that is “Armies of

minimally trained, modestly paid election workers are increasingly confronted with an

unfamiliar, complex business.” Want to remedy the situation? Apparently election officials

are looking for people to be trained. Get in touch.

Briefly Noted: Butterstick and mum explore newly-built

areas of their outside home … Edwards concedes to Wynn in Md. congressional race … Land for school sites hard to find in Loudoun County due to residential development … District abandons baseball parking plan.

This Day in DCist: Was a Sunday in 2005, so we gave you some classical music picks. 2004? Nada. Sorry about that.

Credit to Flickr user Sager!!! for the Donkey in a Metro shot