>> D.C.’s Rat Czar puts the city’s war on rodents in perspective. Gerard Brown, program manager of the DOH’s Rodent and Vector Control Division, tells the Examiner, “Rats are genius. They are going to be here after we leave.” Is Stephen Hawking available for a little vermin abatement brainstorming? [Washington Examiner]

>> Check out these simple steps to making politics funny. We’ll see if President Bush can pull it off at tomorrow’s White House Corespondents dinner.[Washingtonian]

>> There’s a dirty little war being waged in Trinidad over proper waste management. Of course, all that trash makes perfect breeding grounds for D.C.’s beady-eyed, nocturnal population. [Frozen Tropics]

>> Prince George’s County makes modest claims. One blogger goes out for a taco and learns the suburb is simply “livable”. [Louder than Words]

>> Reminder: part of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge will be closed this weekend. [NBC4]

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