>> The United States Postal Service increased postage rates today. First class letters now cost $0.41 (first ounce) and $0.17 for each additional ounce. New rates and fees for all classes of mail went up today except Periodicals, which is delayed until July 15. You can apparently find a handy chart of all the new rates in a pdf here, though we’re having a little trouble downloading it in Firefox. One more reason to start paying all your bills online?

>> A 19-year-old woman from Cameroon was found murdered Sunday in a townhouse in Alexandria. Paul Zibi-Melingui, 22, has been arrested charged with second-degree murder in the death of Stephanie Sophie Mani-Mbaga, his half-sister. [WTOP]

>> The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case involving the constitutionality of Virginia’s alcohol laws, which prohibit non-Virginia wine from being sold in state-run liquor stores and restricts the amount of alcohol consumers can bring into the state for personal drinking. [AP via Richmond Times-Dispatch]

>> U.S. Capitol Police were summoned to the Hart Senate Office Building earlier today after a report of an entirely nude streaker was called in. Turns out the man in question was actually wearing a nude-colored unitard, was breaking no laws and therefore was not arrested. Which begs the question: Should wearing nude-colored unitards be against the law? We vote maybe so. [The Sleuth]

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