Good morning, Washington. Here at DCist, we pride ourselves on providing a forum for law-abiding citizens to discuss issues facing our city, like development and crime, in as open and honest a manner as possible. We may give you our opinions from time to time as a way to get the ball rolling (OK, all the time), but we’re always open to hearing from those of you who disagree. Except for right now. Anyone who honestly believes that this story, about a man suspected of robbing a vendor during the Nationals game who shot himself in the leg on accident late last night as he was running from security guards, is anything other than completely hilarious will be banned from the comments section for the day. A robber shot himself in the leg! While running away from the crime! Fantastic.

Stupid and Crazy: The Examiner reports on an amazingly dumb trend among D.C.’s criminals: targeting police cruisers and officers’ homes in search of pricey police equipment and weapons. Five police cruisers have been broken into in the last month, three that were parked at police stations and two at officers’ homes. The MPD is claiming they don’t know why they’re being targeted, which is like an all-you-can-eat Chinese food buffet claiming they don’t know why fat people keep coming in all the time.

Condoms are ‘Safe’: So says the The D.C. Health Department in response to the WaPo story we told you about yesterday. The Department issued a statement yesterday saying that despite reports of faulty packaging, the condoms they’ve been giving away since early this year had met federal and industry standards for packaging and manufacturing. Officials also said they would “evaluate the program” as a result of the story, including how feedback is received by the department.

Briefly Noted: Volkswagen of America plans to move its headquarters to Herndon, bringing 400 jobs to the area … Maryland schools may not have graduated as many students as initially reported … Australian comedians foil Bush’s security detail in Sydney … 25,000 PG County Pepco customers are without power.

This Day in DCist: Last year we noted the opening of BeBar after a long battle over its liquor license, and the year before that we recognized late Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s commitment to D.C. voting rights.

Photo by Samer Farha

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