Good morning, D.C., Maryland and Virginia! And welcome to your presidential primary election day. If you can’t remember where your polling place is or how late it will stay open, follow this link and scroll to the bottom. The AP is using the word “rout” to describe Sen. Barack Obama’s potential wins across the Beltway (or Chesapeake or Potomac or Whatever You’re More Comfortable With) region. The Washington Post wakes up earlier than we do and got some reactions from polling places up on their web site already, and they too seem overwhelmingly pro-Obama. Overall turnout is expected to be high. We’ll have a little more based on our experiences at polling places across the region later on. In the meantime, don’t forget to vote.

Norton Endorses Obama: Adding to Obamamania in D.C. this morning is Eleanor Holmes Norton’s endorsement of the Illinois Senator. For more on what our inimitable Congressional Delegate thinks about the presidential nomination process, including her concerns about the power of the superdelegates, check out this NPR interview with Norton.

Detective Testifies in Jacks Case: MPD Detective Mitchell Credle testified at a hearing in the Banita Jacks case yesterday. WTOP recounts the gruesome scene he described finding at the house, including more details on the state of the bodies when he discovered them. The Post has a similar story, but focusing more on the turbulent relationship Credle discovered had existed between Banita Jacks and her oldest daughter, Brittany Jacks. Credle quoted witnesses as saying that Jacks referred to Brittany — an honors student until her mother pulled her out of school — as a “whore” and a “prostitute.” Brittany ran away from home for several months before her mother eventually showed up to take her home and withdrew her from school shortly before all the girls were killed.

Briefly Noted: Chief Rubin increases diversity and ethics training for firefighters … Everyone’s getting the flu again … Va. developers offer impact fees compromise … NTSB blames pilot error in 2006 D.C. helicopter crash.

This Day in DCist: Last year we celebrated National Freedom to Marry Day and took a look at the “toothpick” rule among the new Congressional ethics rules.

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