Good morning, Washington, and welcome back to the second best thing about a three-day weekend: the four-day work week. With Monday’s Labor Day holiday, the weekend will be here that much sooner this week. And with plenty of big news stories to talk about, these four days seem destined to fly by. A) Hurricane Gustav was nowhere near as powerful as Katrina, and the Gulf Coast is breathing a sigh of relief this morning. More than 800,000 people are still without power, however, and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is urging residents to stay away for at least another 24 hours, if not longer. B) Presumptive Republican VP nominee Gov. Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter is knocked up and plans to get married. And C) the Republican National Convention will resume its regular schedule in St. Paul today after most events were canceled in the wake of A (and at least timing wise, also B). It’s September, everyone. Brace yourselves.

More Money for CFSA: The District’s troubled Child and Family Services Agency will receive a $6 million cash infusion to help offset its recent caseload surge. The money was part of a rough total of $11 million that had originally been meant for charter schools but wasn’t needed due to lower than expected charter school enrollment. The Post reports another $5 million will go to the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services to support the overpopulated Oak Hill Youth Center.

Girl Set on Fire: WJLA picks up a disturbing wire story: a young girl was reportedly doused with gasoline and set on fire in the 1300 block of Columbia Road NW. She was burned on the foot and thankfully the injuries don’t appear to be serious. Still, we’d all like more details on what happened here.

Briefly Noted: Motorcycle crash at 27th and K under investigation … Bullets strike several homes in 3200 block of 15th Street SE … Fenty resubmits request for additional $15 million for D.C. Schools.

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