Photo by Aziz Y.

• Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced a new round of measures that would enable her to fire teachers more easily. Guess whose given up on trying to get along with the teachers union? [WaPo]
• John McCain is pulling his campaign out of Michigan, “concluding that economic distress there has simply put the state out of reach.” [The Caucus]
• Welcome to your daily Wall Street rollercoaster. WhEEEEEeeeeeeeeohhhhhouch! [Wall Street Journal]
• A blogger who got a ticket for biking the wrong way down the one-block stretch of New Hampshire Ave. above the intersection of 16th and U NW, a spot that’s been targeted before, plans to bombard the MPD’s 50411 anonymous text message service in retaliation.
• Montgomery County police are investigating a bank robbery in Silver Spring. [AP]
• “McCain has actually distinguished himself from the average conservative Republican in his fanatical opposition to high-quality rail.” [Matthew Yglesias]
• Nice images from Fiesta DC last weekend in Mt. Pleasant. [The 42]