Good morning, Washington, and welcome to what for many of us is the shortest work week of the year! Granted, it can end up being the most frantic one of the year as well, if you have to squeeze five days worth of work into only three. And given that we’re all so damned busy following every cabinet nomination and forcing ourselves to listen to Chinese Democracy, we can already tell we’re going to need some extra cups of cups of coffee for the next couple of days.

Double Murder in Chevy Chase: There are finally some more details available on the cryptic Chevy Chase double murder investigation first reported in the Washington Post on Sunday. The couple, Michael and Virginia Spevak, a psychiatrist and a retired middle school teacher, were found in their pajamas, bound and beaten, inside their home. Their car was found completely burned in Petworth. And there’s a working theory that Michael Spevak’s work with troubled youths might have led to their murders.

Council Committee Approves Verizon Deal: The Examiner reports that the D.C. Council’s Public Services and Consumer Affairs Committee approved the Verizon FiOS deal on Friday night, paving the way for full Council approval next month. The deal would mean that FiOS will be available within three years in most of Ward 4 and all of Ward 3, Barry Farm and historic Anacostia in Southeast, and Deanwood and eastern Capitol Hill in Northeast. Other neighborhoods would receive the service in a rollout plan over the next decade.

Briefly Noted: Escapee arrested in fatal stabbing of girlfriend … 1 dead, 2 injured in Capitol Heights crash … Bomb threat forces high school evacuation in Fredericksburg.

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