Good morning, Washington. We know a lot of you were sweating the fate of Bethesda-based Chevy Chase Bank, the largest local bank in the D.C. area, so we’re definitely curious to hear your reaction to the news that it has been bought by Capital One Financial Corp. for $520 million. Other than their fantastically annoying credit card commercials, none of us has much experience with Capitol One’s commercial banking arm, which has only been around in about five states for three years or so. There are a few branches of Capital One in Virginia, though – any of you have an account with one?

D.C. Council Bans Littering from Moving Vehicles: File this one under ‘we can’t believe this wasn’t illegal before.’ The Examiner reports that the D.C. Council voted to close a legal loophole that had up until now prevented D.C. police from ticketing drivers who throw garbage out of their car windows. Under the new rule, MPD officers will now be allowed to give out $100 citations to litterbug drivers. The bill also includes a new fine of between $100 and $250 for any person who is stopped for littering and refuses to provide his or her true name and address to the officer – not exactly sure how the city plans to collect such fines when they don’t know the person’s name or address, but sure, OK.

Man Who Died Was Diagnosed With Acid Reflux: The Post has more on the death of 39-year-old Northeast D.C. resident Edward Givens, the man who died yesterday just a few hours after being treated by paramedics. Givens reportedly called 911 complaining of chest pains and trouble breathing, but the EMTs who responded told him he had acid reflux, instructed him to take Pepto-Bismol, and then left. Givens died in his home a few hours later. The case, which comes just a short time after the city announced it had implemented sweeping reforms to its emergency medical services in the wake of the death of David Rosenbaum, is now under investigation.

Briefly Noted: MetroAccess predicted to nearly double ridership over next 5 years … Dispute over security delays construction of King Memorial … Man shot early Wed. evening on North Capitol Street … D.C. debt limit bill advances … Armed robbers, armored truck officer trade gunfire in Laurel.

This Day in DCist: In 2007, we were getting ready for the first real snow of the year, and in 2006, we noticed that a touring band had written some not so nice things about the U Street corridor after a bad night at DC9.

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