Good morning, Washington. Well, we’re now seven days away from the inauguration. Hopefully you weren’t planning on reading stories about other topics between now and then, because judging by last night’s local news telecasts, you won’t be seeing many. The latest excitement: could it snow on Inauguration Day? The experts warn that “we won’t have a good idea until the end of the week,” but emphasize that this doesn’t mean anyone should refrain from entering a state of excited panic.

Cleveland Park Metro/Connecticut Ave Closed: If there’s one thing this week already had plenty of, it’s road closures — but what the heck, let’s throw on one more. WTOP is reporting that the Cleveland Park Metro station and a nearby stretch of Connecticut Avenue have been closed due to two suspicious construction vehicles. Trains are passing through the station, but no one is being allowed to exit or board there. UPDATE: The station has now reopened and traffic is beginning to move along Connecticut.

Parade Crowds to be Capped at 300k: The Post brings more details about how things will work next Tuesday. Apparently the folks working the checkpoints will be counting the people they admit into the parade route and will stop letting anyone in after the first 300,000 or so. Officials aren’t sure when that will happen, but say it could be well before the parade’s mid-afternoon start time.

More Misallocated Money: Yesterday’s news of Montgomery County’s mathematical mistake — which led to the county receiving $31 million less than it should have — is less unique than it first sounded. Today the Post reports that Fairfax has discovered that the local Target store, while paying its taxes in full, had filled out some paperwork in such a way that $1 million accidentally ended up in Alexandria’s coffers instead of Fairfax’s. It seems there’s nothing like an economic downturn to make local governments aware of where there money is (or is not) coming from.

Briefly Noted: MARC tickets for Inauguration Day sold out; VRE selling fast… WASA proposes 10% rate hike… An attempted rape occurred in National Airport on Saturday… Released papers tie another death to Centreville heroin ring… P.G. County reports drop in crime… Teen shot in hand in Columbia Heights…

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