Happy Valentine’s Day, D.C. President Obama is probably busy putting the finishing touches on his “be mine” notes to the Congress, who passed his much-ballyhooed $787 billion stimulus package last night. Senators and Representatives can probably enjoy a couple of conversation hearts for passing the hefty document (which reports put at over 1,100 pages), after only about one month in legislation. The Post doesn’t waste any time in tossing out a lofty comparison between the pure numerical scope of this stimulus and the New Deal.

So where’s the biggest local impact going to be? Look no further than transit; namely, the potential for high-speed rail expansion. With the compromised figures that the House and Senate came up with, there’s less money for local transit projects (sorry, Metro), but funding for Amtrak and HSR development almost tripled to $8 billion in the final version of the bill. Maryland and Virginia are already licking their lips, looking to grab a slice of the bill’s lucrative transportation pie.

In other news this morning:

>> WaPo’s Steve Hendrix provides a look at the struggles of local public radio to fundraise in a time when large donations are scarce.

>> Virginia Tech will not hold classes for the next three years on April 16, in remembrance of the anniversary of 2007’s campus-wide shooting which claimed 32 lives.

>> Check out the live webcast documenting construction of the massive Obama/Lincoln cupcake mural currently under construction at the Renwick Gallery Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Luce Center at 8th & G Streets, NW. (You can head down to take a bite of the two President’s heads at 5 p.m., if you’re so inclined.)