Good morning, Washington, and welcome back to the bearable side of freezing (later today, anyway). The Capital Weather folks are saying that the snow will hang around for a bit longer, but temperatures should begin to warm up by the end of the week. Your commute isn’t getting any better just yet, though: not only is it still cold, but there are major delays on the Orange and Blue lines this morning.

U St. Barista Shoots Himself in the Leg: NBC4 alerts us to a story that almost rivals the recent assault on McGruff. For some reason an employee of the 16th & U Starbucks franchise was carrying a gun, which accidentally discharged yesterday afternoon, shooting him in the leg. He’s expected to recover, but is now facing a weapons charge (presumably Starbucks will have something to say about bringing guns to work, too).

P.G. Officers Suspended: WJLA has some disturbing video of a police traffic stop in Berwyn Heights that occurred last year. In it, two officers are seen stopping a driver named Rafael Rodriguez because of an issue with the lights on his car. Rodriguez appears to try to cooperate, but is pepper sprayed, manhandled and eventually clubbed. Since the tape came to light — thanks to a subpoena request from Rodriguez’s lawyer — the officers have been suspended. The DOJ has apparently also requested a copy of it.

Briefly Noted: Fenty criticized for UAE trip by local rabbi… MPD officer injured in motorcycle accident while escorting Gordon Brown… More women come forward with claims against Vienna nurse… Md.’s proposed death penalty repeal weakened in order to keep its chances alive… Fire kills woman in NW… Mother charged in death of daughter she claimed had run away…

This Day In DCist: One year ago DDOT pondered bus lanes on K Street and the zoo sent an oryx back to Africa.

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