Good morning, Washington. Everybody make it through yesterday evening’s storm? It looked downright apocalyptic, and seems to have produced some hail, but it was all over pretty quickly. Today brings the threat of more gray unpleasantness, but after that we should have at least a few uninterrupted days of unambiguously nice spring weather.

Firefighters Suspended In Arson Probe: WJLA reports that several firefighters in P.G. County — two of them full-time, career firemen — have been suspended due to suspicions that they may be responsible for a series of fires. The arsons haven’t resulted in any injuries and have all targeted abandoned buildings. The investigation is ongoing.

Brown Proposes Solution To Nats Ticket Tiff: Kwame Brown thinks he has an answer to the feud between the city council and Mayor Fenty over the latter’s refusal to share the city’s Nats tickets. WTOP says that Brown has introduced legislation that would place the tickets up for auction, with the funds raised going toward the city’s budget. It’s a nice idea, but it does seem to assume that someone will actually want to buy Nats tickets. Speaking of which: if you show your SmarTrip card you can get $3 off a ticket for tonight’s game in celebration of Earth Day.

UMD Revising Alcohol Policy: Under a new policy, Maryland students who help intoxicated friends get medical attention will no longer face academic sanctions or the loss of housing for their own drinking, according to the Post. It’s a change that’s been sought by students for some time due to concerns that some dangerously drunk students were receiving delayed medical treatment or none at all. It sounds like this change might have be timely, too: Fox 5 is reporting that College Park bars have reneged on an agreement with local government and resumed offering cheap drink specials.

Briefly Noted: Police are looking for a missing Rockville man… Police seek witnesses to Reston murder… Acting Freddie Mac chief commits suicide… P.G. County school boundaries set to change… Jimmy Dean’s Virginia house catches fire in a blaze that presumably smelled delicious…

This Day In DCist: One year ago Metro unveiled its future flooring plans.

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