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Good morning, Washington. We swear, every time we think we’ve heard the last of Roy Pearson, the infamous $54 million missing pants judge, he just pops right back up in the news. What’s the guy up to now? After losing his job, his lawsuit and several appeals, Pearson has now also lost his wrongful termination case. Hooray! Could this latest story actually, finally, be the end of this ridiculous story? Not so fast. The story quotes D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles saying he was expecting Pearson to appeal the decision. Of course he will. Sigh.

Council Discusses Ending Summer Jobs Program Early: The Examiner covers yesterday’s Council meeting on the revised budget process by focusing on talk of ending Mayor Fenty’s summer jobs program several weeks early. While the move would save the city a crucial $20 million, it’s really too late for them to pull it off for this year at this point, and it could well make them look bad for trying, considering they already voted against shortening the program last month. But with the consensus being that the participants clearly don’t have enough to do for nine weeks, look for the program to be cut likely to six weeks in 2010 and 2011.

Is Cleveland Park Becoming a Ghost Town? WUSA9’s Bruce Johnson wonders why so many businesses are leaving Cleveland Park. We’ve certainly taken note of some of the most recent closings, and have generally placed the blame on high rents. But Johnson says it could be something else: the tumultuous Cleveland Park Citizens Association. Are they anti-business? No way, says CPCA President George Idelson — but note the end of the story. Idelson, the same man who rescheduled the group’s regular election out of concern for a potential “coup” by newcomers, is now saying he won’t be running again. Time for some Change with a capital ‘C’ in Cleveland Park?

Briefly Noted: Large Go-Go venue in Oxon Hill destroyed by fire … Charges dropped against Suitland teen amid altered evidence … Area backpacker dies in the Grand Canyon … Furloughs and more layoffs on the horizon in Montgomery County.

This Day in DCist: In 2008, we looked at the area athletes participating in the Summer Olympics, and in 2006, Eleanor Holmes Norton made her infamous debut on The Colbert Report.