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As the District gets up and running and most of us head back to work, I make one promise to you: this will be the last Morning Roundup I write for many months to come where I reference snow, cover snow-related news or make lame snow-centric jokes. In the last week, we’ve seen local media brave the conditions to bring us updated news on the conditions outside, but we’ve also seen every possible snow angle covered, from children born to snow-bound mothers to fun games to play with your kids when you’ve got four feet of snow packed against your door. It’s not that the stuff doesn’t have its time, but after this difficult week, that time has passed. And anyhow, spring is right around the corner, right?

District Gets New Top Prosecutor: In the first non-snow news we’ve read in a week, the Post reports that the Senate yesterday confirmed Ron Machen to be U.S. Attorney for the District. Machen, who formerly served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District, will be in charge of prosecuting all serious crimes in the city.

More on Chris Matthews: The Examiner’s Harry Jaffe follows up on our report yesterday on Chris Matthews’ strong and wildly uneducated criticisms of the District’s response to the recent snow storms. Jaffe, who’s usually a relatively mild-mannered columnist, let’s Matthews have it, saying, “[W]hen I hear talking face Chris Matthews gripe about the city’s snow clearing capabilities, I’d like to shove a sock in his big mouth.” Jaffe proposes that if Matthews really wants the District to improve its snow-clearing capacities, “[W]hy not pay a toll every time you come into town, so we can buy some new rigs?”

Why Crime Drops in the Snow: WTOP relays a hilarious story from Frederick, where two men were busted for robbing a liquor store. Now, that they were busted isn’t the funny part — it’s that police tracked them by simply following their footprints from the store to their hideout.

Prosecutors Side with Anti-PCP Law: The Examiner is reporting that District prosecutors are pushing for a law before the D.C Council that would make possession of PCP a felony. In 2009, nine percent of adults arrested had PCP in their systems, a drug that makes people, well, totally crazy. The increase in use has concerned law enforcement officials, and the new law, sponsored by Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) would make it easier to convict those caught with it.

Briefly Noted: All area airports open for business … Local grocers facing shortages … The snow might be off the roads, but now it’s in massive, mountainous piles all over the sidewalks. Awesome!

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2009, the media went crazy over sexting and the District threatened to give 12,000 drivers the boot. In 2008, Barack Obama and John McCain won in the Potomac Primary and Metro’s Blue Line considered a split.