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Did you ever see the Tom Hanks movie, The Terminal? Of course not — it was abysmal. Today the Washington Post reports on Yahya Wehelie, a 26-year-old Fairfax County resident and U.S. citizen who is living through something like that cinematic nightmare. Wehelie, who traveled abroad to visit Yemen to pick up a bride, now finds himself stuck in Cairo, unable to fly home because his name is now on the U.S. no-fly list.

It has all the makings of a comedy. If only he were an Alexandria, Virginia, resident stuck in Alexandria, Egypt! But the truth is darker, unfortunately. The Post says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations and American civil liberties groups allege that U.S. officials question blacklisted U.S. citizens stuck abroad without granting them due process. And while the Post mentions this as an “emerging pattern,” the American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action challenge against the no-fly list way back in 2003. Don’t even get them started on the airline passenger profiling system, CAPPS II.

NORAD Plans Flights Over D.C.: Here’s one for Heather’s “Look Up” column: NORAD will engage in exercise flights over the District, Baltimore, Richmond and West Virginia, according to ABC7.

Graham Bags for Prostate Cancer Foundation: Yesterday DCist re-tweeted that Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham was bagging groceries at Safeway in Adams Morgan. Did anyone catch him? Our celebrity guest bagger was there to help raise funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Last year, area Safeways raised $1 million for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and this year they’re looking to nudge that number up to $1.2 million.

Briefly Noted: SUV strikes three police cruisers . . . Rodents spied at Pentagon City food court . . . Another arrest in Southeast slaying . . . Plaques at Capitol honor slave builders.

This Day in DCist: Teacher firings sparked controversy and Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, and Paul Rudd descended on Adams Morgan.