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Good morning D.C. The sun is out, the breeze is gentle and the farmers markets are abuzz. The torrential storms of days past are a mere memory, now that the streets are clear of debris and the electricity is back on — that is, unless, a police chase careens into your neighborhood’s electricity pole. Residents on the 4500 block of Douglas Street, Northeast learned Friday afternoon that Mother Nature quickly can be replaced by a temperamental Lady Luck, killing power for nine hours while Pepco repaired the damage. So get out there and enjoy the weather while it lasts, because Jack Frost, Old Man Winter or another fickle legend is just around the corner.

>> If Mayor Adrian Fenty and Chairman Vince Gray weren’t already at loggerheads with the upcoming elections, another festering issue over the future of UDC has come to a head. On Friday, Fenty vetoed emergency legislation, helmed by Gray, that would have allowed the UDC board of trustees to operate with less than a quorum present, The Washington Post reports. Currently, only eight of the board’s 15 seats are filled, requiring all voting members to be present to govern the university. For the past few months, Fenty and Gray have been grappling over the qualifications of the mayor’s nominees to the board.

>> A Montgomery County police officer was indicted late Thursday by a grand jury on one count of misdemeanor second-degree assault stemming from an incident in March. Officer George Saoutis is accused of assaulting a 16-year-old vandalism suspect after chasing him and others from a Montgomery College building. An investigation of the incident found that a laceration on the the back of the suspect’s head was caused by a strike from Saoutis’ tactical baton. TBD also reports that Saoutis has been investigated twice before, once for firing his weapon at shoplifters in March and again for using excessive force on a pregnant woman as a Metro officer.

>> Some uplifting news on the employment front, the District has posted the second-largest jump in jobs in the US last month, according to the Department of Labor. The Washington Business Journal reports an increase of 17,800 jobs in D.C., second to Michigan and the largest one-month gain since reporting began in 1990. Virginia also posted 4,500 new jobs, while Maryland ticked up with 500.