Photo by Mr. T in DC

Good morning, Washington. It’s already in the 50s, so I’m heading outside for another day of glorious, unseasonable weather. Straight to the news we go.

Columbia Mall Kicks Out the Homeless: If you’re ever up in Columbia, Maryland early in the morning and head to the Mall in Columbia shopping center for a coffee, you best hope the security guards don’t mistake you for someone who’s homeless. If they do, they’ll likely boot you from the premises. The Post reports that security officers have started cracking down on the small number of homeless who show up at the mall early in the morning after being dropped off by a Howard County shelter for the day. While it is certainly the mall’s right to kick out people who are being unruly or a nuisance, mall executives don’t do themselves any favors by refusing to answer questions as to whether any of the homeless they’re kicking out were starting trouble or just wandering around. Worse yet, they even threatened to boot the Post reporter writing the article for apparently engaging in “solicitation.”

We’re Smarter, Stronger and Everyone Likes Us: Washington-area residents — spare Prince George’s County — are more active than their peers throughout the rest of the country, reports the Examiner. According to a report published by the CDC, only 17.7 percent of Montogomery County residents aged 20 and below are considered inactive, meaning that they do less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity a week. Arlington County came in at 18.2 percent, Alexandria at 18.6, Fairfax County at 18.9, the District and Prince William County at 20, and Loudoun County at 20.4 percent. Prince George’s County hit 25.5 percent, lowest for the region and a slight tick above the national average of 25.4 percent. Boulder, Colorado wins for being most active — only 10.5 percent of residents are inactive — while Carter County, Kentucky falls way at the other end, with inactivity hitting 42.8 percent.

Virginia OKs Liquor Billboard Ads: Sometimes when I get stuck in Virginia traffic all I want is to get home and have a stiff drink. Well, according to WTOP, advertisers will now be able to give me some ideas as to what liquor or beer I should be consuming to ease the post-gridlock stress. Virginia is giving the okay to liquor billboard ads, meaning that you may soon see ads for anything from Jack Daniels to Budweiser along Commonwealth roads and in the Virginia skyline. There will be a few restrictions, though — no images of people or cartoon characters knocking back shots, and the ads won’t be allowed within 500 feet of churches, schools or playgrounds. (But what if they’re 500 feet above them?)

Briefly Noted: U.S. Senate okays plan to add more flights from D.C. to West Coast … TBD gets a sneak-peek of the Mt. Pleasant Temporium, which opens tonight … PG County suffers 20th killing of the year; D.C. is at 11 so far … Former D.C. government employee gets probation and fines for role in tax fraud scheme.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2010, GWU mistakenly congratulated people they rejected and Adrian Fenty showed us why he was well-known as “Mr. Personality” around these parts. In 2009, 25 percent of Americans said they’d live in D.C. and local pedestrians were being blamed for getting themselves hit by cars.