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>> Here’s wishing interim D.C. Councilmember Sekou Biddle a happy birthday — though we’re betting that a glass vase and some cake are little solace for the realization that he’ll lose his job come May 10 at 4 p.m.

>> The three female members of the D.C. Council called on the federal government to pass a national Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

>> VRE is not messing around with their on-train security measures.

>> Rend Smith watched the Chandra Levy TV movie so you don’t have to.

>> Washingtonian profiles Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Says the Cooch: “The governor’s a nicer guy than I am…And he would like to be perceived as a nice guy. I would, too, but I don’t put as much effort into it.”

>> A wiretap helped MPD bust a drug dealer and seize 29.5 kilos of cocaine: “The bad guys know there are wiretaps, but they also know how difficult they are to get.”

>> Good news: your Pepco bills will probably be less expensive come June 1.

>> The outlook on city funding for the arts and D.C.’s child welfare agency in 2012: not good.

>> ARLnow discovers where the District’s food trucks go to die.

>> The annual Blue Mass, held in honor of slain law enforcement officers, took place this afternoon at St. Patrick’s Cathedral downtown.

>> Yup, no matter how you slice it, renting in the District is still very expensive.

>> Have you thanked a teacher today?