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>> The D.C. Council gathered behind closed doors this afternoon to discuss the future of Harry Thomas, Jr.’s committee chairmanship — Chairman Kwame Brown put off a decision until tomorrow, though, and Thomas didn’t comment on the matter.

>> Meetings about potential shifts to the boundaries of D.C.’s police districts begin tonight.

>> The city pulled up some of Georgetown’s old streetcar tracks today.

>> Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli believes that extending Metro to Dulles is an “economic boondoggle,” and suggests cutting off construction before the airport, which is kind of the entire point of the project.

>> Education dump! Montgomery and Fairfax Counties lead the nation in high school graduation rates. On the other hand, D.C. public schools will get an official curriculum any day now. Not that that stopped Mr. Jon Rolle of Friendship Academy Chamberlin Campus, who the D.C. Council honored as the teacher of the year today.

>> Tiger Woods won’t be participating in next week’s U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, but it’ll still probably be quite lucrative for local businesses.

>> Environmental activists blame Mayor Gray for dragging on the city’s climate action report.

>> The Atlantic calls D.C. an “Economic Superstar”.

>> Bryan Weaver offers some reflections after the Council At-Large special election, in which he lost to Vince Orange: “Despite the outcome of the special election, I’ve come to fall in love all over again with DC, and I am optimistic for our future together.”

>> Chicago’s liking former DDOT director Gabe Klein.

>> Frackin’ A, man: Maryland’s considering drilling for natural gas in the western part of the state.

>> An interesting gallery of D.C. projects that never made it past the proposal stage.

>> Welcome to Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel! (I’m still not sure why Obama isn’t just taking her over to Biergarten Haus.)