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Good morning, Washington. Well, if there was one good thing about last week’s oppressive heat, it’s that it apparently made it too hot for even violent criminals to move. The Examiner reports that the District has seen a dip in homicides of late, including nary a single one during the heat wave last week. In fact, robbery, sex abuse and assaults and total violent crime are all down from last summer. I’m pretty skeptical that the weather really deserves as much credit for the recent decline in crime as Scott McCabe’s report lends it, but it is hard to argue with the report’s money quote: “People say, ‘it’s too hot to kill, or I don’t have the energy to kill,” a criminologist told McCabe. “It becomes more important to find a drink than exact revenge.” You gotta stay hydrated, right?

Redskins Start Making Moves: It was a busy night for the Washington Redskins, as the team is now ready to trade quarterback Donovan McNabb and agreed to terms with wide receiver Santana Moss. McNabb appears headed to Minnesota, as soon as the Vikings can play with McNabb’s big contract to make it work for them. The Redskins probably won’t be getting much more for McNabb than a late-round draft pick. Moss, though, will definitely be sticking around — he signed a three-year deal which will pay him $15 million.

Norton Calls For NPS To Be More Responsive: Greater Greater Washington passes along the news that D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is pressing the National Park Service to be “more responsive to the diverse park communities they serve.” NPS, which has come under fire of late for its stance on Capital Bikeshare stations, but is often the focus of ire for D.C. residents who believe that NPS is far too tied to bureaucracy to properly manage the many small urban parks inside the District.

Briefly Noted: Mount Rainier police officer indicted for attempted murder, sex offenses…Nationals rep “regret[s] making this ill-fated correlation” between Bryce Harper and Jackie Robinson…Metro: is a mid-life crisis to blame for poor service?…Gray tours U.S. Government Printing Office, jokes with SYEP participants about being 150 years old…D.C. one of the top ten cities for biking…Teens bummed about new MoCo curfew law…Fire at Congress Heights gas station causes significant damage…Congress: bunch of myopic little twits.

This Day in DCist: Last year, Robert Brannum set up shop in front of the Washington Post’s building with loudspeakers attached to the top of his car, the National Transportation Safety Board hammered WMATA, and the intersection of Florida Avenue and U Street got all wet.