Photo by csuspect.
- Rain, rain, go away. If you know a commuter from Fairfax, be sure to share our sympathies. (That goes for Montgomery County commuters, too.) [Weather Underground/Facebook/@mcfrs]
- Metrobuses are probably going to be taking it a little bit easier this evening. [@WMATA]
- Dan Snyder hasn’t read the Washington City Paper article for which he’s suing the paper. [NYT]
- Well, this is discouraging: plans to build the new Department of Homeland Security headquarters on the former site of St. Elizabeths are “on the budget chopping block,” according to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. (Or is it?) [Federal News Radio/@oconnellpostbiz]
- Capitals goalie Thomas Vokoun’s best friend died in a plane crash which killed most of the Russian hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Wednesday. [WaTimes]
- There could be new life for the Temperance Court, the hidden parcel of land between 12th and 13th Streets south of U Street NW. [Housing Complex]
- That gaping hole in the east side of FedEx Field could end up costing the Redskins between $3.1 million and $4.5 million in ticket sales this season. [Cheap Seats]
- A spectacularly simple presentation of the bus lines serving the H Street NE corridor. [GGW]
- Stephen Strasburg might be back, but Bryce Harper’s minor league season is over. [WaPo]
- A 39-year-old man has been arrested for the 2009 murder of a 63-year-old man in Silver Spring. [WJLA]
- Police in College Park have received a $30,000 grant to help them combat underage drinking. (Wait, only $30,000?) [WTOP]
- The viewers of America’s Got Talent didn’t take to West Springfield High’s face-ripping dance routine. [TBD]
- The gastropub is dead, long live the gastropub. [Zythophile]