Good morning, Washington. Pigskin season has arrived. Tomorrow is the first football Sunday of the year and the Redskins’ season-opener. It’s the start of six months of pre-match rituals as we plunge into the thrilling agony of fantasy football, and it’s a good time to start planning where you’ll watch the games. TBD put together a list of which bars have your favorite teams on the big screen.
If you’re headed to the Redskins game against the New York Giants Sunday, arrive early in preparation for extra security that’s in place for the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The same goes for the Nats game today, following an uncanny 4-3, 11-inning victory over the Houston Astros Friday.
>> This weekend’s weather sounds unpredictable, but we’re told today should feel more like yesterday than like the deluge earlier this week.
>> WTOP has the scoop on all the weekend events that will affect travel, including the Nation’s Biathlon, the Arlington 9/11 Memorial 5K in Crystal City, the Takoma Park Folk Festival and the Alexandria Festival of the Arts.
>> Albrecht Muth, the man charged with killing his elderly wife, Viola Drath, at their Georgetown home this August, was ordered held until his next court hearing on Nov. 18 after new allegations surfaced that Muth had threatened to bomb Georgetown.
>> Two people died and six others were injured in a four-car crash Friday morning in Maryland, including a 1-year-old and a 2-month-old.
>> A car crashed into a Baja Fresh restaurant in Alexandria, Va., Friday. Two people were hurt and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
>> Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell declared a state of emergency in the wake of overflowing rains that inundated the state and killed at least three people in Maryland and Virginia.
>> The NBC News twitter account was hacked on Friday, and false reports of a plane attack on ground zero were sent to @NBCNews followers. TPM was also hacked after publishing a story Friday on the Anonymous ‘hacktivist’ group featuring mugshots of 14 people accused of being members.
>> Did you know there’s a One City meetup?
>> How Congress defines transit may threaten bike and pedestrian funding.
>> The Historical Society of Washington could see new life.
>> A photo of the Argonaut from 1927.
