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Good morning, Washington. Yesterday, authorities in Massachusetts arrested Rezwan Ferdaus, who apparently had a plan to blow up both the Pentagon and the Capitol building using grenades, six machine guns and 24 pounds of C-4 explosive inside remote-controlled planes. Ferdaus — who is a graduate of Northeastern University and allegedly claimed that he wanted to attack “enemies of Allah and hit the “head and heart of the snake” — reportedly travelled to D.C. numerous times while he was constructing his plans. Ferdaus, who is also accused of telling an informant that “it would be nice to … gun down some politicians,” faces up to 55 years in prison. Another one for our list of domestic threats over the last decade, I guess.

Kwame’s New Ride: Well, if Kwame Brown was aiming to pull a 180 in his his choice of a new car, he did it. Brown purchased a new Toyota Prius — on his own dime — and will now drive the eco-friendly vehicle to work, dropping the notorious Fully Loaded Navigator. Brown, who cited fuel costs and family friendliness as the reason for making the switch, will still drive his mail truck though, telling Craig that the truck is “my baby.”

Baseball!: Last night was one of the craziest evenings of baseball that I can ever remember, as Atlanta and Boston both completed epic collapses in dramatic fashion. Of course, the last game of the season for the Nationals also took place yesterday, albeit during the afternoon and well before the evening’s insanity. Nats fans should be brimming with positivity — not only did the team finish with 80 wins for the first time since 2005, but Stephen Strasburg appeared to be fully back to his pre-Tommy John surgery, striking out ten Florida Marlins in a 3-1 win. Add in a bounce back attendance year, and things are really looking up for the much-maligned franchise.

Briefly Noted: D.C. Department of Health reports year’s first case of West Nile Virus…Streetcars coming to Arlington and Fairfax…Mike DeBonis dives into D.C.’s HPV vaccine law…Emotional scene in D.C. Russian roulette trial…D.C.-area unemployment rises in August…The mayor’s office is apparently counting police recruits in sworn officer count…Happy National Coffee Day!

This Day in DCist: Last year, a bus crashed off an Interstate 270 sky ramp and Chief Cathy Lanier said that she wasn’t concerned about a change in the Mayor’s office; in 2009, MIchael Vick was in town to tell kids that dogfighting is bad and “Happy” the Hippo left us without saying goodbye.