Photo by Heather Schmaedeke
- Flood watch in Washington and Baltimore areas in effect through Saturday morning. [National Weather Service]
- Demographic breakdown of City Paper bylines: OK on gender, pretty monotone when it comes to race. [City Desk]
- Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold indicted for abusing security detail. [Post]
- If at first you fail to pass a budget twice, try to fail another time. [Virginia Politics]
- Best hack ever: Bender, the lovable robot from Futurama, picked to head D.C. schools in mock election. [Mediaite]
- Hank the Cat smeared in attack ad. [Huffington Post]
- Arlington should ride more bikes. [Clarendon Patch]
- Virginia Supreme Court tosses out the Cooch’s climate-science lawsuit. [Examiner]
- Nationals’ chances of finally making the playoffs could be helped with expanded wild-card round. [Major League Baseball]
- Loudoun County mother convicted and fined for making her kids late to school. [WTOP]
- Why wait for Klingons? See The Tempest—In space! With Kojo!—this weekend. [Arts Desk]