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>> Today, voters in North Carolina will vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. Just as all similar measures in other states have passed, the North Carolina amendment is expected to win. But, the Post reports, same-sex marriage advocates in Maryland are hopeful they will break the streak in November when voters there weigh an amendment that would undo the state’s recent adoption of marriage equality.

>> Immigrants’ rights activists protested outside a Department of Homeland Security building yesterday to highlight what they see as the Obama administration reneging on a pledge to focus deportation cases on violent criminals rather than all undocumented immigrants, WAMU reports.

>> Water is wet, the grass is green and commuting into D.C. is hellish. Four of the twelve worst commutes in the United States are in the Washington area, WTOP reports.

>> Lydia DePillis finds that at the University of the District of Columbia, “a preponderance of the restrooms are also quite handsome.”

Briefly Noted: Metro not hitting its marks for on-time performance … Montgomery County school employees charged in sex abuse case … “Erratic” driver crashes on I-66 during evening rush and runs into oncoming traffic before being airlifted to hospital … Alexandria woman arrested in connection with Fairfax road rage death.

This Day in DCist: In 2011, damn ospreys wouldn’t let the National Park Service and DDOT continue working on the Anacostia Riverwalk. In 2010, Metro was criticized for dilly-dallying on an incident report.