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>> After a guilty plea yesterday by a former Gray campaign aide for campaign finance violations, the City Paper’s Alan Suderman compiled some useful tips for those seeking to break the law in D.C.: don’t take notes on an ongoing criminal conspiracy and don’t lie to the FBI afterward about it.

>> It’s almost summer, and that means pools, barbecues and lots of young foreign workers doing everything from working lifeguard stands to waiting on tables in local restaurants. The Post reports on the annual work-travel program run by the State Department that brings some 100,000 foreign students to the U.S. for a summer’s worth of work. Some critics argue that the students are taking needed jobs from Americans, but participants in the program say that Americans are less likely to take the very seasonal jobs that they end up doing.

>> After the preliminary rounds of yesterday’s National Geographic Bee (D.C. lost, Maryland will move on), someone sent us this interesting article about the demographics of geography—IndiaWest reported in April that a record-number of Indian Americans qualified for the bee this year, some 17 of the 54 participants. Of the 10 going to tomorrow’s finals, seven are Indian Americans.

>> Montgomery County residents could see a 15 percent jump in property taxes in order to fund a new 160-mile network of rapid bus transit lines, reports the Examiner. Proponents of the bus plan say that it would help create jobs and fight congestion.

Briefly Noted: Dulles Toll Road doesn’t have to be expensive as some claim, says Virginia … MoCo taking steps to prevent emergency dispatchers from falling asleep on the job … D.C police, fire union officials want to know why personnel records were set on fire … Owners of seven nightclubs in Prince George’s County charged with tax evasion … Some want a new D.C. CFO … Alexandria may have to borrow more money than credit-ratings agencies would like to see.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2011, Metro Police insisted that a wheelchair-bound man outside the U Street station resisted arrest before being tackled by two cops and D.C. asked overheated residents to leave fire hydrants alone. In 2010, plenty of people liked John Wall.