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>> Chuck Brown’s public viewing begins today at 11 a.m. at the Howard Theatre. Fans of the late Godfather of Go-Go will have until 10 p.m. tonight to give Brown a personal sendoff. Several streets near the theater will be closed to traffic today, including T Street NW between Ninth Street and Florida Avenue, and Seventh and Eighth streets between S Street and Florida Avenue.

>> With the guilty pleas last week by two former campaign aides to Vince Gray, questions lingering over the 2010 Gray campaign’s payments to sideshow mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown are as glaring as ever. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), who conducted an investigation of Brown last year, still wants answers, The Washington Times reports.

>> The Alexandria Board of Zoning is headed to court after its recent decision to approve a controversial plan for the city’s waterfront sparked an outrage by residents. But the board will have to represent itself after declining to hire a lawyer, WAMU reports.

>> Word to the wise: Don’t build your own grill.

Briefly Noted: Two dead after small planes collide over Fauquier County, Va. … Newt Gingrich offers Gov. Martin O’Malley some campaign advice … Six-year-old from Virginia is youngest ever to qualify for National Spelling Bee … Median income jumps in the District and Loudoun County.

This Day in DCist: Last year, the U.S. Park Police arrested five dancing protesters at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. In 2010, the Strasburg anticipation was getting too palpable.