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>> They’re back! After being forcibly evicted from McPherson Square in February, Occupy D.C. protesters are staging a comeback today to celebrate their movement’s first birthday. WJLA reports that the group is planning a march this morning intended to block traffic on K Street. Additionally, the City Paper reports that a dance party is planned for Freedom Plaza later today, though Park Police have warned that they’ll be watching for anyone planning on sleeping at the park.

>> It’s been 10 years since John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the region with 13 sniper-style attacks that killed 10 people, and yesterday the Post spoke to Boyd, now 27 and incarcerated in a Virginia Supermax prison. Confined to a cell for 23 hours a day, Malvo admits to having been under Muhammad’s control during the killing spree, calling himself a “monster.” He also asks that people simply forget him: “Don’t allow myself or Muhammad to continue to make you a victim for the rest of your life. It isn’t worth it,” he said.

>> The former director of the D.C. Department of the Environment has filed a complaint against Mayor Vince Gray for his late-August firing, reports the Washington Times. In the complaint, Christophe Tulou says that he was fired in violation of whistleblower protections under the federal Clean Water Act. Though City Administrator Allen Lew said that Tulou was fired for a “breach of protocol,” Tulou claims that he was shut out of discussions between D.C., D.C. Water and the EPA over an infrastructure project to keep stormwater runoff out of local rivers and was dismissed after he submitted comments on the project that contradicted a letter written by Gray.

Briefly Noted: Councilmember Michael Brown (I-At Large) has a history of campaign-related problems … Downtown D.C. added 19,000 residents from 2000-2010 … Family Research Council shooter due in court today … Small businesses and contractors complain of delayed payments by D.C. … Former University of Maryland basketball player commits suicide … D.C. officials looking forward to Nats post-season revenue bump.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2011, Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) argued for a full-time D.C. Council. In 2010, the Brickskellar was up for sale and Gray played the role of D.C. school’s Superman.