>> CNN White House Correspondent Ed Henry spotted Dave Chappelle hanging out outside the White House this morning. He’s reportedly feeling good despite his recent hospital visit, and joked about going after Tony Snow’s job. [CNN Political Ticker] >> The former mayor of the town of Dumfries, VA has been charged with running a brothel out of a sports therapy clinic he owns in a Prince William County strip mall. Melvin Bray lost his…

>> The Queen of England is coming for a visit next week to the region, presumably with plans to retrocede the colonies. If it ever happened, at least the entire country would finally understand what it feels like to have taxation without representation. [WaPo] >> The Dow Jones Industrial Average passed 13,000. [AP] >> “Gay-larious!,”, billed as D.C.’s only monthly gay and lesbian comedy show a new monthly gay and lesbian stand up comedy show,…

>> Congratulations are in order for the local D.C. blogs that won awards from the 2007 Bloggie Awards. Frank Warren’s PostSecret won for Best Topical Weblog and Best Community Weblog, and Wonkette took home the honor of Best Political Weblog. You guys make it look easy, and we know better than anyone that it’s not. Way to get that product out on them corners! >> Sixteen different Springfields across the country are vying for the…

>>The Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its biggest one-day drop in five years today, coming on the heels of today’s other big news about an attempt on Vice President Cheney’s life by a Taliban suicide in Afghanistan. The sell-off began in Asia overnight and continued across Europe, when two exchanges in Shanghai that track the Chinese stock markets both fell nearly 9 percent — that largest drop in a decade. [WaPo] >> As if…