The Front Royal Town Council voted yesterday to repeal a decades-old ban on fortunetellers, “gypsies,” and “magic arts.”

For an ugly, rainy day, we bring you this much prettier water view. Flickr user maxedaperture took this steamy shot of the Shenandoah River in Front Royal, Virginia, near dawn. You can find the photo’s EXIF date here. Front Royal, if you’re wondering, is also the location of the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center, where they care for endangered animals. Speaking of location information, we’d like to give a hat tip to Flickr…