>> An early morning fire struck some vacant buildings located at 14th & Maryland. [Frozen Tropics] >> Could potential supporters of the D.C. Voting Rights bill in the Senate, such as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, end up being out campaigning and miss the vote, thus leaving it open to a filibuster threat? [Free Ride] >> The D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs is trying revoke the business…

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are in town today, thanks to Affleck having agreed to be the commencement speaker at Falls Church High School. The WaPo explains that the actor agreed to lend an unusual amount of starpower to the high school graduation ceremony thanks to his friendship with Falls Church senior Joe Kindregan. Kindregan and Affleck met when the actor was filming 1998’s Forces of Nature at Dulles Airport. Kindregan has ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare…

Coyotes, which have been spotted in the northern reaches of the District in Rock Creek Park near Oregon Avenue have migrated past Klingle Road, past the National Zoo, past Adams Morgan and now have been spotted near Massachusetts Avenue. This map from RestonPaths.com gives you a good sense as to the area where coyotes have been exploring. The Post’s headline on the matter, “Coyote Sightings in Park Spread Toward Embassies,” indicates that coyotes could threaten…

Did you think that D.C. was alone in its leaded water problems? Boston, Philadelphia and New York water consumers could be drinking water that has tested high for lead, but various water authorities have thrown out tests with high-lead results. Now Jim Jeffords, the Independent Senator from Vermont who chairs the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, and Paul Sarbanes, a Democratic Senator from Maryland, wrote a letter to EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt pressing his…