Good morning, Washington. It really is freezing outside, people are dropping like flies from this terrible cold going around town, and over in Iowa, we hear there’s some kind of a fake election going on that’s going to dominate the news cycle all day. It could all be enough to get us down, but yet, we carry on … until we read this story about an 11-year-old boy in Burke, VA who has been…

It was two years ago that we first took notice of D.C.’s new population of coyotes. Back then we worried about the threat of an international incident as the animals made their way to Embassy Row. Today the Post confirms that coyotes continue to roam the edges of Rock Creek Park, bringing them in much closer contact to city residents. This is one case of animal/human cohabitation that can’t be blamed on urban development pushing…

Morning, Washington. Hypochondriacs of the city, grab some Valium, because the area seems to be teeming with illness lately. The good news, we think, is that the Maryland Department of Health has determined that three of the reported E. coli cases were not related to contaminated spinach, though it’s not clear where they picked up the bacteria. The Department is still investigating four cases, including the death of one woman, but with any luck, we’ll…

Has anyone else noticed the wind today? How could you not? Many of my officemates came in this morning looking very Flock of Seagulls after their short walk from the Metro. Along with the 80’s hair, the wind has also brought us some extreme fire weather and thus a Red Flag Warning from the National Weather Service. Fortunately, none of my coworkers were flaming as they walked in, though no one can really get a…

Apparently, we don’t need to fear the local infestation of northern snakehead in our local waters as we once did. So perhaps we shouldn’t be calling it an infestation. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a long-term threat from the invasive species from China. The AP, via the W.Times, reports that the frankenfish, which has the ability to breath out of water, probably isn’t traveling on its own very easily between different bodies of water…