If your fellow employees were able to reap the benefits of July 4th being on a Tuesday and took July 3rd off — and even added today for good measure — chances are your workplace will be a veritable ghost town. So much the better, right? There’s World Cup soccer to be watched. Pharmacies Oppose D.C. Cold Medicine Law: Kids getting high off of Sudafed? Basement drug producers using cold medication to make meth? It’s…

Last week, we had a nice long chat about the maddening idiosyncracies of the D.C. taxicab system. The Examiner reports today that at least some of the difficulties associated with cabbing around town might be gone in the near future. Cab Commission Chairman Causton Toney has said that his organization is “seriously considering” the elimination of the zone system in favor of metered fares. The city is awaiting the results of a six-month study comparing…