The Anne Arundel County Police Department announced today that it discovered drugs and an alligator during a raid on a home.

You might see the algae in the Reflecting Pool as a problem, but the algae lobby sees it as a solution.

Sinclair Skinner sure is trying his best to grab our attention these days. First, it was a call to investigate Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham after he had a dust-up over the Council tickets to the Lady Gaga concert at Verizon Center. Today, he upped the ante again. In light of a report about the allegedly improper awarding of Parks and Recreation contracts which vindicates former mayor Adrian Fenty but throws him under the bus, Skinner took to a podium outside city hall and delivered the following statement in response, which, well…it stands on its own, really. Enjoy!

Folks subscribed to WMATA’s emailed press release service were treated to dozens of news alerts today – except they were from 2003, and full of very, very old news. The errant emails were the result of “technical difficulties,” according to Metro spokesperson Angela Gates, and the transit agency’s IT department was working to discover the source of the problem. We luckily noticed the 30 or so press releases we got from Metro today seemed funny…