Late last year Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell restored the voting rights of a certain Scooter Libby. Remember him?

>> A suspicious package at the National Postal Museum next to Union Station caused the area to be evacuated during the lunch rush today. Luckily — or perhaps, unluckily, if you work for the bomb squad — the offending package turned out to contain only a soiled diaper. The area was reopened by 1:30 p.m. On behalf of the city, DCist would like to thank you, fearless, put upon bomb squad members, for keeping us…

Good morning, Washington. Predictions of a cold front that will bring in spring-like conditions tomorrow have us a little bit giddy this morning, so we hope you’ll forgive us for putting up a slightly hurried morning roundup so we can seize the opportunity to dance around our office with glee. You know want to do the same, so go on, we won’t tell. Post Starts Beating Examiner’s Drum: A front page story this morning in…

With the sun out, the temperatures high, one can only think of one thing– what’s going on in the World of the -ist’s? Bostonist dug deep to uncover Barack Obama’s unpaid parking tickets, their Governor’s latest ethical lapse, and a plagarizing sports writer. Chicagoist had everything in twos: two views on having the Olympics, losing two members of their Super Bowl team, and two music festivals. DCist put their noses in legal books as they…

After a devastating run of going directly to jail and not getting Boardwalk or Park Place, local music mainstay Monopoli are calling it quits. All punning aside, we were saddened to see this announcement on the band’s MySpace page: Monopoli is over and out! Please join us in celebrating our run at our last four shows every Thursday in March at DC9. A residency at DC9 is no shabby way to send off a band,…

Halloween falling on a Monday night, DCist took the night off, opting to hand candy to passing children and fend off egg attacks from neighborhood hooligans. We did explore area houses, though, taking in decorations both simple and elaborate. And proving that some people will use any opportunity to make a statement about the state of affairs in the country, we spied one gravestone marked “Scooter Libby, R.I.P.” and one proclaiming the death of world…

Washington being the government town that it is, it’s almost inevitable that political adversaries would live in the same neighborhood, sharing in the duties of civic life while battling in the marketplace of ideas and policies during the work week. Most famous for being out of his element may be Karl Rove, whose District home sits squarely in a city that overwhelmingly voted against the man for whom he campaigned and advised. But when do…