All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we’ve all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we’ve been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried…

Fox’s Wisdom Martin reports that Maryland State Senator Anthony Muse calls the sale of bongs in gas stations a slap in the face in the war on drugs. Muse says drugs cause murders and incarcerations, and therefore he [along with Senator Miller, of course] has proposed emergency legislation banning bong sales – or at least significantly raising taxes on bong sales – in order to advance his political career and get some face time on…

>> There’s no doubt that we’re relieved that the Metro passenger who was struck by the outbound Blue train at Rosslyn this morning did not sustain serious injury. But, we can’t stress this enough, people —don’t crowd the edge of theplatform! We’d like to keep all of you around. [Washington Post] >> That said, let’s be glad we seem to be made of sterner stuff than New York State Senator Carl Kruger, who’d like to…

This post was written by DCist contributor Campbell Roth. Phew. For a second there we couldn’t help but think — “Where the hell will we have our next happy hour?” A state law banning nudity and alcohol — that old dangerous duo — in Prince George’s County businesses was blocked by a federal judge this week, the Post reports. The judge granted a temporary injunction to stop enforcement of the law, which prohibits “sexual displays…

Maryland, the state some DCists call home, may be getting closer to becoming the next state to legalize same-sex marriages. Well, one step closer, anyway. A case filed by nine same-sex couples earlier this month (plaintiffs Jodi Kelber-Kaye and Stacey Kargman-Kaye are pictured above) and aimed at overturning a state law banning same-sex marriage is currently working its way through the courts, with a circuit court in Baltimore set to hear oral arguments on July…