The United States Park Police, DDOT and MPD have released the following road closure advisories for Saturday’s Veterans Day Parade. All closures should be re-opened by 5 p.m. Saturday. Roads closed at 6 a.m.: * Jefferson Drive from 14th Street to 4th Street, SW * Madison Drive from 4th Street to 15th Street, NW * Seventh Street from Independence Avenue to Constitution Avenue, NW Roads closed at 10:30 a.m.: * Lincoln Memorial Circle to Henry…

>> Payday lending reform legislation passes in the D.C. Council, Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry’s bizarre change of heart on the matter notwithstanding. [City Desk] >> It’s likely that the Texas State Bar is probing the professional conduct of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. [Huffington Post] >> A water main break at Third Street and Constitution Avenue NW this morning caused U.S. District and D.C. Superior courts to be shut down all day, but…

FRIDAY: >> Don’t forget to check out our guide to the Six Points Music Festival as it takes over the town in its second weekend. We’re going to once again heartily recommend you head to Iota to catch Unbuckled alums Middle Distance Runner headline a show that also features Unbuckled alums These United States, plus Pittsburgh’s Black Tie Revue. Get there early — this is going to be a packed house for sure. $10, 9:30…

People have been asking us: What’s that big film crew doing downtown today? Why must my commute be ruined by greedy Hollywood movie producers? The answer: Why it’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets, the sequel to the polarizing Nicholas Cage swashbuckler, of course. Here’s the details on the filming for today, though circuses of production vehicles will likely be popping up elsewhere around the city for a while longer. The D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT),…

March for Life Takes to National Mall: The National Mall will be a few hundred thousand people more crowded this morning, as pro-life activists participate in the annual March for Life, reports WTOP. Large sections of the Mall will be closed to traffic, including the area between Pennsylvania Avenue and Independence Avenue from Third Street to Fifteenth Street. District officials have announced that starting at 7 a.m. they will turn on their 19-camera CCTV…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Greetings from the capital of the Buckeye State. Thanks for all your input on our “Team America: World Police”-themed journey. We’re continuing to head west. This photo, taken from Third Street near the Nationwide Arena District shows one of Columbus’ more controversial advertisements. Like the giant H&M advertisement on the Flatiron Building in New York that has graced the landmark building and pissed off most everyone, the three-part ad seen here…

A LONG time ago, some one told me that the large concrete air shaft for I-395, just north of Massachusetts Avenue, is jokingly referred to as the “Nixon Memorial.” (It is a large obelisk looking concrete rectangle, with a mural painted on the side.) Do others refer to it as the Nixon Memorial? Or was that just one person’s joke? It seems sort of appropriate… Interesting. DCist covered some ineffective advertising on that air shaft…

One interesting characteristic about Washington is the lack of outdoor advertising. Sure, there may be a smattering of bus and metrorail ads, but for the most part, it is rare to find large advertisements in the central sections of the city. (New York Avenue in Northeast is another story …) We assume it has to do with not diluting the image of democracy through the power of neoclassical architecture. But here is a large clothing…

The District is declaring victory in its multi-year initiative to reduce speeding and agressive driving. When the Photo Radar Speeding Reduction Program started in July 2001, of the nearly 50,000 vehicles clocked, there were about 15,000 violations. In July 2004, of the nearly 1.4 million vehicles monitored, there were 61,000 violations. If you do the math, and the District has, as of last month, only 4.4 percent of vehicles monitored were driving agressively. In July…

DCist was shocked to see this peculiar entry in the Post’s Animal Report. Devoid of contextual detail, it makes us wonder what exactly is going on in the Fort Totten woods. Police reported that a male lamb had been found in the woods, in a small crate soiled with feces. A Humane Society officer found the animal and a group of men. A candle, a bottle of liquor and a bottle of barbecue sauce were…