Good morning, Washington. As you may have heard, former President Gerald Ford passed away yesterday. The Post has all of the currently available details, as well as the detailed obituary you would expect. Moussaoui Barriers To Remain In Alexandria: The Post reports on a story near of particular interest to us. Alexandria resident Jim Savage has been trying to get rid of the allegedly-temporary security barriers that were placed around the town’s courthouse for the…

As if a rainy Monday wasn’t enough, we get a partly cloudy Tuesday, too. It’s May, the “April showers” should be wrapped up, already. How about viewing May flowers behind a backdrop of blue sky, not slate gray? A little cheery history for all you Muppet fans out there: on May 9th, 1955, University of Maryland alum Jim Henson’s first show, Sam and Friends, debuted on WRC-TV here in Washington. Sam and Friends laid the…

It looks like it’s going to be that kind of gray day where pulling a Ferris Bueller seems to be a far more viable option than getting up and going to work. In an attempt to fool us into thinking spring is on its way, the temperature was around 71 degrees last night. Today, the high will be around 61, with some drizzle. Further fueling our dreams of spring, WTOP is relaying where to find…