You're Under Arrest: Turns out the people nabbed by police for driving around upper Northwest with expired license plates weren't the only ones caught in the District's law that allowed the practice. More than 3,400 drivers were arrested in the last two years for the same thing, with 256 people actually locked up; they just [...]

Sure, modern existence is stressing
And all of us need decompressing
But who is this dude
Who wants to get nude
And jog after fully undressing?
In custody after his mile
But so far, no charges on file
He made Secret Service
A little bit nervous
By leaving his clothes in a pile

Good morning, City Desk readers!  Remember those lovely events and people we tried to forget about in the past few years, among them press secretaries, judicial nominations, and transit accidents?  They're all back to rear their ugly heads this morning, so let's commence with the news rundown.

Yesterday afternoon, City Desk posted the latest WaPo article [...]

For the barely current issue of City Paper, I wrote about the Georgetown Hoyas' new t-shirt shooter, called the T-Shirt Gatling Gun.
Who cares that the team is slumping? The few seconds it takes for the multi-chambered air rifle to fire a couple dozen shirts into the stratosphere are worth a trip to the Verizon Center.
Before [...]

The following item is part of a series in which we corner people at the 2009 Hawaii State Society Inaugural Ball and ask them, "So, what's your connection with the president?"
It's now past 11 pm on Inauguration Night, at which point this series dramatically lowers its requirements for profile subjects.
First person to come in [...]

Just a few minutes ago, I talked with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, attorney and co-founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice, about the inauguration, security, and, and the Secret Service. She says that trained legal observers will be out and about for Tuesday's big events just in case the police start forgetting about your civil liberties. We [...]

Not that you didn't already know this, but: If you're within an area code of D.C. on the 19th or 20th, don't even think of getting in your car. The Secret Service just released traffic warnings for inauguration, and it's every bit as thoroughgoing as you'd expect. Traffic will be cut off from the federal [...]