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Today’s kids probably think rappers have always been purveyors of commercial goods. 50 Cent has Vitamin Water. Diddy and Burger King are partners. Common probably even folds every shirt at The Gap. However, there was a time when rappers weren’t viable salespeople because their music wasn’t reaching a broad segment of the population. In 1990, a Bay Area entertainer who went by the moniker MC Hammer helped set rap on track to be a cultural...

Cheer up, Washington. Despite the Auntie Em! force winds (that's National Weather Service nomenclature) and the promise of D.C.'s favorite weather forecast on Sunday, the non-committal "wintry mix," we've seen the promised land of spring. A few late season death rattles can't take that away. They say that late January is the most depressing time of the year for most people. But with the continued cold, getting stuck in the ice daily last week, those drivers whose IQs seem to drop into an abyss at the first sign of precipitation, late February may be the most angry time of year. Soon enough, though, you'll forget all about everyone who has wronged you because you can finally sit outside and have lunch again, and you'll still have all that daylight to work with after you get out of the office. Just please do your best to not follow the poor example of the quote of the week, and try to control all that built up winter frustration until spring arrives for good.

News today has it that the U.S. Capitol Police seemed to have forgotten about the First Amendment on Tuesday night, when they arrested anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and Beverly Young, the wife of a Republican representative, at the State of the Union address for wearing "expressive t-shirts." Ironically, Young's shirt was pro-military: "Support the Troops -- Defending Our Freedom." Capitol Police Terrance Gainer issued an apology and dropped the charges against the two. District Claims...

Good morning. It's cool and damp outside, and it's expected to get colder and windier later in the day. CapitalWeather.com points out the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory, and expects temperatures in the 40s this afternoon. Today is also the last day of the hurricane season.