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Good morning, Washington. Make it to the polls yesterday? If so, we hope you did so before the sun went down — it got cold in a hurry last night, as the area rapidly moved from warmer-than-usual temps to colder-than-usual ones. CapitalWeather is saying that the weekend should be warmer, at least. Election 2007: The results are in, and it looks like it was a good night for Virginia's Democrats. The Dems picked up...

Banner week for SFist as the site's new editor introduced himself -- hooray for Brock! While the NY Times weighed in on SF's mayoral race, only SFist had the (insert tongue firmly into cheek) hard-hitting latest on candidate/activist Josh Wolf. Coverage of a protest vs. gentrification spawned a fantastic debate amongst SFist's readers. Finally, from the sublime to the ridiculous: video of a man that confused a Board of Supes meeting with "open mic...

>> Breaking news from the DCist News Desk Sofa: Anna Nicole Smith has died in Florida. Smith was reportedly found in unconscious in her Hollywood, Fla. hotel room and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Looking back, it's hard to remember all that made Smith a tabloid celeb but we're sure we'll be seeing a Law & Order "ripped from the headlines" reminding us soon. [CNN.com]

When some Maryland counties passed one, many shrugged and said, "There's always D.C." When the District followed suit, those many seemed rattled, but not defeated, saying, "Thank God there's Virginia." But is Virginia now going down the same road Maryland and D.C. did? It looks like it.

Good morning, Washington. It looks like today's going to be cloudy and cold, with the weekend bringing snow — snow! — at long last. We know, we know: it'll just be godawful slush and freezing rain, and in the unlikely event that it sticks around until Monday, we'll no doubt still have to go to work (we'll just be more cold & damp than usual when we arrive). But it doesn't matter; we still get stupidly excited at the prospect of flurries.

Teens Forced To Rob Banks: The Post reports that yesterday's story about a fourteen year-old bank robber is more complicated than it first seemed. This was apparently the second recent incident in which a teenager was forced to enter a bank and demand money under threat of violence from one or more assailants. The first of these crimes occurred three weeks ago.

MLB May Respond To Stadium Legislation Soon: The Post recounts the horse-trading that went into Tuesday's marathon council session. It all sounds a bit silly to us, with council members alternating between digging in their heels, declaring victory, and explaining that they had no idea what they were voting on. It might not be long before we learn whether that gamesmanship will pay off: Major League Baseball says it may respond to Tuesday's resolution as early as today. The deadline for a response from MLB is March 7.

WMATA Reforms Delayed: The city council isn't the area's only dysfunctional deliberative body. NBC4 reports that yesterday's WMATA board meeting ended prematurely after a dispute erupted about some members' need to depart for a commitment in Richmond. As a result, proposals to extend rail service and cut some bus lines were left on the table.

Va. Legislature Shelves Sex Offender Proposal: Speaking of Richmond, Virginia's state legislature has suddenly made itself look relatively circumspect: the State Senate's Education and Health Committee has decided to temporarily shelve consideration of a measure that would allow for the physical castration of those convicted of sex crimes.

Briefly Noted: Food Cafeteria fight sends boy to hospital... UMBC student charged with murder of MySpace acquaintance... Williams courts fellow mayors from around globe for voting rights support... Former Hagerstown cop charged with making various threats...

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Well, DCist has gone and done it now. In an arbitrary post last week discussing the American Political Science Association's annual meeting in the District, former DCist food connoisseur Kanishka offered $100 to any reader who could catch Cornel West scarfing down a jumbo slice. Safe bet, right? I mean, who would have thought that Cornel West would actually scarf down, of all things, a jumbo slice? Well, one reader managed just that. Above, Cathy...