Good morning, Washington area — Five stories to keep you informed and get you going:
WTOP Beltway Poll: Yea to Potomac bridge, nay to gas tax: Two-thirds of people in the Washington area support the building of a new bridge across the Potomac River to ease traffic congestion, according to a new WTOP Beltway Poll. http://bit.ly/zWBvf0
Wedding industry readies for Md. same-sex marriage: The announcements went out last week, and the setting has been arranged: Maryland’s same-sex marriage bill will become law in a signing ceremony Thursday. http://bit.ly/xb8KWu
Speeding councilwoman to take driving course, give up county car: “I take full responsibility for my actions and I apologize to my constituents, my County Council colleagues, and Prince George’s County,” Karen Toles says. “In addition to paying the appropriate fine, I will not be driving a county owned vehicle until voluntarily completing a driver improvement course to ensure my safety and the safety of others.” http://bit.ly/A8D5oo
‘Citizen Soldiers’ no ‘Citizen Kanes’ in ‘Act of Valor’: “Act of Valor” more closely resembles the military recruitment videos that screen as movie theater ads before the trailers even start, jacking us up with patriotic images of “Citizen Soldiers” performing heroic deeds. http://bit.ly/w38SPC
D.C. snags the stage from Hollywood in ‘Badlands’: The television series “Badlands” will shoot in the studio that once housed “America’s Most Wanted.” It is to be the first series filmed this year in the District. http://bit.ly/y0ezYP
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