YOLO: This Virginia man successfully (?) hit all 86 Metro stations on his day off, a mission that took him 19 hours and cost $70. +1

Pigskins Predictions: Sports Illustrated‘s Peter King believes the Washington football team will have a new name by 2016. +3

Sweet 16: Mei Xiang, most commonly known as the mother of baby panda Bao Bao, turned 16 today. Happy Birthday! +2

D.C.-splain: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton will meet with top TSA officials to explain to them that D.C. is in the United States and that, consequently, D.C.-issued IDs are in fact valid forms of identification. -5

Yesterday’s Needle rating: 65 Today’s score: +1  Today’s Needle rating: 66