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5 Useful Things To Know Today: Jan. 4

Five things to help you through your Wednesday.

1. Holy winter! The cold, wind, and (minor) snowfall sure hit yesterday pretty quickly. Today won't be much different. There is a high of 36 degrees with a chance of scattered flurries throughout the day. Winds aren't supposed to be as harsh, but still be careful outside!

2. Explore the responsibilities and mandates county governments have in funding local public education.

3. Game of the week: North Potomac-Darnestown Patch, along with Potomac Patch and Rockville Patch, will feature Friday's girl's and boy's varsity basketball doubleheader between Wootton and Churchill as the Game(s) of the Week. Check back with us later today for a poll on next week's games!

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4. In case you missed it: Quince Orchard senior and Gaithersburg native Darnell Leslie committed to play football at Monmouth University next season as a scholarship player.

5. On this day in history: In Gonzales v. Williams, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that citizens of Puerto Rico are not illegal aliens and can enter the U.S. freely in 1904.

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California Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2007.


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