The weather should be clear most of this weekend. The sky? Not so much.

Late Saturday night into early Sunday morning (pre-dawn, we’re talking) is expected to be an excellent time to catch sight of the annual Perseid meteor shower in the Baltimore area. Best to find an open field or park, if possible — and legal.

The International Meteor Organization says the zenithal hourly rate is about 90 to 100 meteors, but we’ll probably only see a few, according to reporting in the Washington Post. The good news: a waning crescent moon this year shouldn’t create too much light for concern.

The natural fireworks, debris and cosmic dust from an old comet, appears to radiate from the Perseus constellation – thus the name Perseid. More casually, we call them shooting or falling stars....

Looks like Virgin Free Fest is happening after all. After a summer drought of news about the annual music festival, organizers today announced the free concert event will return to Merriweather Post Pavilion October 6. 

The performers have yet to be announced, but if last year’s lineup (The Black Keys, Cee-Lo, TV on the Radio, and Patti Smith) are any indication, it should be dynamite.   

Whatever scant information has been released already can be found here. Apparently, more details will be released via Twitter in the coming days and Virgin Mobile is encouraging its Twitter follows to guess the lineup for a chance to win tickets. 

It sounds like the booking decisions have already been made, but if not, may we make a suggestion? It sure would be sweet to see Virgin Fest reel in some Charm City bands, currently on tour, like Beach House, Dan Deacon, or Rye Rye ont he bill. 

—This post was written by editorial summer intern Lowen Howard

Right when the the London games began, Sports Nation—the public-opinion-driven ESPN TV show—asked its fans: Who are you rooting for? Michael Phelps or Ryan Lochte? The results came back overwhelmingly—for Lochte.

"Phelps didn't even medal," Sports Nation tweeted.

Okay, I sort of understand that. Everyone likes an underdog and Phelps was so dominant in Beijing he almost seemed super-human, invincible.

But at the same time, the guy has brought so much glory to his country, his town, his sport, you'd think he'd get a LITTLE love.

In fact, the opposite seems true. Lately, there's been a disturbing and consistent backlash against our most decorated Olympiad.

There was, of course, the snipe from his own teammate, Tyler Clary, who claimed that Phelps was merely coasting on talent and that his heart wasn't in it.

Then there was this truly unfair article from LA Time's columnist Bill Plaschke,...