Those perpetual catch basins the Don Valley Parkway at Dundas St. and the Bayview extension at Bloor Street are open Thursday morning after last night’s flooding. The Toronto Star (and the police) say it’s okay to plan a route down there. Also today, there is World Cup news with the United States facing off against Germany at noon while Portugal goes up against Ghana. Two other games — Algeria vs. Russia and South Korea vs. Belgium — will go at 4 p.m.