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22 hrs ago | WRC Washington DC Channel 4

Water Main Break Slows Georgetown Traffic

A broken water main flooded several businesses along M Street in Georgetown early Sunday.

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Yesterday | Journal Gazette

A skin-deep memorial

Liquidity Jones dips the rotary needle in black ink and injects it between the second and third layer of Jimmy Robinson's skin.

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Sat Sep 06, 2008

WJLA-TV Arlington

ABC 7 News - Man Dies in Southeast Shooting

District of Columbia police say a man has died following a shooting in southeast Washington.

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WXIA-TV Atlanta

Warnings Extended North Ahead Of Hanna

A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect from Altamaha Sound, Ga., northward along the Atlantic coast to Sandy Hook, N.J. -- including Pamlico and Albemarle sounds, including all of Chesapeake Bay, the tidal ...

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Sentinel & Enterprise

Senate candidates debate: Kerry vs. O'Reilly

In the only pre-primary Senate debate on the calendar, Gloucester attorney Ed O'Reilly went toe-to-toe with incumbent Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John Kerry, US Senate, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election

Fri Sep 05, 2008

WTOP-FM Washington

Hanna could dump up to 5 inches of rain on region

Tropical Storm Hanna could dump 2 to 5 inches of rain on the D.C. area Saturday, forecasters say.

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Related Topix: Weather, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Flood

Cleveland.com

McCain's position: Run like the enemy: Analysis

ST.PAUL, Minn. -- The nominee's friend described him as a "restless reformer who will clean up Washington." His defeated rival described him going to the capital to "drain that swamp." His running mate ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Election

Thu Sep 04, 2008

Milling Journal

NFU to Host Over 150 Farm and Ranch Families at Annual Fall Fly-In in Washington, DC on Sept. 8-10

National Farmers Union will host its annual Fall Fly-In Sept. 8-10, with more than 150 family farm and ranch members traveling to Washington, D.C. Fly-In participants will bring the concerns of rural America ...

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science

ABC News

Abramoff: DC 'Lives in the Loopholes'

One-time power broker Jack Abramoff wrote in a letter to the federal judge who will sentence him to more prison time today that he was caught up in a Washington culture that "skirts the spirit of the rules and ...

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison

MediLexicon

Isolation Measures For Controlling Epidemics - Workshop, 10th September In Washington, DC

Six weeks after South Africa's Cape High Court authorized mandatory isolation of patients with extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis , the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Stimson's ...

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Medicine, Influenza, Natural Disasters, Health, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Wed Sep 03, 2008

Choosing Democracy

Fake school reform

By Diane Ravitch. New York City. This Strange New Era of "Reform" Posted: 02 Sep 2008 11:00 AM CDT Bridging Differences returns today with this entry from Diane Ravitch.

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WTOP

Will HOT lanes work on the Beltway?

Will High Occupancy Toll lanes really work along the Capital Beltway in Virginia ? WTOP put that question to Mark Hallenbeck, a transportation expert at the University of Washington .

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ScrippsNews

current events, culture, commentary, community

She called it a long shot. A flattering impossibility. A question barely worth answering.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin

Tue Sep 02, 2008

The Washington Post

Who'll Fight for Ping Pong?

With 72 hours to go before nominating petitions are due at the D.C. Board of Elections, despite all manner of uproar over the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner who acts as video vigilante to protect his corner ...

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WTOP

Northeast gas station proposal fuels opposition

Residents of Washington 's long-blighted H Street corridor are seeking to stop a proposed gas station, saying it will hurt efforts to revitalize the area.

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Mon Sep 01, 2008

WMAL-AM Washington

Six Year Old Burned After Playing with Lighter

A six-year-old boy from Southeast Washington is being treated for severe burns. Cops in the District say he was burned while playing with a lighter at his apartment on 22nd Street yesterday.

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WJLA-TV Arlington

Crowded Dorms as Local Students Move In

It was move in day Thursday - in the rain - for many local college students. When everyone's finished, you might as well hang a no vacancy sign outside one GW residence hall, there's no extra room on campus.

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Related Topix: American University, Offbeat

Lansing State Journal

TV tonight: 'Prison Break'

Michael and the others are free for a moment. Then their new crisis begins, along with life-and-death surprises.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television

Sun Aug 31, 2008

WJLA-TV Arlington

ABC 7 News - Police Make Arrest in Teen's Death

District of Columbia police say they have made an arrest in connection to a slaying earlier in the week.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Offbeat

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

6 Year Old Critically Burned

A District of Columbia fire official says a 6-year-old boy was critically burned after he lit his clothes on fire while playing with a cigarette lighter.

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