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MANILA, Philippines --- In the next seven days, President Benigno S. Aquino III will run the country via remote control as he attempts to bolster the country's economic and security relations with two of the world's superpowers.

Hayden and Erica Hall were born and raised in Clarksdale, and went off to get experience in different tastes and styles before coming back home to open Oxbow Restaurant and Catering.

On a Memorial Day weekend visit to Washington, D.C., the array of titles at Kramerbooks & Afterwords in fashionable Dupont Circle made me giddy.

Left photo: simple bungalows on the 900 block of Whittier Street NW. These houses are not in a historic district.

Sherif Mansour, an Egyptian-American citizen, is returning to Cairo to face trial on charges of illegally operating pro-democracy programs and stirring unrest.

This weekend is sure to include delays for many travelers, with a big paving project on the Capital Beltway near the Wilson Bridge and track work on every Metro line.

When the US Coast Guard moves into their new home along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE , DC government is anticipating an large increase in foot traffic.

Real estate investor Wil Cardon's Senate campaign essentially conceded today that it used a misleading image of GOP primary opponent Rep.

Severe thunderstorms pummeled the Washington, D.C. region with very heavy rain and high winds Friday afternoon into early evening.

Col. Roy-Alan Agustin, Vice Commander, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling ,a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, speaks during the JBAB Full Operational Capability ceremony held on the U.S. Air Force Ceremonial Lawn here on Oct.

WASHINGTON -- DC Water spokeswoman Pamela Mooring says that customers now have their water service back after crews repaired a broken water main that disrupted travel in the Dupont Circle area since Thursday morning.

A four-year-old Washington lobbying group called J Street has been stirring up debate - and campaigning for support - both in America and in Israel over the best way to support Israeli's interests and security.

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WASHINGTON -- Parts of Pennsylvania Avenue NW and surrounding streets were closed in DC after the report of a suspicious vehicle on Friday morning.

Despite above-average temperatures over the Memorial Day weekend, organizers of Abbey Road on the River estimate 21,000 people attended the five-day event.

The woman who became the Air Force's first female fighter pilot in 1993 is adding another first to her list of achievements.

Hundreds of Chuck Brown fans sporting Chuck Brown T-shirts and chatting about their favorite Chuck Brown concert memories descended Thursday morning on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the go-go godfather's last show, his public memorial service.

Miss Ellen Whitney Shatzen and Mr. Erik Lewis Johnson, both of Arlington, Va., were united in marriage at 4 p.m., on March 24, 2012, at Walker Chapel United Methodist Church in Arlington, Va., in a double-ring ceremony officiated by the Rev.

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There are plenty of open houses on both sides of the Potomac to keep you busy this weekend.