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Monday Jul 6 | City Paper

Marion Barry Arrest: The 'Stalkee' Tells What Happened

LL spoke this evening with Donna Watts-Brighthaupt , the 40-year-old woman whom Marion Barry has been charged with stalking .

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

hosted The Washington Post | The Washington Post

Museums Reassess Security

Almost every museum in Washington yesterday increased the visibility of its security force and began evaluating whether its current procedures are enough.

The task is a complicated one because, in general, Washington museums are well protected and greatly improved their procedures after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Also, an armed presence and checkpoints seem to go against the museum culture of being safe and open destinations for accessing beauty, education and entertainment.

But in the aftermath of the killing of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, allegedly by white supremacist James Wenneker von Brunn, museum officials were taking another look.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

The Washington Post

Get There: The Weekend and Beyond

This is a busy weekend, with better weather in the forecast. Here are some ideas about what's going on and how it will affect your travels.

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

The Washington Post

Rehab Set for 14th Street Bridges

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced this morning that the District will begin almost immediately to rehabilitate the 14th Street Bridges over the Potomac, launching a two-year project that will repair decay but slow travel for many of the 200,000 vehicles that cross them each day.

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Wed Apr 08, 2009

Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

Will streetcars really return to the Capital City?

Will streetcars really return to the Capital City? Stored by the manufacturer in the Czech Republic, DC Streetcars wait to be used.

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Sat Mar 21, 2009

DC Military

Waterfront plans big for spring festival

The Washington waterfront community has big plans for spring. From March 28 to April 12, the waterfront will literally spring to life as it hosts the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival to celebrate the blooming of the 3,000 cherry trees the Mayor of Tokyo gave to the city of Washington in 1912.

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Wed Mar 11, 2009

Washingtonian.com

The Blogger Beat: And Now, Anacostia

Blogger David Garber in the soon-to-be developed Anacostia Square. Photograph by Joseph Allen; Louis Ghost Chair by Philippe Starck, courtesy of Design Within Reach David Garber moved to Anacostia after a ...

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Thu Feb 26, 2009

GlobeSt.com

$220M Forensic Lab Forming...

Next month the District will break ground on a $220-million Comprehensive Forensic Laboratory.

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Wed Jan 21, 2009

Toronto Sun

Washington awash in jolly revolution

In the short and controversial history of Martin Luther King Day, there has never been one like yesterday.

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Tue Jan 20, 2009

Rock Hill Herald

The road to D.C.: Chaotic, memorable day in Washington

Herald reporter Matt Garfield and photographer Melissa Cherry are trekking to Washington, D.C. with a group of local alumni and friends of S.C. State University.

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Boston Globe

D.C. haunts reflect Obama's goals, challenges

Barack Obama held Charles Rollins, 1, yesterday as he visited Calvin Coolidge High School yesterday in Washington D.C. The Obamas of Chicago are the first true urbanites to move into the White House since the ...

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Mon Jan 12, 2009

ABS-CBN News

DC dry-run for Obama inauguration

WASHINGTON D.C. Planners held a full-scale dress rehearsal for next week's presidential inauguration activities that featured among others, a mock inaugural address from President-elect Barack Obama's stand-in. ...

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Thu Jan 08, 2009

Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

Manufacturing mobility chaos

Thursday, January 08, 2009 Manufacturing mobility chaos Aerial view of a traffic jam, 14th Street and the Mall, Washington, D.C., 1937.

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Sun Jan 04, 2009

The Boston Globe

On U Street, around Old Anacostia

The big front windows of the historic, multipurpose True Reformer building on U Street let in abundant natural light.

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Fri Dec 19, 2008

Associated Content

Free Health Clinics Located in Washington DC

Find >> Health & Wellness >> Free Health Clinics Located in Wash... Embed: Font Free and pay scale health care center healthcare clinics in Washington D.C. : Anacostia Healthcare Center 1328 W Street, SE ...

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Orlando Sentinel

Black experience in Washington takes the spotlight

Anyone intimately familiar with the nation's capital knows of its significant African-American population, a community both highly visible and deeply entrenched.

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Sat Dec 06, 2008

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

DC Counts Down 44 Days to Inauguration with 44 Free Experiences

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sunday, December 7, starts the 44-day countdown to the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.

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