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Posted on Jan 07, 2010 by James Q. Lynch . Terry Branstad UPDATE: Former Gov. Terry Branstad officially entered the race for the Republican nomination for governor Thursday, announcing via Twitter he'll make a 17-city tour of the state beginning Jan.

The mystery man starring in a new movie in town - State Dinner Crashers: The Sequel - has come forward.

A lawyer for the alleged 'third crasher' says his client went to the White House state dinner after receiving an invitation in the mail and stayed for the dinner, contrary to official claims.

A. Scott Bolden, a veteran Washington defense attorney with the firm Reed Smith, did not provide details about how Carlos Allen came to attend nor did he provide evidence of an invitation. The Secret Service is investigating because Allen was not on the official guest list.

Allen, 39, is publisher of a fledgling online society magazine whose party house has drawn complaints from his Mount Pleasant neighbors. As it happens, he also once socialized with Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the original unexpected White House guests.

New Delhi, Jan 5 : Agencies in charge of VIP security in India were in the dark about the presence of another uninvited guest at the Nov 24 White House state dinner and have sought details from the US Secret Service of the third crasher who reportedly got in with the official Indian delegation.

Sylvia Smith Warnkin entered into eternal peace on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 surrounded by her loving family.

South Carolina would set a new standard for the way military servicemen and women and their families are treated under a bill Rep.

A street, or rather "encounter zone," in Rome. Well, here's a novel idea : Mount Pleasant's ANC 1D would like to turn Mount Pleasant Street into a "'pedestrian encounter zone,' sharply reducing traffic speeds, and prohibiting the use of the street for through traffic." An ANC resolution reads: "European cities have had great success with "encounter ...

Adrian Deveny left his office at the U.S. Department of Energy in Southwest D.C. one night two weeks ago and decided to take a slightly different route home.

On Tuesday, October 27, Wednesday October 28, Thursday October 29, and Thursday, November 5 , the Washington Area Bicyclist Association , the District Department of Transportation and the City of Alexandria will be handing out free bike lights to cyclists as part of the fall a oeGot Lights?a bicycle safety and education campaign.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 2128 S. Main St., will hear the Rev. Jerry Rigdon's sermon, "Soul" during the 9:45 a.m. service Sunday.

U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack won't begin a series of town hall meetings in Iowa's 2nd District until Saturday, but that didn't stop supporters and opponents of proposed health care reform measures from gathering outside his office Wednesday during a press conference.

DC Urban Dad's Matt with his daughter, Mini-Kamp, outside their Mount Pleasant home.

DC Urban Dad's Matt with his daughter, Mini-Kamp, outside their Mount Pleasant home.

DC Urban Dad's Matt with his daughter, Mini-Kamp, outside their Mount Pleasant home.

HAMMONTON -- Temple Beth El, 642 Bellevue Ave., will hold an open house and Shabbat service at 7 tonight.

DC Urban Dad's Matt with his daughter, Mini-Kamp, outside their Mount Pleasant home.

For the hipsters, post-hipsters or quasi-hipsters who moved into Columbia Heights several years ago for the grit and the cheap rent and the proximity to the Wonderland Ballroom (the hipster, post-hipster or quasi-hipster bar that sponsors local music and nights like 'Sundress Fest'), life can be divided into two discrete phases: Before Target. After Target.

'Is four times a week bad?' asks Liz Bartolomeo, 26, who works for an arts nonprofit group in Washington and lives at 14th and Irving streets NW. Because she's hitting Target up to four times a week. 'It's 'Oh, I need to get cat food.' Then, 'Oh, maybe I'll see what they have for dinner.' 'Oh, I need cotton balls.' 'Oh, I'll see what's on sale.' Before you know it I have a T-shirt, shorts, maybe a new dress.' Most of what Bartolomeo buys could have been bought in the CVS just across the street, which has been in the neighborhood for several years. 'But I don't want to go to CVS anymore,' she says. 'The deodorant is locked up in the CVS.'

The second half of the bar's official name is a total lie, unless you count the overpriced beef jerky on the shelf next to the liquor bottles.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 2128 S. Main St., will hear the Rev. Jerry Rigdon's sermon "A View From Home" during the 9:45 a.m. service Sunday.