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Morgan County Rural Electric Association Youth Tour Representative Luke Nichols of Brush, front, right, discusses issues facing northeast Colorado with U.S. Representative John Salazar, left.

Is the era of the boutique over? Many high-end fashion lines have been struggling with decreased sales and the small boutiques that offered expensive clothing and personal service are finding their business greatly diminished during this recession as well.

Washington, DC.- No visit to Washington, DC would be complete without seeing the Star-Spangled Banner, at the recently renovated Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

A federal appeals court said Friday that police checkpoints in a crime-plagued Washington neighborhood are unconstitutional and ordered a lower court to reconsider its refusal to block the program.

Share + Jul 9, 2009 1:00 pm US/Central 1 of 1 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 22, 2009, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise "contrary ...

Five corrections workers at Washington's new youth center in Laurel, Md., have been fired by D.C.'s mayor after two escapes from the facility.

New America Media and Congresswoman Mazie K Hirono Invite you to a Roundtable Disucssion on: Women Immigrants The New Face of Migrant America Join pollster Sergio Bendixen and DC's leading immigrants rights advocates and ethnic media as they discuss the growing number and changing role of female immigrants in the U.S. and the ramifications for ...

Sen. John Ensign listens to testimony during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2007 in Washington, DC.

The promotion for Dan Brown's new thriller will itself be a bit of a puzzle. Publisher Doubleday announced Tuesday that Brown's "The Lost Symbol" _ his first novel since "The Da Vinci Code" _ will be preceded by a summer-long procession of "codes, cryptic trivia, puzzles, secret history, maps, aphorisms" and other daily teasers on Facebook and ...

Share + Jul 9, 2009 7:34 am US/Pacific WASHINGTON 1 of 1 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accepts the Award of Courage from amfAR at a forum on HIV/AIDS on Capitol Hill on May 13, 2009, in Washington, D.C. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images As lawmakers prepare to debate intelligence legislation, Democrats are accusing senior CIA officials of repeatedly ...

Shortly after reports surfaced that the US Attorney was choosing not to prosecute DC Councilman Marian Barry for stalking a recent girlfriend, the woman, Donna Watts-B, met with reporters in her Southeast Washington home and expressed regret about her romantic relationship with Barry.

Pickens' Natural Gas Push Rolls Into DC

Some 150 supporters of Xinjiang separatists on Tuesday held a demonstration in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington D.C., in an attempt to drum up support for their separatist activities.

Friday's Washington Times editorializes on the July 4 "tea party" movement, many of which are being organized by Libertarian activists or Libertarian Party affiliates.

The metro area's traffic ranked second only to Los Angeles in congestion, and the average driver wastes about 62 hours a year, according to a national traffic study released Wednesday.

Author Dan Brown is moving to Washington D.C. for the follow-up to his successful conspiracy theory novel "The Da Vinci Code," publisher Random House said on Wednesday.

Studying music is a wonderful and enriching experience for kids and adults alike.

President of the Uighur American Association Rebiya Kadeer, center, speaks at an Uighur protest at Dupont Circle in Washington on Tuesday, July 7, 2009.

DC police responded to two overnight shootings, one of which was fatal, following an already violent holiday weekend in DC.

Working to turn Russia from antagonist to ally, President Barack Obama asked the Russian people Tuesday to "forge a lasting partnership" with the U.S., but he acknowledged after talks with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that on divisive issues there won't be "a meeting of the minds anytime soon." Obama was wrapping up a two-day stay in Russia, ...