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Saturday | Examiner.com

District of Columbia EPA Administrator chosen

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced Shawn W. Garvin as the new Region 3 administrator.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law, Washington DC

Fri Nov 06, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

Mrs. Obama, How Did Your Garden Grow?

Rarely has a giant sweet potato, a muddy knee and a stubbornly rooted fennel plant caused such a stir.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables, Michelle Obama, Washington DC

Thu Nov 05, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

States With Jobless Rates of 8.5 Percent and Above

Legislation passed by the Senate Wednesday would extend unemployment insurance benefits by 14 weeks for jobless people in all states who have exhausted their benefits.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Illinois

Wed Nov 04, 2009

NewsChannel 8

Applications Accepted for DC Judge

Norton's Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission will take applications for the vacancy through Dec.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Tue Nov 03, 2009

WJLA-TV Arlington

Norton Wants DC District Attorney

On Tuesday, Norton introduced a bill in Congress that would allow D.C. residents to elect their own district attorney.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Offbeat

GISCafe

The District of Columbia Selects Envista to Coordinate Roadway and Utility Projects

Nation's Capital Adopts Web-based Solution for Planning Efficient Infrastructure Work November 03, 2009 -- Envista Corporation, a provider of web-based software for infrastructure project coordination, today announced the District of Columbia is deploying Envista's map-driven application.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Science / Technology, Software as a Service

Mon Nov 02, 2009

District Chronicles

District of Columbia: Mayor Fenty names homeland security director

Millicent Williams has been selected to serve as Director of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency .

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Related Topix: Washington DC

Free Republic

Same-sex marriage law in D.C. could ‘suppress’...

Washington D.C., Nov 1, 2009 / 03:10 am .- A Washington, D.C. City Council proposal to recognize same-sex 'marriage' would redefine marriage and could force Catholic educational and charitable institutions to close or face lawsuits, burdensome regulation and the compromising of their faith, the Archdiocese of Washington has warned.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Non-Profit, Washington DC

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Arkansas Online

Arkansas powers way into big-time jackpot

Arkansasa lottery plunged into selling tickets to the Powerball multimillion-dollar jackpot Saturday night, joining 30 other states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Related Topix: Lottery, Arkansas, Arkansas Government, Washington DC

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Internet Archive

District of Columbia payroll database 2008

This item is a list of 35,000 employees of the District of Columbia at the end of December 2008, listing the name, job title, hire date, and salary of each.

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Related Topix: Washington DC

WKRG-TV Mobile

Convicted Sniper Will Die Bya

Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection when he is executed next month.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, Alabama Government, Alabama, Louisiana, Louisiana Government, Maryland Government, Maryland, Washington DC

Thu Oct 29, 2009

WXMI

Michelle Obama, DC public schoolchildren help with 2nd major harvest of White House garden

Cupboards at a soup kitchen near the White House will be spilling over for several days after a donation of fresh produce harvested Thursday from first lady Michelle Obama's vegetable garden.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Michelle Obama, Life, Food, Vegetables, Washington DC, Potatoes

Iobserve

Archdiocese opposes legalizing gay marriage in District of Columbia

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON - The Washington Archdiocese said in written testimony Oct.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Gay/Lesbian, Washington DC, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Center for Cooperative Research

September 2007: CIA Officer Later Accused of Date Rape Appointed Chief of Station in Algeria

Andrew Warren, a CIA officer who has previously served in Afghanistan and Egypt, is assigned to the US embassy in Algeria.

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Related Topix: Washington DC

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Wizbang

49 Out of 50 States Have Fewer Jobs Now

Seven months after passage of the "stimulus" plan, 49 out of 50 states have lost jobs.

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Related Topix: Washington DC

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Lobbyist indicted for conspiracy to act as Sudanese agent, violate sanctions.

Robert J. Cabelly, 61, of Washington, D.C., has been indicted in the District of Columbia in an eight-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to violate the Sudanese sanctions regulations and to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign power, four counts of violating the Sudanese sanctions regulations, as well as one count apiece of money ...

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Related Topix: Washington DC

Tue Oct 27, 2009

5NEWSonline.com

Malia and Sasha Obama get their swine flu shots; Obama and first lady to wait a little longer

President Barack Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, have received their swine flu shots.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Washington DC, Michelle Obama

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Fighting H.I.V., a Community at a Time

Federal health officials are preparing a plan to study a bold new strategy to stop the spread of the AIDS virus: routinely testing virtually every adult in a community, and promptly treating those found to be infected.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mon Oct 26, 2009

District Chronicles

District of Columbia: Free H1N1 vaccine for DC youth, expecting mothers

District residents can receive a free vaccination for the H1N1 influenza based on priority categories.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

NewsChannel 8

Man Accused of Pimping His Foster

Authorities say a man accused of selling underage girls for sex in the District of Columbia was the foster father of one of his victims.

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Related Topix: Washington DC

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