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Harper gets day off with sore left knee
Email SAN DIEGO -- Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was out of Saturday's lineup against the Padres because of soreness in his left knee. Harper hurt the knee after he banged into the wall Monday against the Dodgers. Besides the knee injury, Harper jammed his left shoulder, suffered a sore abdomen and nausea. He had an MRI on Friday to check on the abdomen and the results came back ...
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Duke to get the spot start on Monday vs. Giants
Email SAN DIEGO -- Nationals manager Davey Johnson has decided that left-hander Zach Duke will start Monday night against the Giants at AT&T Park. Johnson picked Duke over right-hander Craig Stammen because Johnson didn't want to break Stammen's routine as a reliever. Stammen is having another great season in the bullpen. In 11 games, he has a 2.25 ERA. Johnson hasn't been ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 18
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Biker killed on U Street identified
Andre Brands, 50, was riding south on 11th Street near the U Street intersection, police said, when he was struck by a car. Brand was not wearing a ...
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Councilman Tommy Wells returns focus to D.C. fire department
A day before Ward 6 Councilman Tommy Wells officially announced he was running for mayor, he undertook what has become a reoccurring role: holding D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's feet to the ...
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Mitt Romney condemns breach of trust in Washington as controversy reigns
As controversies continue to fester over the IRS, Benghazi and the Justice Department's seizure of reporters' phone records, 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney condemned the government for a "breach of trust" during an interview on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" broadcast Friday night. In each of the three controversies currently gripping Washington, ...
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Southeast student maces others in fight
Police said a group of at least 10 students got into a fight at the school -- located at 34014th Street SE -- then one student pulled out mace and began ...
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Report Obama Trims Afghan War Budget Request
The Reuters news agency quotes an unidentified White House aide as saying the president has decreased his request for funding the war in Afghanistan by 10 percent for the 2014 fiscal year budget. The report says the president reduced his original request from $88.5 billion to $79.4 billion. The White House issued a statement Friday saying the change was made to account for the drawdown of ...
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Man Fatally Shot Inside SE DC Apartment
WASHINGTON (AP) - D.C. police say a 28-year-old man was shot and killed in an apartment blocks away from the Anacostia Metro station in southeast Washington. The shooting occurred Thursday afternoon in the 1200 block of Talbert Street, Southeast. Police say the victim, Charles Garris, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy. ...
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Emphasizing Ethics Wells Announces Mayoral Run
The race to be elected Mayor of the District of Columbia in 2014 now has two official participants after Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells officially announced his candidacy Saturday afternoon in Northeast ...
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Smithsonian Asks Public To Help Fund Yoga Exhibit
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian is asking for the public to help fund an exhibit about the history of yoga. The first-ever exhibition on the visual history of yoga is scheduled to debut this fall at the Sackler Gallery. Local media reports that on May 29, the Smithsonian will launch an online fundraising campaign that's the first of its time for the institution. The goal is to raise ...
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Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns
Over the past month there has been a statistically improbable concurrence of events that can only be explained as a conspiracy to protect the dollar from the Federal Reserve's policy of Quantitative Easing (QE). Quantitative Easing is the term given to the Federal Reserve's policy of printing 1,000 billion new dollars annually in order to finance the US budget deficit by purchasing US ...
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Pentagon approves iPhone Apple products for military use
This picture taken 26 December 2011 shows the Pentagon building in Washington, DC. It is the world's largest office building by floor area. Approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon. (AFP/AFP/Getty ...
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Bicyclist Fatally Struck By Car In DC Identified
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The bicyclist who was fatally struck on Thursday by a car has been identified, police say. Andre Brands, 50, was struck by a Nissan Altima on on Thursday as he was traveling south on 11th Street, near the U Street intersection, DC police said. Brand, who was not wearing a helmet, was transported to a local hospital where he died due to his injuries, police said. The ...
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DCTC Yanks Licenses From 2 More Cabbies
Two taxicab drivers have had their licenses suspended indefinitely after they were arrested and charged with simple assault following an altercation earlier this ...
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Slave Cabin to Get Museum Home in Washington
Junior Meggett, 80, in the onetime antebellum slave cabin on Edisto Island, S.C., in which his aunt and uncle lived in the 1940s. He lived in a different but identical ...
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France gets Pentagon backing to buy U.S.-made drones paper
Le Monde newspaper said on Saturday. With its current hardware increasingly outdated, France is urgently trying to build up a modern fleet of drones for surveillance operations in countries such as Mali. Le Monde said France intended to eventually buy a total of five or seven Reapers, built by privately held General Atomics, for 300 million euros ($385 million). The French-led military ...
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National Police Week draws thousands of officers to Washington
View results WASHINGTON - Tens of thousands of police officers from around the country are in Washington as part of National Police Week.Scheduled events include a conference for family members of officers who have died in the line of duty, an honor guard competition and a memorial service.The memorial service, which recognizes fallen police officers, began in 1982.Between 25,000 and 40,000 ...
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Washington vs. The People
It would be wrong to view the controversy over the IRS scandal as a typical Republican vs. Democrat squabble. The IRS is a powerful agency that can influence nearly every decision Americans make through its authority to tax and regulate. The IRS grows stronger and more powerful the more the federal government spends and borrows.Organizations and individuals who promote fiscal responsibility, ...
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Man Shot Killed in Loudoun County
Loudoun County Police say a woman shot and killed her husband Friday night in Sterling, Loudoun County, in what’s believed to have been a domestic ...
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Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Virginia
A Fredericksburg couple says they're still in shock after winning a $217 million Powerball jackpot. David Honeywell bought the winning ticket at an airport kiosk in Richmond earlier this month. News4's Richard Jordan was there as the couple collected their winnings and ...
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Pentagon reports growth of sex crimes in U.S. Army
On Tuesday, the Pentagon released a report about cases of sexual crimes in the U.S. Army. According to statistics, in 2012, there were 26,000 various crimes committed, including rape, in the U.S. Army. Only 3,374 of such crimes were registered ...
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D.C. Police Investigate 3 Overnight Shootings
The second shooting happened at around 2:45 a.m. at the intersection of North Capitol and S Streets NE. Police say a person was shot in the head and was unconscious and non-responsive. The victim's age and gender were not specified. DC ...
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