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Home Depot Product Sparks Store Fire
Tuesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m., firefighers responded to 150 Hampton Park Blvd. for a report of smoke inside of the building. The store was evacuated and sprinklers were ...
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NBC Special on Okla. Replaces The Voice Tues.
NBC will broadcast the special, hosted by Brian Williams, from 8 to 9 p.m. It will also air on MSNBC and the Weather Channel. Williams will report from Moore, ...
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N. Va. biotech has always been weak. How that could change.
Biotech has never quite taken flight in Northern Virginia. Whether that's due to the lack of a big corporate anchor or blue-chip research university, the dearth of wet labs, the attraction of a stronger scene in Montgomery County or pure dumb happenstance is anyone's guess. But on this side of the D.C. suburbs, the life sciences are not thriving. The story of Virginia biotech right now ...
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D.C. woman pleads guilty to April crash that killed pedestrian
A District woman who had been drinking alcohol and smoking crack cocaine before she drove a car up onto a sidewalk and killed a pedestrian last month in Southwest D.C. has pleaded ...
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Obama against prosecuting reporters for doing their jobs White House
President Obama believes in the need for balance between national security concerns and the ability of reporters to work freely, White House has ...
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Mr. Cook came to Washington and escaped unscathed
an apology . John McCain (Rep., Ariz.), after a bout of tax dodging rhetoric, wanted to know why his iPhone was constantly updating its apps. Even Levin was having a hard time getting up a head of righteous steam. Working from staff-prepared notes (and whispered instructions) on material he didn't seem to have mastered fully, he was left, at the end, with no choice but to filibuster. ...
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Washington has all but abandoned efforts to help the economy recover faster
Washington has all but abandoned efforts to help the economy recover faster - and lawmakers don’t seem worried that voters will punish them for it. There are no serious negotiations underway between the White House and congressional leaders on legislation to spur growth, and no bipartisan "gangs" of senators are huddling to craft a compromise job-creation ...
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Man Wanted for Throwing Rocks at Montgomery Co. Home
According to John Fitzgerald with the Chevy Chase Village Police Department, the suspect entered the backyard of a home in the 5500 block of Montgomery Street at approximately 1 p.m. April 29. He then repeatedly threw several large rocks at the home, causing thousands of dollars in damage to a set of French doors and a ...
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Shot Va. Officer Wants to Return to Duty Wife Says
In a News4 exclusive, the family of Alexandria police Officer Peter Laboy speaks out publicly for the first time since he was shot. News4's Mark Segraves reveals what Officer Laboy remembers from the day he was ...
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Burmese optimistic after historic White House visit
Burmese are celebrating an end to their long international isolation with the first state visit to the US by a Myanmar president in almost 50 ...
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Employee exodus drains D.C. economic development agency of key personnel
The District's economic development agency is experiencing a bout of brain drain. In the last six months, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development has lost a raft of key employees who were charged with oversight of some of the District's most important projects, from St. Elizabeths East to Poplar Point to Walter Reed. As there may be no more than a year and a ...
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White House Reporters shouldnt be prosecuted
White House spokesman Jay Carney says he can't comment on any specific government investigation into leaks of classified information. But he says Obama believes the questions currently being asked about how to strike the balance between protecting national security and journalists' freedom are entirely ...
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Donald Trumps acquisitions stretch from South Florida to Washington D.C.
Donald Trump plans to convert the Old Post Office in Washington, D.C. into a luxury hotel. Donald Trump has cleared a regulatory hurdle in his efforts to redevelop the Old Post Office in downtown Washington, D.C. into a luxury hotel, but is still in financial negotiations with the federal government. The redevelopment is the latest for Trump, who has had a number of acquisitions in South Florida ...
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Pentagon plays down Korean Peninsula tensions after missile tests
A KN-02 missile, the kind that it is believed North Korea has launched six times in the last few days. The US has tried to downplay the missile tests, citing decreased tensions on the peninsula. (Wikipedia/Wikimedia ...
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Sinkhole Closes Parts Of 14th St F St In DC
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- DC officials confirm 14th Street is closed between New York and Pennsylvania avenues and F Street is closed between 13th and 15th streets due to a sinkhole. We are told crews from the District Department of Transportation and DC Water are investigating. According to DDOT officials, "on F Street NW northbound traffic is being diverted at Pennsylvania Avenue and ...
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Government Workers Protest Shuts Down Traffic
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Protests in Washington, D.C. aren't new but this one shut down traffic during the height of the Tuesday morning commute. Some government workers want better wages. They marched out onto Pennsylvania Avenue shutting down the intersection of busy 14th Street. There were DC and Homeland Security police officers at every corner. Men and women who work at the food court ...
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Top 20 Places To Brunch In D.C.
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- D.C. is a big brunch city, but which restaurants serve the best brunch? Check out this photo gallery, courtesy of Yelp!, of 20 of the top brunch spots in ...
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First Virginia Community Bank raises $18.2M and counting
Six weeks into its latest capital campaign, First Virginia Community Bank has raised $18.2 million. That tops the Fairfax-based bank's minimum goal of $9.8 million, though the bank isn't done yet. It will keep selling shares through the end of May. The shares it sold so far were at $13.50 per share. That's lower than the $14 per share price the bank initially set when it rolled out ...
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MainStreet Bank offers up free donations tool for Oklahoma tornado relief
Fairfax-based MainStreet Bank is making its Aircharity donation tool available to banks in areas impacted by the deadly tornadoes this week. MainStreet Bank is offering up its Aircharity online donation tool to Oklahoma community banks in areas impacted by the deadly tornadoes this week, Fairfax-based MainStreet announced Tuesday. Aircharity is MainStreet's year-old tool that provides ...
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Century 21 Redwood expands in Prince William County
Century 21 Redwood Realty has acquired Century 21 Stackhouse & Associates in Montclair, Va. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Stackhouse & Associates was launched in 1998 by Cindy Stackhouse, the Virginia Association of Realtors "Realtor of the Year" in 2012. The acquisition brings Century 21 Redwood to seven offices with 265 real estate agents in Northern Virginia and ...
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Protesters denounce IRS at agencys headquarters
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their ...
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House Panel Shoves Pentagon-China Satellite Deal Out of the Airlock
A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying the APSTAR-7 communications satellite lifts off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province in March 2012. Photo: AP The Pentagon insists that its deal with a Chinese satellite firm to carry U.S. troops’ communications isn’t a security risk. But Congressmen with the ultra-influential House Armed Services Committee don’t ...
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NBAs Kevin Durant makes $1M tornado pledge
The American Red Cross announced Tuesday that the gift from The Durant Family Foundation is meant to match other donations and be an incentive for more people to give. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin ...
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Shot Alexandria Officer Recovering
In a News4 exclusive, the family of Alexandria police Officer Peter Laboy speaks out publicly for the first time since he was shot. News4's Mark Segraves reveals what Officer Laboy remembers from the day he was ...
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D.C. Woman Pleads Guilty in Fatal Pedestrian Accident
Maria Werts, 49, admitted to drinking alcohol and smoking cocaine prior to the April 28 accident on First Street SW. Werts ran a red light, made an illegal right turn and lost control of her car. The 2010 Toyota Yaris then jumped a sidewalk and pinned Emmajean Gainey to a tree. Gainey was killed ...
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