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Undocumented Immigrants Brace for Reform
Those who dream of citizenship are pushing for comprehensive immigration reform as immigration lawyers prepare to see a surge of clients in the coming ...
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Officials Potomac River Can be Deadly
Rescue teams in our area want you to know that the Potomac River is not the place to take a dip on a hot summer day. Northern Virginia Bureau reporter David Culver tells us ...
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Unanswered questions surround White House scandals
That admission prompted further questions over whether Wolin had informed his boss at the time, former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and whether the scandal had been kept under wraps because it emerged during an election ...
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Zimmermann eyes eighth win in series opener vs. Phils
For years, the pressure and expectations in the National League East rested on the shoulders of the Phillies. But that is not the case in 2013. While few expected much before the season from the aging Phillies, the Nationals were a popular pick not only to make a run at their second consecutive division crown, but a World Series title, as well. But it has not gone to plan just yet for the ...
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Black Officeholders Alarmed by Jacksons Rhetoric
The Republican lieutenant governor nomination of outspoken conservative black minister E.W. Jackson, who has compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan, has alarmed black elected leaders in Virginia, all of them ...
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Robber Assaults Victim With Taser
The man approached the victim from behind in the 1500 block of 34th Street NW – four blocks from busy M Street – about 10 p.m. and stunned the victim with a ...
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Lawmakers press Pentagon VA to cooperate on claims backlog
WASHINGTON —— A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators emerged from a closed-door meeting ...
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Social Medias Immigration March on Washington
May 22, 2013 7:58pm The current march on Washington won’t fill the National Mall, or see an influx of buses down Constitution Avenue. But what it will do is clog your inbox. You can only see it on your computer, or mobile device, but it’s out there: a two- day virtual march on Washington with the goal of demanding immigration reform. ';We don’t see this as exclusive ...
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Washington Memo Torches and Pitchforks for I.R.S. but Cheers for Apple
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National Briefing | Washington Senate Committee Approves Bill on Compounding
A Senate committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would give the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over compounding pharmacies. The practice of compounding, the specialty mixing of medication for individual patients, drew national attention last fall when tainted products from a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts caused a fungal meningitis outbreak that killed more than 50 ...
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Milbank White House criminalizes basic journalism
When Rosen and I covered the Bush White House together a decade ago, I knew him as a scrappy reporter who had a fascination with Watergate trivia. He later wrote a sympathetic biography of John Mitchell, Nixon's disgraced attorney general. Now he's learning just how abusive a Justice Department can be, from an administration that has launched more leak prosecutions than all previous ...
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White House admits to killing four Americans with drones
legal defense for targeting al-alaki. holder wrote his targeting of americans including the attempted underwear bomber attack and the plot to hide bombs on cargo plans made him a legally justified target because he was an imminent threat, could not be captured and was a legitimate target under war. this comes on the eve of a speech in ...
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Men Robbed in Alexandria Home Overnight
Fairfax County police are investigating a report of three men allegedly robbing two men at a home in the 3700 block of North Rosser Street in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday ...
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Maryland Early College Program to Be Expanded
The proposed partnerships between Maryland public school systems and higher education institutions would be modeled after the Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George's Community College, a middle college high ...
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Appleformer Washington wallflower now at center of tax fight
By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON | Wed May 22, 2013 6:58pm EDT WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps inadvertently, on a top priority for U.S. business: simplifying America's tax code. Chief ...
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Pentagon New record plan wont help vet backlog
WASHINGTON -; The Pentagon has decided to buy a new computerized health records system to be able to better share and merge its data with the Department of Veterans Affairs, but officials cautioned that it was part of a "long-term modernization" effort and would not help ease the backlog in VA disability ...
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Vendor Someone Has Tampered With DC Ambulances
WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- The top mechanic at a company that repairs DC Fire Department ambulances suspects that somebody has been tampering with emergency vehicles. WUSA9 has obtained a copy of a letter the fleet services manager sent to Deputy fire Chief John Donnelly. In it he says, "I'm writing this to let you know that in my opinion these two ambulances have been tampered with. I ...
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Davey downplays any tension between Harper Soriano
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- Bryce Harper was quick to take the blame for Tuesday night's 4-2 loss, in which he misplayed a deep, ninth-inning fly ball that drove in the game-tying run for the Giants. Reliever Rafael Soriano apparently felt that Harper should receive the blame, as well. Soriano, who gave up the game-tying triple to Gregor Blanco and fell short of his 13th save of the year, told ...
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Nats return home from West Coast at perfect time
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Nationals might have entered the finale of a 10-game West Coast road trip at .500 with a 23-23 mark, but a losing streak that reached four games with Tuesday's 10th-inning walk-off loss is wearing on the team, which many pegged as a World Series contender. But manager Davey Johnson believes he has good control of the clubhouse. "I hope so," Johnson said. ...
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Amazon Creating 500 New Jobs in Fairfax County
"Amazon Web Services is a global, universally known company that has a significant Virginia presence as a strong corporate partner and employer," McDonnell said in a press release. "Adding a new office in Fairfax County allows the company close proximity to its IT and government customers in Virginia, and creates 500 highly technical ...
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Interim Superintendent Asked to Stay
Officials have asked Prince George's County Interim Superintendent Alvin Crawley to extend his contract, even though his resignation is effective in ...
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D.C. Council votes to end municipal bond tax spend Internet sales tax
The D.C. Council has voted in favor of a $10 billion plan that would increase Circulator bus fares, end the city's tax on certain bonds and earmark a potential spigot of Internet sales tax dollars to ease traffic fines. (Photo: Graeme ...
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Most tasteless question Apples CEO was asked in Washington
Perhaps it was odd enough that Sen. John McCain asked Tim Cook why he kept having to update the apps on his iPhone, but one question was even more ...
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Most funding restored for D.C. Water relocation at Capitol Riverfront
I'm closing the loop on the D.C. Council's budget skirmish over funding to move D.C. Water facilities out of the Capitol Riverfront. A couple of weeks after a council committee stripped the project of most of its funding, the full council on Wednesday restored enough that the work can move forward. Instead of $9 million in fiscal 2014, as Mayor Vincent Gray proposed, or $1 million, as ...
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White House says criticism of its handling of IRS story is legitimate
Even though the Obama administration is intent on getting to the bottom of the misconduct at the IRS, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday, there have been "legitimate criticisms of how we're handling this." After a week of heated questions regarding the IRS scandal, Carney finally told reporters on Monday ...
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