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Man Arrested for Stealing 63-Year-OId Womans iPad
Johnny Alejandro Turcios, 18, was arrested on the same day police say he assaulted a woman in her 60s and attempted to steal her purse but got away with just her ...
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Video Frederick Douglass Booker T. Washington descendent fights modern-day slavery
Being the descendent of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington could be intimidating for some, but Ken Morris' background inspired him to fight modern-day slavery. Jim Axelrod ...
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GUEST COMMENTARY Report from Washington on immigration
As state chairman of the Alabama Immigration Compact, I have been very involved with the National Immigration Forum in Washington, D.C., over the past 16 months. On June 12, I attended an NIF national meeting to address immigration issues with House and Senate ...
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Bay Bridge Tolls Going Up
Driving across the Baltimore Harbor will cost you $4 starting July 1, if you pay with cash. That’s up $1 E-ZPass rates are going up to $3.60 from ...
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Washington Sports Clubs To Offer I Am Beach Buff Telephone Hotline For Summer Exercise Advice
Feel like you're not beach-body ready? Now there is a hotline for that. Washington Sports Clubs will be running what they call an "I Am Buff Beach Help Hotline" Friday through Sunday, 6 a.m. through 9 p.m. No, the hotline is not a way to convince you that you are wonderful just the way you are. Instead the gym chain will be doling out fitness ...
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Senators challenging White House on religious expression in military
Two U.S. senators have pushed forward a second challenge to the Obama administration's opposition to legislative language that offers a ';protection of rights of conscience of members of the Armed Forces and ...
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Rape charges brought against three Navy football players
Three U.S. Naval Academy football players Wednesday were charged with raping a female midshipman and lying in an official statement. The suspects' names were not made public by academy officials, The Washington Post reported. Their names won't be released officially until a preliminary hearing expected to take place this summer, military law experts told the newspaper. The female ...
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper opens office in Washington
) WASHINGTON - Gov. John Hickenlooper has launched a Colorado office in the nation's capital to push the state's agenda in front of Congress and federal agencies.The state is now among 32 other states that have offices or advocates in Washington.The one-person office, headed by Colorado native and lawyer Jena Griswold, will monitor legislation on Capitol Hill and comb for federal grant ...
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Tea party rallies against IRS in Washington
Tea Party Patriots hold a rally to protest the Internal Revenue Service's abuse of power in targeting Tea Party and grassroots organizations for harassment in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC. | Olivier Douliery/Abaca ...
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Metro Train Intercoms Malfunction
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - Broken intercoms on metro trains and emergency call buttons that don't work, are some of the issues metro riders have been complaining about for years. Today Metro admitted the riders were right. Dozens of trains run every day with emergency intercoms that do not work and in some cases they have not worked for nearly six years. The problem only happens when you ...
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DC Mayor Looking Like a Candidate Despite Federal Probe
WASHINGTON (WUSA9)-- Associates to DC Mayor Vincent Gray tell WUSA9 that the Mayor is preparing to launch a campaign for re-election and his daily schedule reflects that. Using the power of incumbency Gray staffers have stacked his schedule with the type of appearances he made on Wednesday in far northeast. Gray helped cut the ribbon for the long awaited Nannie Helen Burroughs apartments in a ...
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Bear Spotted in Gaithersburg
The bear was seen on Quince Orchard Road and Darnestown Road at 6:30 a.m. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources informed neighbors to leave the bear alone and let it return to its natural ...
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Teen Paralyzed Last Summer Walks at Graduation
In July 2012, the Burke, Va., teen was paralyzed in a swimming accident while on a family vacation in Hawaii. The past 11 months have been filled with intense ...
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Losing Max Preventing Autistic Children From Wandering
Parents and autism groups say schools need to do a better job preventing autistic students, like Max Masucci, from disappearing while at ...
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Democratic senator asks Pentagon chief to rethink force-feeding of Guantanamo detainees
WASHINGTON - The force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, runs counter to international standards, medical ethics and the practices at American prisons, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday in pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, who travelled to Guantanamo earlier ...
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Intel chief presses Pentagon to be more humane
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she opposes the force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment.Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday saying the force-feeding is a policy that conflicts ...
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Reid says Washington D.C. deserves to become a state
Harry Reid END .inline-content --> Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid already presides over a body of 100 senators. But he wouldn't mind if two more join the fold. At a dedication ceremony for a statue of civil rights leader Frederick Douglas, the first District of Columbian to in the Capitol's Emancipation Hall, Reid said he thought it was high time the District of Columbia be ...
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Dem senator presses Pentagon on Guantanamo feeding
WASHINGTON - The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says she opposes the force-feeding of terror suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is pressing the Pentagon to establish a more humane treatment.Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday saying the force-feeding is a policy that conflicts with ...
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More than 1000 Human Trafficking Calls Made in DMV
uncovered an investigation into possible human trafficking of two Philippine women at a Saudi-owned compound in McLean, Va. News4 reporter Richard Jordan reported the State Department said diplomatic immunity may apply in this ...
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Obama Merkel exchange toasts in Berlin
U.S. President Barack Obama kisses German Chancellor Angela Merkel after she finished her speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 19, 2013. Obama is in Berlin on his first official state visit to Germany and spoke at the historic site where fifty years earlier U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David ...
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Police Seeking Suspect In 4 Stabbings
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Police need your help finding a man who they say could be responsible for four different stabbings. The suspect is described as a black or Hispanic male with a light to medium complexion, short brown hair, and is 5' 8" to 6' 1" with a slim athletic build, police said. The stabbings happened on May 5, June 10, June 14 and June 19 in Northwest D.C. and ...
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Senator rips Pentagon over contract with company arming Syrian regime
In this photo released on June 5, 2013 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad stand on a truck full of aid supplies in Qusair, ...
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Boeing $13.7 Million Repay Company Accused of Overcharging the Pentagon for Parts
Addressing an audit conducted by the Pentagon's Inspector General, the Defense Logistics Agency has accused Boeing of overcharging for a number of spare parts. This is the second time in two years that an audit report of Boeing has resulted in accusations that the company is overcharging for parts.The Defense Logistics Agency "is seeking a refund from Boeing," spokeswoman Michelle ...
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China North Korea call for new six-party talks on nuclear issues
Kim Kye Gwan , North Korea's senior nuclear negotiator, and Zhang Yesui, China's vice foreign minister, called Wednesday for a restart of six-party talks. The two met in Beijing, CNN reported. While few details were released, they issued a statement saying the talks should resume to "peacefully solve nuclear issues through dialogue." The meeting comes at a time when ...
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A Drone Shadow That Stalks the White House
A white, life-size outline of a reaper drone lays in front of Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery of Art at the corner of 17th Street and E Street, only a few blocks from the White House. The work, titled "Drone Shadow 004," is part of a small exhibit – five in all – at the museum's Gallery 31, which examines the use of ...
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