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Obama approval rating holds steady in CNN poll
Barack Obama did not seem to do any serious damage to his popularity among U.S. voters, a CNN poll released Sunday concluded. The CNN/ORC International poll -- conducted Friday and Saturday -- pegged the president's job approval at 53 percent, slightly better than the 51 percent approval level the same poll found in early April. "That two-point difference is well within the ...
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Benghazi Crossfire Can White House And State Dept. Dodge Their Own Bullet Talking Points
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney answers questions during a press briefing at the White House May 10, 2013 in Washington, DC. Carney fielded questions primarily on recently disclosed information relating to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Is all of this Benghazi scandal stuff just a political Republican "witch-hunt" to ...
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White House Pushes Back At Fox News’ Effort To Politicize IRS Scandal
, host Chris Wallace pressured White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer about why the Obama administration didn’t act sooner to address the ...
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Charles County Assistant Sheriff Missing
An Assistant Sheriff in Charles County has apparently gone missing after having his police powers suspended amid an investigation into a domestic ...
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Washington scandals intrude on Mass. Senate race
BOSTON (AP) -- The controversies swirling around the Obama administration - from the IRS targeting of conservative groups to lingering questions about last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya - are threatening to engulf Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate ...
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Fire At Alexandria Restaurant
The single-alarm fire at Bugsy's Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar at 111 King Street broke out at around 9 a.m. Firefighters reported seeing smoke on all three floors and were spotted on the roof of the ...
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Anthrax drug brings $334M to Pentagon advisors biotech firm
Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a major threat to national ...
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This Week Transcript White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer
A rush transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday morning, May 19, 2013 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. STEPHANOPOULOS: Hello again. The Washington scandal factory kicking into high gear this week with jobs lost, lawyers hired, witnesses grilled, and outrage all around. As investigations intensify into IRS ...
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Serena Williams wins Italian Open
Victoria Azarenka in the finals of the Italian Open Sunday. Williams, No. 1 in the world, piled up six breaks, including one in the next-to-last game. She put the match away by holding serve at love to improve to 12-2 lifetime versus Azarenka, who is third in the rankings. Williams will be the clear favorite going into ...
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Dubai Women Establishment sign Memorandum of Understanding with The Protocol School of Washington
WAM Dubai, 19 May 2013 (WAM): Dubai Women Establishment (DWE) and The Protocol School of Washington (PSOW) today signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with a view to establishing programs that support and develop the vocational skills of women leaders, helping them to hone their capabilities and achieve greater personal and professional development. In line with Dubai Women ...
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MoF to receive UAEs national banks in Washington
WAM ABU DHABI: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has concluded three meetings with representatives of the UAE's national banks to discuss preparations for an upcoming meeting in Washington D.C. set to take place on 11th October , 2013, on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (October 11-13, 2013). The meetings shed light on ...
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Washington giving us reasons to worry
Revelations the past few days that the Internal Revenue Service has been giving special attention to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status have converged with the news that the Justice Department has been seizing phone records of The Associated Press. Reaction from both camps has been outrage seasoned with constitutional ...
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Wells Kicks Off DC Mayoral Campaign
Wells spoke at his campaign kickoff event Saturday about bringing the transformation of his home ward citywide. He also says he wants to restore integrity to city government, which has been beset by ...
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Haren hopes to close series strong against Padres
Since moving to the starting rotation at the end of April, Padres right-hander Andrew Cashner has been on quite a roll. In five starts this season, Cashner is 2-2 with a 2.51 ERA, allowing four runs or less in four of the starts. He'll try for that same kind of success in Sunday's series finale against the Nationals at Petco Park. While the right-hander didn't factor into the ...
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Nats offense unable to lift Zimmermanns strong start
WSH@SD: Zimmermann turns in strong outing vs. Padres SAN DIEGO -- Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann and left-hander Eric Stults found themselves in a pitcher's duel on Saturday evening at Petco Park. When it was over, Stults and the Padres won the battle, 2-1. The game was tied at 1 when the Padres went ahead in the bottom of the eighth inning on a single by Everth Cabrera. Alexi Amarista ...
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Bitcoiners rally to enlighten Washington
IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau) - Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday at a Silicon Valley conference devoted to the nascent digital currency. "Congress is the wild card here," said Jerry Brito , ...
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Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police shot to death www.privateofficer.com
Police have identified the man shot and killed in his Sterling home Friday night as Steven Spradling, 52, an officer of the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police Department. Rosangela Spradling, 42, has been charged with first degree murder is being held at the county jail without bond. A neighbor identified the pair as husband and wife. Two children were in the home, in the 21700 ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday May 19
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Joe Soucheray Hey Washington is anyone in charge out there
Joe Soucheray (John Doman, Pioneer Press) Maybe it is just me, a small player after all, out here in what used to be called flyover land, but I wonder if we haven't reached the point of this country, certainly this government, becoming unglued. I have been reading stories all week that used to inspire college kids to at least light candles, play Neil Young records and bang on drums. My ...
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Kaitlin Inglesbys gem helps Washington softball team past Hawaii 2-0 in NCAA regionals
In a matchup of top-flight pitchers, Washington's Kaitlin Inglesby was at her stratospheric best in a 2-0 win over Hawaii on Saturday in a second-round NCAA regional game at Husky Softball Stadium. Facing Australian Kaia Parnaby, who began the day tied for the Division I lead in victories with 38, Inglesby (22-7) tossed a two-hitter while striking out a season-high nine batters. She walked ...
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Dozens injured at Appalachian Trail Days parade in Damascus Va.
Dozens of people were injured Saturday when a car in the Appalachian Trail Days parade in Damascus, Va., plowed into the crowd. The car's driver, who was participating in the parade, apparently suffered a medical emergency, Damascus police chief William H. Nunley said. Nine people were transported to hospitals, but none had life-threatening injuries, The Washington Post reported. The car ...
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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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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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