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Maryland TEDCO honors three Prince Georges County tech companies
Three Prince George's County companies took home honors from the Maryland Technology Development Corp. Three Prince Georges County technology companies took top honors in a Maryland Technology Development Corp. business contest. Remedium Technologies Inc. in College Park, TRX Systems Inc. in Greenbelt and Genesis Engineering Solutions in Lanham were recognized for their innovation, corporate ...
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Washington license plate fee to help pay for wolf kills
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Legislation signed Tuesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee adds $10 to the cost of a personalized Washington license plate with the money going to help compensate livestock owners for wolf kills.The legislation was requested by the state Fish and Wildlife Department to reimburse farmers and ranchers who lose animals to the recovering wolf population.State wildlife managers ...
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Coaches best-paid state employees in Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Football and basketball coaches are the top-paid state employees in Washington. University of Washington coach Steve Sarkisian earned $2.7 million last year, followed by Washington State University coach Mike Leach at $2.3 million. The Office of Financial Management recently released the state employee salary list. Third on the list is UW basketball coach Lorenzo Romar ...
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White House visits under microscope as former IRS chief testifies
Rep. Jim Jordan presses former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman over meetings Shulman attended at the White House during the time that political targeting was said to be taking ...
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2 Washington County high schools get bomb threats
"It was a statement basically that someone may bring a bomb to our building," Jackson said. "We evacuated to the field, and now the high school students have been sent home. We don't deem the threat to be credible. However, as a precautionary reason we did have our buildings swept by the Washington County Bomb Unit. Currently the building is all ...
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NBC4 Holds Telethon Thurs. for Tornado Victims
"We got a lot of requests and questions from viewers asking how they can help," said NBC4 Assistant News Director Matthew Glassman. "This is a true community ...
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Southwest adds Reagan National-Houston nonstop
Southwest Airlines will start a daily nonstop flight from Reagan National Airport to Houston Hobby Airport. Southwest Airlines will start a daily nonstop flight from Reagan National Airport to Houston Hobby Airport, taking over slots given up by Spirit Airlines when it moved its Washington-area flights to BWI/Marshall Airport last year. While it will be one of the longer nonstop flights out of ...
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CEB breaks world record for sandwich making
More than 500 local employees with The Corporate Executive Board made 1,000 turkey-and-cheese sandwiches in less than five minutes, a Guinness record for largest group simultaneously making sandwiches. Arlington-based The Corporate Executive Board Co. is now in the Guinness Book of World Records. Not for corporate consulting or research, but for sandwich making. As part of its companywide ...
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Washington alienated by Tokyo rightists
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's rhetoric proved to have an impressive reach on a recent visit to the US. A series of speeches in Washington caused a panic in Japan, far across the Pacific.The panic stemmed from a declaration at a banquet where Park expressed her willingness to address the North Korea issue in concerted efforts with China and the US after the North suspends its ...
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Amazon Web Services to expand in Fairfax County add 500 IT-focused jobs
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Amazon Web Services, Inc., (AWS), an Amazon.com company, will expand in Fairfax County and add 500 new jobs to the county economy. Launched in 2006, AWS (@awscloud) designs and offers IT infrastructure services to businesses and government customers in the form of cloud computing, including web ...
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Rockville CPA firm Thompson Associates merging into Santos Postal
Accounting firm Thompson & Associates PC has agreed to merge into Santos, Postal & Co. PC. Both firms are based in Rockville. The deal is expected to close Aug. 1. Terms were not disclosed. Santos, Postal now has a staff of 26, including 16 certified public accountants. Thompson has 10 employees, including six accountants, all of whom will be joining Santos, Postal. Thompson's Rockville ...
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Capital Teas coming to Mosaic
Today brings another retail announcement for Mosaic District in Merrifield: Capital Teas, the Annapolis, Md.-based tea shop with several locations throughout the Washington area, will open in Mosaic this fall, according to Mosaic's Facebook page. Capital Teas has existing locations in Bethesda Row, the Wildwood Shopping Center in Bethesda, Dupont Circle, Georgetown, National Harbor and ...
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Victim IDd in Alexandria Shooting Deputy on Leave
Deputy Craig Patterson, a 17-year veteran with the sheriff's office, got into some sort of dispute with 22-year-old Julian Dawkins on the corner of Lynnhaven Drive and Evans Lane around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Alexandria police ...
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D.C. sues feds over $20 million wage ruling
The District is moving a long-running regulatory clash with the U.S. Department of Labor to a courtroom after a series of rulings that threaten to add $20 million in underpaid wages to the cost of a major mixed-use ...
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Suspect in D.C. killings captured in yearlong manhunt
Reynard Cook was captured near State College over the weekend, nearly one year to the day that his girlfriend was slain, May 20, 2012, authorities say. He is awaiting extradition to ...
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The 3-Minute Interview Robert Gebbia organizer of all-night walk for suicide awareness
Robert Gebbia is executive director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The organization is holding its Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk in D.C. from the evening of June 1 to the morning of June ...
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State Sen. Pat Steadman receiving White House honor
Democratic Sen. Pat Steadman is embraced by colleague Sen. Gail Schwartz after a civil unions law for same-sex couples took another step in the Colorado Senate om Feb. 8, 2013. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post file) DENVER-A Colorado state senator is visiting the White House to receive an honor given to openly gay, lesbian and transgendered public officials. Democratic Sen. Pat Steadman of ...
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Developers often dont fully deliver on promises
The District has handed out nearly $2 billion in subsidies for 110 developments across the city, WAMU reports. The results aren't stellar: About half of the projects included flaws, and a third either missed requirements on hiring local businesses, or paperwork can't be ...
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Homebuyers in D.C. paying more than asking price
In the District's most popular neighborhoods, it is most definitely a seller's market now. In the District's most popular neighborhoods, it is most definitely a seller's market now. Long & Foster says median selling prices for houses and condos in April in Logon and Dupont Circles, Columbia Heights, U Street and Capitol Hill were all above list price. Chevy Chase remained the ...
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Columbia firm slated to build Prince Georges County transit center
Columbia, Md.-based Costello Construction Co. has been selected to build a $13 million transit center in Prince Georges County at one of the Maryland Transit Administration's busiest bus hubs. Eleven bus routes pass through the corner of University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue in Langley Park. Transportation officials have struggled for years to stem the problem of pedestrians being ...
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Bobbys Burger Palace boasts massive line for newest location
Bobby Flay Bobby's Burger Palace has opened its third location in Greater Washington, the latest at Potomac Mills in Woodbridge. Lines for the lunchtime opening stretched down the street and around the block, DC Eater reports. But there will be locations to come. Flay said construction is about to start for a location in Bethesda, and another slated for Towson, Md., will open next ...
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Furlough situation leaving you confused Guest Blog
First everyone was going to be furloughed for many days. Next, everyone would be furloughed, but for fewer days. Later, some people would be furloughed, but not everyone. Now, some of the people who were going to be furloughed wont be, after all. This is more like an Abbot and Costello routine than a way to run a government. Yet, contractors and their government customers are being asked to try ...
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Properties worth $17.5 million sold for $88
Blue Skye Construction and Donatelli Development have won or partnered on 25 percent of land deals in the District since 2008. The appraised value of the public land is $17.5 million, WAMU reports. But the price paid was a nice dinner for two in the District: ...
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Education spending Idaho worst Washington below average
SPOKANE, Wash. — A report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Idaho remains at the bottom of public education spending. The Spokesman-Review ( http://bit.ly/192nNDO) reports that Idaho spent about $6,800 per student for the 2010-2011 school year. Only Utah spent less, at roughly $6,200 per student. It's the third straight year that Idaho has ranked second-to-last on the list. ...
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CORRECTED-White House threatens veto of bill to bypass Obama on Keystone
Wed May 22, 2013 10:24am EDT (Corrects to 67 from 60 the votes needed in Senate to overcome presidential veto) By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON May 21 (Reuters) - The White House has threatened to veto legislation pending in the U.S House of Representatives that could strip from President Barack Obama the authority to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The Republican-controlled House is ...
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