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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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Theft of design data of F-35 jet Canada is considering is helping adversaries Pentagon
An F-35 fighter jet prepares for landing with its lift fan cover deployed over Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., in this undated handout file image. Lockheed Martin, the U.S. manufacturer of the stealth fighter, has signed a deal with a leading Canadian maker of flight simulators in anticipation of the federal government choosing to stick with the controversial program. (Lockheed ...
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Washington Wizards 2013 NBA Summer League Schedule Announced
The National Basketball Association released today the schedule for the 2013 NBA Summer League. The Wizards will play in three preliminary round games from July 13-16 before being seeded in a tournament running through the Championship Game on July 22. Washington will play its first game on Saturday, July 13 vs. Golden State at 4:00 p.m. EST. Their next two games are scheduled for Sunday, July ...
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Monumental Sports Entertainment Wins Two Emmy Awards for Broadcast Excellence Six Bronze Telly Awards for Film Video Production
Monumental Teams Combine to Win Three Emmy Awards WASHINGTON, DC - Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which launched Monumental Network in January 2013 alongside a new productions department, earned two Emmy Awards at the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gala on June 15. Earlier in the month Monumental Sports was the recipient ...
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Issa Angry As Transcripts Show He Fixed ‘Facts’ Of IRS Case Around His Claims Of White House Corruption
one of the most corrupt '; in history, has been working overtime in recent weeks in an attempt to prove his charge, even if it means he has to manipulate the evidence to do so. Issa chairs the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and as such has been the GOP point man on the IRS scandal that has been making news in recent weeks. In case you have been away, here’s ...
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Metro Wants More Tests on Transit Center
In spite of a 2008 agreement for Metro to take control of the Silver Spring Transit Center, a Metro official says the company will not do so without seeing the results of new ...
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White House Notebook Obama Ditches Jacket
US President Barack Obama takes off his jacket due to warm weather while he delivers a speech in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Wednesday, June 19, 2013. On the second day of his visit to Germany, Obama met with German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel before delivering a speech at Brandenburg Gate. (AP Photo/Michael ...
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Mr. Duggar Goes to Washington
star Josh Duggar has a new role to put on his resume. Duggar has been hired as the executive director of Family Research Council Action, the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian organization based in Washington, D.C., according to the ...
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Washington parents ruse snares man wooing daughter
SPOKANE, Wash.-A father who discovered his 15-year-old daughter was being wooed on Facebook by a man twice her age took matters into his own hands. He hatched a Facebook ruse that drew the 30-year-old Federal Way man to Spokane earlier this month. Then the father and a couple of his buddies staked out the arranged meeting spot and blocked the man's escape until police arrived. ...
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Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet Pentagon says its priciest program improving
WASHINGTON -- Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build. Chairing the hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin lamented that the F-35 already has cost taxpayers billions more than what Congress signed up for more ...
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Google Russia denies giving Washington access to servers
Google did not give the US special services access to its servers, head of Google Russia said Wednesday."We didn't give the US government or the authorities of any other country direct access to our servers. All claims that we allegedly did it are false," Julia Solovyova told Moscow's business Kommersant daily.Such requests come regularly but the company only responded to ...
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