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Is Catholic Church taking over health care in Washington
Lord knows our schools have problems. But suppose we tried to solve them by doing something radical - say, turning the schools over to the Catholic Church. On the plus side, the Catholics have a good record of running quality schools. The minus side - besides the whole plan being unconstitutional - is that vast majorities of people around here don’t necessarily share Catholic religious ...
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Matt Cowell opens 3-shot lead in Washington Open Invitational golf | Northwest
Matt Cowell of Lake Padden Golf Club in Bellingham shot a 4-under 68 Tuesday to take a three-shot lead in the Washington Open Invitational at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent. Cowell is at 7-under 137. Four players are three shots back, including first-round leader Chris Griffin, Casey McCoy and two four-time champions, Jeff Coston and Todd Erwin. Michael Haack is the low amateur at ...
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Nationals bring up pitchers Abad Maya
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- Before Ryan Mattheus boarded a flight back to the nation's capital Tuesday, he ran into Nationals manager Davey Johnson at the team hotel. "I had a few choice words for him," Johnson said. The exchange came a day after the right-handed reliever revealed he had suffered a broken hand, just hours before the Monday night contest against the Giants. Mattheus ...
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Boone DiPuglia to represent Nationals at Draft
Email SAN FRANCISCO -- Major League Baseball announced that former All-Star Bob Boone and front-office executive Johnny DiPuglia will represent the Nationals at the upcoming 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft. The Draft will take place June 6-8, beginning with the Draft preview show on MLB.com and MLB Network on Thursday, June 6, at 6 p.m. ET. Live Draft coverage from MLB Network's Studio 42 ...
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Exorcism or Healing Touch
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA9)-- Reaction to a viral video showing Pope Francis performing what some say is an exorcism is pouring out across the globe and here in Washington, D.C. The video shows the pontiff greeting parishioners after Sunday mass at the Vatican. One of those faithful's is a young man in a wheelchair. Pope Francis puts his hands on his head and recites some words, and what ...
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White House Memo A Sleeper Scandal Awakens Post-Election
For a White House typically equipped with well-honed political radar designed to sniff out and derail conservative conspiracy theories about Mr. Obama, the potentially damaging events at the I.R.S. seemed to pass with little ...
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Man Gets 5 Years for Hotel Party Robbery
An 18-year-old Silver Spring man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for holding up a hotel party with a sawed off shotgun and robbing ...
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Wizards Land 3rd Pick in 2013 NBA Draft
WASHINGTON, DC - The NBA announced tonight that the Washington Wizards received the third overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft during tonight's Draft Lottery in New York. The Wizards were represented onstage by Bradley Beal. "We have recently been able to use the draft to form a potent backcourt in John Wall and Bradley Beal that we envision leading us for years to come," said ...
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Woman Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Maria N. Werts, 49 of Washington plead guilty today in connection to charges of involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence from a recent traffic accident which left one woman dead, officials said. 58-year-old Emmajean Gainey who was walking on the sidewalk was killed April 28, between 1st street and South Capitol street in Southwest, shortly after 3 p.m. when ...
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Pentagon requests $450M to upgrade Guantanamo
October 18, 2012: The sun rises over the U.S. detention center 'Camp Delta,' at US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay in Cuba October 18, 2012 in this photo reviewed by the U.S. Department of ...
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Washington area spends big bucks on its students
Among the country's 100 public school systems with the most students, Montgomery and Prince George's counties placed fourth and ninth. Montgomery spends $15,421 per student, while Prince George's pays out ...
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Florida volunteers head to Oklahoma to help tornado victims
LONGWOOD -- Central Floridians are stepping up to help in a disaster elsewhere in the country, as a team of 10 people from Longwood prepare to help survivors of a ...
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Congress Smashes Pentagons New Den of Spies
In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...
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Person Struck By School Bus Identified
The accident was called in just after 2:30 p.m. when a school bus struck Jason Alexander Estebrook near the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Darnestown ...
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Carney says U.S. condemns Hezbollah support of Assad regime
Hezbollah 's efforts to help the Assad regime win the civil war in Syria is a concern to the United States and its allies, a White House spokesman said Tuesday. Press ...
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Smithsonian 2 Arrested During Fast-Food Strike
WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum say the McDonald's inside the museum was not shut down during a strike involving fast-food workers employed by federal contractors. Museum spokeswoman Claire Brown says the McDonald's remained open Tuesday, contrary to claims by strike organizers that the fast-food outlet had to close. Brown adds ...
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Montreal commemorates Kid by renaming street
A section of Faillon Street in Montreal will now bear Gary Carter's name. (Eric K. Boulianne) The city of Montreal will rename a street in Villeray to honor Hall of Famer Gary Carter. "The Kid" spent 12 of his 19 big league seasons with the Expos. The 11-time All-Star catcher slugged 324 home runs during his career and captured a World Series ring with the Mets in 1986. He died ...
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85-Year-Old Guidance Counselor Honored
Prince William County schools honored one of the area's hardest-working women Tuesday. Lillian Orlich, 85, is being celebrated for 60 years of service. Northern Virginia bureau reporter David Culver sat down with the beloved guidance counselor and found she has no plans of slowing ...
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Man Arrested in NW Attempted Sexual Assault
Gwendolyn Crump with the Metro Police Department said a woman living in the 6700 block of 14th Street said she woke up to a man standing over her bed, who then attempted to sexually assault her Thursday, May ...
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FOX NEWS POLL Most Think White House Knew About IRS Actions
Voters are concerned about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for unfair treatment, and over half think the White House either knew it was happening or -- worse yet -- was actually behind the operation. ...
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Number of holiday travelers down but roads will remain clogged for Memorial Day weekend
Memorial Day weekend in the D.C. area traditionally means cars full of coolers, kids, grandparents and stressed-out parents stuck in traffic and inching their way to the beach. And it's not changing this year, even though fewer people are expected to ...
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D.C. sues feds over $20m wage ruling
The D.C. government's lawsuit, filed in federal court, is tied to the CityCenterDC project, a 2.5 million square foot development that's under construction on the site of the former convention ...
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Harry Jaffe D.C. mayor weighs a second term
In the parallel universe, Mayor Vincent Gray decides one term is not enough, and he decides to run for a second four-year stint. If Gray runs, all the advantages of the incumbent are at his disposal. And despite the federal investigation hanging over his head, he immediately becomes hard to ...
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Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON -; The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to ...
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Draft D.C. budget report returns $5M for D.C. Water relocation at The Yards
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson wants to return $5 million of the $8 million that a council committee stripped from a Capitol Riverfront economic development project. The draft fiscal 2014 Budget Request Act, dropped by Mendelson Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's budget vote, invests $6 million next year to move D.C. Water facilities out of a site that is planned to be redeveloped by Forest ...
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