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Pentagon to Allow Women in Key Combat Roles by 2016
PENTAGON -- The U.S. military says that within the next three years, it will put women in key combat roles from which they were previously excluded. American women have been serving in combat roles and hundreds have been killed on the front lines for years, but they have been excluded from key positions in areas including Special Operations and infantry. In January, then-Defense Secretary ...
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DC Council Passes Food Truck Bill
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The District's rapidly growing food truck industry will finally get the regulations that all sides had been clamoring for. The DC Council approved emergency legislation on Tuesday afternoon. The food trucks were first spotted about three years ago in the District's center city near the Squares and metro stops. Foods of all kinds can be found here that are ...
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High-Pitched Buzzing Noise Keeps Some Shoppers Away
There's an unusual noise at a local Harris Teeter grocery store, and only certain people can hear it. News4's northern Virginia reporter David Culver has the ...
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Roy Oswalt to make Rockies debut Thursday vs. Washington
Roy Oswalt. (Michael Wyke, Tulsa World) TORONTO - Veteran pitcher Roy Oswalt will start for the Rockies on Thursday in Washington, manager Walt Weiss said, as Colorado looks to provide a boost to its rotation and ease the burden on the bullpen."He's a nice piece to add at this point," Weiss said Tuesday. "He always competes."By choice, Oswalt, 35, made five starts for ...
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Sinkhole Opens Up In NW DC
DC Firefighters Union L36 tweeted. The incident happened on Tuesday at about 5:30 p.m. in the rear of 128 M Street NW. No injures were reported, officials said. We will have more information when it becomes available. WUSA9 reporter Debra Alfarone is on the ...
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Dept. of Labor Investigates Capital Bikeshare Unfair Wages
The Department of Labor has opened up an investigation into unfair wages by Capital Bikeshare, a company one former worker says grossly underpaid ...
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Two Arrested in Robbery of Bicyclist
Jacob Gilbertson, 23, of 8809 Vernon View Drive, and Benjamin Yeannakis, 23, of 2902 Mosby Street in Alexandria, were charged with robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a ...
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Fedex UPS Bogus Email Scams
It seems like new email scams are popping up almost every week: this time, scammers are impersonating UPS and FedEx. The companies are warning customers of fraudulent emails that are NOT from the companies ...
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Washington Post writer Mitt Romney lost because hes Superman modern voters prefer Batman
In this June 8, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles has he talks with his staff while riding on his bus after a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, ...
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Wine of the Week
Cordial Fine Wine and Beer opened in Union Market last month. The store features wines from Europe, South Africa, Chile, New Zealand and the United States. (Alex ...
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Google wants to make public PRISM information
Google asked a special court in Washington Tuesday to let it make public information it's being forced to give to the government. Google is one of nine companies named in NSA documents as providing information to the top-secret PRISM program. The company is asking that U.S. officials give it more authority to describe the government's demands as it and other companies seek to reassure ...
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Obama Hollande hold private meeting after G8
Obama said. The two leaders had a private conversation after the Group of Eight meeting at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland. Obama, describing France as the "oldest ally" of the United States, said he and Hollande discussed a wide range of issues. On Afghanistan, they discussed the announcement that local authorities are now taking the lead on security. And they talked about ...
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Wizards Pre-Draft Workout Schedule Wednesday June 19
The Washington Wizards will conduct a pre-draft workout tomorrow - Wednesday, June 19th - at 10:30 am at Verizon Center. The following players are currently scheduled to participate in Wednesday's ...
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White House Petition Calls for Ban of Creation Science Intelligent Design From Schools
The new holographic exhibit at the Creation Museum in Petersburg,, Kentucky. The exhibit was set up as part of the celebration of the five year anniversary of the Creation Museum's founding in ...
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SEAL Team 6 could include women by 2016 under Pentagon plan
The Pentagon has said women will be able to compete for positions within Special Operations Forces like SEAL Team 6. The transition won't be simple, officials ...
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Woman Struck by Dump Truck in Northwest
According to officials, police were sent out to the intersection of 4th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW just after 2 p.m. The woman was conscious and breathing after the incident, but the major crash unit was ...
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UnitedHealth delays under Pentagon contract may hurt profits
The Pentagon will step in for the third time to combat medical-care delays under UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s $20.5 billion contract, as an analyst warned they risked hurting the company's earnings. The bottlenecks began after the nation's biggest health insurer took over the contract for coordinating medical services in April. The delays forced the Defense Department to temporarily ...
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Growing number think White House ordered IRS targeting poll says
The number of Americans who think the White House ordered the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative political groups is growing, a poll found. The CNN/ORC International survey, released Tuesday, found a majority of respondents think the controversy, related to enhanced IRS scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, is very important to the nation. The number of people ...
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Days Of Rambo Are Over Pentagon Details Womens Move To Combat
Women in the U.S. military will be integrated into front-line combat units by 2016, the Pentagon says. Here, female Marine recruits stand in formation during pugil stick training in boot camp earlier this year at Parris Island, ...
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VIDEO Several Teens Get Into a Fight On Metro
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A group of teens got into a fight on a Metro train and platform in Washington on Monday. The incident was all caught on tape at the Woodley Park Red Line Metro stop. The train operator called for Police who were on the scene within three minutes. They held the juveniles at the top of the escalator of the Metro stop for about five minutes but they were all released since ...
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Hagel Dedicates Pentagon Korean War Exhibit
By Terri Moon CronkAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today dedicated what he called a "magnificent" permanent display in the Pentagon to honor veterans of the Korean ...
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Flash Flooding Could Follow Heavy Rain
A more serious flash flood warning has been issued for parts of Prince George’s, Anne Arundel, Charles, Calvert, Orange, Greene and Madison counties, lasting until 4:30 or 5 ...
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Watch Biden Pushes White House Gun Control Priorities
Folks. It's good to see so many. So many faces I I'd hoped. We would have assembled. In this auditorium. Earlier. Although -- hope we were and a have assembled here. Couple months ago. Celebrating the first in the number of victories that we will have. In -- India. The congress. 44. Of our college it was a 45. Voted no. -- you rational simple straightforward. Extension of an existing ...
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No injuries reported in pre-dawn Louisiana gas line explosion fire
A pre-dawn blast at a natural gas line lit up the eastern Louisiana sky Tuesday, but no injuries or significant property damage were reported, officials said. The explosion occurred about 5:30 a.m. CDT south of Franklinton, the seat of Washington Parish, The (New Orleans) Time Picayune reported. The 30-inch line was quickly shut down and the fire extinguished, said Vicki Granado, a spokeswoman ...
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NASA issues challenge to find study all asteroids threats
NASA says it is instituting a "Grand Challenge," with the goal of finding all asteroid threats to human populations and deciding what to do about them. Complementing the recently announced mission to redirect an asteroid and send humans to study it, the initiative will use multidisciplinary collaborations and a variety of partnerships with other government agencies, international ...
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