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Washington University professor steers X Prize to Alzheimers
A Washington University professor and a team of experts won a brainstorming competition that led the X Prize Foundation to raise a $50 million prize to motivate scientists and researchers to find effective treatments and potentially a cure for Alzheimers disease. The X Prize Foundation awarded a $10 million prize in 2004 to the first company that built a spacecraft capable of carrying three ...
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First lady Kerry Washington visit DC arts school
First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington smile as they arrive for a performance at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Savoy School was one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Turnaround Arts Schools use the arts as a central part of their reform strategy to ...
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Nuclear Arsenal Subject to Pentagon Cuts But New Subs May Escape Ax
The Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine USS New Mexico is moored pierside during the ship's commissioning ceremony, at Naval Station Norfolk Virginia Saturday March 27, ...
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Metro Worker Accused Of Stealing Defibrillators Selling Them Online
WAHSINGTON (WUSA9) -- A Metro employee has been charged for allegedly stealing more than a dozen Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) from Metro facilities and selling them on auction websites, say Metro Transit Police. According to Metro Transit Police, 40-year-old Derrick Davis of Laurel, was charged Thursday in Prince George's County District Court with Theft Over $1000 after a ...
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Washington State Bridge Collapse Highlights Infrastructure Needs
More than 67,000 drivers cross the Skagit River every day along that stretch of Interstate 5 in Washington where a section of a bridge collapsed, according to the ...
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Maryland Schools Investigated Over Education Spending
A U.S. Department of Education audit found Baltimore City Schools spent $4,352 on a pair of dinner cruises; $1,575 catering school events and $1,336 for theater tickets, according to the Associated ...
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Two Men Found Guilty in Metro Robberies
On September 21, 2012, Alazajuan Gray, 20, and Clifton Smith, 21, robbed a college student at gunpoint on a Metro train leaving the Fort Totten station. A week later, they assaulted the same student after chasing him into the same station's kiosk. They were caught a short time after the ...
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Semi-trailer crash may have caused Washington bridge collapse
A bridge over the Skagit River, about 60 miles north of Seattle, collapsed Thursday night, disrupting travel in both directions. Three people were rescued and no one died, officials said. ...
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Dem Gerry Connolly defends White House They’re ‘issues’ not ‘scandals’
Rep. Gerry Connolly said the media has no business using the word ';scandal'; to describe the ongoing challenges to truth that are beating down ...
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Two Southwest Washington rivers open Saturday for hatchery steelhead
Anglers can get a jump start on steelhead fishing in two Southwest Washington tributaries. The Lower sections of the Green and South Fork Toutle rivers in Cowlitz County will be open Saturday (May 25) through May 31. The specific stretches open are the Green River from the mouth to 400 feet below the water intake at the upper end of the hatchery; and the South Fork Toutle River from the mouth ...
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Washington bridge collapses after Alberta trucker hits beam say police
Washington State police say an Alberta trucker was responsible for hitting a steel beam precipitating a bridge collapse on one of the busiest routes in the American northwest. William Scott, 41, was driving an oversized load on the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River when it struck the beam, said State Patrol Sgt. Kirk Rudeen. Scott's wife told CBC News that while his load clipped ...
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Park Police to End Furloughs
The Park Police said in a press release Friday that the savings from the three furlough days officers had already taken in 2013 have improved the force's finances, as have other cost-cutting ...
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Va. State Trooper Injured in Prince William Crash
Trooper R.D. Best was traveling north on Route 234 at 9:40 a.m. when a Nissan Altima on Pinnacle Ridge Road pulled into the path of his motorcycle. Best collided with the front end of the vehicle and was thrown from his ...
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Ocean City Pier Reopens Friday
Mayor Rick Meehan opened the reconstructed Ocean City fishing pier with a ceremonial "first cast" at 10:30 a.m., just in time to kick off Memorial Day ...
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Northern Virginia panel names road transit projects slated for new funding
The panel charged with allocating new road and transit funds in Northern Virginia has selected 33 projects totaling $187.5 million for design and construction work next fiscal year. With the transportation funding bill adopted by the General Assembly now law, the 14-member Northern Virginia Transit Authority has started the process of choosing the projects that will get money first. The funding ...
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FCi Federal hires veteran CFO
Bill Milligan has joined FCi Federal as chief financial officer and vice president of business operations. Leesburg-based FCi Federal has hired Bill Milligan as vice president of business operations and chief financial officer, the professional services firm announced Friday. Having spent 20 years in CFO roles, Milligan most recently was vice president and CFO at High Performance Technologies, ...
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Price tag shrinks for DODs biggest weapons program
The Pentagon has reduced the F-35 cost estimate by $4.94 billion. In its Selected Acquisition Report, the Defense Department has reduced its official estimate of the cost to buy F-35 aircraft, according to the Lexington Institute. The official estimate of the cost to buy 2,457 F-35 aircraft over three decades fell $4.94 billion, or 1.5 percent. The Pentagon attributes the change mainly to lower ...
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Iron Bow awarded Coast Guard Standard Workstation contract
Chantilly-based Iron Bow Technologies has won a potential $108 million contract with the Coast Guard for workstations and associated information technology equipment, GovCon Wire reports. The Coast Guard Standard Workstation contract vehicle provides the Coast Guard headquarters, C4IT Service Center and all field units with a source for satisfying CGSW business requirements. Solutions include ...
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5 percent of federal workforce to be furloughed Friday
An administration official confirmed that about five percent of the federal workforce will be furloughed Friday, according to Federal News Radio. About 115,000 employees from the Housing and Urban Development Department, the IRS, the Office of Management and Budget, the Labor Department, the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency will be taking furlough days. HUD, IRS, OMB ...
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DHS says Spires departure not linked to CIO authority issues
The Department of Homeland Security is saying the resignation of chief information officer Richard Spires was not prompted by disagreements over authority issues, Federal Times reports. The DHS assistant secretary for legislative affairs, Nelson Peacock, responded to an inquiry about Spires' voluntary or non voluntary leave from Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., ranking member of the House ...
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House committee plans deep 2014 spending cuts for civilian agencies
A new House Appropriations Committee plan proposes increasing defense spending next year by 5 percent and imposing severe cuts upon many non-Defense Department agencies, according to Federal Times. Under spending allocations approved by the Republican-controlled committee, the Labor, Education and Health and Human Services departments which are funded by the same appropriations bill would see ...
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Lockheed Martins Bob Stevens among 50 highest paid execs
Bob Stevens is amongthe 50 highest paid public company executives in the nation last year. Lockheed Martin's Bob Stevens was among the nation's highest paid CEOs in 2012. According to an Associated Press report, which cited data from executive pay research company Equilar, the former CEO of the Bethesda-based defense contractor ranked No. 14. Stevens had a 2012 total compensation of ...
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OMB sends agencies guidelines for securing smartphones tablets
The Office of Management and Budget is giving agencies security guidelines for protecting smartphones and tablets. The Office of Management and Budget sent agencies instructions that concentrate on safeguarding government-owned mobile devices, according to Nextgov. The 104-page compilation of controls all are not applicable for every mission was accompanied by a choose-your-own-adventure style ...
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Pascagoula high marching band heads to Washington to perform
PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) - Pascagoula's High School Band is headed to our nation's capital. The group of about 80 students has been chosen to march in the National Memorial Day Parade on Monday. Excitement filled the air as the band members rehearsed for their big debut. "I was so happy. I have never been so far," a band member said. "It is just an amazing experience. ...
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Deal keeps alive proposed Lake Michigan preserve at Port Washington
Conservation groups hoping to establish a preserve along the Lake Michigan bluffs and Port Washington city officials have reached an agreement that keeps the proposal ...
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