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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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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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Canada Targets Both U.S. And Europe In Effort To Get White House Approval For Tar Sands Pipeline
doubled its spending on advertising to promote the Keystone XL pipeline and the production of tar sands oil. The effort to sell the pipeline to the U.S. and the resultant tar sands oil to Europe comes in spite of increasing revelations about the destructiveness of tar sands oil. ...
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White House threatens veto of bill to bypass Obama on Keystone
By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON | Tue May 21, 2013 5:57pm EDT 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 expected on Wednesday to vote on, and almost certainly approve, ...
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Memorial Day Travel Tips
More than 1.8 million drivers are expected to hit the road over Memorial Day weekend, said Maryland transportation officials -- but the number of travelers could be a bit lower than previous ...
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Sources challenge White House claim of all-hands-on-deck pursuit of Benghazi suspects
U.S. military sources serving in North Africa are challenging the latest White House claim that the administration is applying "all the resources" at its disposal to bring the Benghazi attackers to justice, charging instead that the Obama administration knows who is responsible but is not acting. "They have let it slip by because of politics, and now we've taken all ...
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Fox News poll Majority thinks 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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Watch Hackers Experiment With White House We The People API
. If a petition gains enough signatures, the White House will pledge an official response. Since its launch, 200,000 petitions have been created, racking up 13 million signatures. In February, the White House opened the ...
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Tim Cooks improbable victory in Washington
When Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared in front of Carl Levin today, I was hoping for an epic showdown, as presaged by Levin's highly-aggressive press release yesterday. I was sorely disappointed although I did end up with a newfound admiration for Tim Cook's ability to acquit himself with dignity and intelligence and integrity in the toughest of situations. The Apple executives at the ...
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Pine Bluff Salvation Army Headed to Oklahoma to Help Tornado Victims First Responders
PINE BLUFF, AR -- The Salvation Army in Pine Bluff is headed to Oklahoma to feed first responders and people still in the area affected by the tornado.The responders in Pine Bluff have one of the newer disaster trucks equipped to serve more than 700 meals at breakfast, lunch and dinner."It's not too big where you can't get into some tight places," says Commanding Officer ...
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Minnesota Rep. Karen Clark to be honored at White House
Rep. Karen Clark, DFL-Minneapolis, left, and her partner, Jacquelyn Zita, wave to supporters as they leave the Minnesota House chambers in the State Capitol in St. Paul on Thursday, May 9, 2013, after the House approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to wed. (Pioneer Press: John Doman) A little more than a week after the bill she sponsored to legalize gay marriage was signed into law, state ...
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White House IRS timeline shifts again
The White House’s explanation of what it knew about the investigation into the IRS’s scrutiny of conservative political groups and how it planned for the eventual release of that information shifted once again Tuesday.Just a day after telling reporters that chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior White House staff learned of the situation nearly a month ago, press secretary ...
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Senators to IRS Officials Did the White House Know
Senate lawmakers jumped on the chance to grill the top IRS officials over the agency's targeting of conservative groups. Three men were on the hot seat Tuesday, including outgoing IRS Commissioner Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, and J. Russel George, the Treasury Department inspector general who submitted the report detailing the IRS scandal. Shulman was the one ...
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Mr. Cook goes to Washington Apple bruised at Senate tax hearing
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends his company's tax strategies at a U.S. Senate hearing. Apple CEO Tim Cook survived his first congressional hearing Tuesday with his company's reputation for innovation intact. Today, however, the focus wasn't on a new technological breakthrough by Apple, it was on the creative ways the multinational corporation reduces its U.S. tax liability. Here are four ...
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Home Depot Product Sparks Store Fire
Tuesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m., firefighers responded to 150 Hampton Park Blvd. for a report of smoke inside of the building. The store was evacuated and sprinklers were ...
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NBC Special on Okla. Replaces The Voice Tues.
NBC will broadcast the special, hosted by Brian Williams, from 8 to 9 p.m. It will also air on MSNBC and the Weather Channel. Williams will report from Moore, ...
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N. Va. biotech has always been weak. How that could change.
Biotech has never quite taken flight in Northern Virginia. Whether that's due to the lack of a big corporate anchor or blue-chip research university, the dearth of wet labs, the attraction of a stronger scene in Montgomery County or pure dumb happenstance is anyone's guess. But on this side of the D.C. suburbs, the life sciences are not thriving. The story of Virginia biotech right now ...
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