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D.C. Statue Of Frederick Douglass Unveiled In U.S. Capitol

The statue of the famed abolitionist is the fourth of an African-American in the Capitol complex and the first submitted by D.C.

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Metro Sticks To Stance That Fixes Needed For Silver Spring Transit Center

Without structural fixes, the regional transit agency says it won't take over the long-delayed Silver Spring Transit Center.
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Six People Injured In Serious Crash Near Union Station

The crash involved two cars and three pedestrians, one of whom had to be retrieved from underneath one of the cars.

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D.C. Worker Charged With Policing City Officials Fails To Disclose Second Job

The general counsel of the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance failed to disclose his second job as a private attorney in Silver Spring as required by city law.

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Montgomery County Legislators To Discuss Limits On Five-Cent Bag Tax

Legislators will debate a bill that would limit the county's five-cent bag tax to food stores, a change that could result in a 38 percent drop in expected revenue.

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D.C. Residents Celebrate Flag Day With Tattoos

Hundreds of people sported D.C. flag tattoos — some real, some fake — on the third annual D.C. Flag Day to show their support for voting rights in the District.

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Arlington Board To Consider Turning Dairy Farm Into Learning Center

The Arlington County Board will soon consider a proposal to transform an old dairy farm into a learning center for children.

Montgomery County Officials Debate Traffic And Development At Chevy Chase Lake

Developers want to remodel Chevy Chase Lake, but some Montgomery County officials worry that it would only make already bad traffic much worse.
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Government Lawyer Accused Of Sexual Assault Found Dead In D.C. Jail

Paul Mannina was being held at the D.C. Jail after being charged with sexually assaulting a co-worker.
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Popular 15th Street Bike Lane To Get Fresh Layer Of Asphalt

The popular two-way cycle track running along 15th Street NW will be repaved in the next month, following complaints from cyclists about potholes and rim-bending bumps.

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Supreme Court Voids Sentence Handed Down By Virginia Judge In Robbery Case

A Supreme Court ruling found that a Virginia judge improperly applied a lower standard of evidence in deciding to increase the sentence of a man accused of robbery in 2009.
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Jeffrey Thompson Reimbursed Employees For Political Contributions

A statement released by the accounting firm formerly known as Thompson Cobb Bazillio and Associates says Jeffrey Thompson directed employees to make donations to candidates and later reimbursed them.

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Lawmakers Go On 'Food Stamp' Diet To Protest Cuts

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is protesting proposed cuts to food stamps by going on an unusual diet.

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Feds Raid 7-Eleven Stores In Immigration Scam

Authorities in New York have announced the arrest of eight men and one woman in what they say was a wide-ranging conspiracy to staff convenience stores with illegal immigrant workers and steal those workers' wages.
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High Court Strikes Down Voting Law In Arizona

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona has no right to demand documents proving citizenship when people register to vote. In a 7-2 decision, the court said the National Voter Registration Act trumps state law. At the same time, the court told Arizona officials how to get what they want, anyway.
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Why Buy A House When You Can Buy A Mountain?

Big names in business, entertainment and philanthropy pitched in to help buy a Utah ski mountain for a reported $40 million. They want to turn it into the next cool hub for culture and new ideas. "We look to build the coolest little mountain town in the world," says one of the buyers.
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Dirty Spuds? Alleged Potato Cartel Accused Of Price Fixing

A civil lawsuit that shifted into U.S. district court in Idaho last week alleges that the United Potato Growers of America has become a veritable OPEC of spuds. The group is accused of using high-tech, strong-arm tactics to inflate potato prices.

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Angry At Brazil's Government, Protesters Take To The Streets

The movement started last week against a hike in the price of public transportation, but it has snowballed into something larger. In the beginning, there were only a few thousand people participating — now there are tens of thousands of Brazilians making their voices heard.
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Chinese Media Have A Field Day With NSA Leak Story

China's state media has been highlighting the NSA leak story, calling the U.S. government's previous criticism of alleged Chinese military hacking hypocritical and deeply damaging to America's credibility. China's state-run media has hailed Edward Snowden as a hero for leaking the information.
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G-8 Leaders Wrap Up Summit In Nothern Ireland

The G-8 leaders reached some agreement on steps to shore up the still-weak global economy. But Russia remains an outlier in the group when it comes to addressing the bloody civil war in Syria.
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Libyan Radio Station Promotes Democracy, One Rap At A Time

The Arab Spring countries are still in the process of remaking themselves. Consider Libya, where militia fighters continue to roam the streets, yet a new private radio station does not hesitate to criticize the armed groups.