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Gaithersburg Struggles With Creating a Day Labor Center
Danielle Karson

September 21, 2006 - A gathering of church leaders, day laborers and police in Gaithersburg yesterday, is the latest example of the mounting pressure for the city to establish a permanent employment center for day laborers.

VA Transportation Special Session
Sidsel Overgaard

September 21, 2006 - If at first you don't succeed... set aside four days for a special session...and try again. That's the plan in Virginia where next week lawmakers will attempt--once more--to fix the state's transportation problems. Here's how the situation is shaping up.

Questions Over Harm Caused by Lead in the Water
Lisa Nurnberger

September 21, 2006 - It's been two years since thousands of DC residents discovered their tap water had elevated levels of lead. The DC Water and Sewer Authority says, the problem has since been resolved. But questions are now arising about whether the DC Health Department misrepresented the harm caused by the lead in the water.