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Former D.C. Legislator Charged With Taking $55,000 From Businessmen

Michael Brown is being charged with bribary for having taken money from federal agents posing as D.C. businessmen looking for access to city contracts.

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Barry May Have Illegally Accepted Gifts From City Contractors

The longtime D.C. council member took $6,800 worth of gifts from two companies that do business with D.C.

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Door To Door: Shepherd Park, D.C. and Northridge, Va.

This week, we'll visit D.C's Shepherd Park and the Northridge neighborhood of Alexandria, Va.

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The Politics Hour

Kojo and Tom chat with Deborah Hersman, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Jack Evans, longtime member of the D.C. Council and soon-to-be mayoral candidate.

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Young 'Dreamers' Work To Shift Immigration Debate

Young undocumented immigrants share what they're doing to reframe ideas about American identity.

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This Week On Metro Connection: Rookies

As summer interns descend upon the District, we tip our hats to the newbies, novices and neophytes among us.

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D.C. Moves To Modernize Birth Certificate Laws To Help Transgender Residents

Under the new law, residents would no longer have to publish legal name changes in local newspapers.

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D.C. Legislators Discuss Safety Measures For Taxicab Drivers, Passengers

A hearing on D.C. taxicab safety prompted calls for plexiglass dividers to protect drivers from passengers and more efforts to allow passengers to file complaints against scofflaw drivers.

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Top D.C. Parking Ticket? Expired Meter, Of Course

Some 322,000 tickets were handed out in 2012 for expired meters, almost half the number of all tickets.

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Komen Foundation Scraps 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk In D.C. And Six Other Cities

The foundation says that participation in the event and fundraising had both fallen.

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