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This Week On Metro Connection: Secrets

This week we'll bring you stories of things you can make, keep, or even carry to the grave: secrets.

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D.C. Bill Would Require Large Retailers To Pay Hourly Wage Of $12.50

Under the bill, large retailers making more than $1 billion a year in revenue would have to pay the new living wage.

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Make It Three: Jack Evans To Join D.C. Mayoral Race

Evans will join D.C. Council colleagues Muriel Bowser and Tommy Wells in the race for the city's highest office.

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D.C. Officials Go Back And Forth On '14 Primary Date

Some people want the city's primary to remain in April, while others would prefer June.

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D.C. Legislator Wants To Close Down Businesses That Traffic In Stolen Phones

A bill being floated by Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) would allow police to close down businesses that traffic in stolen mobile phones for 72 hours.

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Beating The Odds: Making The Grades Without A Mother's Help

Jennifer Hightower's mother struggled with drugs and health problems, but that didn't stop Jennifer from excelling in school.

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D.C. Police Officer Injured In Shooting, Suspect Dies

A D.C. police officer was injured and a suspect killed in a shooting in Southeast D.C. on Wednesday afternoon.

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Beating The Odds: Channeling Pain Into A Creative Pursuit

A D.C. high school student who has lived with severe arthritis since she was 12 found freedom in creative writing—and soon she's off to college to study it.

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14th Street Could Reopen Friday After $2 Million Of Work To Fix Sinkhole

D.C. officials say that the sinkhole may have been caused by water seeping into the roadway due to a misplaced manhole cover.

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Norton And Gray Urge Congress To Leave D.C. Budget Alone

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Mayor Vincent Gray want members of Congress to avoid attaching strings to how D.C. can spend its own money.

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