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Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich want to give peace a chance
Nikki Schwab
Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013
They've left Congress, but these good friends are linking up to take the next step together. On Wednesday, former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, returned to Washington with his wife, Carol, to launch his Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. At his side was former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio,...
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Yes, Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch will debate
Nikki Schwab
Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013
The participants in the wackiest special election in recent years -- former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and comedian Stephen Colbert's sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch -- will be going toe-to-toe for an evening at a debate sponsored by a local Patch.com affiliate in South Carolina. The...
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Sightings: '42's' Chadwick Boseman does another District screening
Nikki Schwab
Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013
Actor Chadwick Boseman, who plays Jackie Robinson in the new movie "42," made a return trip to the District on Monday night for a screening of the film at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Boseman was joined by John Gray, director of the National Museum of American History,...
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Speakeasy: The one Colbert quote from the one reporter who got inside the private Colbert Busch fundraiser
Nikki Schwab
Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013
"There are things about South Carolina that fill me with despair -- one of them is that they managed to nominate Mark Sanford." - A quip from Stephen Colbert (who prefaced the comment by saying that he loved his home state) as reported by Hotline On Call's Sarah Mimms. Mimms showed up to...
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Rhoda from 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' giving book chat at National Archives
Nikki Schwab
Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013
Actress Valerie Harper, known to most as the character Rhoda, first in the series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and then in the spinoff "Rhoda," will be speaking before a National Archives audience Tuesday about her new book that's -- not surprisingly -- entitled "I, Rhoda." The event will take...
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Ken Burns becomes honorary National Press Club member
Nikki Schwab
Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013
Ken Burns is a renowned documentarian, but he can now add "journalist" to his resume, at least according to the National Press Club. "I guess I'm a card-carrying journalist," Burns noted as National Press Club President Angela Greiling Keane presented him with a white card, indicating that he...
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Sonia Sotomayor does Friday dinner at Posto
Nikki Schwab
Published: Sun, Apr 14, 2013
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spent her Friday night enjoying a leisurely dinner at Posto in Logan Circle, a Yeas & Nays spy reports. Sotomayor, who lives nearby on U Street, was dressed in a red blazer accented with gold earrings and was dining with a male companion. The two stayed...
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Fashion for Paws honors bipartisan team of congressmen
Nikki Schwab
Published: Sun, Apr 14, 2013
Who says bipartisanship doesn't exist in Washington? Representing the political types at Saturday night's seventh annual Fashion for Paws fundraiser were Rep. John Campbell, R-Calif., and Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., who were jointly presented the first-ever Humane Hero Award before a packed National...
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LGBT political types 'outed' for their clout
Nikki Schwab
Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
This week, Out magazine released its annual Power List naming the 50 most influential members of the LGBT community. Washington was, of course, represented, first with Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. She made the list at No. 9, while Reps. Mark Takano, D-Calif., David Cicilline, D-R.I., and Jared...
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'SVU' actor promoting Kennedy book at Press Club
Nikki Schwab
Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Richard Belzer, better known as his "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" character Detective John Munch, is also an author and will be talking about his new book, "Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination," next month at the National...
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