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Biker killed on U Street identified
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
Police have identified the bicyclist who was struck and killed by a car on Thursday near U street. Andre Brands, 50, was riding south on 11th Street near the U Street intersection, police said,...
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Southeast student maces others in fight
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
A student at Ballou High School in the Southeast maced a group of other students after getting into an altercation at the school. Police said a group of at least 10 students got into a fight at...
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Councilman Tommy Wells returns focus to D.C. fire department
Updated: 21 hr ago
A day before Ward 6 Councilman Tommy Wells officially announced he was running for mayor, he undertook what has become a reoccurring role: holding D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's feet to the...
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Language immersion high school nears approval
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
Students who finish elementary school fluent in French, Spanish or Chinese could soon have the chance to sharpen their language skills at an International Baccalaureate middle and high school....
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Jonetta Rose Barras: Circulating the Circulator
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
Call it the little red and gray bus that could. Launched in 2005, the Circulator had been designed mostly to get riders from one tourist attraction, entertainment center or retail hot spot to...
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D.C. to start counting calories on drink vending machines in municipal buildings
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
By placing labels with calorie counts on District government vending machines, Mayor Vincent Gray hopes city workers will pick healthier drinks. "There are a lot of calories in a lot of these...
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D.C. considering gun liability insurance requirement
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
A D.C. Councilwoman has introduced legislation that could make the District the nation's first jurisdiction to require gun owners to buy liability insurance. Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh held a...
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D.C. overnight shootings injure 3 men
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Two separate shootings in the District overnight left a total of three men injured, police said. The first shooting took place shortly before midnight in the 800 block of Buchanan Street NW,...
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'John Doe' arrested in child pornography case after manhunt
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
A man charged in federal court in the District with producing child pornography was arrested Wednesday afternoon following what authorities called a "nationwide manhunt." The man, dubbed "John...
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D.C. taxpayers, Pepco customers citywide would pay price for $1 billion plan
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
A panel has endorsed burying power lines in several areas of the District, a process that could frustrate drivers, clog neighborhoods, and cost taxpayers and Pepco customers citywide upward of $1...
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