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Jonetta Rose Barras: CFO surprise? Not really
Updated: 19 hr ago
Anyone who has followed the declining career of D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi isn't surprised by the inspector general's recent report indicating his office failed to collect nearly...
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D.C. teen birth rate drops 15 percent as U.S. hits record low
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Teenage birth rates dropped in D.C. and nearly every other state from 2007 to 2011, with the country as a whole hitting a record low, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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Mayor Vincent Gray approves $24 million for D.C. worker pay raises
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, in a nod toward key segments of his political base as he weighs a re-election bid, on Thursday signed into law pay increases for about 23,000 District government employees...
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Carjacked Mercedes hits D.C. school bus
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
A carjacked vehicle that Prince George's County police were pursuing crashed into a school bus in Southeast D.C., police said. About 7:30 a.m. Thursday, police received a call about a carjacking...
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D.C.-area cities keep pace with Sun Belt growth
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
The nation's fastest-growing cities may be in the Sun Belt, but the District and nearby Alexandria and Gaithersburg are gaining residents at a blistering pace, according to census data released...
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Surveys: Many Bikeshare riders wouldn't have driven
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Capital Bikeshare is saving cash and time for its riders, making them healthier while also taking cars off the roads and spurring economic development, according to two new surveys of riders....
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'Armed and dangerous' fugitive eludes authorities
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
U.S. Marshals are looking for a fugitive with a violent history who has disappeared after they say he violated his parole on a robbery charge. Kinshasa Reddock, 28, was serving out a sentence...
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Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
Capital Bikeshare has shiny red bikes on street corners all over the region, with plans to expand. But surprisingly, those cherry red numbers haven't been stolen very often. Only 15 bikes have...
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D.C. Council votes to end municipal bond tax, spend Internet sales tax
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
The D.C. Council, setting aside its members' annual frustrations about a public budget fashioned in private, voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a $10 billion plan that would increase...
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Road closures could go into Thursday from downtown D.C. sinkhole
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Road closures due to a large sinkhole in downtown D.C. could last beyond Wednesday's evening commute, officials said. The sinkhole started developing Tuesday afternoon because a water line...
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