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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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Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen
Updated: 13 hr ago
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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False alarm announcement evacuates McPherson Metro
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Metro riders had a surprising scare Wednesday morning when the public address system told riders to evacuate the station. Turns out there was no emergency, said Metro spokeswoman Morgan Dye....
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Congress takes aim at Eisenhower Memorial
Updated: 19 hr ago
As the House weighs legislation that would halt the controversial Frank Gehry plan for the Eisenhower Memorial, the chairman of the subcommittee with oversight over the project has requested...
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Washington area spends big bucks on its students
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. public schools spent $18,475 per student in fiscal 2011, more than any state outside of New York, according to census data released Tuesday. Among the country's 100 public school systems...
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D.C. residents have highest student loan debts
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. residents have the highest student debt in the country, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the data also show D.C. residents paying off their loans quicker...
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Number of holiday travelers down, but roads will remain clogged for Memorial Day weekend
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Memorial Day weekend in the D.C. area traditionally means cars full of coolers, kids, grandparents and stressed-out parents stuck in traffic and inching their way to the beach. And it's not...
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D.C. sues feds over $20 million wage ruling
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
The District is moving a long-running regulatory clash with the U.S. Department of Labor to a courtroom after a series of rulings that threaten to add $20 million in underpaid wages to the cost of...
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