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			<title><![CDATA[ Value Added: Football field was training ground for entrepreneur Greg Jones ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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I played four years of basketball in high school, but I rode the bench for all of that time. I have since convinced myself that the slog was worth it, even though it consumed thousands of hours and contributed to my being a bit of an academic underachiever. I learned teamwork, how to compete, and...
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smoking vaccine takes new approach ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Smokers have tried a long list of ways to quit: cold turkey, counseling, gum, patches and more.
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			<dc:creator>Mike Musgrove</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ How a medical revolution may transform Northern Virginia ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Even as Washington policymakers struggle to reform the country's health-care system, about 20 miles away in Fairfax County, Dietrich Stephan is hatching a plot to revolutionize it.
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			<dc:creator>Steven Pearlstein</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ CapitalSource selling nursing home business ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CapitalSource announced Tuesday that it is selling its nursing home business to Omega Healthcare Investors of Hunt Valley, Md., for $860 million, helping relieve CapitalSource of heavy debt acquired during the recession.
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Heath</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stores seek calm among the buying frenzy ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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After years of stirring up customers to flock into stores on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers and the government this year are working on ways to calm the Black Friday crowds while keeping the buying as feverish as ever.
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			<dc:creator>V. Dion Haynes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Local Digest ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CONTRACTING General Dynamics Corp., the maker of Abrams battle tanks and Gulfstream business jets, received a $2.2 billion contract to build 724 light armored vehicles for an unidentified foreign buyer.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Another run in Va. possible for Democrat McAuliffe? ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Terry McAuliffe, the millionaire businessman who ran unsuccessfully for Virginia governor this year, is negotiating with investors and a U.S. automaker to lure a factory to southern Virginia -- raising speculation that the ambitious Democrat is not done with state politics.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Study: Bill to extend adoption aid could save D.C. millions ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A report by the District's chief financial officer has found that the city would save millions of dollars by extending the subsidy it provides to people who become legal guardians or adoptive parents of foster children.
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			<title><![CDATA[ General Dynamics unit wins $2.2 billion contract ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:15:05 EST</pubDate>
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NEW YORK -- A Canadian unit of defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. has won a $2.2 billion contract from the U.S. Army for 724 light armored vehicles.
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			<title><![CDATA[ US Airways defers delivery of 54 aircraft ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:33:05 EST</pubDate>
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-- US Airways will delay delivery of 54 new Airbus jets until at least 2013 and take other steps to boost its cash reserves until travel demand rebounds.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin dies at 85 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:41:42 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- Abe Pollin was the NBA's patriarch, an old-school owner who won a championship and had the mettle to stand up to Michael Jordan. He introduced luxury boxes and the large replay screen to big-time professional sports. He used to have 3-point shooting contests with Wes Unseld.
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			<title><![CDATA[ W.Va. delays power line decision until Feb. 2011 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:33 EST</pubDate>
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Public Service Commission has denied a staff recommendation to dismiss an application for a multistate power line, saying Tuesday it will instead delay a final decision on the three-state project until Feb. 2011.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fannie Mae: No investors for 15 days ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:22:14 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae says it won't consider offers from investors to buy its foreclosed properties until they have been on the market for 15 days.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. woman's disappearance leaves a trail with no end ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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They made a love connection in cyberspace, two lonely strangers in their 40s, each long divorced and yearning for new romance.
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			<dc:creator>Paul Duggan</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Freddie Mac fears big hit from failed lender ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage finance giant, said Monday it's trying to minimize losses on more than $1 billion in assets at risk because of the summer collapse of mortgage lender Taylor, Bean &amp; Whitaker and a regional bank with which it did business.
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			<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Local Business Digest: Gladstone to offer senior common shares ]]></title>
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INVESTING Gladstone Commercial Corp., a real estate investment trust, said Monday it will create a new class of ownership by offering senior common shares in a private sale.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Goodwill stores in D.C. area flourishing in bad times ]]></title>
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Linda Heskett had been watching the signs out front, waiting for Goodwill's new store in Alexandria to open. Standing in a room crowded with other shoppers, she said she never used to think of herself as someone who buys clothes at a thrift store. "But with today's economy," she said, "any time y...
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			<dc:creator>Susan Kinzie</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Criticized economic development official leaving Loudoun job ]]></title>
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Loudoun County's economic development director announced his resignation Monday amid growing criticism from business leaders and county officials over his steadfast emphasis on rural quality-of-life issues over corporate relocations.
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			<dc:creator>Derek Kravitz</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Freddie says TBW-related loss may grow, files claim ]]></title>
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the U.S. mortgage finance giant, said on Monday it is seeking $595 million in loan payments and other funds hung up after the bankruptcy of lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker.
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			<dc:creator>Al Yoon</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Freddie Mac: Taylor, Bean loss may be significant ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:42 EST</pubDate>
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NEW YORK -- Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Monday it could lose $500 million or more as a result of the bankruptcy protection filing of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Freddie Mac: Taylor, Bean loss may be significant ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:58:33 EST</pubDate>
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NEW YORK -- Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Monday it could lose $500 million or more as a result of the bankruptcy protection filing of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Publisher of The Tennessean retires, successor set ]]></title>
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessean newspaper's president and publisher, Ellen Leifeld, is retiring and Gannett Co. Inc. has named Carol Hudler to replace her.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Renters becoming latest victims as foreclosure crisis widens ]]></title>
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NEW YORK -- A new wave of foreclosures stands to hurt people who may have never taken out a mortgage: renters. In cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, where many investors are carrying upside-down mortgages on large rental buildings, some tenants are watching their homes fall apart a...
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			<dc:creator>Robin Shulman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Palestinians looking to American-style housing developments, financing ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The hills around this city have seen plenty of construction, often the distinctive red-roofed homes favored by Israeli settlers.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New at the top: Melissa Chapman of Agilex Technologies ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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I was a toddler during the Apollo missions. They were very exciting to watch as a child. By the time I graduated from high school, an engineering degree really attracted me. And while the fields of aerospace and health sound very far apart, in terms of complexity and security of our country, they're...
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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These firms recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's local court clerk's offices.
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			<title><![CDATA[ A great burden grows ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A year after the global economy teetered on the verge of collapse, a recession -- a lingering and unwelcome guest -- has settled in at dinner tables across the land.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Piedmont Stories: Service runs in family at gas station ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Six days a week, for more than 60 years, Jock Pumphrey worked an average of 15 hours a day. His second home bears his name, Jock's Exxon, a service station at 104 W. Market St. in Leesburg, a block west of the courthouse. The station, dating from about 1929, remains one of the few in the Virginia...
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Unemployment in the District soared to a record high of 11.9 percent in October, according to government data released Friday, ranking it among California, Nevada, Michigan and other states with the highest jobless rates.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. agrees to 50-year lease of state port facilities ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Friday an agreement to give the nation's largest port operator control of the state-owned portion of the Port of Baltimore for the next 50 years in exchange for the company's promise to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand and maintain the...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Some Washington area homeowner groups struggling financially ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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As planned communities have grown in Washington's outer suburbs, some of their homeowners associations have evolved from groups that handle mundane tasks such as collecting trash and scolding the owners of unkempt lawns into quasi-governments that control multimillion-dollar budgets with little...
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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If neither the sour economy nor gas prices creeping higher will deter you from getting away for Thanksgiving, you can expect to share the road to grandmother's house -- or wherever -- with 823,999 of your neighbors.
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			<dc:creator>Ashley Halsey III and Sholnn Freeman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Expect tightening from the FHA ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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For the past several years, the Federal Housing Administration has been the go-to financing resource for cash-strapped home buyers who can't come up with a big down payment. It has zoomed from barely a 3 percent market share to nearly 30 percent of home-purchase loans. But now, wildly popular...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trendy now, but not by accident ]]></title>
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Mark Milibrand is a rare breed among District home buyers. Before buying a two-bedroom condo in a renovated Victorian rowhouse in Logan Circle at the end of October, he lived in a 4,000-square-foot home in Fairfax. His decision to reverse the traditional migration from city to suburb was driven by a...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Real Estate Matters: There's more than the rate to consider in a refinance ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Mortgage interest rates below 5 percent, combined with the recent extension and expansion of the home-buyer tax credits, give buyers a unique opportunity to purchase a home. But if you have enough equity in your property, it may also be a great time to lock in a lower interest rate and refinance...
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			<dc:creator>Ilyce R. Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Complaints spur Metro to delay SmartBenefits changes a year ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Metro will delay for a year the proposed changes to its SmartBenefits program after riders protested that they were unfair -- particularly one that would have had unused money reverting from their pretax payroll allocation to their employers.
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			<dc:creator>Lena H. Sun</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Young heirs grapple with wealth of ambivalence ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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One night in Adams Morgan, the sons and daughters of lawyers and corporate executives padded into a friend's rowhouse for a kind of group therapy session about their families' wealth.
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			<dc:creator>Ian Shapira</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Petula Dvorak: A sign of how little a D.C. area has changed ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The kids? They know better. You can put in all the fancy coffee shops, shiny big-box stores and warm fuzzy community centers you want.
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			<dc:creator>Petula Dvorak</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Metro board backs safety monitors ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Metro board of directors ordered all agency employees Thursday to cooperate fully with the transit system's safety oversight body and executives to notify the board before denying a request from the group after recent revelations about Metrorail safety lapses.
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			<dc:creator>Lena H. Sun and Joe Stephens</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:12:21 EST</pubDate>
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ATLANTA -- For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.
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			<dc:creator>HARRY R. WEBER and JOAN LOWY</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Software problem causes airline flight delays ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:36:37 EST</pubDate>
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ATLANTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A computer problem with a flight-processing system disrupted U.S. airline travel on Thursday with the heavily trafficked New York area hit particularly hard through cancellations and delays.
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			<dc:creator>Karen Jacobs and John Crawley</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Banks borrow less from emergency Fed program ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:30:31 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- Banks borrowed slightly less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, but increased their use of other credit programs designed to ease the financial crisis.
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			<title><![CDATA[ New fed housing program involves $29B in financing ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:18:14 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- A new federal program to support state and local housing finance agencies is expected to involve more than $29 billion in government support, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disclosed Thursday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rates on 30-year mortgages remain below 5 percent ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:33 EST</pubDate>
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McLEAN, Va. -- Rates on 30-year mortgages stayed below 5 percent this week but remained above the record set earlier this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ VDOT budget facing $84 million ax ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The cash-strapped Virginia Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed slashing an additional $84 million from its budget this fiscal year, by doing less paving, pushing old equipment for another year and curtailing maintenance of its facilities.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. home sales ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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These were among sales recorded recently in the District and supplied to The Washington Post by Spatial Systems Associates Inc. and the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue. To find sale and assessment records for homes in the District and elsewhere in the Washington area, visit...
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer has received more than $1 million in stimulus funds from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for broadband mapping and planning activities in the District.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. Council agenda ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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This is the meeting schedule for the D.C. Council and its committees for the coming week. All meetings are in the Council Chamber of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, unless otherwise noted.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Montgomery County home sales for Nov. 19, 2009 ]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Loudoun Home Sales for Nov. 19, 2009 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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These sales were recorded in Loudoun County and supplied to The Washington Post by the Loudoun County Assessment Office. To find sale and assessment records for homes in Loudoun and other Washington areas, visit www.washingtonpost.com/realestate .
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md., Va. and Del. governors promote offshore wind farms ]]></title>
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The governors of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware have announced a partnership designed to promote and coordinate the development of wind energy off the mid-Atlantic coast.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Prince William County home sales ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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These were among sales recorded in Prince William County and supplied to The Washington Post by the Prince William County Real Estate Assessments Office. To find sale and assessment records for homes in Prince William and elsewhere in the Washington area, visit...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Southern Md. Home Sales for Nov. 19, 2009 ]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Anne Arundel County home sales ]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alexandria and Arlington home sales ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fairfax County home sales ]]></title>
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These were among sales recorded recently for Fairfax County and supplied to The Washington Post by the Real Estate Division of the Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration. To find sale and assessment records for homes in Fairfax and elsewhere in the Washington area, visit...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alexandria's commercial assessments decline ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Alexandria, like many local governments, is struggling to find ways to cut millions of dollars from its upcoming budget because of estimated declining tax revenue. City officials said that this is the first time in decades that projected commercial real estate property assessments, which have...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alexandria and Arlington County briefs ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Columbia Pike Farmers Market will be open year-round from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Sundays at South Walter Reed Drive and Columbia Pike. The Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, which hosts the market, decided to extend the market's operations because of its growing success.
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			<title><![CDATA[ More than 200 artists expected at Fairfax Holiday Craft Show ]]></title>
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After participating for more than a decade, artist Christina Keune says, she still gets excited about the annual City of Fairfax Holiday Craft Show.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fairfax religion notes ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Oakton Church of the Brethren , 10025 Courthouse Rd., Vienna, will hold a Christmas craft show with handmade items and craft supplies for purchase, plus a soup and sandwich lunch and bake sale, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. 703-281-4411 or http://www.oaktonbrethren.org...
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			<title><![CDATA[ AAA: Slight increase in Thanksgiving travel expected ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:33:01 EST</pubDate>
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Americans are expected to travel long distances in big numbers over the Thanksgiving weekend -- a slight increase from 2008 when economic fears caused thousands to stay closer to home -- but fewer will travel by air, according to estimates from the Automobile Association of America.
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			<dc:creator>Sholnn Freeman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Council in Prince George's, Md., acts on quality-of-life bills ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Prince George's County Council voted Tuesday to make it more difficult for check-cashing stores to open and adopted laws to encourage the establishment of wineries and bed-and-breakfast inns, the latest efforts by lawmakers to reshape the county and its image.
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			<dc:creator>Jonathan Mummolo</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Montgomery, Md., council opposes highway toll plan ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend against toll rates proposed for the Intercounty Connector , saying the tolls would be too expensive for many motorists and would leave the highway with too few users to justify its costs.
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			<dc:creator>Katherine Shaver</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ex-Morningside police chief accused of selling stolen gun ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The former police chief of the Prince George's County town of Morningside was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on charges of selling a stolen handgun.
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			<dc:creator>Ruben Castaneda</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ AirTran to put ads on seatback tray tables ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:35:55 EST</pubDate>
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ATLANTA -- It soon will be harder to avoid advertising if you fly on one major carrier.
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			<dc:creator>HARRY R. WEBER</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ W.Va. consumer advocate, staff oppose phone deal ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:35:55 EST</pubDate>
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some key state regulatory officials are opposing Frontier Communications Corp.'s plan to buy Verizon's wire line business in West Virginia and 13 other states.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Former Blade staffers regroup, investigate paper's closing ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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Former staffers at the now-defunct Washington Blade say they're planning to publish a revived edition of the gay weekly on Friday, although they're not sure what name they will use or how they will print the paper.
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			<dc:creator>Paul Schwartzman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ US-BUSINESS Summary ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:26:04 EST</pubDate>
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Asia shares, gold, oil ease as dollar in focus SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares, gold and oil eased on Tuesday as investors locked in recent gains while keeping an eye on the ailing dollar, which was pinned near 15-month lows on expectations that U.S. interest rates will stay extremely low for...
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			<dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Pioneering gay weekly newspaper Washington Blade abruptly closes ]]></title>
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The Washington Blade, the weekly newspaper that chronicled the coming-out of the capital's gay community, was born amid the idealism of 1960s street protests. Monday, the paper died, victim of the unforgiving realities of the nation's sagging newspaper industry.
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			<dc:creator>Paul Schwartzman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Genetic research center to be built in Fairfax County ]]></title>
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A $200 million genetic research facility planned for Fairfax County could bring with it thousands of jobs over the next decade and spur spinoff businesses that would focus on the fast-growing field of personalized medicine, Virginia officials and researchers said Monday as they announced the move.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Maryland woman gets 12 years in mortgage scam ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Maryland woman who stole millions from Washington area homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure is a "vulture" whose case should serve as a warning to other con artists, a federal judge said yesterday before imposing a sentence of more than 12 years.
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			<dc:creator>Maria Glod</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FDA questions delay approval of Human Genome Sciences anthrax drug raxibacumab ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Human Genome Sciences said Monday that approval of its experimental anthrax drug hit a delay as regulators asked the firm for more information about the treatment.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Nabi makes deal for smoking vaccine ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Rockville maker of an experimental nicotine vaccine has signed a licensing deal with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline that could produce a huge payday if the anti-smoking drug can be successfully brought to market.
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			<dc:creator>Mike Musgrove</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. credit card defaults fall, but delinquencies up ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:23:46 EST</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. credit card companies said defaults fell more than expected in October, but delinquencies mostly rose in a sign that consumers remain under stress and the sector can expect more pain ahead.
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			<title><![CDATA[ TD Bank plans major move into area ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The financial meltdown that left many big banks reeling has created opportunities for others, including one Canadian-owned giant that has set its aim on Washington as one of its major new markets.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Value Added: Terrapin Adventures in Howard County makes owner Matt Baker's Âheart sing' ]]></title>
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Entrepreneur Matt Baker's outdoor Terrapin Adventures in Howard County has a 43-foot climbing tower, a 2-G-force giant swing and an adrenaline-pumping, 330-foot-long cable "zip line" that slings you along at 20 mph, 30 feet above the forest floor.
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			<title><![CDATA[ New at the Top: Linda Chandler of SOC Enterprises ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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After graduating from college with a degree in chemistry, most of the jobs I qualified for involved working in laboratories. But I like people much more. So I went to business school to broaden my skills so that I could prepare to work in management for a large organization. I found that studying...
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Position : Chief executive of SOC Enterprises, an Alexandria-based nonprofit assisting people with disabilities to obtain employment.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Eastern Virginia District Alexandria Division ]]></title>
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These firms recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's local court clerk's offices.
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			<title><![CDATA[ The FHA's nose dive ]]></title>
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THE COST of the housing bailout continues to rise. The government-run mortgage giant Fannie Mae requested another $15 billion from the Treasury this month, to help cover a loss of $19.8 billion in the third quarter. That brings the total tab for rescuing Fannie to $60 billion so far. Fannie's twi...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Robert McCartney: U-Md. shouldn't drop ideals in hard times ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Perched on a rise at the northern tip of campus, near the arena where the Terps play basketball, is a small forest known as the Wooded Hillock where University of Maryland students jog, study and smoke the occasional joint.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Grant providers answer call to action ]]></title>
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This year, the Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation gave out more -- yes, more -- money to nonprofit groups in Montgomery County.
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			<title><![CDATA[ GWU's exercise in ground-floor entrepreneurship ]]></title>
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Tim Foley pulled out a glossy black brochure and started talking fast. He had three minutes to sell his idea for a social networking Web site for car lovers. That's all he needed.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Prince William County news summary, Nov. 8-14, 2009 ]]></title>
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News that appeared Nov. 8-14 in The Washington Post
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. area congressional votes ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Here's how some major bills fared recently in Congress and how local congressional members voted, as provided by Thomas Voting Reports. The District's congressional delegate is not permitted to vote on final passage of legislation. "NV" means "not voting."
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			<title><![CDATA[ FHA boss: FHA is not the new subprime ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:27:11 EST</pubDate>
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SAN DIEGO -- Federal Housing Administration Commissioner David Stevens said Saturday that concerns the agency is headed for the same financial trouble that snared Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the subprime sector are unwarranted.
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			<dc:creator>ALEX VEIGA</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Drug firm Emergent to expand ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Rockville pharmaceutical firm Emergent BioSolutions announced on Friday that it has acquired a building in Baltimore where it intends to expand the development and testing of its drugs.
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			<dc:creator>Mike Musgrove</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Local Digest ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New deal could lead to Fillmore music hall in Silver Spring ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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On one hand, you have Devo, Sonic Youth, Los Lobos, the Pixies and the world's biggest concert promoter, Live Nation.
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			<dc:creator>Michael Laris</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ex-D.C. worker admits taking thousands in kickback scheme ]]></title>
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A former D.C. government employee admitted in federal court Friday that he took thousands of dollars in kickbacks to steer contracts to a technology consulting firm.
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			<dc:creator>Del Quentin Wilber</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Artists carry on a regal tradition capturing pride of place, cherished memories ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Randal and Judith Lemke have a very personal art collection on display in their Falls Church townhouse.
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			<dc:creator>Maryann Haggerty</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 30-year mortgage rates fall to 4.91% ]]></title>
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Rates for 30-year home loans stayed below 5 percent for the second week in a row.
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			<title><![CDATA[ A lifeline after foreclosure ]]></title>
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There is new vocabulary in mortgage lending: D4L. In order to be eligible for a D4L, or Deed for Lease, you must go through a DIL, short for a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
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			<dc:creator>Benny L. Kass</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ US Airways pilots ask for federal mediation ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:42:40 EST</pubDate>
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- The pilot union at US Airways Group Inc. is asking for federal mediation in its negotiations with the airline.
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			<title><![CDATA[ For 3rd time, W.Va. Supreme Court finds for Massey ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:39:15 EST</pubDate>
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A multimillion-dollar coal contract dispute that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court took its latest turn Thursday with another ruling in favor of Massey Energy Co.
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			<dc:creator>LAWRENCE MESSINA</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chesapeake crabbers not going for Va.'s buyout ]]></title>
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- To ease pressures on the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population, Virginia is paying watermen to stay out of the water, using $6.7 million in federal disaster aid to buy back crabbing licenses.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bank repossessions down in D.C. area ]]></title>
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Bank repossessions of homes in the Washington area declined last month but are on pace to surpass last year's total in most parts of the region by the end of the year, according to data released Thursday by RealtyTrac.
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			<dc:creator>Renae Merle</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 5 charged with stealing plastic pallets in Prince George's ]]></title>
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Five people have been charged with stealing massive amounts of plastic pallets and crates used to transport bottled soft drinks, baked goods and dairy products, costing local businesses nearly $10 million, Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey said Thursday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ US Airways jet diverted after landing gear glitch ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:53:13 EST</pubDate>
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DAYTON, Ohio -- A US Airways plane en route to Indianapolis has been diverted to an Ohio airport after the crew reported a problem with the landing gear.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Banks borrow less from emergency Fed program ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:55:21 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- Banks borrowed slightly less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, and reduced their use of other credit programs designed to ease the financial crisis.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. authorities charge 5 people with plastic theft ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:41 EST</pubDate>
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- Authorities in Prince George's County have charged five people in the large-scale theft of plastic pallets and delivery containers.
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			<title><![CDATA[ W.Va. report raises questions about scholarships ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:16:55 EST</pubDate>
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Recipients of merit-based PROMISE scholarships stay in West Virginia at a lower rate than the average in-state college graduate, a new report shows.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rates on 30-year loans remain below 5 percent ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:15 EST</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON -- Rates this week for 30-year home loans stayed below 5 percent for the second week in a row.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. home sales ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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These were among sales recorded recently in the District and supplied to The Washington Post by Spatial Systems Associates Inc. and the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue. To find sale and assessment records for homes in the District and elsewhere in the Washington area, visit...
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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These were among incidents reported by D.C. police. For information, call your police district station.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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This is the meeting schedule for the D.C. Council and its committees for the coming week. All meetings are in the Council Chamber of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, unless otherwise noted.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sales Talk: Niermann Weeks factory sample sale Saturday in Millersville, Md. ]]></title>
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Niermann Weeks will open its Millersville factory to the public on Saturday for a sample sale.
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