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			<title><![CDATA[ 3 teens injured in car crash in Glenn Dale area of Pr. George's ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:58 EST</pubDate>
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Three teenagers were injured -- one critically -- in a single-vehicle crash Thursday in the Glenn Dale area of Prince George's County, police and fire officials said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sen. Lugar's wife charged with DUI, hit-and-run ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:30:58 EST</pubDate>
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The wife of Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) was arrested in McLean on Wednesday night after crashing into a parked car, and she was charged with drunk driving and hit-and-run, Fairfax County police said Thursday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Body found in dumpster was that of homeless man ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:16:58 EST</pubDate>
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The Upper Marlboro man whose body was found at a Laurel recycling facility Tuesday was homeless and sleeping in a dumpster when he was picked up and compacted by a cardboard recycling truck, authorities said Thursday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Two men charged in Va. robberies ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:55:01 EST</pubDate>
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Alexandria police have arrested two men in connection with four robberies in recent weeks. In two of the robberies, the victims fought back, and in one case, the robber left empty-handed, police said. None of the victims was injured.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Gates Foundation invests $335 million in education reform ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:59 EST</pubDate>
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The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation announced Thursday a $335 million investment in teacher effectiveness, funding experiments in tenure, evaluation, compensation, training and mentoring in three large school systems and a cluster of charter schools.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Young, privileged and ambivalent about their wealth ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:58 EST</pubDate>
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One night in Adams Morgan, the sons and daughters of attorneys, a chief executive and a consulting company partner padded into a friend's rowhouse for a kind of group therapy session about their families' wealth.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man dies after driving into tree in Vienna ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:17:59 EST</pubDate>
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An 18-year-old Clifton man was killed early Thursday when the car he was driving crashed into a tree in Vienna. Although the car burst into flames, two passengers were rescued and were not seriously hurt.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man charged in alleged hunting mishap that left woman dead ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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FERRUM, Va. (AP) -- A hunter faces manslaughter and other charges after authorities say he fired at college students he mistook for a deer, leaving one dead and another, a McLean man, wounded.
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			<title><![CDATA[ First degree murder charge in Wheaton death ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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Montgomery County police have charged a man with first-degree murder in the killing of a man whose body was found in the road in Wheaton.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Pedestrian, 63, fatally struck by car ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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A 63-year-old man was fatally struck by a car late Wednesday as he tried to cross a Silver Spring street, Montgomery County police said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. store owner recounts fatal shooting of robber ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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By store owner John Jang's account, there was no choice at all.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Robert McCartney: Prince George's, Md., sheriff takes scary position on misguided raid ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Since the day his officers gunned down two pet Labrador dogs and handcuffed two innocent people for hours in a drug raid in 2008 at the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights, Prince George's County Sheriff Michael Jackson has clung to what seems like a preposterous notion that his men did nothing w...
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. Council chief defends use of big firm for home repairs ]]></title>
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D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray said Wednesday that he saw no problem with getting repairs and architectural services for his Southeast home in recent months using a construction firm owned by megadeveloper Chris Smith.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Gay-marriage opponents sue to force referendum in D.C. ]]></title>
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The decision by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics to block a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage reverberated on Capitol Hill and in the courts Wednesday as the battle continued over whether voters should have a say in the debate.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Maryland board's authority is disputed as it makes cuts ]]></title>
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In the months since Maryland's legislature adjourned, Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) has persuaded two state officials to slash hundreds of millions of dollars from the budget -- more than the General Assembly cut during its session. On Wednesday, their effort to cope with the economic downturn continued...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Closing arguments set in Baltimore mayor's theft trial ]]></title>
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Jurors are set to hear closing arguments Thursday in the criminal theft trial of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, without hearing from her.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ex-D.C. chief's statement on mass arrest disputed ]]></title>
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A D.C. police detective says he overheard then-Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey order a controversial mass arrest during a demonstration in downtown Washington seven years ago, according to attorneys for people taken into custody that day.
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			<dc:creator>Del Quentin Wilber</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man killed by Fairfax, Va., officer had no gun ]]></title>
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The man who was shot and killed by a Fairfax County police officer Friday did not have a gun, police acknowledged Wednesday, and police again declined to say why the officer fired on the man.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Public can comment on Montgomery bus pass fares; Man found dead in Wheaton was homicide; D.C. to give away bags to educate public about new fees ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A 63-year-old man was fatally struck by a car late Wednesday as he tried to cross a Silver Spring street, Montgomery County police said.
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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[ Judge rules Jefferson can remain free while he appeals conviction ]]></title>
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Former congressman William J. Jefferson will not have to begin serving his 13-year prison term until his appeal of his conviction on corruption charges is resolved, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Enrollment up at Md. public, private colleges ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Enrollment increased at Maryland's public and private colleges this fall, with public two-year colleges seeing the greatest growth and private institutions the least, according to a report released Wednesday.
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			<dc:creator>Daniel de Vise</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. leaders set aside feud for home rule's sake ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray put aside their political differences Wednesday to support an effort on Capitol Hill to give the District more control over its budget and laws.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man charged with involuntary manslaughter in fireworks-related death ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:19:59 EST</pubDate>
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A Centreville man who was lighting fireworks in the bed of a moving pickup truck in July was charged with involuntary manslaughter after a friend fell from the truck and later died, Loudoun authorities said Wednesday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. lobbyist with drunken-driving convictions freed ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Maryland lobbyist with seven drunken-driving convictions who has represented the Prince George's County Council and Sheriff's Department was ordered released Wednesday after 36 days in jail.
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			<title><![CDATA[ No gun found on man shot and killed by Fairfax police officer ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:57 EST</pubDate>
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The man who was shot and killed by a Fairfax County police officer on Friday did not have a gun, the police acknowledged Wednesday, and police again declined to say why the officer fired on the man.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alternate exams questioned as test scores rise in Virginia ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Lynbrook Elementary School, which serves one of the poorest communities in Fairfax County, seems to be a model for reform. Three years ago, the Springfield school failed to meet state testing goals in English. Since then, it has charted double-digit gains in passing rates for every one of its clo...
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			<dc:creator>Michael Alison Chandler</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. man charged in wife's beating death ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Northeast Washington man has been ordered held without bond, accused of using a vase to beat his wife to death Sunday, four months after prosecutors said he had threatened to kill her.
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			<dc:creator>Keith L. Alexander</dc:creator>
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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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			<title><![CDATA[ First lady helps USDA honor Fairfax school's healthy habits ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Students at Hollin Meadows Elementary School were harvesting lettuce from the school's garden Wednesday morning when they received a visit from Gardener-in-Chief Michelle Obama.
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			<dc:creator>Michael Alison Chandler</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Police: Man's body found in Wheaton ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:31:56 EST</pubDate>
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Just after midnight on Wednesday morning, a woman found an unresponsive man lying on a road in the Wheaton area, and Montgomery County police later determined the man was a victim of homicide.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. store owner shoots, kills robber ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A store owner shot and killed a would-be robber Tuesday night in his store in Prince George's county, county police said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. pedestrian dies after accident near cathedral ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A man struck by a car near Washington National Cathedral died Monday, one of two pedestrians fatally injured at prominent Washington sites in recent days.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. Council chairman's fundraising letter now part of probe ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) used council stationery to solicit a $20,000 contribution from Comcast to help pay for Democratic Party activities at last year's national convention, prompting questions about whether his actions might have violated campaign finance and ethics laws.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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An Upper Marlboro man was found dead in a compactor at a recycling facility in the Laurel area Tuesday, and police were mum on why and how he got there.
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			<title><![CDATA[ LOTTERIES ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 8-0-5 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 7-6-7-6
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ethics watchdogs face complaints in Montgomery ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Two Montgomery County agencies that investigate government ethics are facing complaints questioning their behavior.
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			<dc:creator>Michael Laris</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[ Virginia analyzing lack of minorities in gifted programs ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Tuesday that the Virginia Education Department has launched a study of minority students' low participation in gifted education programs statewide.
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			<dc:creator>Michael Allison Chandler</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. board turns away ballot initiative on marriage ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday that a proposed ballot initiative defining marriage as between a man and a woman cannot go forward, reaffirming an earlier ruling that such a vote would be discriminatory.
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			<dc:creator>Tim Craig</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Release of Reid's health-care bill could come as early as Wednesday ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as Wednesday.
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			<dc:creator>Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Va. to study minorities in gifted education programs ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:34:01 EST</pubDate>
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Tuesday that the Virginia Education Department has launched a study of minority students' low participation in gifted education programs throughout the state.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Va. might need to cut $2.9 million more from budget by 2012 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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RICHMOND -- State agencies might need to cut up to $2.9 billion more from core services, such as education, law enforcement and health care, by mid-2012 to accommodate Virginia's financial crisis.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Montgomery County endorses light rail route, I-270 toll lanes ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday officially endorsed building a light rail line and adding two reversible highway lanes to ease traffic congestion in the growing Interstate 270 corridor.
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			<dc:creator>Katherine Shaver</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Suspects in Springfield robbery rampage still at large ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:30:02 EST</pubDate>
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Four armed, masked men went on a robbery rampage in the Springfield area Monday night and in one case shot a victim in the head. The man who was shot survived, Fairfax County police said Tuesday, and the suspects remain at large.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. man arrested in Charles County in connection to fatal shooting ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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Police in Charles County have arrested a D.C. man in connection with a fatal shooting during a drug robbery outside an Indian Head bar this month, authorities said Tuesday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man who killed Prince William couple in 2001 is executed ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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JARRATT, VA. -- A former Army counterintelligence officer who became obsessed with an adult escort he met on the Internet was executed by electrocution Tuesday night for killing a young couple in Prince William County in 2001 to impress and help the woman.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Some Prince George's cab drivers strike ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:46:59 EST</pubDate>
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Antonio Coats usually has no problem finding a taxi as he leaves the New Carrollton Metro station. So when the 21-year-old barber came out of the station early Tuesday, he was surprised that not a single cab was available.
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			<dc:creator>Hamil R. Harris and Jonathan Mummolo</dc:creator>
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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[ 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[ Montgomery County Council agrees to outside legal advice for IG ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:21:01 EST</pubDate>
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The Montgomery County Council approved a measure Tuesday to provide independent legal advice to the county's inspector general, whose office investigates allegations of waste, fraud and abuse in county government.
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			<dc:creator>Miranda S. Spivack</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[ Public gets to weigh in on proposed Ride On fare increase ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:11:47 EST</pubDate>
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The public will get to weigh in this month on a proposal from Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett to raise the cost of a Ride On monthly bus pass from $25 to $30 beginning Jan. 1.
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			<dc:creator>Washington Post staff</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ To save money, Fairfax schools may change bus boundaries ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Almost everyone has a grandparent who claims to have walked two miles to school every morning. Uphill. In the snow. Etc.
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			<dc:creator>Fredrick Kunkle</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[ Upper Marlboro man found dead in compactor  ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:58:57 EST</pubDate>
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An Upper Marlboro man was found dead in the compactor at a recycling facility in the Laurel area Tuesday, and police are remaining mum on why and how he got there.
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			<dc:creator>Matt Zapotosky</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 9-year-old D.C. boy ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The mother of the slain child, just done identifying her 9-year-old son from a morgue photo and headed next to a funeral home, stood in the brilliant sunshine outside the D.C. medical examiner's office, a diminutive woman freighted with grief, her face drawn from sleeplessness, her eyes moist and...
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			<dc:creator>Paul Duggan</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man struck and killed by Metro train ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:15:01 EST</pubDate>
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McPherson Square Station reopened Tuesday morning after being closed for several hours Monday night because a man was struck and killed by a Metro train, authorities said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Family, friends mourn boy slain in D.C. apartment ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Oscar Fuentes was every bit a kid's kid. When he lived with an older cousin in the District, he was known to run outside at the sound of a bouncing basketball, the cousin said. Friendly? You bet. Annoying? At times. About what you would expect from a 9-year-old. On Saturday, Oscar was gunned down...
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			<dc:creator>Matt Zapotosky</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. man, 76, dies after car hits him and wife on the Mall ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A 76-year-old Northwest Washington man died Monday after being struck by a car Sunday on the Mall, U.S. Park Police said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man struck and killed by Metro train ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A man was struck and killed by a Metro train at the McPherson Square Station on Monday night, authorities said.
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			<dc:creator>Martin Weil</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man struck, killed by train at McPherson Square Metro station ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:52:03 EST</pubDate>
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A man was hit by a train and killed at the McPherson Square Metro station Monday night after he apparently jumped or climbed down to the tracks, authorities said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hunger a growing problem in America, USDA reports ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The nation's economic crisis has catapulted the number of Americans who lack enough food to the highest level since the government has been keeping track, according to a new federal report, which shows that nearly 50 million people -- including almost one child in four -- struggled last year to g...
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			<dc:creator>Amy Goldstein</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ John Kelly: Having to spill the beans on a secret purchase ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The mistakenly switched suitcase used to be a staple of the movies, a handy plot device in films as varied as "What's Up, Doc?" and "El Mariachi." Opening the wrong Samsonite and finding bricks of China white heroin or a mini-arsenal of automatic weapons is all very entertaining when it happens t...
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			<dc:creator>John Kelly</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fairfax schools debate language instruction and its costs ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Fairfax County School Board took a sharp detour from America's aversion to learning foreign languages when it adopted an ambitious goal in 2006 that language instruction should start early and graduates should be able to speak two languages.
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			<dc:creator>Michael Alison Chandler</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ LOTTERIES ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 6-9-1 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 6-9-5-7
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man fatally shot by Fairfax police was ex-Green Beret ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A man who was fatally shot by Fairfax County police Friday was a former Green Beret who was suspected of stealing flowers from outside a Route 1 business shortly before he was killed.
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			<dc:creator>Tom Jackman</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Va. Gov. Timothy Kaine assesses the Deeds defeat ]]></title>
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Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday that Democrat R. Creigh Deeds lost his campaign for governor because he was unable to energize his base, falling into a Republican trap that led him to shrink from the president and his policies.
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			<dc:creator>Rosalind S. Helderman</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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D.C. Council members said they will subpoena two development employees to testify after they failed to appear at a hearing on controversial construction contracts that were routed through the D.C. Housing Authority and awarded to firms with ties to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D).
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			<title><![CDATA[ Montgomery teacher charged in two robberies ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A high school biology teacher in Montgomery County was placed on administrative leave Monday after police charged him with two counts of armed robbery, alleging that he had stolen drugs from a pharmacy and cash from a bank.
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			<dc:creator>Dan Morse and Nelson Hernandez</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Maryland woman gets 12 years in mortgage scam ]]></title>
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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[ D.C.'s Catania orders AIDS office to answer HUD ]]></title>
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After a federal threat to withhold millions in funding from the city because of poor oversight of AIDS programs, D.C. Council member David Catania on Monday ordered city health officials to gather the documents needed within 24 hours to address the concerns.
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			<dc:creator>Darryl Fears</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Tropical Storm Ida's wallop leaves Assateague a mess ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Virginia half of Assateague Island has been closed because of damage from Tropical Storm Ida, which downed trees, buried parking lots in sand and washed thousands of tires onto the beach last week, federal officials said.
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			<dc:creator>David A. Fahrenthold</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Reusable bags distributed to educate D.C. about new bag fee ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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The District will give away 122,000 reusable bags to seniors and low-income residents in its campaign to educate the public about the city's new 5-cent bag fee.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ex-Pr. George's police officer indicted on bank robbery charges ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:21:55 EST</pubDate>
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A former Prince George's County police officer was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he tried to rob a Temple Hills bank, the U.S. attorney's office said.
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			<dc:creator>Maria Glod</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:21:55 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Second NE shooting victim dies ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:18:02 EST</pubDate>
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A man wounded in a double shooting last week in Northeast has died.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Petula Dvorak: This isn't your grandma's cake decorating ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The crowd sported more biceps tattoos than bifocals. More body piercings than pacemakers. More geeks than grandmas.
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			<dc:creator>Petula Dvorak</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. teens report 'frightening' levels of texting while driving ]]></title>
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A graphic British public service video that portrays a fatal accident caused by a texting teenage driver has been the talk of Facebook and other places where young Americans congregate, but a study suggests that it hasn't done much to change their habits.
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			<dc:creator>Ashley Halsey III</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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			<dc:creator>Derek Kravitz</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Soldier, 26, killed in Afghanistan 'loved being deployed' ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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When Heather Huckett fell in love with Nickolas Mueller, she thought he was too good to be true. He made sure to open doors for her, bought her lavender roses and lilies, and liked spending time cooking and cuddling with her in their apartment in Savannah, Ga.
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			<dc:creator>Yamiche Alcindor</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[ Teen charged in fatal shooting of George Rawlings after D.C. funeral ]]></title>
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A teenager arrested in Landover on Friday has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the Nov. 11 shooting death of a District man who was boarding a bus on H Street NE.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Inside the pediatric flu deluge at Children's hospital ]]></title>
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Her work day started before 7 a.m., when three flu-sickened children were being treated in the emergency room. Ready for another 12-hour shift, pediatric nurse Lindsay Wheeler donned her stethoscope and noticed, with some surprise, that there was no long waiting line of coughing youngsters and pa...
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			<title><![CDATA[ NE D.C. man charged with murder after wife is beaten to death ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Northeast Washington man was charged with murder and assault Monday for allegedly beating his wife to death and severely injuring a person who was with her in their District home, police said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Va. man set to plead guilty in Pagans Motorcycle Club case ]]></title>
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An Alexandria man charged in a racketeering case targeting the Pagans Motorcycle Club is due to change his plea to guilty.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Frederick fire chief's father rescued from blaze ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Frederick County chief fire marshal says it was a shock to be dispatched to his parents' home for a fire there.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Child's fatal shooting shakes Columbia Heights ]]></title>
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First, there was a single bang. Then, the screams.
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			<dc:creator>Matt Zapotosky and Michael Laris</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Baby boomers find growing public acceptance of marijuana use ]]></title>
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Smoking pot isn't what it used to be for Joe Lee, a 62-year-old vintage-record dealer in Rockville.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 9-2-1 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 6-2-8-7
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			<title><![CDATA[ Report says performance of Arizona's charter schools is mixed ]]></title>
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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Here, where suburb meets desert, students are clambering amid the cacti to dig soil samples and take notes on flora and fauna. In an old movie complex in nearby Chandler, others are dissecting a Renaissance tract on human nature. On a South Phoenix campus with a National Foot...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Before a fatal fall, Va. town aware of building's hazards ]]></title>
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Warrenton native Harold Spencer walked out of the newly built Warrenton-Fauquier Visitor Center and tripped over a 16-inch wall around a cistern just outside the front door. Spencer, 73, fell awkwardly and broke his neck. Three days later, he died.
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			<title><![CDATA[ D.C. schools offer students breakfast in the classroom ]]></title>
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The lights are still off in Alex Brown's fourth-grade classroom at Friendship Public Charter School's Southeast Elementary Academy just before 8 a.m. as he tends to an integral part of his early morning routine: placing small purple-and-yellow boxes called "breakfast breaks" in front of each seat.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Goal: Raise $500,000 for Children's National Medical Center ]]></title>
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N oble Tousha Jr. thought his 5-year-old son would like the "Transformers" movie and see in its high-tech, shape-shifting characters a little of himself.
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Answer Sheet: No fit way to treatyoung athletes ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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How many concussions would you allow your child to suffer before you decided that perhaps he or she should retire from the travel soccer team?
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			<title><![CDATA[ More optimistic label for 'at-risk' kids draws skepticism ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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I sympathize with those who might not be comfortable with the latest plan to rid our schools of at-risk kids. Several educators across the country, including Alexandria Superintendent Morton Sherman, have decided not to call them that anymore. Henceforth they will be known as "at-promise" children.
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			<title><![CDATA[ School bus destroyed by fire in D.C. ]]></title>
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A public school bus parked at a District of Columbia lot was destroyed Sunday by a fire that appears to have started accidentally, officials said. Two buses parked nearby also were damaged.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Md. police search for suspect in attempted rape ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:44:01 EST</pubDate>
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Montgomery County police say they are searching for a man who attempted to rape a woman as she exited a bus in Aspen Hill.
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			<title><![CDATA[ 9-year-old boy slain during apparent robbery in NW ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:45:52 EST</pubDate>
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A 9-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday night in the Columbia Heights area of Northwest Washington in an apparent robbery attempt, authorities said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Child fatally shot in Northwest Washington ]]></title>
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A boy younger than 10 was shot and killed Saturday night in the Columbia Heights area of Northwest Washington.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Teen arrested in Rawlings slaying, police sources say ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A teenager has been arrested in the death of George Rawlings, 21, who was shot Wednesday as he boarded a bus on H Street NE, D.C. police sources said Saturday night.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Landscaper killed in apparent chainsaw accident in Bethesda ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:12:01 EST</pubDate>
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A landscaper was killed in Bethesda on Saturday in an apparent chainsaw accident, Montgomery County police said.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Electronic games turn slots casinos into 'Vegas lite' ]]></title>
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When Maryland legalized slot machines last year, the state stopped short of welcoming blackjack, roulette and other table games because of qualms about building full-scale casinos.
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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[ In post-9/11 world, geocaching gets noticed ]]></title>
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When the Loudoun County sheriff's deputy stumbled on the green ammunition can hidden in a Sterling drainage pipe, he did the right thing. He called in the bomb squad.
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