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WATCH: Continuing Boston Marathon explosion coverage
4/15/13 5:58 PM
Watch live streaming coverage of the explosions at the Boston Marathon here from NewsChannel 8.
Woman sexually assaulted in NE D.C.
4/15/13 2:04 PM
D.C. police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in NE D.C.
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Man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting woman in NW D.C.
4/15/13 11:00 AM
D.C. police arrested a man after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in NW D.C. after the both exited a cab.
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Georgetown chapel reopens after being vandalized
4/15/13 9:54 AM
Georgetown University's Dahlgren Chapel is back open to the public Monday after vandals broke in and caused minor damage inside the building.
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Sterling man accused of fondling woman on flight
4/12/13 5:46 PM
A Sterling man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly fondled a woman while she slept on a flight between Miami and Washington.
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Suspect pleads guilty in H Street deli murder
4/12/13 5:28 PM
Steven Vondell Williams, the man suspected of shooting and killing the owner of an H Street NE deli owner last year, pleaded guilty Friday.
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North Carolina college campus lockdown ends
4/12/13 1:55 PM
North Carolina A&T State University has lifted a lockdown imposed after reports of a man with a rifle on campus.
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Report: D.C. hospital employee stole $400,000 in overtime payments
4/12/13 10:59 AM
An employee at the D.C.-owned United Medical Center has been fired after an employee embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the facility.
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DHS official pleads guilty to accepting bribes
4/11/13 2:54 PM
A former regional director in the Department of Homeland Security has pleaded guilty to accepting more than $12,000 in bribes from a Virginia contractor.
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Social media reaction from the Boston Marathon blasts
4/15/13 5:26 PM
Social media sites lit up with information, photos and reaction to the pair of explosions that hit the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon on Monday.
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Three suspects sexually assault woman in NE D.C.
4/15/13 12:43 PM
Police are searching for three suspects who sexually assaulted a woman who was walking in Northeast D.C. early Saturday morning.
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Bowie car fires declared suspicious by fire officials
4/15/13 10:01 AM
A Sunday morning fire that caused $90,000 worth of damage to cars in Bowie has been declared suspicious, officials say.
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Two women in stable condition after Va. college shooting
4/13/13 9:39 PM
Two women who were shot by a gunman at a community college in a mall in southwest Virginia, causing students and shoppers to flee in a panic, were reported to be in stable condition Saturday. An 18-year-old college student was charged Friday with the shootings.
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MPD investigating U Street NW bomb threat
4/12/13 5:29 PM
D.C. Police on Friday investigated a bomb threat on U Street in NW.
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Jessup inmate dies after beating
4/12/13 4:56 PM
Maryland state police say 26-year-old Javaughn Young died shortly after noon Friday at Shock Trauma. He had been taken there from the Maryland Correctional Institution-Jessup after the assault Thursday night.
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D.C. officer charged with sexually abusing 11-year-old girl
4/12/13 12:22 PM
A D.C. police officer has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl inside a D.C. church that his family runs. Charging documents state Wendel Palmer led the youth choir group and that is how he allegedly found his victim.
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Woodbridge student says teacher hit him on the arm
4/11/13 5:55 PM
61-year-old Curtis Smith was charged Wednesday with assault and battery after a 13-year-old accused him of hitting him in class at Fred Lynn Middle School the previous day.
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Jodi Arias trial: Prosecution wants to prove victim was afraid of Arias
4/11/13 2:42 PM
Testimony has resumed in Jodi Arias' murder trial after the prosecutor worked to show the victim was afraid of Arias before his death.
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