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Gaithersburg whiz kid heads to National Geographic Bee finals
Gaithersburg resident Adam Rusak is one of nine whiz kids competing in Thursday’s National Geographic Bee in Washington and he’s hoping to take home the crown.
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Watch the George Washington Commencement live here
Watch the 2012 George Washington University Commencement.
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Montgomery Co. high school students trained by US Navy SEALs
A group of 50 Montgomery County high school students took a final exam Saturday -- the “SEAL Team Fitness Challenge.”
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Betty White comes to Washington to see the animals
Betty White comes to Washington to see the wildlife - not the donkeys and elephants on Capitol Hill, but the animals in the National Zoo.
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Alexandria is America's top town for bookworms
A new survey from Amazon.com deems Alexandria the most well-read city in the United States, based on sales of books, magazines and newspapers in both print and Kindle formats since last June.
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First Lady praises Virginia Tech's resilience
The first lady noted Virginia Tech's resilience in the face of several incidents of campus violence, including the 2007 massacre that left 33 dead.
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101 Women of Hope helping D.C.'s youth
Over 100 young women from across the D.C. region will be taking off a day from work Friday to help the city’s youth.
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Dreams for Kids helps children with disabilities
A young man with a disability, but a fighting spirit and the group that nurtures that spirit are this week’s heroes.
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Powell, 11, represents Va. in 2012 Doodle for Google contest
Today 11-year-old Eileen Powell of Alexandria learned that she will represent all of Virginia as a state finalist, in the 2012 Doodle for Google contest.
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Montgomery County school employees to get raises
Montgomery County public school employees are set to receive their first raise in three years under a tentative budget deal.
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PHOTOS: Waters of the National Harbor become classroom for students
Three hundred children from Maryland, Virginia and D.C. participated in the Nation's River Bass Tournament, which is sponsored by Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FLW Outdoors, and Pepco. The event gives students a hands-on fishing and boating experience at the National Harbor.
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Prince William school board member quits
Grant Lattin, who represented the Occoquan district, said in his resignation letter that he was leaving the position on Thursday "for personal reasons."
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Virginia Tech board OKs in-state tuition, fee increase
Meeting in Arlington on Thursday, Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors approved the increase, which translates to an annual cost of $10,923.
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Michelle Obama recalls 1960 sit ins, challenges 2012 grads
The four North Carolina college students who started the sit-in movement for desegregation in 1960 shows what young people can do to change their world for the better, first lady Michelle Obama said during a commencement speech Saturday.
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Art Institute of Washington seniors blocked from graduation
Some seniors at a local institute say their school won't let them graduate, and not because they didn't pass their classes. They say their advisors miscalculated their credits.
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Thurgood Marshall Elementary School's planetarium wows students
At Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, the District's only in-school planetarium is helping students reach new worlds.
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Athletes come off the field for 'Let's Move!' flash mob
To celebrate the second year of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!!" campaign, students at Alice Deal Middle School got their heart rates up with some guys who do it for a living.
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Fired Bishop O'Connell teacher files discrimination lawsuits
The Bishop O'Connell High School history teacher who says he was fired due to his age has officially filed two age discrimination complaints just weeks after he was let go.
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