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Fairfax teen electrocuted on school roof
6/19/13 6:50 AM
A teen was electrocuted and three others were injured after they climbed onto a Herndon elementary school roof Tuesday, Fairfax police say.
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One dead in Rockville car accident
6/19/13 5:56 AM
One person is dead after a car accident Wednesday morning in Rockville, Maryland.
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Humidity on its way out, warm, comfortable weather in
6/19/13 5:32 AM
Wednesday will bring partly cloudy skies, with less humidity and comfortable temps--highs will be near 80.
Department of Labor investigates Capital Bikeshare's unfair wages
6/18/13 11:53 PM
Around 20 current and former workers plan to participate in a press conference Wednesday, calling on Capital BIkeshare’s parent company Alta to pay over $100,000 in back pay and benefits.
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Award-winning journalist killed in LA crash
6/18/13 10:31 PM
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles.
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House vote puts new limits on abortions
6/18/13 8:49 PM
The legislation, sparked by the murder conviction of a Philadelphia late-term abortion provider, would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception.
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Amtrak: Subsidy cuts would jeopardize service
6/18/13 7:49 PM
Amtrak's president says long-distance trains and some short-haul routes would be jeopardized and service in the busy Northeast corridor might have to be slowed if federal subsidy cuts proposed by a House subcommittee are realized.
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NSA director says surveillance foiled 50 terror plots
6/18/13 6:24 PM
The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday.
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Victim: Naval Academy didn't take my assault claims seriously
6/18/13 6:22 PM
The female Naval Academy student who says she was raped by three Midshipmen football players at an off-campus party says that the school hasn't taken her claims seriously and that she fears retaliation, WJZ-TV reports.
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Fort Belvoir to open new, 270K sq-foot Exchange
6/19/13 6:34 AM
Fort Belvoir is unveiling a new, 270,000 square-foot post exchange that military officials say is the largest of its kind on the East Coast and an example of the military's effort to rebrand and modernize the old exchanges.
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Muslim group tackles discrimination against local Muslim cab driver
6/19/13 5:55 AM
For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.
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Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled in Capitol
6/19/13 5:27 AM
The 19th-century orator and writer Frederick Douglass will once again stand tall in the U.S. Capitol.
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D.C. Fire staffing concerns threaten Fourth of July celebration
6/18/13 11:52 PM
Sources tell 7 On Your Side that the D.C. Fire Department, due to staffing and ambulance shortages, would not be able to provide coverage for the annual Fourth of July event on the National Mall. But soon after ABC7 got involved, things changed.
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Cat shot with arrow in Anne Arundel County
6/18/13 9:41 PM
Xena, a 2-year-old cat, was found near a home in the 300 block of Riva Road with a two-foot arrow sticking out of its shoulder. The scared cat was not able to be captured, though, for two days.
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D.C. Council passes food truck regulations
6/18/13 8:34 PM
The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation Tuesday, amending proposed food truck regulations.
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Sources: Man shoots stepfather, turns gun on himself
6/18/13 6:26 PM
A man was shot and killed Tuesday and another was injured near a Northwest Washington home, sources tell ABC7.
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Providers concerned over changes to Fairfax County in-home day care rules
6/18/13 6:23 PM
Members of the Fairfax County board debated changing zoning rules for in-home daycare facilities to fall in line with new state rules.
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D.C. students honored at Chancellor's Scholars Luncheon
6/18/13 6:18 PM
A group of exceptional D.C. students were recognized for their hard work Tuesday at the first-ever Chancellor's Scholars Luncheon.
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