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Peter Laboy's wife: 'It wasn't his time to go'
"I definitely think it was a miracle,” said Suzanne Laboy of her husband, wounded Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy. “It wasn't his day to go."
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Sen. Mikulski bids ABC7's Bob Ryan a fond, tuneful farewell
Maryland's own Senator Barbara Mikulski sends her well wishes to ABC7's Bob Ryan, who is retiring this week.
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Survey: Teens increasingly privatizing Facebook pages
An increasing number of teenagers are taking steps to make their social media profiles more secure while sharing more personal information than ever, a Pew report indicates.
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RG3 to wedding gift critics: 'Haters gon' hate'
Washington Redskins fans showered Robert Griffin III with wedding gifts after he and his fiancée's wedding registry went public last week. He's getting flak for taking the gifts, but the criticism isn't bothering him, it seems.
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How you can help tornado victims in Oklahoma
With the massive destruction in Moore, Oklahoma, there are ways you can help with the recovery efforts.
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Carol Burnett wins Mark Twain humor prize
Carol Burnett said she can't believe she is receiving the prize from the Kennedy Center. "It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington," she said in a statement.
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House to vote on unveiling Douglass statue
Congress is set to take the final step toward moving the District of Columbia's statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass to the U.S. Capitol.
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Monday's tornado crossed path of 1999 twister
Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. ABC7's Adam Caskey takes an in-depth look at past tornadoes in Oklahoma.
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Founding member of The Doors dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone, has died. He was 74.
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'Untold' number still missing after Oklahoma tornado
At least 24 people were killed in the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla. on Monday, and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said less than 24 hours later than an untold number of people were still unaccounted for.
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D.C. woman pleads guilty in fatal April crash
Maria Werts will likely spend the next seven years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to hitting and killing a 58-year-old woman with her car while under the influence of alcohol and cocaine in April.
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Ex-IRS commissioner can't say how targeting happened
In his first public remarks since the story broke, former IRS head Douglas Shulman said: "I agree this is an issue that when someone spotted it, they should have brought it up the chain. And they didn't. I don't know why."
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U.S. can keep bin Laden photos secret, court rules
The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned down an appeal Tuesday from Judicial Watch to force the government to turn over bin Paden raid photos.
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WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts Manning's plea to 1 count
Prosecutors say they will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces.
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Report: Major D.C. donors got sweetheart land deals
A pair of development companies paid just $88 for more than $17 million worth of property in the District of Columbia over the past five years, WAMU 88.5 reports.
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D.C. Fire: Carbon monoxide sickens seven workers
A D.C. fire department official says seven construction workers were sickened by carbon monoxide and sent to area hospitals.
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FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Virginia coast
Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night.
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President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster
President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado. ABC7 will carry Obama's speech live at 10 a.m.
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