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Inauguration 2013: D.C. holds practice parade, dress rehearsal for inauguration
Inauguration organizers held a practice parade to prepare for next week's swearing-in of President Barack Obama. Stand-ins for the president and first lady watched. The dress rehearsal closed streets and affected parking near the National Mall.
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France protests president's plan to legalize gay marriage
Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage and thus allow same-sex couples to adopt and conceive children.
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Miss New York Mallory Hagan crowned Miss America
Mallory Hagan, a 23-year-old blonde from Brooklyn, N.Y., won the Miss America crown Saturday night after deftly dealing with a question about armed guards in schools and raising the issue of child sexual abuse in her contestant platform.
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Sen. Hagel's 'overall temperament' questioned
Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker is concerned whether Hagel is "suited" to run a big government department such as the Pentagon.
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Russia adoption: Thousands march to protest new law
Thousands marched through Moscow on Sunday to protest Russia's new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, a far bigger number than expected in a sign that outrage over the ban has breathed some life into the dispirited anti-Kremlin opposition movement.
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San Diego shooting: Officer shoots suspect in movie theater
Police shot and critically wounded a gunman Saturday in a San Diego movie theater as more than a dozen moviegoers ducked for cover on the floor.
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Baltimore Ravens top Denver Broncos in double OT 38-35
After the Ravens forced overtime on a 70-yard touchdown pass with 31 seconds left in regulation, rookie Justin Tucker kicked a 47-yard FG in the second overtime, ending the NFL's longest game in 26 years.
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Homeless, at-risk veterans treated to their own ‘Day of Service’
The day provided medical help to the veterans, such as flu shots, eye exams, dental exams, mental health services and HIV tests. But there was also the self-confidence boosts, like new shoes, new coats, a shower station and a barber shop.
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No. 20 NC State upsets No. 1 Duke 84-76
N.C. State was picked for the first time in nearly four decades to win the ACC, though two early losses drained some buzz. Now N.C. State is back on everyone's radar, while the Blue Devils (15-1, 2-1) are no longer unbeaten.
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Bryant's late FG lifts Falcons over Seattle 30-28
Matt Bryant kicked a 49-yard field goal with 8 seconds left and the Atlanta Falcons bounced back after blowing a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter, defeating Russell Wilson and the gutty Seattle Seahawks 30-28 in an NFC divisional playoff game Sunday.
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NRA: Congress will not pass assault weapons ban
The National Rifle Association has so far prevented passage of another assault weapons ban like the one that expired in 2004. But some lawmakers say the Newtown tragedy has transformed the country, and Americans are ready for stricter gun laws.
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Newtown weighs fate of Sandy Hook Elementary
Talk about Sandy Hook is turning from last month's massacre to the future, with differing opinions on whether students and staff should ever return to the building where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators.
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Leon Antauwn Wynn admits to Suitland murder, police say
Leon Antauwn Wynn was arrested Friday night following a police chase in Northeast Washington. Photo: Prince George's County Police
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Women go topless to protest Vatican's opposition to gay marriage
The small demonstration at the Vatican coincided with a march in Paris that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people to protest the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage and let gay couples adopt children.
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Miss DC falls short after raising cancer awareness
Miss District of Columbia Allyn Rose made headlines by announcing plans to undergo a preventive double mastectomy after the competition to reduce her risk of breast cancer, the disease that killed her mother, grandmother and great aunt.
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Multi-faith group protests Pamela Geller, conservative conference
Months after a debate erupted over controversial anti-Muslim billboards in some Metro stations, Pamela Geller, the woman behind those ads appeared at an event in Annapolis. CAIR-MD organized a multi-faith protest outside.
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RFK suspected conspiracy in brother's assassination, son says
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is convinced that a lone gunman wasn't solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and said his father believed the Warren Commission report was a "shoddy piece of craftsmanship."
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Metro pays $1.6M on 84 claims for 2009 crash
Metro says it has paid $1.6 million to settle 84 claims stemming from the 2009 crash on its red line that killed nine people. The payments, which do not include settlements from federal lawsuits related to the crash, range from $333 to $150,000.
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