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Nationals-Cardinals playoff game: Metro travel tips, road closures
10/10/12 1:07 PM
If you're going to the Washington Nationals' first ever home playoff game against the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday, here are some important travel tips and road closures you should know about.
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Body found in northeast D.C.
10/10/12 11:44 AM
The body of a woman was discovered in the 1900 block of Fenwick Street in Northeast D.C.
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Salisbury Zoo adds Australian exhibit
10/10/12 10:03 AM
The Salisbury Zoo is preparing to welcome an Australian exhibit that will include wallabies and emus.
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University of Texas affirmative action case heads to Supreme Court, Al Sharpton holds D.C. rally
10/10/12 7:37 AM
As the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a discrimination case filed by a white woman against the University of Texas, the Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a rally outside to show support for the school's admissions policy.
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Virginia public school benchmarks reviewed
10/10/12 6:32 AM
Virginia is getting a better idea of how its public school students fared on new annual benchmarks.
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Food Recovery Network program expands
10/10/12 4:35 AM
Last year, the Food Recovery Network distributed 50,000 meals to the homeless and hungry.

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Battleground Virginia: Latest on the race for the White House
10/9/12 10:53 PM
President Obama and Mitt Romney have both made numerous campaign stops all over the Commonwealth and they have many more on their calendars in the next 28 days.
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Michelle Obama in Loudoun: Obama inherited a bad economy
10/9/12 6:14 PM
The first lady said her husband "inherited an economy in rapid decline" and that "instead of pointing fingers or placing blame, your president got to work."
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Taylor Morris, Afghanistan vet, recovers with help from girlfriend
10/9/12 6:03 PM
Taylor Morris, 23, is a quadruple amputee who earned the bronze star with valor for his actions in Afghanistan. Five months later, he is making an incredible recovery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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Hyattsville parental abduction: Father takes off with 4-year-old son, police say
10/10/12 1:00 PM
Prince George's County Police officials say they're on the hunt for a 4-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his father Wednesday morning at a Hyattsville gas station.
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D.C. streetcars: H Street line could be delayed until 2014, report says
10/10/12 11:40 AM
It could be 2014 before D.C. residents see streetcars rolling through the H Street corridor.
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MLB Playoffs 2012: Nationals, Cardinals to play Game 3 Wednesday
10/10/12 9:14 AM
For the first time in several generations, the District of Columbia is poised to host a Major League Baseball playoff game.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to Maryland man
10/10/12 7:16 AM
Two Americans have won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry--one of them, working out of Chevy Chase, Maryland.
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Washington Nationals first home postseason game time frustrates fans
10/10/12 5:23 AM
The excitement of D.C.'s first home postseason game since the Senators lost the decisive Game 5 of the 1933 World Series has been tempered somewhat by two factors - the time the game is starting and the TV station it's on.
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Jerry Sandusky sentenced to 30 to 60 years
10/9/12 11:48 PM
A defiant Sandusky gave a rambling statement in which he denied the allegations and talked about his life in prison and the pain of being away from his family.
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Southern Towers residents have heat turned on
10/9/12 6:47 PM
A day after ABC7's visit to Southern Towers in Alexandria, residents say, management turned off the air conditioning and turned on the heat.
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Maryland Question 7 committees spend $35.7 million
10/9/12 6:05 PM
Committees for and against expanding gaming in Maryland have spent more than $35 million.
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Cancer patient Michelle Dunaj embarrassed by TSA
10/9/12 6:02 PM
A leukemia patient making what she calls an "end-of-life" trip to Hawaii says she was embarrassed by security agents at the Seattle airport who refused her request for a private pat-down and made her lift her shirt and pull back her bandages.
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