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D.C. Restaurant Week meal deals begin
8/13/12 6:24 AM
Restaurants in and around Washington are offering special meal deals this week.
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Maryland special session: House of Delegates to work on gambling bill
8/13/12 6:10 AM
The House of Delegates will be working on a measure to expand gambling as a special session continues in Annapolis.
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VDOT to start removing dangerous trees in Great Falls
8/12/12 10:36 PM
After a tree fell and killed a driver in on Georgetown Pike in Great Falls last month, the Virginia Department of Transportation says VDOT contractors will remove about 60 trees officials say are dead or in decline.
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Paul Ryan choice increases focus on policy, analysis says
8/12/12 7:07 PM
In naming Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney wed himself far more closely to proposals that have made the 42-year-old House Budget Committee chairman a hero to tea party and other conservative activists and anathema to Democrats.
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Evangelist Billy Graham, 93, in hospital with infection
8/12/12 5:24 PM
A joint statement Sunday from Graham's spokesman and Mission Hospital in Asheville says Graham was admitted overnight for evaluation and treatment of an infection thought to be bronchitis.
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Prince George's Police pushing Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative
8/12/12 9:08 AM
Police in Prince George's County are stepping up their presence in a half-dozen neighborhoods over the next two weeks.

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Michael Petrina Jr. wins AARP National Spelling Bee
8/12/12 7:38 AM
Michael Petrina Jr., of Arlington, Va., spelled better than 48 others Saturday to become the bee's first repeat winner. He won the bee in 2009, and placed second last year and in 2008.
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Washington Business Report Aug. 12, 2012
8/11/12 9:33 PM
This week on Washington Business Report: Eric Hauser, Rachel Smolkin, R.C. Hammond, Bryant Ruiz Switzky and Peter Morici.
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Police embrace emerging social media tool Nixle
8/11/12 2:52 PM
Almost 6,000 law enforcement agencies are now deploying the public notification service Nixle to provide residents with real-time alerts on crimes in progress, traffic messes and missing children.
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AAA: Gas prices rising in Virginia
8/13/12 6:18 AM
Gas prices have been steadily rising in Virginia this month and are now higher than last year at this time.
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Maryland's tax-free holiday begins
8/13/12 5:39 AM
Starting Sunday, purchases of qualifying clothes and shoes for $100 or less are exempt from the state's sales tax.

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London 2012 Closing Ceremony: Olympics come to rocking end with British pomp and pop
8/12/12 9:22 PM
With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolor pageant of landmarks, lightshows and lots of fun.
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Capitol Heights man arrested, charged in fatal shooting of roommate
8/12/12 6:23 PM
Prince George's County Police have arrested a Capitol Heights man in the fatal shooting of his roommate on Saturday.
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Democrats seize upon Romney's choice of Ryan
8/12/12 3:58 PM
Less than two hours after Romney introduced Ryan as his running mate, the Obama campaign released a 90-second Web video showing footage of the men appearing together. The ad calls Ryan the "mastermind behind the extreme GOP budget plan."
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Paul Ryan is Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick
8/12/12 9:05 AM
Ending months of speculation, Mitt Romney has selected House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. “Paul is a man of tremendous character,” Romney said Saturday.
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Jade Buffaloe, 5-year-old girl, dies following Capitol Heights fire
8/12/12 7:13 AM
A fire in Capitol Heights that left a 5-year-old girl dead has claimed a second victim.
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US women win 4x400 relay to give Felix 3rd gold
8/11/12 4:54 PM
The U.S. runners finished in 3 minutes, 16.87 seconds for the country's fifth straight Olympic title in the event. Russia finished second in 3:20.23 and Jamaica was third in 3:20.95.
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Kobina Ebo Abruquah charged with Riverdale murder
8/11/12 12:22 PM
A 40-year-old Riverdale man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the Aug. 8 shooting death of a man on Kenilworth Avenue.
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