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Maryland food stamps court fight ends as state improves
6/16/12 10:27 AM
Maryland's Human Resources Secretary Ted Dallas says the state has been processing at least 96 percent of its food stamp applications on time for 19 months in a row.

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Metro Transit police go undercover to catch thieves
6/16/12 8:26 AM
From January to March, 239 thefts were reported while riding Metro. While there may be an uptick in "snatching" thefts, police are behind many of them. They're going undercover with decoy electronics in order to take down thieves.

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Illegal immigrant deportation of young people to stop, Obama announces
6/15/12 11:55 PM
As many as 800,000 illegal immigrants could be impacted by the Obama administration's decision to stop deportation of young immigrants who have led law-abiding lives.
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Justice Ginsburg pokes fun at health care guessing game
6/15/12 9:00 PM
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says those who are guessing publicly what the court will say on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law don't know, and those who know aren't saying.
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Smoke-filled rooms? Va. GOP opts for closed convention, no primary in '13
6/15/12 6:46 PM
In a reversal of an earlier decision, the ruling committee of the Virginia Republican Party is going with a closed convention instead of an open primary to choose a gubernatorial nominee in 2013.
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National Harbor casino, resort plans announced
6/15/12 6:24 PM
The state of Maryland, Prince George's County, the developers of National Harbor and a major casino developer have announces plans to bring big-time gaming to the shores of the Potomac River.
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Ritu Sharma combating global abuse against women
6/15/12 6:01 PM
Statistics show one out of every three women worldwide will be physically, sexually or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Combating such statistics is the mission of one local woman.
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Federal credit union refuses serving women for wearing hats
6/15/12 5:49 PM
Are these women dangerous?
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Rocky Run Middle School pellet gun shooting injures two
6/15/12 5:25 PM
Four teenagers are in custody after Fairfax County Police say two people were shot by a pellet gun outside a Chantilly middle school on Friday morning.
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SCC seeks comments on Dominion Virginia Power solar-power program
6/16/12 9:39 AM
Dominion Virginia Power is proposing an incentive to encourage customers to install solar panels and sell the electricity to the company. Now, the State Corporation Commission is seeking public comment on the solar-power incentive program.
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Man attacks 3-year-old boy for crying, punches mom in Takoma Park
6/16/12 7:57 AM
A man attacked a 3-year-old boy for crying Friday at a bus stop in Takoma Park, then punched the mother when she came to her son's defense. The man fled on foot and remains at large.
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Man seriously burned in D.C. fire, child found safe
6/15/12 11:47 PM
A man has been seriously burned in a house fire in Northeast Washington. Fear that a child was trapped inside turned out to be not true, officials say.
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Feds: Would-be robbers discussed killing undercover ATF agent
6/15/12 8:29 PM
Federal prosecutors say would-be armed robbers discussed killing an undercover ATF agent and taking his share of the spoils from their planned robbery of a fictional drug trafficking group's stash house.
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New Secret Service reveal sexual assaults, prostitutes
6/15/12 6:30 PM
The government is revealing new, serious allegations against the Secret Service including accusations involving prostitutes, information leaks and sexual assaults.
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Janet Jones dines with Obama at Lincoln restaurant
6/15/12 6:12 PM
Over her chicken pot pie, Janet Jones says the president asked her about the movie "Red Tails,” which depicts the challenges of the Tuskegee airmen. Her father was a Tuskagee
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Expect weekend Metro, traffic delays as Yankees-Nationals face off
6/15/12 5:57 PM
The Yankees are in town to take on the Nationals. And fans will have to deal with clogged traffic and some serious Metro work this weekend.
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Family, friends hold vigil for slain D.C. deli owner
6/15/12 5:45 PM
A corner deli turned into a gathering place of grief today. Family members and patrons held an emotional vigil to remember Hae Soon Lim, known as June to her friends.
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Hae Soon Lim found dead inside H Street store
6/15/12 4:58 PM
MPD officials say that Hae Soon Lim, a Rockville Resident, was found dead inside the Grace Deli on H Street NE. Police believe robbery was the motive behind the shooting.
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