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How will Obama's support of gay marriage affect the 2012 election?
President Obama's declaration in support of gay marriage was undoubtedly a milestone in American politics and culture. But was it, somehow, a game-changer in the November election?
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Mother's Day 2012: Stories of surprise and volunteerism
Moms were honored in a lot of different ways in the Washington area on Mother's Day today. ABC7's Stephen Tschida reports on two very special Mother's Day observances.
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Secret Service scandal investigation will have Senate hearing
A Senate committee will meet May 23 for a hearing on the Secret Service investigation of the Colombia prostitution scandal.
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Man shot, killed in Southeast
Police found two men with gunshot wounds at about 5:40 a.m. Saturday in the 1200 Block of Stevens Road, SE. Michael Oshea Smith, 34, of Southeast D.C. was pronounced dead on the scene.
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Woman shot while sitting at red light in Baltimore
Baltimore police are investigating several shootings Friday night and early Saturday, including a case where a woman says she was shot multiple times while stopped at a red light.
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Mitt Romney speaks at Liberty University
During his commencement address at Liberty University, Mitt Romney told graduates marriage is an "enduring" institution reserved for one man and one woman.
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Lawsuit challenges grooming policy in Virginia prisons
A Virginia inmate's lawsuit challenging the prison system's grooming policy will get a second look.
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Police release surveillance video of 7-11 store robbery in April
Montgomery County Police want you to take a close look in this video at the two men who stormed into the 7-11 store along New Hampshire Avenue with guns drawn on April 27.
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Gaithersburg man fights for health after surviving rare disease
Doctors tell Dustin Doyle he's one of two or three people in history to survive the rare disease that has now somehow disappeared from his system. He hopes to get back to the health he once had.
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Events honor Top Cops, fallen officers for National Police Week
A series of events honored America's law enforcement officers Saturday and Sunday in D.C.: the National Police Week 5K, the Police Unity Tour Group, a service for fallen officers, and President Obama greeting the nation's TOP COPS.
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Bodies found on Mexican highway
Officials say the 49 decapitated and mutilated bodies were found on a Mexican highway could be connected to escalating violence among drug gangs.
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Betty White breaks 90-year silence in politics, backs Obama
Betty White, 90, says she is very bi-partisan and has stayed away from politics all of her life. But she says she likes what Obama has done and "how he represents us."
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Michelle Obama recalls 1960 sit ins, urges NC A&T grads to seek change
The four North Carolina college students who started the sit-in movement for desegregation in 1960 shows what young people can do to change their world for the better, first lady Michelle Obama said during a commencement speech Saturday.
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DNA match leads to cold case conviction in 2003 sexual assault
A woman was walking home from Union Station on July 14, 2003 when a man grabbed her, choked her, dragged her into bushes, and sexually assaulted her. Eight years later, a DNA match linked Shepardson Blair to the crime.
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Man wakes up at his own funeral
An Egyptian man, pronounced dead following a heart attack, woke up at his funeral.
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Alabama girl, 9, found hanged from tree
The 14-year-old brother of an Alabama girl has been accused in her death after the girl was found hanged from a tree.
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Toddler nearly drowns in bathtub in Laurel
Family members called 911 and performed CPR on a girl after she was found under water in the tub on Thursday.
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FBI cracks down on economic espionage
American businesses are at almost constant risk of losing sensitive data, such as unique technology, to foreign hackers.
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