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Preps Underway for Sunday’s Annual Memorial Day Concert
Before all the pomp and circumstance of the Memorial Day Concert came the prep and practice Saturday. Sunday’s free concert on the West Front steps of the Capitol starts at 8 p.m. PBS will carry it live.
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Rolling Thunder rumbles into D.C. area to honor POWs, MIAs, veterans
Continuing a decades-long tradition, tens of thousands of motorcycle riders are rumbling into the D.C. area for Memorial Day, coming from all across America, bringing the nation’s attention to veterans issues and to the POW/MIA cause.
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Four motorcyclists traveling together crash on I-66
Two crashes involving four motorcyclists traveling together caused serious injuries and temporarily closed the eastbound lanes of I-66 between Exit 123 and Nutley Street in Vienna Saturday afternoon.
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Obama says nation must do more for fallen heroes
In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama says the country must care for the loved ones the fallen leave behind and must also make sure that all veterans receive the care and benefits they have earned. (Video)
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Thousands run final mile of Boston Marathon
Thousands of athletes joined victims of the Boston Marathon bombings to run and walk the last mile of the race Saturday, reclaiming the triumph of crossing the finish line.
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Anne Arundel food stamps more than double
Almost one in every 13 Anne Arundel County residents receives food stamps, a 162.4 percent increase in households over just five years ago, the Capital Gazette reports.
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Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair
In an interview Friday, jury foreman William Zervakos provided a glimpse into the private deliberations, describing four women and eight men who struggled with the question: How heinous of a killing deserves a similar fate?
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Gaithersburg murder suspect son of Bush White House official
It started out as a burglary call. But police say when they arrived on the scene they found something different. Investigators believe a hatchet was used by the son of a former aide to George W. Bush to allegedly kill another man.
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Terps beat Syracuse 11-10, advance to NCAA women's lacrosse finals
Brooke Griffin scored the go-ahead goal with 2:51 left to lead top-seeded and undefeated Maryland (22-0), which has won 11 national titles, into its 21st championship game appearance. The Terps will play North Carolina in the final Sunday.
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Suitland child dies after man admits to abusing him
A 2-year-old child has died after a Suitland man admitted to abusing him, Prince George's County Police say. Clifton Edward Bernard, 26, has been charged with first-degree murder and other charges.
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Rolling Thunder rider from Indiana struck, killed
George Hillis was taking part in Rolling Thunder, an annual Memorial Day weekend event that honors veterans. As he turned his three-wheel Harley Davidson onto Constitution Avenue late Friday, he was hit by a Chrysler Sebring.
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Rogers to become first openly gay Major League Soccer player
Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports. The former U.S. national team player publicly came out in a blog post in February and retired on the same day.
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Police accuse SC man of bilking elderly Md. homeowner
Frederick County officials say James Anthony Carroll, of North Augusta, S.C., went door-to-door last month selling asphalt driveway sealing devices - without a contractor's license - and charged an elderly homeowner thousands of dollars over what the job should have cost.
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Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.
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Teen arrested in SE carjacking; second suspect wanted
Two people were injured Thursday morning when a car chased from Prince George's County into Southeast Washington crashed, police say. One arrest has been made as police search for a second suspect.
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Metro employee accused of stealing defibrillators
A 40-year-old Metro employee is accused of stealing more than a dozen defibrillators from transit agency facilities and selling them online.
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Journalist, author, professor Haynes Johnson dies
Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. Johnson had taught at the University of Maryland since 1998.
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No deficiencies found in abortion death at Germantown clinic
Maryland health officials investigating the death of a woman being treated at a Germantown abortion clinic found "no deficiencies" in her care.
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