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Bill would give D.C. a spot for statue in Congress
10/7/11 6:26 PM
A new bill introduced in Congress would allow the District to place a statue in the Capitol, as the 50 states do.

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Robert O. Muller accused of trying to ship a pound of marijuana
10/7/11 4:24 PM
A peace advocate and a founder of Vietnam Veterans of America is accused of trying to ship a package containing more than a pound of marijuana in D.C.
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Pedestrian killed near National Zoo
10/7/11 7:41 AM
A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle near the National Zoo in NW D.C. Thursday.
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Transgender graduates complete D.C. job training program
10/7/11 7:13 AM
Nearly 20 transgender men and women are graduating from a jobs training program in the District of Columbia.
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Hit-and-run at 14th and Webster NW kills man
10/7/11 4:04 AM
A fight between a group of young men led to a hit-and-run in Northwest, witnesses say.
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in D.C. for husband's retirement ceremony
10/6/11 7:01 PM
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was all smiles at a retirement ceremony for her astronaut husband Mark Kelly.
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Tina Shaw pleads for brother Timothy's body, information on death
10/6/11 6:23 PM
A District woman desperately wants to bury her brother but says the city is not releasing the man's body to her.
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Jeremiah Juwley sentenced to 7 years for carjacking teacher
10/6/11 12:32 PM
A Silver Spring man was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison in connection with the carjacking of Wilson High School teacher.
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William McCorkle, Andre Clinkscale on trial for homicide
10/6/11 10:45 AM
A jury is deliberating the fates of two defendants on trial for a 2008 triple homicide.
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Councilmembers get hard lesson on doing business in the city
10/7/11 6:02 PM
A Friday hearing centered on why Mayor Vincent Gray's administration canceled a multi-million dollar grass-cutting contract with a Maryland company in favor of a more expensive company.
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray urged to review report on jailed drivers
10/7/11 7:42 AM
U.S. Sen. Jim Webb is calling on District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray to review a media report that city police are putting drivers in jail for having expired tags.
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D.C. to build sewage tunnels to cut pollution
10/7/11 7:36 AM
The District of Columbia is preparing to build underground stormwater and sewage tunnels in an effort to end polluted discharges into waterways.
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D.C. Council to examine grass-cutting contracts
10/7/11 7:06 AM
The D.C. Council is set to examine the city's grass-cutting contracts.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters march on Washington
10/6/11 11:48 PM
Thousands of people converged on downtown Washington as part of the 'Occupy' protests against corporate greed and other issues.
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Men charged in Army Corps bribe case denied release
10/6/11 6:54 PM
Two Army Corps of Engineers employees and two other men charged in a $20 million fraud scheme will remain in jail.
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Donald Harry McCorkle arrested in connection with March homicide
10/6/11 2:26 PM
Police arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of a NE man in March.
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Judge Thomas Hogan to be new courts administrative officer
10/6/11 11:03 AM
Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan is the new director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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PHOTOS: 'Jobs, Not Cuts' rally
10/6/11 10:05 AM
Members of the "Take Back the American Dream" movement convened at the Washington Hilton Monday and participated in a "Jobs, Not Cuts" rally Wednesday. The conference and protest are running at the same time as Occupy D.C., who will rally at Freedom Plaza in D.C. on Thursday.

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