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Michelle Obama honors top designers at White House
9/13/11 6:13 AM
Michelle Obama is teaming up with TV's Tim Gunn to honor some of the nation's top designers - including the creators of popular computer fonts and Swiffer floor-cleaning products - at the White House.
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Dan Snyder ends lawsuit with Washington City Paper
9/12/11 6:41 PM
Daniel Snyder quietly ended his million dollar lawsuit against the Washington City Paper.
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Bradbury Heights elementary school badly damaged by earthquake
9/12/11 6:01 PM
Bradbury Heights elementary school more closely resembles a construction site these days, and students have to be shuttled back and forth to their temporary school.

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1974 D.C. mental health lawsuit may end
9/12/11 3:06 PM
A long-running lawsuit over the District of Columbia's health services to seriously mentally ill residents appears to be coming to a close.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Special
9/12/11 12:17 PM
Watch the WJLA/ABC7 Martin Luther King, Jr. Special.
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Reports of suspicious activity up 60% says D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier
9/10/11 3:34 PM
Reports of suspicious activity and vehicles are up 60 percent in the wake of an investigation of a terror threat, and police are checking every report.

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Albrecht Muth ordered held
9/9/11 5:14 PM
Albrecht Muth, the man charged with killing his elderly wife at their Georgetown home last month, was ordered held for probable cause for grand jury proceedings.
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Byron Sanchez, D.C. man gets 6 years for receiving child porn
9/9/11 10:33 AM
A D.C. man will spend six years in prison for arranging to receive sexually explicit photos of a child in Guatemala.
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President Barack Obama's jobs plan to highlight Thursday speech
9/8/11 6:47 PM
Facing a frustrated public and a skeptical Congress, President Barack Obama will pitch at least $300 billion in jobs proposals aimed at getting Americans back to work quickly.
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Nationals beat Mets 3-2
9/12/11 10:58 PM
Steve Lombardozzi made his first big league hit and RBI count, driving in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning.
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Obama would hike taxes to pay for his jobs bill
9/12/11 6:33 PM
Challenging Republicans, President Obama proposed paying for his costly new jobs plan with tax hikes.
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Pakistani defendants plead guilty in D.C. to helping terrorist organization
9/12/11 4:48 PM
Three Pakistani citizens pleaded guilty in federal court in D.C. Monday to helping a group often referred to as the Pakistani Taliban.
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Kevin Clark, Donald Crosland plead guilty in Ricardo Minger murder
9/12/11 1:47 PM
Kevin Clark, 23, of Washington and Donald Crosland, 17, of Suitland, both pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges in connection with the Jan. 7 murder of Ricardo Minger.
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D.C. flooding: D.C. area recovering from floods
9/10/11 4:59 PM
Pounding rains in the D.C region flooded roads, left businesses and homes waterlogged and is being blamed for three deaths in Virginia, including the drowning of a 12-year-old boy.
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Davon Holmes charged with stabbing Marcellus Bailey
9/9/11 8:24 PM
A Northwest D.C. man has been arrested and charged in the fatal stabbing of Marcellus Bailey.
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Tim Hightower on Tim Brant's Pro Football special
9/9/11 1:16 PM
Tim Hightower
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D.C. flooding: D.C. area soaked as heavy rains bring flooding
9/8/11 11:26 PM
Throughout the D.C. region, pouring rains flooded roadways, closed schools in Charles County and are being blamed for one death.
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WATCH: A bicyclist is struck by a vehicle in NE D.C.
9/8/11 6:15 PM
A bicyclist is allegedly struck by a vehicle in NE D.C. and the entire incident is caught on the biker's helmet camera. Watch it here.
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