Anacostia River
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Arlester Jay's body pulled from Anacostia River
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The body pulled from the Anacostia River Monday has been identified as 36-year-old Arlester Jay, an Iraq war vet. His father says his son suffered from PTSD.
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Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow clean Anacostia River
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While doing service projects across the country may not seem like the ideal college Spring break, students taking part in Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow tell us they are glad they did it.
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DDOT plans to replace Frederick Douglass Bridge over the Anacostia River
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The District Department of Transportation is making plans to replace the 63-year-old Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge. Although the bridge is still structurally sound now, it's years are numbered, officials say.
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Anacostia River fishing discouraged after report stresses health concern
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Environmentalists say that the Anacostia has been an aquatic landfill of raw sewage and cancer-causing agents, meaning that fish caught from the river are anything but edible. However, that doesn't stop everyone from doing it.
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Army Corps of Engineers clean debris from Anacostia River after Sandy
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Anacostia Riverkeeper Mike Bolinder gave ABC7 an up-close view of what heavy rains from streams in Maryland and D.C. brought to the main stem of the river after Sandy.
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Body pulled from Anacostia River
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Authorities have retrieved the body of adult male from the Anacostia River near the 11th Street Bridge in Washington.
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The Anacostia Waterfront gets a trash cleanup
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More than one hundred volunteers with the Ocean Conservancy and other local organizations came out to the Anacostia Park Riverfront Saturday morning to pick up trash.
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Body pulled from water near Joint Base Anacostia
CommentFoul play isn't currently being suspected after units pulled the body of a man out of the Anacostia River near Joint Base Anacostia early Friday morning.
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Students gather to release shad into Anacostia River
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A group of local students is taking action to help restore the population of an endangered species of fish that was once very common in the waterways around the D.C. Area.
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Washington Gas to clean former Anacostia site
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Federal and district officials say Washington Gas has agreed to pay more than $700,000 and clean an area along the Anacostia River polluted by decades of gas production.
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Kenilworth Marsh called model for Anacostia River
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District officials and environmentalists will be on the Anacostia River to celebrate what they say are calling one of the most successful wetlands restoration efforts on one of the nation's most polluted rivers.
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Body found in Anacostia River in Southeast
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D.C. police say a body was found floating in the Anacostia River in Southeast Thursday morning.
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Anacostia River test results show no oil spilled
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Another round of water tests could not identify the substance that spilled into the Anacostia River, but the tests showed that it wasn't petroleum, the Coast Guard said.
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D.C. officials awaiting tests results for Anacostia River
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District of Columbia officials are hoping to learn exactly what the substance was that sparked fears of an oil spill on the Anacostia River.
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U.S. Coast Guard finds no fuel in Anacostia River
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Coast Guard officials say a helicopter flyover found no "sheen" or evidence of a widespread oil spill in the Anacostia River - an assessment that was confirmed by boat crews.
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Anacostia River pollution: Judge orders EPA to pass new standards
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A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to approve new standards that would allow people to swim in the Anacostia River in bathing suits.
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EPA orders new pollution standards for Anacostia
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A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt or approve new pollution standards for the Anacostia River.
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Maine Avenue construction to start Monday
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Construction will start on Maine Avenue next week, the District Department of Transportation said.
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