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Georgetown Jingle at the Four Seasons
CommentFight childhood cancer with the seventh annual Georgetown Jingle benefiting pediatric oncology
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Georgetown offers edX free online courses
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Georgetown University will begin offering free online courses through the same online education provider used by Harvard and MIT.
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Georgetown still No. 15 in AP poll, move up to No. 21 in coaches poll
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The Georgetown Hoyas are ranked as the No. 15 team in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and No. 21 in the coaches poll. Both rankings were updated on Monday afternoon.
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Four Seasons Hotel serves annual feast for first responders
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Not everyone has Thanksgiving Day off to spend with family and friends. For public servants like police officers and firefighters, there is always someone to protect.
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Thanksgiving shoppers hit grocery stores for last-minute items
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Area grocery stores are prepared for the blitz of last-minute shoppers the night before Thanksgiving.
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Comcast, Georgetown officials in talks about controversial utility boxes
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Comcast and Georgetown officials are working to find a resolution after residents complained about “small refrigerator-sized” utility boxes that the cable company has installed on street corners through the neighborhood, the GeorgetownPatch reports.
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MTV's Obama interview to include young voters at Georgetown
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The interview is scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern time.
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C&O Trail emergency call boxes not maintained by National Park Service
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The National Park Service says it won’t maintain emergency call boxes along the C&O Trail because most people using the trail carry cell phones, the call boxes use outdated technology and are difficult to maintain and are often used for pranks.
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Albrecht Muth, Viola Drath murder suspect, competent to stand trial
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Although he claims to be a general in the Iraqi army and says he receives visits from the archangel Gabriel, doctors say Albrecht Muth, 48,understands the legal process. He's charged with killing his wife, Viola Drath, 91.
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Citizens Association of Georgetown installs cameras to deter crimes
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Georgetown's stylish shopping district and cobblestone lined streets offer a desirable quality of life, but the area's not crime free.That's why a local citizen's group is in the process of adding private surveillance cameras, but that has some of their neighbors outraged.
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Georgetown private cameras aim to deter crime
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The Citizens Association of Georgetown is adding private surveillance cameras to help deter crime. D.C. law restricts how police can use cameras.
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M&T Bank attempted burglary
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Multiple police agencies, including the FBI, are working to investigate a Friday morning attempted burglary at an M&T Bank branch on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown.
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Sandra Fluke to speak at Democratic National Convention
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Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke, who gained notoriety after conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh called her a slut for supporting Obama's health care law requiring contraception coverage, will speak next month at the Democratic National Convention.
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Georgetown Waterfront sexual assault suspect sought
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United States Park Police detectives are searching for a suspect in the sexual assault of a woman that happened in the Georgetown Waterfront area in early July.
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Scheele's Market struggles to stay open
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In a neighborhood where history is the chief resident, Scheele's Market is an 118-year-old institution. But, its location may soon sit empty if a local group working to keep it open doesn't succeed.
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Mother says son bullied by staff at Georgetown camp for wearing Duke logo
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The mother of a participant at a Georgetown basketball camp is exasperated after she says her 10-year-old son was hazed for wearing the logo of a rival team.
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Albrecht Muth, Viola Drath murder suspect, appears in court
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The judge in the case of a slain German journalist and socialite in Washington says he's hopeful there can be a trial this fall.
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Boy burned on grate near Georgetown Waterfront fountain
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A toddler fell onto a metal grate near the Georgetown Waterfront while playing in a nearby fountain late last week, and his mother, and plenty of others, now want to know the scalding plate was unmarked.
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