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Prince George's Police crack down on loitering, a 'gateway crime'
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"It's a nuisance crime, and it's also a gateway crime. Often times people who are loitering become themselves a victim of a crime or take part in a crime of opportunity," said Lt. William Alexander, a spokesperson for Prince George's County Police.
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VDOT prepares for winter after early budget hit
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VDOT says it spent nearly $3.3 million to clear roads after Superstorm Sandy dumped up to two feet of snow in parts of the state last month.
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World AIDS Day 2012: South Africa makes progress in HIV/AIDS fight
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Stories of hope and progress are readily available on World AIDS Day 2012 in sub-Saharan Africa where deaths from AIDS-related causes have declined by 32 percent from 1.8 million in 2005 to 1.2 million in 2011, according to the latest UNAIDS report.
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Obama: Don't hold middle-class tax cuts hostage
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In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama says the average middle-class family of four could pay $2,200 more in taxes next year after the fiscal cliff.
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Arizona Powerball winner? Maryland gas station camera catches possible winner
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A man, who appeared to be a construction or highway worker, walked into an Upper Marlboro Exxon Thursday afternoon and - according to witnesses - walked out as one of two winners to share the top Powerball prize on a ticket he bought in Arizona.
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Bottom Dollar shooting leaves guard shot
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Two suspects rob the Bottom Dollar grocery store in Laurel and shoot a guard, police say.
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Pepco requests 4.98 percent rate increase in Maryland
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Pepco has asked the Maryland Public Service Commission to authorize a 4.98 percent rate increase for its Maryland customers.
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National Archives releases once-secret Watergate files
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E. Howard Hunt, one of the Watergate burglars, said he was acting under orders from top Nixon administration officials, according to once-secret documents released Friday by the National Archives.
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Saving face: Indiana man removing Romney-Ryan tattoo
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A man who had the Romney-Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face says it's time for it to come off. Eric Hartsburg, 30, a professional wrestler, says "now to me it represents not a losing campaign, but a sore losing campaign."
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Wyoming Casper College shooting: Three dead in campus attack
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The Casper police chief says three people are dead after an attack at a Wyoming community college.
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Terry Porter, 'Doomsday prepper,' turns himself in
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A Washington County man turned himself in Friday morning after police seized several illegal rifles and shotguns from his Sharpsburg home.
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D.C. speed limits to increase as early as next week
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The drive through some parts of the District will soon go a little faster. Mayor Vincent Gray announced Friday a plan to raise the speed limit slightly on parts of Benning Road NE and I-295.
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Samantha Pecoraro, 15, who can't eat, studies to be a chef
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A Florida teen who has a disease that makes eating almost impossible is in D.C. studying to be a chef.
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Ford recalls 2013 Escape SUVs, Fusion sedans
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Ford is recalling more than 89,000 new Escape SUVs and Fusion sedans because the engines can overheat and catch fire.
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Bradley Manning's noose shown at hearing
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As a military prosecutor held up a knotted bedsheet in court, Pfc. Bradley Manning acknowledged on Friday that he fashioned a noose and contemplated suicide shortly after his arrest on charges of engineering the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history.
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Fiscal Cliff: Obama in Pennsylvania to discuss plan
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"I believe America only thrives when we have a strong and growing middle class," Obama told the crowd Friday.
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Virginia wind-farm potential suddenly up for bidding
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The federal government says it plans to sell leases for wind farms off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia, marking the first time it has sold competitive leases for wind energy on the outer continental shelf.
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Aaron Thomas, suspected East Coast Rapist, pleads guilty in Prince William County
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The suspected East Coast Rapist pleaded guilty to additional rape and abduction counts Friday in Prince William County a day after he admitted guilt in Loudoun County.
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