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Thanksgiving turkeys to be given by area food banks
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Thanksgiving is less than a week away and some help has arrived for some people who may not be as fortunate this holiday. More than 12,000 turkeys will be given out by two area food banks this weekend.
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Alexis Hanford healing after contracting rare virus
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It’s been four months since a 16-year-old Bethesda girl contracted a flesh-eating virus that could have killed her. Now she’s back in class and taking steps toward a normal life.
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Cynne Simpson on Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show
You're used to seeing Cynne Simpson every morning on Good Morning Washington. On Friday, people got to see her nation-wide on Anderson Cooper's show.
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Hostess going out of business
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Hostess Brands Inc. says it's going out of business after striking workers across the country crippled its ability to make its Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and other snacks.
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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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D.C. ambulances get life-saving technology
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Nearly one million Americans suffers a heart attack every year, according to the CDC. Now D.C. doctors can diagnose patients straight from the ambulance.
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David Roth, White House lawyer, chases down suspect
A 6-foot-6 White House lawyer can now add good Samaritan to his resume.
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David Petraeus thought Libya attack was terror all along
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Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers during private hearings Friday that he believed all along that the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was a terrorist strike.
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Christopher R. Kloman, former Potomac School teacher, charged with molesting girls in 1968-69
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Christopher R. Kloman, 73, of McLean, who taught at the Potomac School for decades, has been arrested and charged with three counts of indecent liberties and one of abduction with intent to defile involving four of his former students.
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Contractor dies after falling from tree in Wheaton
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Montgomery County Fire Captain Oscar Garcia says the worker was cutting a tree at a child care center a little before 1:30 p.m. when he fell. The contractor was pronounced dead a the scene.
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Storme Swann guilty of hotel sex assault, jury wants 95 years
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Storme Swann, 51, was found guilty of two counts of robbery, two counts of abduction and one count of statutory burglary Thursday.
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Infant found in Fredericksburg tests positive for cocaine
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A 6-month-old girl who was found alone in a Stafford County motel room earlier this week had cocaine in her system when she was found, Fredericksburg.com reports. Her mother has been charged with child abuse.
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Howard County apologizes for keeping segregated schools through 1960s
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The Baltimore Sun reports that Howard County school board members read from a proclamation Thursday expressing "profound regret" for segregation and for its treatment of black students.
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ACLU asks if Virginia's public universities comply with federal law
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Claire Gastanaga, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, said Friday that students in Virginia deserve to know if their schools comply with federal law.
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Eddie Chewning sentenced in ex-girlfriend's mother's death
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Chewning's girlfriend was a few months shy of 18 when she shot and stabbed her mother. She told police her mother was standing between her and Chewning.
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Louisiana oil rig fire burns in Gulf of Mexico
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Coast Guard officials said an oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, sending four people to hospitals Friday. Two were believed to be missing.
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Alexis Carwile found safe; Amber Alert canceled
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A mother and father abducted their 18-month-old daughter from southern Virginia Thursday, prompting an Amber Alert, after a court denied them custody of the child earlier that day, according to Halifax County Sheriff's Office.
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Alan Gross family sues Development Alternatives, Inc., USAID
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Alan Gross and his wife Judy sued Friday in federal court in Washington. Gross was arrested in December 2009 while on his fifth trip to Cuba as a subcontractor for an economic development organization based in Bethesda, Md.
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