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Top news stories: Monday Express - March 18, 2013
Monday Express - March 18, 2013
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Michelle Obama donates to Toys for Tots
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The First Lady Michelle Obama delivered about 900 gifts Tuesday from White House aides to the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots campaign.
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Kwame Brown due in court for unspecified violation
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Former D.C. Council chairman Kwame Brown will be in court for a hearing on an unspecified violation.
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Terrance Robinson pleads guilty to producing child porn
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Two years ago, police searched Terrance Robinson’s home and seized his computer and digital camera. That’s when they found over 600 photos and at least four videos.
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Dad shoots son: Boy's phone, computer history reviewed
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State police made the request Wednesday and plan to view the boy's computer, probably next week. They want to see any emails, posts to social media and visits to websites by the boy.
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AFL-CIO registers 450,000 voters from union homes
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In 2008, exit polls showed 59 percent of voters who lived in union households backed Obama, while 39 percent supported McCain. Union household voters split similarly in the previous two presidential elections.
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Anthony Johnson pleads guilty to assaulting nursing home patients
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A former nurse's aide has pleaded guilty to assault and battery charges stemming from incidents involving two incapacitated residents at a Staunton nursing home.
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Stead Park: Proposed upgrades cause controversy
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Opponents say there is already a playground and basketball court nearby. They claim the new design will take away 25 percent of the existing sports field, which for weekend baseball or kickball leagues, that means losing one of two diamonds.
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Virginia delivers 4.6 million voter registration cards
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Oct. 15 is the deadline to update registration information or register to vote in the November election.
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D.C. Council debates commuter tax
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Of the city’s 31,000 employees, 42 percent live in the city and 58 percent don’t.
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Coco, dog stabbed several times, recovering
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After weeks of recovery, Coco is prancing around, tilting her furry head left and right. Her back is shaven and several scars are obvious.
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American Airlines seat problem caused by installation job
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The rough skies for American Airlines continue as maintenance teams were busy inspecting 47 757’s for potential seat problems. Another American flight was making an emergency landing and the timing couldn’t be worse for the bankrupt carrier.
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Pennsylvania Ave. among nation's endangered landscapes
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The grand avenue connecting the Capitol and White House is slowly falling into disrepair, the nonprofit Cultural Landscape Foundation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Ashburton Elem. ditches alphabet report cards, pilots new grading system
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The cards have grades like E’s, meaning “exceptional” and P for “proficient.” By next month, it’s how students at all of the county’s 139 elementary schools will be graded.
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Nats-mania continues, fans 'psyched' for historic win
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The Nats clinched their division Monday night and celebrated on and off the field. Now fans are gearing up for the last two games of the season and wondering if Teddy will ever win.
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Providence pup hit, trapped in car's grill for 11 miles
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East Providence Animal Control says the driver was going 50 miles per hour when they hit the poodle mix near the Segregansett Country Club in Taunton.
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Kenneth Staton charged for attempted rape in Arlington
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Police say just before 11 p.m. an officer walking in the Nauck community heard screams for help in a wooded area.
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40 animals seized from Pasadena home
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Officials say many of the animals were without food or drinking water. The homeowner, whom police did not identify, has not yet been charged.
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