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Opinion: Can Michelle Rhee Save Public Schools?

If school reformer Michelle Rhee hasn't yet parachuted into your hometown, chances are she soon will. You'll recognize her immediately -- she's the blunt-talking, young Korean-American woman praised by governors, scolded by teachers unions and pursued by the press. Alex Wong, Getty Images Former Washington,...

FBI: DC Sting Ended Before Suspect Could Flee US

WASHINGTON (Oct. 28) -- The FBI decided to end its sting and arrest a Northern Virginia man now charged with plotting to blow up D.C. -area subway stations because it was concerned he was about to leave the country to go on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, according to a court document and law enforcement sources. FBI agents...

Md. Police Kill Discovery Gunman, 3 Hostages Safe

SILVER SPRING, Md. (Sept. 1) -- Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. Police spent several hours negotiating with the gunman, who...

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05/31/12 3 Minute Interview: Kelsey Lauritano Source: The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA The senior at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts was named by White House officials as one of only 20 Presidential Scholars in the Arts. The honor is based on academic and artistic excellence, essays, and evidence of community service and leadership.
05/30/12 Oil industry opened the checkbooks to influence Alaska... Source: Los Banos Enterprise - Los Banos CA The oil industry spent more than $1 million lobbying in Alaska as it tried to lower state oil taxes this year, including a $3,120 dinner in Washington, D.C., when the Alaska Legislature shut down for lawmakers Energy Break trip to the nations capital.
05/30/12 Williams Valley speller correct in third round Source: The Republican and Herald - Pottsville PA Williams Valley eighth grader Daniel Scott McGarver spelled the word "thule" correctly in this afternoon's third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. He correctly spelled the word "lineaments" this morning in the second round.
05/30/12 Inventors and Builders are in Demand: Hiring by... Source: TMCnet During April 2012, more than 38,000 jobs were seen advertised online in the engineering services sector, according to WANTED Analytics(TM) ( http://www.wantedanalytics.com), the leading source of real-time business intelligence for the talent marketplace.
05/30/12 NAR says commercial real estate sectors are improving Source: Virginia Business A quarterly commercial real estate forecast by the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows gradual improvements in all major sectors.

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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States.

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