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Bottom Line: Once seen as revenue centers, - scam' kiosks target Black churches
An elaborate and lucrative scam is afoot that is targeting African-American churches throughout the country.
Mary Fallin, Wade Christensen wed in Oklahoma City
U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin and Oklahoma City attorney Wade Christensen, were married Saturday at a ceremony attended only by family members at Crossings Community Church in Oklahoma City.
Clear Spring man's musical genius results in presidential performances
Neal Corwell plays several instruments, but his preferred musical tool is the euphonium.
New Web Site on Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is expanding beyond its marble temple for those who may not get to visit the site on the National Mall.
Full Video and Photos: The President's Town Hall in Shanghai
It was around midnight in Washington, D.C., and early afternoon in Shanghai when the President began an historic town hall in China.
Danbury eighth-graders return from Washington, D.C
The Danbury Middle School eighth grade class recently took a four-day trip to Gettysburg and Washington, D.C. The students left the Danbury school parking lot at 6:45 a.m. and spent their first day in Gettysburg, Pa.
Artist's pretty penny: Santa Fe woman's design will grace the 'tails' side of 2010 coin
Lyndall Bass' artwork soon will be jingling around in our pockets. That's because the "tails" side of the next version of the penny was designed by the Santa Fe artist.
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Inauguration opened a new world for poet
Elizabeth Alexander's Praise Song for the Day , the inauguration poem that helped deliver Barack Obama into office, was in the making for almost half a century, surely for three generations: The grandmother who sang lullabies, poetry set to music.
A look at the Vietnam Memorial Wall at 27
A Vietnam Memorial Wall Park Ranger uses a ladder to assist visitors with locating and tracing a veteran's name near the top of one of the panels.
BRADBERRY: Hold your fire, keep your flame
I was only 16 years old on Aug. 28, 1963, the day 250,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial for a mass rally in support of jobs and justice for all Americans.
In fact, it's a land that sits so close to the USA's seat of government, George Washington, with a brisk southerly breeze behind him, could have launched a rock from its shoreline and hit the Lincoln Memorial .
Newseum in Washington is a news junkie's dream tour of news, past and present
The facade of Washington's newest museum, the Newseum, has the 45 words of the United States First Amendment engraved on a massive 23-metre-high slab of Tennessee marble facing Pennsylvania Ave.
What to Watch on Tuesday: Visitors arrive to destroy mankind
The contestants are now competing individually. In tonight's episode, they all travel to Washington DC for a public workout at the Washington Monument, for a salad at the White House, and then a weigh-in on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Birthday celebration looks at Lincoln from all angles
Who was the real Abraham Lincoln? When people think of the American icon, the marble rendition of the president, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, where the man is seated and looming over visitors, often comes to mind.
Fallin gets monumental proposal
U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin showed up at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday expecting to give a tour to a female friend on a rainy night.
Romanian immigrant fights a communist foe from the past
At 71 years old, Viorel Ciubuc last week took his first trip to Washington, D.C. The Snohomish County man didn't go to see the U.S. Capitol building, the Washington Monument or the Lincoln Memorial.
Ground broken for King memorial in D.C.
After more than 20 years of fits and starts, organizers of a memorial in Washington honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Old Glory Honor Flight helps WWII veterans visit memorial
Alfred Denissen raised up from his wheelchair parked among the 400,000 or so white marble headstones in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
Bruce Springsteen's Cousin Dies, Cancels Show
Musician Bruce Springsteen performs in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 'We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial' on January 18, 2009 at the National Mall in Washington, DC.
After a devastating infection left her with a permanent limp, Denise Cluff renewed her spirit by raising $2,300 for cancer victims, then hiking 60 miles in three days in a walk to raise awareness about the disease.
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