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District of Columbia Government News

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19 hrs ago | Ms. Magazine

US Department of Justice Awards $114 Million to Address Violence Against Women

The Department of Justice granted over $114 million yesterday as part of its efforts to address and prevent violence against women across the country.

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Fri Oct 03, 2008

Aftermarket Business

CarInsurance.com expands into four more states and District of Columbia

CarInsurance.com has expanded into Alabama, Iowa, Maine, Oklahoma and the District of Columbia.

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Wed Oct 01, 2008

Fredericksburg.com

Stoller Strides tones the body after baby

The route goes past orangutans, lions and crocodiles, and the pace is breakneck.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, The National, Entertainment, Television

Tue Sep 30, 2008

San Francisco Examiner

1. Children found dead in freezer were DC foster kids

The woman who says she lived for months with the corpses of her two daughters in a freezer was the girls' foster mother before she adopted them from the District of Columbia .

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Washington DC, Sports

Mon Sep 29, 2008

The Advocate

All eyes on Ohio's payday lending struggle

COLUMBUS -- The payday loan industry is bankrolling ballot issue campaigns in Ohio and Arizona to preserve the average 391 percent annual interest rates they charge, as the two states become the focus of ...

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Ohio, Ohio Government, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Washington Times

Inside the Beltway

The mixed bag of voting methods and systems in the 2006 general election varied across the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and is not expected to change substantially for the 2008 general election.

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Sat Sep 27, 2008

WTOP

DC police name man killed in cab, bus collision

District of Columbia police have identified the passenger who died after the taxi he was in collided with a Metrobus.

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Workplace Prof Blog

District Court for D.C. Holds Gender Identity Protected by Title VII

On Friday, the District Court for the District of Columbia issued its decision in the liability phase of Shroer v. Billington , a case brought by a woman who was transgendered against the Library of Congress.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Transgendered

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Doesn't Seem Like There Was Any Damage When You Shot Me, But Let's Exchange Insurance Information

Good lord! A letter to the editor published in a major newspaper that actually makes an interesting point in an intelligent manner .

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Guns

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

The movie and TV shooting locations near you

USA Today has a fun list of which movies and TV shows have been shot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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Wed Sep 24, 2008

Ann Arbor News

A look at the Electoral College map

An analysis of the state-by-state race to 270 electoral votes between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John McCain, US Senate, Democrat, Washington DC, 2008 Presidential Election, Illinois

WJLA-TV Arlington

ABC 7 News - Advocacy Group Praises D.C.'s AIDS-Fighting Efforts

An advocacy group is praising the District of Columbia for supporting needle exchanges in an effort to reduce the spread of AIDS.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, HIV/AIDS, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Offbeat

Tue Sep 23, 2008

Wusa9.com

EMS union prez isn't buying fire chief's explanation of cutting at firehouse

DC fire officials insist there is nothing more to the stabbing at the Georgetown firehouse Tuesday night than "negligent horseplay". Now, Kenneth Lyons, president of the union representing civilian EMS workers ...

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Mon Sep 22, 2008

KVML

US military frees Afghan journalist held 11 months

An Afghan journalist detained for 11 months at the U.S. military base at Bagram alleged on Monday that his captors kicked him, forced him to stand barefoot in the snow and didnt allow him to sleep for days.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, World News, Afghanistan, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Asia, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

WBIR-TV

Early voting starts today in some states

Voters by the thousands will begin casting ballots for president this week in an early voting process that's expected to set records this year.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Kentucky, US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Sun Sep 21, 2008

WJLA

D.C. Approves Higher Driving Fines

District of Columbia lawmakers have passed a measure that would increase fines for drivers who fail to stop for pedestrians.

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Sat Sep 20, 2008

WRC Washington DC Channel 4

Officials Promote 'Car Free D.C. Day'

District of Columbia officials are encouraging residents to participate in "Car Free D.C. Day" on Monday.

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Feminist Law Professors

Federal judge rules that refusal to hire based on gender identity is sex discrimination

Today, in the first ever victory directly on this point, the ACLU won a federal court decision holding that discrimination against a transgender person constitutes per se discrimination based on sex in ...

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Related Topix: ACLU, Washington DC, Transgendered

Fri Sep 19, 2008

NewsChannel 8

Groups Sue D.C. Over Deal

Opponents of a land swap between the District of Columbia and a Christian homeless shelter are suing to block the deal on the grounds that it violates the separation of church and state.

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Thu Sep 18, 2008

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

PJM Promotes William Whitehead to Vice President - State Government Policy

The Board of PJM Interconnection, the grid operator for 51 million people in 13 states and the District of Columbia, has promoted William H. Whitehead to the post of vice president - State Government Policy.

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Related Topix: Washington DC, Energy, Bucknell University

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