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DCist (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Did you know that "Bethesda" is a meaningful word in Wales? This surprised me when I visited the Smithsonian Folklife Festival yesterday, both because I had no idea that Bethesda had any culture at all and because the Welsh language doesn't seem to use any vowels. Even better than a claim to cultural relevance -- a nickname. The Welsh have a name for Bethesda, the small town at the mouth...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- The White House is getting ready for the big holiday barbecue and fireworks show at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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DCist (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
ABC7 reports the distressing news that David Twomey, a 27-year-old Alexandria resident who worked in public affairs for the EPA and federal courts, died this week from complications related to several infections, including swine flu. As the Washington Post mentioned before his identity was released, Twomey is the second person in the Commonwealth of Virginia to die after contracting swine flu. There...
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DCist (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
251 comments later , and it appears as if closure in the case of Molly is getting closer. Molly's owners obtained surveillance photos from the Cleveland Park Petco, depicting a woman with the missing Vizsla, who was taken from in front of the Whole Foods at 14th and P on Monday night. According to Craigslist updates , Molly's abductor was seen at the pet supply store at 3505 Connecticut Avenue "[o]ne...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the additional red tape that will be created.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama's top priorities to pass without Republican support.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building's magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won't find the patent file for the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen. John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation's founders in their Fourth of July radio and Internet addresses.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON -- Newly available documents show that a civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor brought several discrimination lawsuits in the 1980s that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well.
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DCist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Photo by me.o Bartenders have an interesting job -- it's one of the few jobs where it's basically accepted to be grumpy sometimes (or all the time, at some bars). People have to wait for them, because they want their booze. They're frequently opinionated. Sometimes, they have a point. Overheard of the Week At Murphy's Grand Irish Pub in Old Town: A waitress takes the order of a table. Waitress to...
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remaking le slum historique (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sorry for the late notice, but stop by Old City Green tonight (Friday, July 3, 2009) for a garden party. Here are the details from the email: Since our last GARDEN PARTY was so much fun, we've decided to have another one. Friday July 3rd at 7:30pm. Bring a dish for 5. Or bring a beverage or two of your choice. We'll have the BBQ running and the music playing. And of course if you are a muscian, you...
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DCist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Photo: Paul Kolnik It's summer, which means it's time for glossy, eye-popping, multi-million dollar blockbusters. And those aren't just limited to movie screens. The touring production of the wildly popular, multiple Tony-nominated musical adaptation of Alice Walker's now-classic novel The Color Purple is in D.C. for the next month, and is just as jaw-dropping a spectacle as anything Hollywood has...
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DCist (Free subscription) | yesterday
In order to get a better idea of "what it's like to be at the game," the Post's online sports department is testing out a Nationals Park Twitter mashup during this weekend's home series against the Braves. If you want to participate, you can hashtag your tweets from the game with #natswp and #[section number] -- now, your report that "the guy next to me is really scarfing those nachos,...
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obi jo | 03/13/2009
This site has raised concerns over coverage limitations and rationing in health care before, especially in light of ongoing debates in Washington DC. The article below points to the totally illogical practice of Medicare, which covers end stage renal disease and transplantation, whereby life saving immunosuppressive drugs are only covered for three years post transplant - the assumption being that
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ciscozine | 03/06/2009
Surfing the web, I have found a nice article about BGP weakness . This document, entitled “ Defending Against BGP Man-In-The-Middle Attacks “, was presented by Earl Zmijewski during Black Hat DC 2009 (Hyatt Regency Crystal City - February 16-17 - Arlington, Virginia). The slides focus on four points: BGP Routing Basics - Enough to understand and identify the threat BGP Update Messages BGP Attributes
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prmac | 01/29/2009
BreakThru Radio is proud to announce that seminal Russian outfit, Mumiy Troll will be gracing its 'Live Studio' program for their first ever live North American radio performance. After an extensive US tour which will see the band performing to audiences from Washington DC to Seattle, Mumiy Troll will release their first US album, 'Comrade Ambassador'. The exclusive 'Live Studio' session will be available...
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