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Gray plans tax credits to help get D.C. residents hired
With District unemployment in the double digits, Mayor Vince Gray wants to offer companies tax credits for hiring D.C. residents. “We're not asking you to create jobs," he told business leaders. "We're not asking you for a handout, for charity. We're simply asking you to work with us."
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Film production in D.C. grows
Production companies aren't getting tired of the monuments and scenic views in D.C. The industry has grown to $20 million this year.
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GW students ready aid for Somalia
Phil Stewart has the story.
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Lt. Commander Jaime Salazar gets hero's welcome at Rockville school
Hundreds of students, parents and teachers greeted Navy Lieutenant Commander Jaime Salazar at St. Raphael's school in Rockville.
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9/11: Bomb-sniffing puppies named after victims (video)
This weekend, there will be many stories about the Sept. 11th attacks, and most of them will make us quite sad. But this Sept. 11th news story isn't one of those stories. It's all about puppies.
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Diamond from crook waiting for highest bidder
A diamond that once belonged to a man now accused of money laundering is on auction, if you have a couple million to spare.
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Bedbugs hit Montgomery County fire stations, assistant chief says 'not a public health issue'
It's been a while since we've heard from those bedbugs that are taking over D.C. Perhaps the debt-ceiling debate drove them away? It appears not. The insects' assault on everything we hold dear has reached a new height, as they've taken up residence in three of Montgomery County's 35 firehouses. The fire department won't say which stations are contaminated — hello? FOIA? — but Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham says the bugs "are not a public health issue." We beg to differ.
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Planned soccer field doesn't score with neighbors
Montgomery County wants to turn public property into a soccer field, but neighbors are lamenting the increased traffic and noise that will bring. They even brought in the lawyers.
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Boaters prepare for Hurricane Irene
Rick Carrion has made up his mind: if Hurricane Irene makes landfall this week, he plans to be with his beloved yacht Elf. “Elf is too precious to leave and let something happen. Being aboard, if anything happens I can deal with it effectively and save the boat,” he said. We do not recommend this.
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Gay D.C. teen lived in abandoned building, now headed to college
Kadeem Swenson told his parents he was gay when he was 16 years old. Two weeks later, he says they asked him to leave their Waldorf, Md., home. “You know I didn't really fight it, I just left,” Swenson said.
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Here's what busy transit looks like in Bangladesh (video)
See the cars race by. See the pedestrians crush together in massive crowds. See the bike commuters angling around corners. Welcome to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Georgia Avenue revival plan on hold
A plan to revitalize a stretch of George Avenue has been put on hold, but residents are trying to get the promised funding back.
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'SpongeBob SquarePants' makes children stupid, says UVA study
The results of a University of Virginia study suggest what the rest of us have known for decades: Television rots children's brains. Published in the journal Pediatrics, the study found that watching just nine minutes of SpongeBob SquarePants can shorten attention spans and even cause learning problems in four-year-olds.
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iWATCHDC lets people report suspicious activity online
Oh, look, here's something everyone needs in the eternal "post-9/11 world": another way to report what appears to be a terrorist attempt to blow up a part of D.C., but probably is just a Christmas ornament.
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University of Maryland works to translate thoughts into motion
The University of Maryland is researching new technology that turns thoughts into motion: a non-invasive, sensor-lined cap known as the "brain cap," which translates brain waves into motion. Whoa.
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Exhibit collects pieces, memories from three 9/11 sites
An exhibition at the Smithsonian American History museum shows artifacts from New York, Washington and Pennsylvania and invites visitors to share their own stories. More than 50 artifacts sit on open tables, all within arm’s reach without cases or walls.
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Washington Nationals beer vendor saves choking teen's life
Last month, a teen attending a Washington Nationals game started choking on his food, to the point of turning pale. Standing nearby was beer vendor Emmanuel Marlow, who'd never performed the Heimlich Maneuver before; he'd only seen it done on TV. But that didn't stop him from giving it a shot, and successfully dislodging the food on the third try.
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Two men bike across the country to honor fallen servicemembers
Kevin Mincio and Matt Sauri stopped at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday to honor two friends who are buried there side-by-side.
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