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U Street, King Street named best streets in America 2011
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Two area streets — D.C.'s U Street and Alexandria's King Street — are famous locally for being oppressively crowded on weekends, but now they're famous nationally as two of the top 10 great streets in America. Which means now they'll be even more oppressively crowded on weekends.
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GWU, Catholic University land on list of top party dorms
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By now, incoming freshman have already gotten settled in their respective dorms, and more importantly, learned which dorms are the go-tos for Friday night revelry. But does your dorm make the list?
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Ben's Chili Bowl dropped from manliest food list
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D.C. will not be represented on the list of "Manliest restaurants," Eater.com's tally of regional eats that boost testosterone levels. The District staple — now available at two of the three sporting venues in the region — was nominated last month for the award. Instead, the Mid-Atlantic region's digestible dude-i-tude will be epitomized by Primanti Brothers.
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America's top 20 cities of bicycle commuters
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Where does D.C. rank among the nation's top bike-commuting cities? The 2010 census numbers show we haven't done too badly at all — and they don't even include our past several months of Capital Bikeshare-inspired rides.
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American, GWU among top 10 colleges in internship experience
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If you want to work on Capitol Hill, you go to Georgetown University. But what if you want to work without having to worry about silly things like paychecks and self-respect? Then George Washington and American universities are the schools for you!
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D.C. traffic congestion is worst in U.S., say Texas wonks
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You'd think that Los Angeles, that car-centric metropolis of smog, would have the worst traffic congestion in the United States. But no, it's us.
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Loudoun, Fairfax counties help make D.C. area richest in the U.S.
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Six counties in the D.C. region are among the top 10 wealthiest in the country, and the metropolitan region as a whole is America's richest, according to new census data for 2010.
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Forbes 400 richest Americans list is out, and Dan Synder barely made it
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The Forbes 400 — the list of people either born in insanely rich families, or who became insanely rich through luck or ruthlessness — has come out, and Dan Snyder just made the cut.
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Arlington, D.C. named best cities to live in for 2011
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When it comes to national rankings of U.S. cities, D.C. and its surrounding cities are usually lumped together. But the latest page-view bait from Businessweek about "America's 50 Best Cities" singles out Arlington and the District separately, placing both in the top 10.
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D.C. ranked 18th best foodie destination in the U.S.
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One of the things D.C. never lacks is new restaurants, and we're home to a number of famous chefs and justifiably expensive restaurants, so it should come as no surprise that we're a destination for foodies. We're not the destination in the U.S., according to Travel + Leisure — that belongs to New Orleans — but a respectable 18th.
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D.C. is 10th most economically powerful city in the world
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With an economic output of $299 billion, and ranked second in innovation, D.C. tied Seoul for 10th place on the Global Economic Power Index by the Martin Prosperity Institute. This only makes it that much sadder, and infuriating, that we have the third-highest poverty rate in the United States.
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Kimpton's Hotel Palomar named 4th most pet-friendly hotel
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Next time your visiting relatives insist on staying with you "because hotels don't allow pets," point them to this: D.C.'s Hotel Palomar ranked fourth on TripAdvisor's list of the most pet-friendly hotels in America. The Dupont Circle spot offers free pet beds and disposable pick-up bags, and pets get a treat during the nightly wine hour. "Free" is a relative term, though; a room costs anywhere between $180 to more than $500 per night.
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D.C. poverty rate is third-highest in the nation, says U.S. Census
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The latest statistics from the Census Bureau are out, and they're really depressing. Perhaps you'd rather look at photos of this Persian onager foal. No? OK then: 15.1 percent of Americans, or 46.2 million, were living in poverty last year — the highest rate since 1993 — and D.C. itself is even worse off.
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U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2012 ranks Johns Hopkins, Georgetown in top 25
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U.S News & World Report has released its eagerly anticipated, hotly debated, and otherwise adverb-inducing rankings of the country's best colleges, and they're giving those annoying-but-promising kids at Georgetown University another excuse to walk around town with their chins held uncomfortably high in the air. The school fell one spot to 22nd, but beat out all others in the immediate D.C. area. Here's how all the region's schools fared.
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John Wall's first pitch at Nationals Park was third-worst ever, says Mancave Daily
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The sight of John Wall standing on top of the pitcher's mound at Nationals Park after an incredible rookie season is one that we'll never forget. Unfortunately, we'll never forget it because Wall spiked the ball a few feet in front of him. The rest of the world may not let us forget it, either.
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Richest D.C. CEOs include Discovery, Capital One, Lockheed Martin bosses
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All these stories about rising unemployment and the impending fight over Obama's jobs bill are bumming us out. So let's take a look at some gainfully employed folks in the D.C. area — namely, CEOs who make tens of millions of dollars.
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Pennsylvania Avenue real estate is among most expensive in nation
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K Street may be the lobbyists' domain, but Pennsylvania Avenue NW is where the real money is in D.C. According to a study of the most expensive commercial real estate locations in the nation, the street ranks fifth with an average rent of $80 per square foot of office space — almost 50 percent above the average market rate.
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Five Guys is the best fast-food restaurant in the country, says marketing firm
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Five Guys, home of the second-best French fries in the country, has topped a nationwide survey of "consumers' favorite quick-service restaurant," but the self-promoting marketing firm that put this thing together, Market Force, decided to mess with the results by adjusting them for the total number of restaurants operated by each chain. After that statistically questionable maneuver, Five Guys fell to third place, behind Chick-fil-A and Panera Bread. The fix is in, obviously.
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