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Redskins owner: We'll NEVER change the name
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder expressed a strong opinion when USA TODAYasked if he'd consider changing the team's name.
'American Idol' to perform for Memorial Day in DC
Newest 'American Idol' to perform national anthem for Memorial Day concert at US Capitol
Bowser-led panel strips funding from Capitol Riverfront project
The D.C. Council's economic development committee voted Thursday to strip millions of dollars from a major Capitol Riverfront project in favor of three projects in the committee chair's ward.
Police search for girl missing since April
D.C. police are searching for a missing 14-year-old girl last seen more than two weeks ago in the Cathedral Heights neighborhood.
Few from DC have been deported under US program
The Washington Times reports that immigrants are being deported from DC at a lower rate than most states and big cities.
Old Washington Times headquarters to become a school
The Washington Times has certainly gone through some changes over the years. The latest: It's going to be a school — or at least the paper's old headquarters will be.
Sweetlife Festival grows from backyard concert to big attraction for music fans
In April 2010, a small Washington, D.C., restaurant chain staged a concert for 700 people in front of its Dupont Circle location. On Saturday, the same chain expects to stuff the mighty Merriweather Post Pavilion with 20,000 strong.
Toll Brothers Inc. pays $30.1 million for NoMa site
Horsham, Pa.-based homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. has paid $30.1 million for a development site in NoMa, the publicly traded company's second development acquisition in the District as it seeks to expand its footprint in the Washington region.
Slice of Life: Relinquishing a pageant title to promote a body image awareness campaign
It's a story many women in the beauty industry have lived to tell: A beauty pageant contestant struggles with an eating disorder and enters a rehabilitation program.
Area companies dominate list of top contractors, winning $104B in 2012
Nearly 20 percent of the top 200 federal contractors, based on prime contract dollars awarded in 2012, are in the D.C. area. They won $104.22 billion in work last year alone.
DC pediatrician faces federal child porn charges
Feds: DC pediatrician who practiced for decades in DC downloaded child pornography
Nationals reverse rainout ticket policy
The Washington Nationals are reversing the team's rain delay policy after fans roared in objection to having to use their tickets for Tuesday's rained-out game on the rescheduled day.
Fashion and Sheryl Crow raise money for Down Syndrome awareness in D.C. (Video)
More than two dozen models with Down Syndrome, many of them children, took center stage at the Ritz Carlton in D.C. Wednesday night.
DC taxis to take credit cards by Aug. 31
Taxicabs in the District of Columbia will be required to accept credit and debit cards by the end of August.
RG3's pink cleats, photos raise $33K for charity
Pink cleats and 18 photos raise $33K _ when they're from Redskins QB Robert Griffin III
DC abortion ban bill introduced in Senate
A Republican senator from Utah has introduced a bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
DC attorney general testifies in IMF protests case
The D.C. attorney general is defending his office's handling of a lawsuit arising from the mass arrests of anti-globalization demonstrators in 2002.
ABC 7 Meteorologist Bob Ryan retiring
Ryan has been forecasting the weather at ABC 7 for three years. Before then he was the head meteorologist at WRC NBC 4 in Washington. His 40-year career began in Cambridge, Mass.
Woman kidnapped, sexually assaulted in NW
D.C. police say a woman was kidnapped sexually assaulted and robbed in the city's Mt. Pleasant neighborhood early Monday morning. And investigators need help identifying one of her attackers.
Potato chip challenge inspires D.C. students
The challenge: Mail a single Pringle potato chip without breaking it. Two dozen 6th and 7th grade girls from Our Lady of Victory School in Northwest Washington teamed up with two dozen 9th and 10th graders from all-girls Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Md., to solve the problem.
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