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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 07:57 PM |
| Triumph of the trashmen: Landing a gig on D.C. truck is hard to do and they stay on the job a long time |
| For more than four decades, Maurice Queen has held one of the most coveted jobs in the District government. He’s not deputy mayor or chief technology officer. He doesn’t even have a desk. He’s a trash collector. And in a city where good paying jobs are hard to come by for those without college degrees, that makes Queen and his colleagues an object of envy.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 04:41 PM |
| Currie spends long afternoon with Md. ethics panel |
| Sen. Ulysses Currie (D-Prince George’s) appeared before a Maryland legislative ethics committee for more than four hours Monday, amid signs that the panel is moving toward a recommendation in his case.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 04:41 PM |
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 09:58 AM |
| D.C. United close to lease agreement to continue playing at RFK Stadium |
| D.C. United and RFK Stadium are close to reaching agreement on a new lease deal that will allow the MLS club to continue playing at the 51-year-old facility, United President Kevin Payne said Monday. “We’re negotiating in good faith with Events D.C.,” the organization that operates the stadium on the city’s behalf, Payne said. “We hope to have something done shortly.”
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 07:46 PM |
| Voter ID bills clears Va. Senate |
| The Virginia Senate voted to tighten voting restrictions Monday in a party-line vote that Republicans called essential to democracy and that Democrats portrayed as a return to Jim Crow. The Senate voted 21-20, with Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) breaking a tie vote on the contentious issue. The bill, proposed by Sen. Stephen H. Martin (R-Chesterfield), requires that voters provide some sort of identification at the polls; otherwise, their votes will not be counted.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 05:41 PM |
| Virginia lawmakers vote to lift handgun purchase limit |
| The Virginia Senate voted Monday to lift the state’s one-per-month limit on handgun purchases, eliminating a 19-year-old cap that critics called outdated but gun-control activists credited with tamping down weapons trafficking.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 02:40 PM |
| House kills study to reduce solitary confinement in prisons |
| The Republican-controlled House of Delegates killed a bill that would have required the state to study ways to limit the use of solitary
confinement in state prisons, especially of those who are mentally ill.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 07:48 PM |
| Alberto Contador stripped of 2010 Tour de France title, given two-year ban for positive test |
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Alberto Contador was stripped of the 2010 Tour de France title and handed a two-year competition ban for his positive test for the banned performance-enhancing drug clenbuterol, the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in a 98-page brief released Monday.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 07:37 PM |
| Maryland’s Alex Len makes progress as he adjusts to ACC basketball |
| Two games in a college basketball season hardly signify a trend. But as Maryland looks for positives amid a spate of recent losses, the resurgence of 7-foot-1 center Alex Len offers reason to believe, as senior Sean Mosley insists, that the Terps still have a chance to fashion a special ending from a 13-9, 3-5 start.
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| Date: 02/07/2012 Time: 07:00 AM |
| Nightlife Agenda: Charity dance parties and free local beer |
| Every Tuesday, the Going Out Gurus highlight the week’s best DJs, bands, dance nights and parties. These are the five events you can’t miss in the next seven days:
Tuesday: There’s been a lot of talk about DC Brau, 3 Stars and Chocolate City beers, but the truth is there are dozens of brewers in Washington, and Meridian Pint is offering the chance to taste their products for free. At the semi-regular
Home Brewers Match Up
, you can sip beverages made by two dozen amateur brewers - everything from hoppy IPAs to chocolate-chipotle stouts - and vote for your three favorites. (There’s a big tournament-of-champions showdown at the end of the year.) Admission and beer samples are free, but get to Meridian Pint’s basement bar on the early side, because the better beers tend to run out fast.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 02:20 PM |
| ‘Chronicle’ wins weekend box office |
| Film critic Mark Jenkins gave the new sci-fi thriller “Chronicle” only two stars in his review Friday, writing that “a pretty good idea for a sci-fi thriller is undermined by hastiness - and by the pretense that it was mostly shot by one of its protagonists.”
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 02:17 PM |
| What to do this week: Synetic’s latest, Sharon Van Etten and John Hodgman |
| Every week, the Going Out Guide publishes an e-mail newsletter with our recommended events for the days ahead. If you don’t subscribe, here’s a peek at what you’re missing. If you’d like to sign up, you can do that on washingtonpost.com’s Newsletters page; the Going Out Guide is listed under the “Local &Sports” header.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 05:40 PM |
| Your D.C. Valentines, remixed |
| We had so much fun with our D.C.-themed Valentine’s Day one-liners last year that we decided to bring it back.
Our randomizer includes timeless classics like: “You traveled to my Beltway at record speed,” and “I promise to stick by you like that red intern badge.” But we welcome new additions that take advantage of the past year’s news, local shenanigans, and more. Suggest your own D.C.-themed one-liner in the comments below or on Twitter using #OnLove.
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| Date: 01/02/2012 Time: 04:35 PM |
| Barry defends tirade against Redskins, Snyder
Yvette Alexander will remain on primary ballot
Man shot near Southeast education center
4 arrests after carjacking attempt, struggle
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| Date: 01/02/2012 Time: 04:35 PM |
| Fliers at high schools: Gay people can change
Robocalls trial set to begin
Purple Line: What are my rights?
Charges dropped against teens in slaying
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| Date: 01/02/2012 Time: 04:35 PM |
| Third arrest made in Lenny Harris killing
Fairfax Army general dies in Afghanistan
Uproar tests volunteers for Komen
Fairfax board to map plans at retreat
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 08:10 PM |
| Huguely pleads not guilty in slaying of U-Va. lacrosse player Love |
| CHARLOTTESVILLE — In a navy blue blazer, white shirt and tan pants that all looked at least a size too large, a very lean 24-year-old George W. Huguely V entered a courtroom Monday and pleaded not guilty to murder and five other charges in the May 2010 death of his former girlfriend, Yeardley Love.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 08:10 PM |
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 06:31 PM |
| Arrest made in U-Md. robbery |
| A 15-year-old from Suitland was arrested Monday in connection with a robbery last month at the University of Maryland, the university police department said. A cell phone was taken Jan. 29 from a female student on the College Park campus, police said.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 10:08 AM |
| Nuns victimized in Prince William drunk driving crash discuss their life after tragedy |
| The August 2010 car crash in Prince William County that killed Sister Denise Mosier horrified us all on a number of levels. The driver, Carlos A. Martinelly-Montano, was drunk, and it was his third DWI arrest. He was in the country illegally. And Mosier and two other victims who were terribly injured were all nuns, devoted to helping others.
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| Date: 02/03/2012 Time: 03:56 PM |
| Military spouse of the year candidate is a couponer, entrepreneur |
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(Katherine Driessen is guest-blogging for Rosenwald, Md., while Michael Rosenwald takes a short break.)
At a coffee shop in California, Md., a group of military wives swaps their own brand of war stories over bagels and mochas. There are the ever-changing Zip codes, the weeks and months without contact from husbands, and the pitfalls of grocery shopping at a Commissary.
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| Date: 02/06/2012 Time: 08:06 PM |
| DeEvening Links: No car barn, please |
| The latest complication for the H Street/Benning Road streetcar line: Chris L. Jenkins
reports at The Root DC that Kingman Park residents are pushing back on the notion of siting a car barn near Spingarn High School. “This is an industrial use they want to put in a residential neighborhood,” said one longtime resident. But transportation officials insist the community impacts will be minimal.
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