Former D.C. mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown had had six run-ins with law enforcement, including three charges in the District and an attempted-murder charge in Chicago, at the time he received a $110,000-a-year job in the administration of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, said city officials and sources…

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Brown had six run-ins with law enforcement before landing D.C. job

Several weeks after Kwame R. Brown was elected D.C. Council chairman in November, city officials were asked to order for him a “fully loaded” Lincoln Navigator L with a DVD entertainment system, power moonroof and polished aluminum wheels.

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‘Fully loaded’ SUV puts D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown on the spot

Several weeks after Kwame R. Brown was elected D.C. Council chairman in November, city officials were asked to order for him a “fully loaded” Lincoln Navigator L with a DVD entertainment system, power moonroof and polished aluminum wheels.

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‘Fully loaded’ SUV puts D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown on the spot

A package addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited in a District postal facility Friday, authorities said, a day after two similar parcels containing low-grade incendiary devices flashed in Maryland government buildings.

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Incendiary mail goes off in D.C.

Billy Taylor, one of the most versatile, influential and revered figures of the jazz world, who left his mark as a pianist, composer, educator and broadcaster and made Washington’s Kennedy Center one of the nation’s premier concert venues for jazz, died Dec. 28 at a hospital in New York. He was 8…

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Scholarly jazz ambassador considered D.C. home

The Washington region posted the nation’s highest year-over-year gains in housing prices this fall, as real estate values slumped in nearly every other metropolitan area, a key housing report said Tuesday.

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It is a truth locally acknowledged that director James L. Brooks gets Washington.

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I {heart} D.C.

D.C. public schools have started serving an early dinner to an estimated 10,000 students, many of whom are now receiving three meals a day from the system as it expands efforts to curb childhood hunger and poor nutrition.

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D.C. public schools have started serving an early dinner to an estimated 10,000 students, many of whom are now receiving three meals a day from the system as it expands efforts to curb childhood hunger and poor nutrition.

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Dinner bell follows class bell at some D.C. schools

It was past closing time at a popular rock bar called DC9 when Ali Ahmed Mohammed showed up, looking to get in, as police tell it. After being turned away at the door, he became angry. He picked up two bricks and hurled them through the nightclub’s front window, witnesses told investigators.

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Witness says man beaten near D.C. club pleaded for mercy

Rhee’s supporters hail her as a profile in courage but her predecessor paved the way for success.

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Rhee’s and Gray’s critics fail in D.C. history

Three out of 10 children in the nation’s capital were living in poverty last year, with the number of poor African American children rising at a breathtaking rate, according to census statistics released Tuesday. Poverty – United States – Facts and Statistics – Education – Health

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D.C., region show disturbing rises in childhood poverty

Placido Domingo – the tenor and conductor whose world renown has both elevated and impaired the Washington National Opera – will not renew his contract as the company’s general director when it expires in June, he told the opera’s board Monday. The announcement deprives the company of a marquee name… Washington National Opera – Los Angeles Opera – Performing arts – Opera – Arts and Entertainment

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