After nearly three years of limiting her time in the public sphere, Michelle Obama is suddenly ubiquitous as motivator in chief.

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Michelle Obama’s Mission: Energizing the Campaign

The often maddening hunt for parking in Bethesda’s restaurant and shopping district is about to get even worse for nearly three years when a key street and two major parking lots soon close for high-rise and underground construction projects. The construction on two corners of Woodmont and Bethesda avenues — the epicenter of one of Montgomery County’s “downtowns” — will close two parking lots that provide nearly 300 metered spaces. The lots across from Barnes & Noble in Bethesda Row are heavily used by shoppers, diners and moviegoers, as well as cyclists and runners headed for the adjacent Capital Crescent Trail . Read full article > >

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Downtown Bethesda braces for 3 years of tighter parking and more traffic

Delayed nearly three weeks by earthquake repairs, baseball’s opening day has been infused with poignant meaning.

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Solace in the Stadium as Baseball Resumes in Japan

Despite an impassioned, tearful apology and a plea for leniency, Rep. Charles B. Rangel on Thursday became the first House member in nearly three decades to be recommended for censure.

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House ethics panel backs censure of Rangel

China’s Central Bank said it would raise interest rates for the first time in nearly three years, apparently in the hopes of dampening inflation and cooling off the hot property market.

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Surprise Interest Rate Move by China Roils Markets