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President Obama taps REI chief Sally Jewell for interior secretary
Sally Jewell, a retail executive and outdoor enthusiast, is President Barack Obama's pick to oversee the national parks and vast energy reserves on public lands
Million Puppet March Planned to Defend PBS Funding
WASHINGTON - More than 1,000 puppeteers and public broadcasting supporters have signed on for a march on the National Mall in Washington three days before the...Redskins Top Vikings 38-26
LANDOVER, Md. - Robert Griffin III dropped back, waited a beat, then quickly took off. A first down on third-and-6 might have been enough to put...
Man Charged With Animal Cruelty for Declawing Kittens
WASHINGTON, DC - A DC man is charged with two counts of animal cruelty for declawing two 8-week-old kittens. Eric Gaskin is suspected of torturing the...
Senate Approves Moving Frederick Douglass Statue to US Capitol
WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved a resolution to move the District of Columbia's statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass to the United States Capitol. The Senate took...
White House Mysterious Big Dig Ends
WASHINGTON - After nearly two years of noisy and costly construction, the White House Big Dig is finally wrapping up. But the Big Reveal is proving...
Marion Barry Says DC Has Horrible Viewpoint at DNC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - D.C. Councilman Marion Barry has been vocal on Twitter this week at the Democratic National Convention. The former mayor has been urging greater action...Close-Call at Reagan National Airport Rattled Air Traffic Controllers
WASHINGTON - Air-traffic controllers were rattled after mistakenly flying three planes too close together in the skies near the nation's capital, a federal report released Wednesday...
Suspect Gets Arrested for Indecent Exposure on Metro
WASHINGTON, DC - A 48 year old Capitol Heights man is heading to jail after exposing himself on a Metro train. Metro riders are getting credit for...
Police Release Video of POI in Darryl Sweet Homicide
WASHINGTON - Police are searching for a person of interest in the killing of a 61-year-old man. Investigators released video of a man they are interested...
Foreign Girl Jumps Onto Tracks at Metro Center
WASHINGTON - Police officers rescued a woman from the tracks at Metro Center Wednesday night after she inexplicably tried to cross over the rails to get...
Teen's Hand Gets Stuck in Escalator
A 14-year-old boy's hand got stuck in an escalator at the Smithsonian Metro station Tuesday evening. It took about 40 minutes for fire and rescue personnel...
Catania, Cheh, Bowser Call on D.C. Mayor to Resign
Three members of the D.C. Council are now calling for the resignation of Mayor Vincent Gray. The office of Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser told NBC4...
12-Year-Old Charged in Toddlers's Death
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested and charged as a juvenile with second-degree murder in the beating death of a 2-year-old in Prince George's County.Sources...
Teen Able to Display a Cross Near the White House
A 19-year-old from North Texas who is carrying a large, 12 foot, wooden cross to Washington, D.C., will be allowed to pray and march across...
Teen Stabbed on Metrobus at G.W. University
A teen was stabbed on a Metrobus on the campus of the George Washington University around noon Wednesday.The Route 80 bus was at the intersection...
Adam Oates Named Devils' Head Coach
The Washington Capitals have hired New Jersey Devils assistant coach Adam Oates as the 16th head coach in franchise history.Oates, 49, has spent the last...
UVA Board Meets Today to Decide Teresa Sullivan's Fate
Today the University of Virginia Board of Visitors will meet to vote on whether to reinstate Teresa Sullivan as university president.The vote comes after more...
More Would Be Pleased if Health Care Were Ruled Out
With the U.S. Supreme Court set to decide on President Obama's health-care law on Thursday, more Americans say they would be pleased if the law...
Bladensburg Info Impacted by Microburst
Prince George's County has released the following information following Friday's microburst that hit Bladensburg, Md. Please see the press release below for information on who...