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D.C. leaders set aside feud for home rule's sake
Columbia :: SC :: USA | 15 days ago
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Gray put aside their political differences Wednesday to support an effort on Capitol Hill to give the District more control over its budget and laws. The two Democrats, who have been sparring over various issues, united to back legislation by Del. Eleanor...
Tags: Congress, District of Columbia, Holmes Norton, Adrian M. Fenty, Jason Chaffetz, Columbia, Washington D.C., Council of the District of Columbia, United States Congress, Adrian Fenty, Government of the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Politics
The Silent Scream: What You Should Know About The Morning After Pill
Welcome to the world of new age abortion! Launched in 1999, Women on Waves has celebrated women having abortions at sea under Dutch law, a plan to send ships to countries that ban abortion so women could come aboard, sail into international...
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Wife-Beating As a Pre-Existing Condition
Columbia :: SC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility At the Huffington Post, Ryan Grim reports on the insurance-industry practice of treating injuries incurred by domestic violence as an reason not to cover the medical costs that go with them: It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia,...
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Teen Walks from Orlando to DC for Homeless Children
According to NBCWashington.com, David Ashby isn’t your average middle school student. The 14 year old from College Park, Florida doesn’t want to just “make the world a better place,” he is actually doing something about it - by...
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Merck and Schering-Plough settle drug claims
Omaha :: NE :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. said Wednesday they will pay $5.4 million to settle civil claims that the companies covered up test results that cast doubt on the effectiveness of two blockbuster cholesterol drugs. The companies settled...
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Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska: Mo. congressman owes back taxes on D.C. home
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Rep. Roy Blunt will pay nearly $7,000 in back taxes on his home in the nation's capital, where he and his wife were mistakenly given a tax break. A spokesman says the Missouri Republican and his wife have been trying since 2004 to get the District of...
Tags: District of Columbia, homestead exemption, Missouri Republican
Gay marriage in DC moves debate to black community
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility In the District of Columbia, where African-Americans are the majority and black congregations dominate, the recent vote to recognize same-sex marriages may signal the gay rights movement is making inroads among groups traditionally opposed to it. With...
Tags: District of Columbia, sex marriage, House
Obama seeks to keep vouchers, for now
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility President Obama will ask Congress to temporarily extend the school voucher program in the District of Columbia until students now attending private high schools with taxpayer dollars graduate, an administration official said Wednesday...Education Secretary...
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