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Local, state governments to pay $20M for trasportation costs
Local and state governments will pour more than $20 million into transportation costs to accommodate the expected onslaught of inaugural revelers, and cash-strapped agencies are wondering where the... Full story
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First Responders - Lt. Brian Ferguson
Lt. Brian Ferguson, 35, is one of Prince William County’s newest fire marshals. After spending more than eight years as an emergency medical technician for the county’s fire department,... Full story
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U.S. marshals still searching for third man in foiled kidnapping, bank robbery plot
U.S. marshals continue to hunt for a college student accused of abducting a Prince George’s County family in a failed bank robbery scheme last month. Authorities are asking for the... Full story
Premier pledges to guard against fiscal crisis
The new Greek government was sworn in Thursday, and the prime minister pledged to shelter the country from financial crisis while ensuring security after Greece's worst riots in decades. Prime... Full story
So. Africans press government to act on Zimbabwe
South Africans plan a hunger strike and other protests they hope will force their government to isolate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Methodist Bishop Paul Verryn says South Africans need to... Full story
Sports
Mets talk free agents with Boras at Citi Field
Scott Boras took a tour of Citi Field and sat down for lunch Wednesday with top executives from the New York Mets. Next, the Mets hope they can lure one of Boras' high-profile free agents to their... Full story
Business
China's Lenovo to cut 11 percent of work force
Shares of Lenovo Group tumbled Thursday after the world's fourth-largest computer maker warned it expects a loss for its latest quarter and will lay off 11 percent of its work force and cut... Full story
Entertainment
No `King Lear' nude scene for McKellen on PBS
Ian McKellen said he's fine that the full-frontal nude scene he played on stage as King Lear is missing from an upcoming public TV version. An actor who takes his clothes off can divert an... Full story
