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National mall in need of green 

By Brian Westley and Brett Zongker

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON

Crumbling sidewalks near the Jefferson...

NTSB: Metro system didn't detect test train 

WASHINGTON -- The signaling system for the Washington-area transit agency failed to detect a test train stopped in the same place as one that was...

Signal system Fails during D.C. metro test 

By Brian Westley and Nafeesa Syeed

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON

The signaling system for the Washington-area...

Investigators look at 'anomalies' in D.C. metro track 

WASHINGTON -- Investigators are focusing on a stretch of track near the site of a deadly commuter train crash after finding abnormalities Wednesday...

Slain museum guard is mourned 

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. -- Family, friends and colleagues on Friday remembered a guard who was gunned down at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum last...

Free Botox offered to help aging job seekers 

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Colleen Delsack is a 47-year-old single mother who can't seem to find a steady job, and she worries that her age may have...

council votes to recognize other states' gay marriages 

By Brian Westley

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON

The city council in the nation's capital voted Tuesday to...

Dems silent on D.C. gay marriage vote 

WASHINGTON - The city council in the nation's capital voted Tuesday to recognize same-sex marriages from states that approve them, a step...

Congress may tackle D.C. gay marriage 

WASHINGTON -- The next battleground over gay marriage could be the U.S. Capitol. A preliminary vote by the District of Columbia City Council to...

Immigrant has for years boasted of Levy slaying, witnesses say 

WASHINGTON -- Witness after witness told authorities the same thing: In the nearly eight years since federal intern Chandra Levy was attacked and...