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Metro To Get New, Cheaper SmarTrip Cards This Fall

| May 29, 2012

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Metro's plastic SmarTrip cards will be even more important for transit riders starting July 1, when the agency begins charging $1 per trip for rail...

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Memorial Day: Americans Honor Troops (PHOTOS)

AP | The Associated Press | May 28, 2012

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-- Boy Scouts carry a large American flag through the Memphis National Cemetery in Tennessee, where scouts also placed flags on 42,000 graves. At...

Memorial Day 2012: Obama Makes Remarks At Arlington National Cemetery (FULL TEXT)

| May 28, 2012

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President Barack Obama honored fallen troops on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Below...

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Gay Marriage Polls Not Yet Reflected In Votes

AP | DAVID CRARY | May 28, 2012

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NEW YORK -- Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in...

Fear Dreams: What Are They Trying To Tell You?

The Huffington Post | Elizabeth Kuster | May 28, 2012

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Upon waking from a disturbing nightmare, we often attempt to shake off the fear that lingers by telling ourselves, "It was just a dream." But...

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Obama Memorial Day Ceremony: President Honors Fallen Troops

AP | KEN THOMAS | May 28, 2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an under-appreciated...

Terence Flynn, Labor Board Member, Resigns After Leak Findings

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | May 28, 2012

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A member of the National Labor Relations Board resigned quietly over the holiday weekend after investigators found that he had leaked sensitive board information to...

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Memorial Day 2012: Rolling Thunder, Parade Honor Veterans, Fallen Soldiers In Nation's Capital (PHOTOS)

| May 28, 2012

WASHINGTON -- As the sounds of motorcycles continue to reverberate throughout the nation's capital following Sunday's 25th anniversary of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle run, events...

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Drone Lobbying Ramps Up Among Industry Manufacturers, Developers

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | May 28, 2012

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WASHINGTON -- It may be years before unmanned aircraft are common in the sky, but lobbyists for the industry that develops and manufactures the drones...

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Terence Flynn Resigns From National Labor Relations Board Amid Ethics Violation Allegations

AP | SAM HANANEL | May 27, 2012

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WASHINGTON -- A member of the National Labor Relations Board accused of leaking inside information has resigned, the agency announced Sunday. Terence Flynn had been...

2012 Memorial Day Concert On National Mall Shut Down By Thunder

AP | May 27, 2012

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WASHINGTON — The National Memorial Day Concert has been canceled due to a line of thunderstorms that moved into the District of Columbia on Sunday...

Bob Bergdahl, Father Of Prisoner Of War Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Speaks At Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally

AP | STACY A. ANDERSON | May 27, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The father of a U.S. soldier who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan thanked the motorcycle riders of Rolling Thunder on Sunday for raising...

George W. Bush Returns To White House For Portrait Event

AP/The Huffington Post | May 26, 2012

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WASHINGTON -- Former President George W. Bush will return to the White House on May 31 for the unveiling of his official portrait. Bush and...

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Maryland Dairy Farm Manure Pit Deaths Ruled Accidental

| May 26, 2012

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The man and his two teenage sons found dead in a manure pit at a Maryland dairy farm died accidentally, according to the Office of...

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Mitt Romney Has Tighter State Path As Obama Takes Aim

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT | May 26, 2012

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President Barack Obama faces new warning signs in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic-voting Midwestern states roughly five months before the election even as...

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