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Garrett Peck, Cocktail Aficionado, Has A New Book About The Potomac River

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Potomac River has shaped history. It's also an awfully nice place to go for a hike. Both these aspects of the river are explored in ...

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Town Voting To Rename 'Jew Pond'

AP | JIM MORRISON | Posted 05.13.2012

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MONT VERNON, N.H. — Residents of a rural New Hampshire town voted Tuesday night to rename a fishing and skating spot that's been called Jew Pond...

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Kitchen Takes Spotlight At Mount Vernon

AP | Posted 02.16.2012

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MOUNT VERNON, Va. -- Visitors to George Washington's Mount Vernon estate will get a new appreciation for the effort it took to put on an 18th century ...

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Astoria Characters: The Born Baker

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 06.12.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

Rosario Notaro, a compact man with big milk chocolate eyes and the energy of a youngster, doesn't like cookies and cakes; perhaps it's because he's been baking them nearly all of his 74 years.

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The Housing Mess Hits One New York Town Hard

Daily Finance | David Schepp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many mature housing markets, such as those in the northeastern U.S., have been spared the dramatic drops in prices seen in Florida, Nevada, Arizona an...

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PHOTOS: 10 Kid-Friendly Activities In and Around DC

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Katherine Gustafson

In DC, where so many over-serious people run around fluffing their tail feathers and admiring the plumage of their campaign donors, kids can sometimes...

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SUV Driver Survives 30-Foot Drop Onto Train Tracks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — A 20-year-old woman survived a 30-foot plunge onto suburban railroad tracks in her SUV after swerving to avoid a child on a...

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Sonya Beard Gives Up Fight With Cancer, Focuses On Giving Back To Her Community

Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the last fifteen years, Sonya Beard has been waging an exhausting battle with breast cancer and oral cancer -- and it isn't over yet. Beard's doc...

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Man Shoots 9-Year-Old Daughter And Baby Sitter

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — A man shot and killed his 9-year-old daughter and her baby sitter in a home on a tidy suburban street, then walked out the ...

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Washington Mayor Sending Jon Stewart Key To The City

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The mayor of Bellingham says "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart is getting a key to the city. But he won't be traveling to the no...

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Forensic Accountants Dig Through George Washington's Records

Washington Post | Joel Achenbach | Posted 05.25.2011

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One day in 1791, President George Washington received a bill for 60 pounds, 1 shilling and 7 pence from his physician friend James Craik, who regularl...

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Glenn Beck Accepts Key To Hometown Of Mount Vernon, Washington; 800 Demonstrate

The Huffington Post | T.J. Ortenzi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Glenn Beck received the key to his hometown of Mount Vernon, Wash. Saturday at a ceremony that drew about 800 protesters, according to the spokeswoman...

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Glenn Beck, Fox Win: Mount Vernon Mayor Will Restrict Press As Beck Receives Key To City

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Press will be allowed to cover the Mount Vernon, Washington event where Glenn Beck will receive a key to the city, after all. The Seattle T...

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Glenn Beck To Get Key To City; Protesters Say "Change The Locks!"

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Mann

In what may be one of the most politically tone-deaf moves this year, Bud Norris, mayor of the small farming community just north of Seattle, says he'll hand over the hardware to Glenn Beck on Sept. 26.

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Home Sweet Home: Where The Presidents Lived Before (And After) The White House

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Living in the White House is one of the top perks of being commander-in-chief. With 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, three elevators, five full...

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