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  • December 2007

    • 8 Hotels With Fab Room Service

      Forbes  |  Dec 8, 07 8:32 AM CST

      8 Hotels With Fab Room Service

      (Newser) - With this sort of room service, why leave the hotel at all? Forbes lists eight hotels that are stand-outs for room service offerings: Four Seasons Washington, DC: Gourmet in-room dinner for two served by personal butler. Ritz-Carlton Chicago: Get whatever you want, whenever you want from the kitchen—prepared to your specs. More »

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      list  • travel  • Washington DC  • hotel  • Mandarin Oriental Miami  • One and Only Palmilla  • W Hotels

    • DC the Most 'Walkable' City

      Associated Press  |  Dec 5, 07 6:35 PM CST

      DC the Most 'Walkable' City

      (Newser) - Which city gives those who prefer to travel by foot the most opportunities in terms of work and play? The Brookings Institution crunched some numbers to come up with the nation's most "walkable" cities. DC leads the way. Here's the top 10: Washington, DC Boston San Francisco Denver Portland More »

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      list  • travel  • Washington DC  • exercise  • city  • leisure

  • November 2007

    • Violent Crime Rate Down in Several Cities

      Washington Post  |  Nov 29, 07 10:33 AM CST

      Violent Crime Rate Down in Several Cities

      (Newser) - The crime surge of the last two years seems to be petering out, according to a new study by a police research group. The 2005-2006 rise in violent crime rates had been the first sustained jump in over a decade, but the new report shows that the numbers of murders, robberies and aggravated assaults are down in major jurisdictions in the first half of this year. More »

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      crime  • Los Angeles  • Detroit  • police  • Washington DC  • Boston  • Denver  • Minneapolis  • Houston  • Baltimore  • violent crime  • US cities

    • Supreme Court Will Hear Landmark Gun Case

      SCOTUSblog  |  Nov 20, 07 1:17 PM CST

      Supreme Court Will Hear Landmark Gun Case

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed today to hear its first case on the meaning of the Second Amendment in 68 years. At question is the scope of the “right to bear arms”: A circuit court ruled last year that it applied to individuals' guns, but the city of Washington argued it guaranteed only a collective right for groups such as the National Guard, SCOTUSblog reports. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Washington DC  • gun  • ban  • Second Amendment  • Constitution  • National Guard  • constitutional law  • gun ban  • handgun

    • Justice Dept. March Targets Hate Crimes

      Washington Post  |  Nov 16, 07 3:19 PM CST

      Justice Dept. March Targets Hate Crimes

      (Newser) - Thousands of marchers converged near the Justice Department in Washington, DC, today, to protest what they say is a lax attitude toward prosecuting hate crimes. The marchers, led by Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, cited the Jena 6 controversy in Louisiana and a subsequent spate of incidents involving nooses or swastikas, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Department of Justice  • protests  • Washington DC  • civil rights  • Al Sharpton  • hate crime  • Jena Six

    • Vietnam Vets Honored in DC

      Chicago Tribune  |  Nov 9, 07 7:19 PM CST

      Vietnam Vets Honored in DC

      (Newser) - Veterans and loved ones are braving Washington, D.C.'s cold temps this week to honor those who fell or vanished in Vietnam, the Chicago Tribune reports. Marking the Vietnam memorial's 25th anniversary, they started reading its 58,256 names aloud this week, and plan to finish tomorrow. This is the fourth time the 65-hour ceremony has been undertaken. More »

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      Washington DC  • veterans  • Vietnam  • Vietnam War

    • Mr. Sarkozy Goes to Washington

      Bloomberg  |  Nov 6, 07 7:02 AM CST

      Mr. Sarkozy Goes to Washington

      (Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Washington today for his first visit to the capital since his election, and the red carpet has been rolled out big time. President Bush will host a state dinner tonight for the newly eligible near-divorcé. The US and France have serious disagreements, especially on economic policy, but French officials tell Bloomberg that they'll be temporarily set aside for the DC lovefest. More »

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      George W. Bush  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Washington DC

  • September 2007

    • Dry Cleaners Sell Shop Shredded by $67M Lawsuit

      Washington Post  |  Sep 20, 07 3:06 AM CDT

      Dry Cleaners Sell Shop Shredded by $67M Lawsuit

      (Newser) - Years of legal fees and emotional trauma have forced a couple to sell the Washington D.C. dry cleaning shop that was hit with a $67 million lawsuit by a customer over a lost pair of pants. The publicity from the lawsuit, which the customer lost, cost Soo and Jin Chung most of their business, and this is the second of three stores they've had to close. More »

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      lawsuit  • Washington DC  • pants  • Roy Pearson  • dry cleaners  • dry cleaning  • Chungs

    • AOL Packs for Move to NY

      Washington Post  |  Sep 17, 07 3:11 PM CDT

      AOL Packs for Move to NY

      (Newser) - AOL headquarters will move from Dulles, Va., to New York, improving access to the ad industry that's crucial to its evolving business strategy. Execs say AOL's 4,000 employees in the DC suburb won't lose their jobs, but locals are worried. "This is a loss and there is no way to sugarcoat it," one business leader told the Washington Post. More »

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      New York City  • Washington DC  • Virginia  • AOL  • Time Warner  • Dulles

  • August 2007
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