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Washington DC stories: 172 news summaries

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Dry Cleaners Sell Shop
Shredded by $67M Lawsuit

Deafeated by lost business, trauma

Sep 20, 07 3:06 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

AOL Packs for Move to NY

The company employs 4,000 people in northern Virginia

Sep 17, 07 3:11 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Just Call
San Francisco Lucky Town

Need a date? These are the best cities
in the US if you're single and looking

Aug 24, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - True love is hard to find, but your odds are substantially higher if you live in one of Forbes' top 40 cities for singles.
  1. San Francisco-Oakland
  2. New York
  3. Los Angeles
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San Francisco • Chicago • Atlanta • Washington DC • New York • Dallas • Los Angeles • list • San Diego • Philadelphia • Seattle • dating

Don't Even Go There!

Don't fly away yet!  That packaged deal may be too good to be true.

Aug 15, 07 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Before you pack your bags, check out Foreign Policy's list of the five most overhyped tourist locales:
  1. Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt: Famous beach and diving locale actually tacky and overcrowded.
  2. Ibiza, Spain: Hippy haven and hedonistic paradise turned into dirty and pricey hole.
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China • travel • Spain • tourism • Washington DC • Egypt • list • Iceland

Minorities Become Majority

Nonwhites dominate in 10% of counties, new census figures show

Aug 9, 07 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nonwhites account for more than half the population in 10% of all US counties and in nearly one-third of the most populous ones, new census results show. Figures through mid-2006 demonstrate the suburban flight of blacks and Hispanics and fallout from Hurricane Katrina, the Times reports. And in three dozen... More »

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race • Chicago • African Americans • Washington DC • Asians • demographics • Honolulu • El Paso • immigrant • Hispanic

Gitmo Prisoner Fights His
Own Release

Algerian prefers detention to torture as terrorist—or by terrorists—at home

Jul 31, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A detainee at Guantanamo Bay is doing everything he can in court—to stay in prison. Algerian Ahmed Belbacha, 38, is contesting his imminent release from the notorious detention camp because he fears he'll be tortured by Algerian security agents as a  suspected terrorist—or killed by Islamic terrorists for... More »

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torture • terrorism • Algeria • Washington DC • Guantanamo Bay • court • Ahmed Balbacha • Guantanamo prisoners

Eco-Vandals Trash Hummer

Attack on $38K gas-guzzler called
a 'hate crime'

Jul 18, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 32-year-old man in Northwest DC woke to find his dream car—a $38,000 Hummer—with slashed tires, smashed windows, and a message carved into its body: "FOR THE ENVIRON." In a green-friendly neighborhood dominated by hybrids, two masked eco-extremists decided to punish Gareth Groves by mutilating... More »

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environment • environmentalism • gas • Washington DC • prius • extremists • vandalism • hummer • miles per gallon • mpg • vandals • eco vandals • hybrid car • cars

Tastiest New Chefs of 2007

Food & Wine's annual list of the hottest emerging culinary talents in America

Jun 28, 07 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here are Food & Wine's picks for the 10 best new chefs—up-and-comers who are deploying their culinary talents in intimate and stylish restaurants around the country.
  1. April Bloomfield, The Spotted Pig, New York, NY
  2. Gabriel Bremer, Salts, Cambridge, MA
  3. Steve Corry, Five Fifty-Five, Portland, ME
  4. Matthew
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food • Washington DC • list • recipes • restaurant • chef

Judge Catches Plaintiff With Pants Down

DC court rules against litigious fashion victim in $54M (law)suit

Jun 25, 07 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Satisfaction Guaranteed" applies only to reasonable demands, and $54 million for a pair of lost pants isn't reasonable, a judge ruled today in siding with the Washington, DC, dry cleaners sued by a disgruntled customer. Roy Pearson had originally asked for $65 million after a $10.50 alteration of... More »

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Washington DC • Roy Pearson • dry cleaners • court • lawsuit • pants

Top 10 Real Estate Markets

Jun 23, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. Riverside/San Bernadino, CA
  2. Orange County, CA
  3. Las Vegas, NV
  4. Orlando, FL
  5. San Jose, CA
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California • real estate • Washington DC • Las Vegas • homes • Riverside • San Bernadino • Orlando • Orange County • San Jose

Turks, Kurds in Tense Standoff at Iraqi Border

Both sides want US support in dispute over separatist insurgents

Jun 8, 07 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the Turkish military continued its aggressive saber-rattling along the border with Iraq this week, the US finds itself in a tough spot. The Turks want a green light to go after Kurdish separatist guerrillas hiding in northern Iraq; the Kurds want protection. “Now the U.S. has to... More »

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Turkey • Washington DC • Kurdistan • Ankara • Kurds • guerrilla

Virtuoso Snubbed in Train Station

What Happens If A violinist Plays in The Subway And Nobody Hears It?

Apr 15, 07 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten put world-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell, in a subway station in Washington DC one rush hour morning to see if people would notice him. Mostly, they didn’t. More »

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music • Washington DC • Stradivari • Joshua Bell • violin • commute

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