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U.S. drone crashes in Maryland: Navy
WASHINGTON — A US Navy drone crashed in swamp land in Maryland, not far from the US capital Washington, on Monday without causing any injuries or property damage, officials said. The Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft went down about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Washington, near Bloodsworth Island, east of…
Same sex marriage opponents in Washington seek to overturn law in November
Opponents of Washington’s new same sex marriage law have submitted enough signatures to place a repeal of the law on the November ballot. Preserve Marriage Washington on Wednesday submitted more than 200,000 signatures to the state’s attorney general, well over the number of signatures they needed to qualify Referendum 74…
D.C. to allow turbaned Sikh police
WASHINGTON — Washington’s police chief on Wednesday gave the green light for turbaned Sikhs to serve as officers, making the capital the first major US city to accommodate the religion’s articles of faith. The police department said that 4,000 officers have gone through cultural training to sensitize them to the…
Washington D.C. booms but unease at racial divide
It was once known as the “Murder Capital of the World,” a city beset by a crack epidemic, no-go areas and resulting crime which triggered decades of white flight to the suburbs. Decades on from its darkest days, however, Washington DC is experiencing an economic boom that has reversed its long-declining population and is…
Strauss-Kahn facing fresh charge of gang rape
A 25-year-old Belgian sex worker has accused former French finance minister and head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn of gang rape, saying that he and three other men forcibly restrained and sodomized her in a room at Washington, DC’s tony W hotel. U.K. news daily The Telegraph reports that the…
Gingrich: Me dropping out just ‘a Washington, New York fixation’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that he would continue to campaign until Mitt Romney obtained all the delegates he needed to win the nomination. “I was in North Carolina yesterday,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “Not a single person asked me to drop out and many, many people…
WATCH LIVE: Santorum gives speech after primaries
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks after the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin primaries. Watch live, courtesy of MSNBC, below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Government takes 92-year-old woman’s money after believing she died
A 92-year-old woman from Port Angeles, Washington revealed Friday afternoon that she had lost thousands of dollars due to her bank and the government believing she was dead, according to KOMO-TV. Betty Longshore told her unusual story Friday of how her bank, First Federal, was sent a notice by the…
Obama campaign takes in $5 million in one day
US President Barack Obama, juggling dual roles as fundraiser extraordinaire and commander-in-chief, piled up a cool five million dollars in a lucrative single-day campaign blitz. In no other country is a leader expected to tend to a deteriorating war he is leading in Afghanistan on the same day as conducting…
Afghan shooting latest scandal for troubled U.S. base
SEATTLE, Washington — The US soldier held for shooting dead 16 Afghan villagers at the weekend was stationed at a military base south of Seattle which has been plagued by scandal and tragedy. Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), which could in theory host a court martial for the unidentified serviceman, has…
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