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...D.C. at the forefront of housing the homeless, and she's focused on fixing welfare. She's in D.C. government for one reason: Adrian Fenty. Zeilinger, a Cleveland native, first encountered Fenty in 1998 at a fundraiser for John Kerry. Fenty was a council aide;...
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Washington Examiner
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...Fenty began his day Sunday by swimming 1,500 meters, biking 40 kilometers, and running 10 kilometers in the Nation’s Triathlon. But for the mayor of Washington, D.C., an experienced triathlete, the tougher challenge comes Tuesday: overcoming a significant...
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Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/2010/0913/D.C.-Mayor-Adrian-Fenty-poised-to-get-the-boot
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If we believe polls, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is about to be fired.
And if the District’s residents give him the heave-ho on Tuesday, Fenty will leave office amid concerns about his ethical standards and ability to work well with others. He’ll be
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TBD.com
http://www.tbd.com/articles/2010/09/d-c-mayor-election-2010-who-will-hire-adrian-fenty--10175.html
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...is falling behind his main challenger, D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray. Vincent Gray, left, is leading Mayor Adrian Fenty, right, by 17 percent of likely voters. (WTOP Photo) WASHINGTON - A new poll shows that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is falling...
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WTOP News
http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=2039294&nid=596
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Unitarian Universalist pastor Rob Hardies poses for a picture with Mayor Adrian Fenty. Credit: All Souls Church.
Washington D.C., Dec 19, 2009 / 06:57 am (CNA).- Mayor Adrian Fenty of Washington, D.C., has signed a measure recognizing same-sex marriage
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Catholic News Agency
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WASHINGTON -- The eastern U.S. prepared for a frightful wintry storm Saturday that was expected to dump more than a foot of snow, hampering travelers heading home and deterring shoppers on the weekend before Christmas. Forecasts called for up to 20
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The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/19/AR2009121900281.html?nav=rss_business/industries
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Moments ago, Washington DC Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the city's historic marriage equality bill.
In a raucous signing ceremony at a northwest Washington church, Mayor Fenty officially legalized same-sex marriage in the District, distributing
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Joe. My. God.
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/12/dc-mayor-adrian-fenty-signs-marriage.html
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"Mayor Adrian M. Fenty will sign the legislation during a bill-signing ceremony at the All Souls Unitarian Church in Northwest, requiring D.C. to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10:45
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towleroad
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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- R. Don Peebles has a private plane, owns homes in Florida, DC and the Hamptons and, according to Forbes magazine, is the eighth richest African American in the country, with a net worth of about $350 million.
Now, Don Peebles
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WUSA Washington, DC
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When Washington Wizards Owner Abe Pollin was laid to rest two weeks ago, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty was noticeably absent from the services. WTOP has learned Fenty opted to attend a Wizards basketball game in Miami…
…At a dedication of an affordable
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/305420-mayor-fenty-skips-abe-pollin-funeral-attends-wizards-game-in-miami
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No big surprises in the first D.C. Council vote on legalizing same-sex marriage: the Council today voted 11-2 to approve the "Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009," with Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and Yvette Alexander
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/same-sex-marriage-passes-d-c-council-11-2/
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Yesterday the Washington Post asked a number of local political watchers, myself included, if we thought Mayor Adrian Fenty would be re-elected in 2010. Some said yes, others said no. I stressed that without a credible challenger – and none has yet
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DCist
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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- A new poll conducted by an independent group says DC Mayor Adrian Fenty could face a tough battle winning a second term.
The poll, conducted by the non-partisan Clarus Research group, found that 53% of voters said they would
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WUSA Washington, DC
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Here's hoping that Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) has absorbed the meaning of the close call experienced on Election Day by his political godfather, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. With his billions, a well-oiled campaign machine and supreme self-confidence,
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Colbert I. King (Washington Post)
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=717211904152f2053a2c99beaded2ea2
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Construction may soon begin on the first major phase of new housing units under D.C.'s New Communities initiative, in which dilapidated public and low-income housing projects are set to be overhauled into mixed-income neighborhoods.
On Tuesday, a
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Washington Business Journal
http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_washington/~3/8gWCn5i7UrA/daily60.html
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A coalition of non-profits in Montgomery County has sent a letter to the Mayor and City Council in the District of Columbia protesting budget cuts targeting vulnerable people. This should be no surprise given that need knows no borders. We reprint the
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Maryland Politics Watch
http://maryland-politics.blogspot.com/2009/10/moco-non-profits-protest-safety-net.html
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D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty announced Monday that Attorney General Peter Nickles has opened an investigation following reports of widespread misspending of city funds by a number of local AIDS organizations that were responsible for helping low-income
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Washington Blade
http://washblade.com/2009/10-23/news/localnews/15420.cfm
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D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty named Bryan Sivak the city’s new chief technology officer Tuesday.
Sivak takes over for interim CTO Chris Willey, who has been leading the Office of the Chief Technology Officer since Vivek Kundra’s departure in March to join
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Washington Business Journal
http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_washington/~3/C8lLrEQBuik/daily32.html
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Michael Kelly, longtime executive director of the D.C. Housing Authority, is headed to New York City and Councilman Marion Barry, D-Ward 8, isn’t happy about it.
Barry, who chairs the D.C. Council’s Committee on Housing and Workforce Development,
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Washington Business Journal
http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_washington/~3/o5_G_9ADMCw/daily94.html
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The Franklin School in McPherson Square is a historic site for its construction in the 1860s and a controversial one for its role as a former homeless shelter.
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is seeking development partners for the site, one of the last
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Washington Business Journal
http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_washington/~3/Luo5B6zKoi0/daily20.html
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The fountain water flowed as District officials gathered this morning to formally dedicate the completion of the first phase of the new Columbia Heights Plaza, located at the intersection of 14th Street, Park Road and Kenyon Street NW.
D.C.
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DCist
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Adrian Fenty may well win re-election as Washington, D.C.'s
mayor. But he hasn't exactly lived up to his squeaky clean reform
reputation.
A refusal to cut pet programs amid a $666 million budget
shortfall in the upcoming budget made him seem less
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American Spectator
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/28/running-from-reform
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D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty marked progress on two affordable housing projects on Wednesday.
Fenty announced ground breaking for a $5 million, 26-unit housing development at 4427 Hayes St. NE being financed in part by investors in PNC Place, a
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Washington Business Journal
http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_washington/~3/VK7pIg9cHMI/daily75.html
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Missed meeting with Dr. Maya Angelou & Dorothy Height was due to scheduling conflicts and not disrespect :-) Emoticon aside, this recent Tweet is at least a step in the right direction toward using the Mayoral Twitter Feed for something less stupid.
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DCist
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- As excitement builds about Verizon bringing FiOS TV and more cable choice to the District of Columbia, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and key city leaders joined company officials on Tuesday (Sept. 1) for the official
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PR Newswire
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WASHINGTON, DC (AP) -- DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee says Mayor Adrian Fenty did not bypass any rules by enrolling his 9-year-old twin sons in a school outside of his neighborhood.
But in an interview with WTOP-FM, Rhee declined to say whether
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WUSA Washington, DC
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wusa9comHeadlines/~3/Y0KXBNDzKp0/local_article.aspx
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees Local 2741, the union representing workers at the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreations (DPR), filed a lawsuit today against D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty,
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PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-28-2009/0005084684&EDATE=
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So, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty pledged to send his kids to public schools four years ago, in the misguided belief that letting his kids suffer in the capital's terrible schools will somehow mean he doesn't have to address school choice as a serious policy
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Hit and Run
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August 19, 2009 - World TeamTennis (WTT) Washington Kastles
Mayor Adrian Fenty and the DC City Council will present the 2009 World TeamTennis Champion Washington Kastles with the Key to the City during a special ceremony on Thursday, August 27th at 11
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Our Sports Central
http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3889047
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D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty unveiled the Walker Jones Education Campus Tuesday, a new $50 million K-8 public school that is part of an eight year, $2 billion campaign to rebuild and modernize all schools in the sixth congressional district.
The 100,000 sq.
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Talk Radio News Service
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Two gay D.C. City Council members said they joined their colleagues in voting to eliminate all non-competitive earmark grants for many non-profit organizations, including $1 million for four LGBT groups, because of a groundswell of opposition to
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Washington Blade
http://washblade.com/2009/8-7/news/localnews/14973.cfm
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A police report that details the fender bender in upper Northwest Washington involving D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty on Sunday contradicts what his spokeswoman said the night of the accident. This Story Officer's Report Contradicts First Account of Fenty
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The Washington Post
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=98c45786a85d9aa288c3bdbfea3471b0
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It appears many of the same issues brought up in the 2007 city sanctioned report came into play at the July 29th fire on Chain Bridge Road.
The investigation of the 2007 fire
Within hours after the 2007 fire, there was finger pointing between Chief
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WUSA Washington, DC
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wusa9comHeadlines/~3/JSP_X8FDlhc/local_article.aspx
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The D.C. LGBT Community Center, Mautner Project for lesbian health, Transgender Health Empowerment, and Crystal Meth Working Group will lose a combined $570,000 in city grants for fiscal year 2010 under a budget reduction plan announced earlier this
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Washington Blade
http://washblade.com/2009/7-31/news/localnews/14950.cfm
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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Mayor Adrian Fenty Thursday evening promised a quick but thorough investigation of the Wednesday night fire that destroyed the lavish home of former DC School Board Chairman Peggy Cooper Cafritz.
The art-laden mansion was
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WUSA Washington, DC
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wusa9comHeadlines/~3/dUPEckLhiag/local_article.aspx
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WASHINGTON,DC (WUSA) -- The Fenty Administration has replaced the superintendent of its new corrections facility for youthful offenders, fired five other workers there, and disciplined two others after seven of the young inmates fled the "New
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WUSA Washington, DC
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wusa9comHeadlines/~3/3YLOBFSUmOw/local_article.aspx
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Fenty Signs “Bag Bill”
Kavitha Cardoza
July 07, 2009 - D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has signed a bill that would charge a fee of five cents for every paper and plastic bag sold in the District. The law goes into effect in January 2010. In a statement,
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Shopfloor
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shopfloor/TDOl/~3/1Moho7yJwTg/
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DC Fire & EMS Department Chief Dennis Rubin told a radio interviewer on Thursday that a story by Dave Statter "simply isn't true". A few hours later Chief Rubin's own PIO, Alan Etter, confirmed the information was true. So what is this all about?
It
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WUSA Washington, DC
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Statter911/~3/aZrdderL9Cs/dc-fire-ems-chief-dennis-rubin-says.html
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District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty says this week's deadly crash of a Metro subway train dramatizes the need for city officials to upgrade and modernize the fleet.
Fenty said in a nationally broadcast interview Thursday that while federal safety
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San Francisco Chronicle
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D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty answers questions during a press conference Tuesday about Monday's fatal Metro collision in the city.
WASHINGTON Metro transit officials said Tuesday that nine bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of Monday's the
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USA Today
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Seven fatalities have been confirmed in the worst accident in the history of Washington's Metro subway system, authorities said Tuesday morning.
The updated casualty count came after rescue workers toiled through the night and into daylight
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Baltimore Sun
http://feeds.baltimoresun.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/rss2/~3/-9WDDwuJ5PM/bal-dc-metro-train-crash0623,0,4081898.story
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I'm not sure if Hilary Rosen was on the initial list the DNC was circulating, but nonetheless, her confirmation that she won't be attending is important
The current list of those still attending, as far as we know, and those who have pulled out:
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AMERICAblog
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Large machinery is being used to rip apart the compressed metal of what used to be a Metrorail train so rescue crews can continue to search for bodies in the wreckage left by the deadliest crash in Metro's history.
Mayor Adrian Fenty and Fort Totten
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NBC New York
http://feeds.nbcnewyork.com/click.phdo?i=ba891132b372956141ca2341c980fd56
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WASHINGTON - Seven people died when two subway trains collided during the Monday afternoon rush hour in the worst rail accident in Washington, D.C.'s history, Mayor Adrian Fenty said on Tuesday.
A D.C. Fire Department official had earlier told Reuters
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Canada.com
http://feeds.canada.com/~r/canwest/F237/~3/uK7o-asK9qE/story.html
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A female driver of one of the trains is among the dead. A six-car train rear-ended the second train, which had stopped on the tracks near the northeast border of Maryland.
A D.C. fire department spokesman said both trains were ripped open and smashed
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New Kerala
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-60526.html
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Two Metro trains collided at the height of Washington's evening rush hour, killing six people and injuring 76 in the worst-ever accident in the US capital's subway system, officials said.
Hundreds of emergency responders from around the region rushed
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The Age
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/six-dead-in-washington-rushhour-metro-train-crash-20090623-cuqt.html
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Two Metro trains collided at the height of Washington's evening rush hour, killing six people and injuring 76 in the worst-ever accident in the US capital's subway system, officials said.
Hundreds of emergency responders from around the region rushed
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Sydney Morning Herald
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/six-dead-in-washington-rushhour-metro-train-crash-20090623-cuqt.html
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Cars of both trains were ripped open and smashed together in the worst accident in the Metrorail system's 33-year history. District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter said crews had to cut some people out of what he described as a "mass casualty
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San Francisco Chronicle
http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=dae2a90e1d6289ce2faa9e966ce1b983
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WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and scores more were injured when two Washington, D.C., subway cars collided during afternoon rush hour on Monday on the outskirts of the city, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty said.
"What
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WEN0870.htm
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Four people were killed and scores more injured Monday in a rush-hour collision between two metro trains in the US capital, Washington's Mayor Adrian Fenty told reporters.
There are "four confirmed fatalities," Fenty said, describing the crash --
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Sydney Morning Herald
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/four-dead-scores-wounded-in-washington-metro-crash-mayor-20090623-cub0.html
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