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  <title><![CDATA[Inauguration answer desk: What questions do you have?]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1566460</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Send WTOP your questions about the inauguration.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Strategies to keep you eating and spending less ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1566395</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Dieting on a budget doesn't exactly mean growing your own garden or baking your own bread.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Internal investigation launched after mysterious New Year's crash]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1566372</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The inquiry is on the station level and will be overseen by internal affairs. The police are looking into how the officer responded, the terrain and the circumstances of the crash.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[DTV transition coupons run out]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1566331</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The government has been mailing out $40 coupons to help people pay for the boxes, but the coupons have run out. Anyone who now requests coupons will be put on a waiting list.  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Md. public schools ranked nation's best ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1566365</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Maryland gets the best grades in Education Week's annual "Quality Counts" report, which was released Wednesday. Last year, Maryland ranked third, but this is the first time the state has reached the top of the rankings. Massachusetts was rated slightly behind Maryland this year]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Warner, Connolly Start Terms In Congress]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1566301</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Congressional Democrats officially expanded their majority in the Senate and House of Representatives on Jan.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Metro opens more parking lots on Jan. 20 ]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ex-Baltimore mayor helps Burris' Senate bid ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1566081</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A former Baltimore mayor is working on Roland Burris' team to help the Illinois man join the U.S. Senate.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kaine makes final push for restaurant smoking ban ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1565975</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The bill was killed in the House last year on an unrecorded subcommittee vote, even as it passed the state Senate. Kaine believes legislators will be less likely to kill the bill if voters are aware of their actions.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama raises $27 million for inaugural ]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Man charged with stealing from luggage at Dulles ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1566121</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A Warrenton man who used to work as a baggage screener has reportedly been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of electronics from luggage at Dulles International Airport.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[6-year-old takes family car after missing bus ]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[3 kids injured when school bus crashes into pole ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1496491</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Authorities have taken three boys to a hospital with minor injuries.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers renew push for D.C. voting rights ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.wtop.com?nid=25&amp;sid=1565918</link>
  <description><![CDATA[D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced a measure in the House on Tuesday, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah introduced legislation in the Senate.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Key Bridge to be closed for inauguration]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Transportation leaders now say the inbound Key Bridge will be closed to regular traffic on Jan. 20. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 3:43:06 AM</pubDate></item>
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