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Could new wireless network interfere with GPS?

Drivers, pilots and emergency responders depend on GPS every day to get where they need to go. But, there are concerns a new venture will disrupt this crucial system.

Tags: Meera Pal , LightSquared , GPS

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Spring Break in Mexico? Know before you go

Before you think about spending Spring Break in Mexico, there are some things to consider.

Tags: Spring Break , Mexico , Meera Pal

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Pepco, pandhandling debated at Montgomery Co. meeting

Transportation and taxes, power outages and panhandling. Montgomery County residents spoke out about them all at a town hall meeting in our area last night.

Tags: Montgomery County Council , Roger Berliner , phil andrews , Valerie Ervin , Pepco , panhandling ,

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Media blitz aims for capture of East Coast Rapist

A man who has attacked numerous women and girls in the D.C. area since the late 1990s is still on the run. Now, investigators are turning up the heat on him with a big new media blitz.

Tags: East Coast Rapist , Chris Allen , FBI , digital billboards , America's Most Wanted ,

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Fixes coming for historic Georgetown streets

The InterCounty Connector is finally open, and now ground has been broken on another local road project that's been talked about for decades.

Tags: Ronaldo Nicholson , D.C. Department of Transportation , Vincent Gray , Jack Evans , Georgetown , O Street , P Street ,

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Government shutdown would hit local economy hard

The Greater Washington Board of Trade says businesses need to prepare for how a shutdown could affect their revenue and advertising campaigns.

Tags: Greater Washington Board of Trade , Jim Dinegar , federal shutdown , retail , restaurants ,

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Cosby earns honorary Navy rank in D.C. ceremony

When it comes to making people laugh, he's a legend. But Bill Cosby visited the D.C. area Thursday to be honored for another reason.

Tags: Bill Cosby , U.S. Navy Memorial , Naval Heritage Center , Pennsylvania Avenue ,

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How much of your cell phone bill goes to taxes?

Paying that cell phone bill every month can be expensive, and many people aren't aware of the money they are dishing out in taxes.

Tags: cell phone , taxes , Scott Mackey ,

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'Shotgun Stalker' seeks temporary release from hospital

He is known as the "The Shotgun Stalker" -- a man who killed four people and terrorized the D.C. area in the early 1990s. Now, James Swann is asking a judge to let him out of Saint Elizabeths Hospital.

Tags: James Swann , Shotgun Stalker , D.C. Superior Court , Saint Elizabeths Hospital , St. Elizabeths Hospital , Mark Segraves , Neal Augenstein

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Brothers charged with making moonshine

Virginia busted the two brothers after they advertised a moonshine-making still for sale on the Internet.

Tags: Moonshine , Joseph Chraska , Lee Chraska , Woodbridge , Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control ,

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