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Rock Creek Pkwy lanes will soon reopen to traffic

Some relief is on the way for confused Rock Creek Parkway commuters, as progress on an intrusive road project will soon reopen lanes to two-way traffic.

Tags: Adam Tuss , Rock Creek Parkway , Shoreham Drive , Cathedral Avenue , Calvert Street

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Students from 2 local schools help Obamas roll eggs

Two local schools won admission to a special White House event Monday that should have everyone rolling in the aisles.

Tags: Easter , Easter egg hunt , White House Easter Egg Roll , Evan Haning ,

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D.C. offers mobile alternative to parking meters

A new D.C. initiative offers a mobile alternative for drivers stuck at a parking meter without any quarters.

Tags: parking meters , Michelle Basch , DDOT

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Report: iPhone 5 could be released by June

Don't get too comfortable with that iPhone 4 just yet. Apple could release the newest version of the always highly anticipated smartphone as early as June.

Tags: Apple , iPhone , iPhone 5 ,

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Hearing aid transmits sound through teeth

A new device takes an alternative tack to hearing impairment, transmitting sound to users through their teeth.

Tags: soundbite , Sonitus Medical , Veronica Robinson , hearing aid

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JMU point guard the face of kidney disease fight

Her fighting spirit didn't only get her team into the NCAA women's basketball championships. Dawn Evans of James Madison University, which fell to Oklahoma on Sunday, has become the face for the battle against kidney disease.

Tags: Dawn Evans , James Madison University , NephCure Foundation , focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , Kathy Stewart

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Montgomery, Pr. George's drivers worst for school bus safety

It might amaze you to learn how many Maryland drivers in just one day broke the law by not obeying school bus stop signs.

Tags: school bus , school bus cameras , Nancy S. Grasmick , Jerry Weast , Maryland General Assembly , Ari Ashe

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National Pi Day honors delicious mathematics

Hey Einstein: Help yourself to a heaping slice of math on Monday. It's National Pi Day.

Tags: Pi , National Pi Day

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New D.C. schools chief expects staff cuts, larger classes

Kaya Henderson has formally accepted her new position as D.C. schools chancellor, solidifying an appointment Mayor Vince Gray called the "worst kept secret in the city."

Tags: Mark Segraves , Kaya Henderson , D.C. Public Schools

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Behind the cost of Chairman Brown's SUVs

Many have criticized the expense of the vehicles that newly minted D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown requested the city purchase for his use, but documents attained by WTOP demonstrate just how unusual his request was, particularly during dire financial times.

Tags: Kwame Brown , SUV , Lincoln Navigator , D.C. Council , Committee on Public Works and Transportation , Mark Segraves ,

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