D.C. collects record $55.1 million from camera enforcement
Speed and red-light cameras have become a booming industry. After a record performance last year, D.C. is on pace to bring in even more cash this year. Using a Freedom of Information Act request, AAA Mid-Atlantic found that the District took in a record $55.1 million from speed and red-light cameras during its 2011 fiscal year, despite issuing fewer citations than the year before.
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Don’t be ‘that’ intern: Code of conduct for summer jobs
Not all D.C. interns get explicit instructions on what to wear and how to act at their summer places of oft-unpaid employment. And with an estimated 40,000 interns descending on the city every June, the potential is high for cautionary tales.
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Corruption scandals dog local DC government
One District of Columbia councilmember member pleaded guilty to stealing funds earmarked for youth sports programs. Another was accused of lying about his income on bank loan applications and is set to appear in federal court Friday morning.
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Ex casts more doubts on singer’s war injury claims
Timothy Michael Poe won over the crowd and the judges of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” even before he began to sing, with his moving story of blocking a grenade blast in 2009 to save his buddies in Afghanistan _ an act of heroism he said broke his back and left him with a brain injury.
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Friday Freebies
Breakfast, Slam Fest and walking tours are only some of the sweet deals you can get starting Friday.
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