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AP Online | 1 day ago
3 workers hurt in DC subway crash; injuries minor
WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials say a Washington Metro system subway train crashed into the back of another at a rail yard, injuring three workers. D.C. Metro said in a Sunday news release that the injuries were minor and not...
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
3 workers hurt in DC subway crash; injuries minor
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Astrochicks | 1 day ago
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF WASHINGTON DC, Michaele Salahi Confirmed as Cast Member, Who Else Will Be on the Show???
...for 'Real Housewives of Orange County' than D.C." Amons, a mother of five, is criticized by the socialite for "having nothing to do with Washington" and for being "not politically connected or even socially connected. " Lynda Erkiletian: As...
In this article: McLean and Bankruptcy
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A wet week in Washington area comes to a sunny and dry end
...was Thanksgiving, Friday was Black Friday, but Saturday was just a normal November day. Judging by the temperature, that is. The high in Washington was 52 degrees, one degree below the normal high for Nov. 28. It was breezy with a peak...
In this article: Washington, Thanksgiving, Pumpkin pie, Black Friday, and National Weather Service
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Inquiry, trial shed light on a D.C. police shooting
...after getting the case. McConnell declined to comment to The Washington Post after the trial, but he has told the Washington Examiner and Washingtonian magazine that he hopes police officials change their minds about firing him. The...
In this article: Washington Examiner, Attorney General, and Rash
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Washington to press banks on mortgage relief: report
...officials say a consensus has emerged at the department that the program has proved inadequate. Barr told the newspaper that Washington would try to shame the lenders by publicly naming institutions that fail to move quickly enough to...
In this article: Treasury Department, Washington, White House, and NEW YORK
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D.C. police retrieve suspect who took refuge in Rock Creek
...on the scene, near the Potomac River, and tried to coax the man back to land, a witness said. Eventually, an officer from the D.C. police harbor unit, in a protective dry suit, went in and brought the suspect out, authorities said. The...
In this article: Rock Creek Parkway and Potomac River
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Washington State tops Alaska-Anchorage 87-68
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Klay Thompson scored 25 points and pulled down seven rebounds and Washington State defeated Alaska-Anchorage 87-68 on Wednesday night in the first round of the Carrs-Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. The Cougars...
In this article: Alaska, Anchorage, and Washington
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D.C. pays $13.7M to settle lawsuit over mass arrest in 2000
The District has settled another lawsuit stemming from a mass arrest during demonstrations in downtown Washington, according to a lawyer for the group that brought the legal action. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for Civil...
In this article: First Amendment and World Bank
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
D.C. school vouchers: An opportunity for autonomy
...I announced that I was not interested in being a second mayor. Toward that end, I have worked to minimize Congress's interference in D.C. affairs by steadily removing harmful, intrusive social policy directives from annual spending...
In this article: Jose E. Serrano, United States, and Puerto Rico
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Washington, D.C. (pronounced: /ˈwɒʃɪŋtən ˌdiːˈsiː/), formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides. The District has a resident population of 591,833; however, because of commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of 5.3 million, the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the country.
The United States Congress has supreme authority over Washington, D.C.; residents of the city therefore have less self-governance than residents of the states. The District has a non-voting at-large Congressional delegate, but no senators. D.C. residents could not vote in presidential elections until the ratification of the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1961.
- Name:
- District of Columbia
- Motto:
- Justitia Omnibus(Justice for All)
- Founding Date:
- July 16, 1790
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 68.3
- Total Area (km):
- 177.0
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 61.4
- Land Area (km):
- 159.0
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 6.9
- Water Area (km):
- 18.0
- Elevation (ft):
- 0–409
- Elevation (m):
- 0–125
- Time Zone:
- EST
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