Well, Alexandria City Manager James Hartmann: are you going to fire your police chief, David Baker, for popping an impressive 0.19 on the breathalyzer Saturday night, and getting a DUI? Or will you keep him on, citing his clean record in the past, and the approval of his peers? It will, barring any changes of
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Access Hollywood reports: Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush have called it quits, a rep for the reality star confirmed to Access Hollywood. Kim, 28, began dating the 24-year-old NFL star in April 2007. According to a source close to the former couple, the split was a “mutual decision.” In June, Kim hit her blog to
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Michael Jackson‘s personal doctor administered a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities believe the drug killed the pop singer, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, also provided a glimpse inside Jackson’s rented mansion, describing the room
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. said he would accept President Obama’s invitation to the White House for a sit-down with him and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley, after a phone call from Obama urging calm in the aftermath of the scholar’s arrest last week. In a statement posted Friday on The Root, a Web site Gates
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Michael Vick is back in the NFL. Now all he needs is a team to play for. Vick, free after serving 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring, was reinstated with conditions by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday. He could participate in regular-season games as early as October. Vick can immediately take
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A hearing is scheduled this week for a white supremacist accused of fatally shooting a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Earlier this month, the attorney for 89-year-old James von Brunn told a federal judge that his client was not well enough to come to court. Prosecutors said at the time
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View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video. The University of the District of Columbia has started to make some major changes, include the creation of a community college campus.

Tony Wafford, director of health and wellness for Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network is the keynote speaker today at the “Sistahs Getting Real About HIV/AIDS,” a daylong conference on Black women and disease prevention organized by the Oakland chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women from 10:00 AM to 7:00PM, according to
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