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A former financial analyst for the Patent and Trademark Office has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for stealing more than $500,000 from a government account. More

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY CRM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 514-2007 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION LANNY A. BREUER; JOSEPH PERSICHINI, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE FBI'S WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE AND OTHERS TO HOLD PEN-AND-PAD BRIEFING WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer; Joseph ... More

Oh the delights of Washington D.C., the hub of intellect and history that has built the foundations of justice, political liberty and freedom for all. More

President Barack Obama will miss his self-imposed Jan. 22 deadline to close down the military detention center at Guantnamo Bay. More

In large cities like Washington, to ensure the fastest response to medical calls, fire departments dispatch trucks carrying a paramedic with the firefighters Keeping health care costs under control is a goal of reforms being debated in the U.S. Congress. More

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, right, greets a crowd of supporters on Capitol Hill in Washington,... Sen. More

Few neighborhoods come with the cachet of the Northwest Washington community of Kalorama Heights, where embassies and spectacular representations of nearly every architectural style line the quiet streets between Massachusetts and Connecticut avenues. More

This past Sept. 11 a routine Coast Guard training exercise sent the National Capital Region into a panic. More

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, right, greets a crowd of supporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. More

The MeeThinks Friday FreeThinks 11.20.09 Posted by John Meehan on 11.20.2009 D.C. plays host to Survivor Series as Raven, Hogan, Burchill and Batista face the future. More