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Job training efforts grow for transgender workers
October 07, 2011
| AP
Nearly 20 transgender men and women are graduating from a jobs training program in the District of Columbia. The month-long program is entirely funded and organized by the city...
Police: 3 struck by car at Occupy DC protest
November 04, 2011
| AP
District of Columbia police say a driver will not be charged for striking three people taking part in an Occupy DC protest in downtown Washington. Lt. Christopher Micciche... ...
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Washington, D.C. , 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 U.S. Constitution allows for the creation of a special district to serve as the permanent national capital. The District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state and is instead directly overseen by the federal government. Within the District, a new capital city named after George Washington was founded in 1791 to the east of a preexisting settlement at Georgetown. In 1871, the City of Washington, Georgetown,...
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