Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. "D.C." is an abbreviation for the District of Columbia, the federal district coextensive with the city of Washington. The city is named after George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and the first President of the United States. Read more at Wikipedia
...-- Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry has been hospitalized in Las Vegas. Barry is currently a District of Columbia councilmember. His chief of staff told The Associated Press on Monday that Barry is resting comfortably and is expected to make...
...international renown of Johns Hopkins Medical School isn’t always a good thing. Its proximity to Washington, DC is another problem. Together, they produce a stream of foreign doctors intent on seeing Washington and then Hopkins, an hour away in Baltimore....
...the disco brush' 205 Key time for Kenya 368 China caught in middle of Sudan conflict 299 Jagger gives Wiig 'SNL' send-off 135 Washington embraces Ethiopian's open day 354 Festival of food and culture in DC 483 African soil abroad 520 Alibaba buys stake back...
...today. With offices in eight countries, plus locations in U.S. cities including San Diego, Boston, Lincoln, Neb., and two offices in Washington, D.C., Blackbaud’s wealth of products to help non-profits of all sizes has paid off. The company has 27,000 customers...
...May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new era of energy frugality is taking hold in the United States – even as the economy slowly recovers – according to a survey from the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions. Businesses are forging the way by targeting average...
...Minneapolis, which topped Portland in Bicycling’s 2010 rankings, came in second place this time, followed by Boulder, CO at third; Washington, D.C.– 13th overall in the previous rankings – came in at a fast-rising number four, while Chicago snagged the fifth...
...May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE: DFT) announced today that its SC1 data center located in Santa Clara, California has received the Recycled Water Customer of the Year award from the WateReuse Association California Section....
...DC--(Marketwire - May 21, 2012) - Realtors® Federal Credit Union members now have access to expanded financial and banking resources as a result of a merger with Northwest Federal Credit Union. "The National Association of Realtors® is a Realtor's® business...
...500™ and SmartCEO magazine. Michael is a member of Mindshare, a forum of CEOs from leading early-stage technology companies in Washington, DC. He serves on the board of directors of the Lisner Home in Washington, DC, a long-term care facility for disadvantaged...
...Hopkins Hospital, the Medical Director of Laboratory Hematology and Stem Cell Processing at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, and the Medical Director of Transfusion Services and Stem Cell Processing at the Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls...
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Luis Zapata #21 of the Colorado Rapids controls the ball against Daniel Woolard #21 of D.C. United at RFK Stadium on May 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ned Dishman/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama walks to board Marine One helicopter from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC en route to Camp David, where he is hosting the G8 summit. Obama has urged members of Congress to defend Wall Street reform, arguing the recovering US economy cannot take the risk of lax oversight over the financial sector. (AFP - Jewel Samad)
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, who has donated more than $2.5 million to a superPAC backing GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in October.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 18: Bono, U2 lead singer and cofounder of ONE, speaks during the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security May 18, 2012 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. The symposium, hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, was to discuss new activities to advance global agricultural development, food and nutrition security in Africa. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama meets with newly-elected French President Francois Hollande (L) in the Oval Office on May 18, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images/AFP)
If we reach this agreement, it will pave the way for donors to help us with our US$9,1 billion, either through cancellation or forgiveness. We need to deal with the arrears because these are a precondition for us to access the huge amounts that are at the World Bank and IMF...
They really had to learn how to balance their time ... They all do extracurricular activities, so they had to learn time management. Miss Orr set deadlines, and I think they learned a lot from that....
It’s so frustrating ... You’re back in the game, and one minute later it’s gone. We’re setting a record that we’re the worst team in the world, and it’s painful....
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