US seniors turn to community to avoid nursing homes

2011-12-20T10:30:26Z

Determined to avoid ending their days in a retirement center, elderly Washingtonians living in the shadow of Capitol Hill are working together in a village-like community to stay in their homes.

"I wouldn't want to be in a nursing home. I love my independence too much and doing what I want," said Ramon Gonzalez, a dapper blue-eyed and white-haired 86-year-old, who has trouble walking due to persistent knee pain.

Washington, DC Primary Results

2010-11-30T13:57:03Z

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Robertson Endorses Giuliani

2010-11-30T13:55:27Z

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Potomac Primaries

2010-11-30T13:55:11Z

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Washington, DC Voting Rights

2010-11-30T13:57:04Z

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Flight 487 Emergency Landing

2010-11-30T13:51:32Z

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Joe Biden Bunker

2010-11-30T13:52:32Z

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Environment

2010-11-29T14:58:46Z

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Geography of the District of Columbia

2010-11-29T14:42:34Z

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Obama Administration Denies Endangered Species Act Protection to 251 Species

2010-11-29T14:38:28Z

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A review of security measures in Washington DC during the Obama Inauguration

2010-11-29T15:42:54Z

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Obama selects an African American Attorney General

2010-11-29T16:03:57Z

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Mika Brzezinski

2010-11-30T13:46:50Z

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Ready, Set, Go!

2010-11-29T15:01:31Z

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2008 District of Columbia Primary

2010-11-30T13:24:41Z

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The best steakhouse in Washington, DC

2010-11-04T14:23:30Z

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Register Now for November 11 Soy Symposium

2010-10-27T06:54:49Z

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Politics from California to South Carolina: More Voter ANGER (Yahoo!)

2010-11-03T03:11:38Z

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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Public Hearing in New York City

2010-11-03T03:20:47Z

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"Don't Tea on Me" - Election Comedy Revue Comes to Washington

2010-11-02T12:22:13Z

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Colorado Voters: "Anxious" & ANGRY (Yahoo!)

2010-11-03T00:17:41Z

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Yo! Calling all rubes

2010-11-03T00:00:44Z

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The Simple Answer To The Crisis: Replace Voter Democracy With E-Vote

2010-11-03T00:07:47Z

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Beck vs ABC, CBS, NBC

2010-11-03T00:08:54Z

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We All Deserve The Truth About This Frantic Push On Healthcare!

2010-11-02T21:52:05Z

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2010-11-03T00:17:30Z

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How Do I File Federal Lobbying Registration Forms?

2010-09-25T18:02:37Z

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Woodrow Wilson Center to Honor Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director

2010-09-15T20:49:16Z

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Contact the Office of Federal Advocacy

2010-11-03T09:13:30Z

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What Does a Congressional Page Do?

2010-11-05T09:35:17Z

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How Does the Electoral College Work?

2010-11-05T11:23:14Z

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2 new programs planned to help homeowners

2010-09-11T16:20:30Z

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Observing Local-Outsider Disconnect on the Fringe of Glenn Beck's Rally

2010-09-11T15:15:14Z

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September 2010 Tea Party Taxpayer March on Washington DC

2010-11-02T12:19:19Z

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Next week DCs the place to be

2010-11-02T15:09:42Z

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Measure is necessary for self preservation

2010-09-22T04:18:41Z

The officers of this newspaper, like those at so many corporations around the country, have responded to the proliferation of anthrax incidents by instituting sound and reasonable restrictions on the opening of mail. Frightening though it may seem that a mundane exercise like handling an envelope is treated as a matter of life or death, such is the world as we know it today. Not everyone works in an office.

The majority of Americans have yet to receive the memo instructing them pr...

Will BP's Washington connections help it now?

2010-06-12T14:00:06Z

BP spends big in Washington, but will that help it survive during Gulf oil spill crisis?

With millions of dollars invested in campaign donations and an all-star lobbying team, BP executives could give an advanced class in how to build influence in Washington. But with millions of gallons of leaking oil bearing down Gulf Coast beaches and bayous, they could also teach how to lose it.

Even pro-oil R...

Conservatives, Don't Miss This Opportunity

2010-10-27T08:02:15Z

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Banks face pressure to get dull

2010-06-26T03:42:47Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the U.S. Congress approves financial regulation reform -- and that looks likely to happen soon -- banking stands to become a duller business.

On the "out" list will be unrestrained trading desks spitting out exotic debt instruments. On the "in" list will be the banker trying to find a solid 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for borrowers wi...

US lawmakers won't give Washington voting rights in 2010

2010-06-26T03:38:27Z

The US Congress has given up plans to take up legislation this year to give the US capital a member of Congress with full voting rights, amid a dispute over gun laws, a top lawmaker said Tuesday.

"I am profoundly disappointed that we will not be considering legislation to give the 600,000 Americans who live in the Texas Gov. Perry focuses on November midterm elections with eye toward 2012 presidential race

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says Republican congressional candidates must say "no" — no to President Barack Obama, and no to anything that makes Washington relevant to the American people.

Perry is among a flock of...

Tax Day Tea Party Protest - April 15, 2010 in Washington DC

2010-10-25T12:29:43Z

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In Missouri Senate race, meet the `outsiders'

2010-06-26T03:10:57Z

In open US Senate races, candidates cast themselves as challengers to Washington

Rep. Roy Blunt has been in Congress for 13 years, most of them in the Republican leadership. Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan comes from a family with three generations of United States — is running against Washington.

Casting yourself as an outsider from inside the White House is no easy trick, especially when your party controls both houses of Congress. But that doesn't stop Romney's upcoming book tour mimics presidential campaign schedule

Mitt Romney's upcoming book tour looks a lot like a presidential campaign schedule.

The 2008 Republican presidential contender will be visiting 19 states, including Iowa, New Hampshire, So...

The Tea Party: Against Obama, For What?

2010-10-25T04:32:19Z

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Six Famous People From Washington, D.c

2010-10-07T21:09:24Z

SIX FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.

BENJAMIN OLIVER DAVIS, SR was an American general ? the first African-American general in the U.S. Army. He was born in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 1877. He attended high school in Washington, and was in the cadet program. He served for a short time in Company D., 1st Separate Battalion of the Washington, D.C., National Guard. In 1898 Davis joined the 8th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment of Company G. He was with them until March 1899. He...

Texas GOP primary a 2010 test of themes

2010-06-12T00:56:09Z

It's incumbency vs. Washington as 2010 themes begin to surface in GOP primary in Texas

An indisputable Washington insider, Kay Bailey Hutchison has been so close to the federal government's levers of power in her three Senate terms that former Vice President Dick Cheney has endorsed her over another...

Constitutional Candidates for Congress

2010-10-06T01:07:51Z

As recently as two years ago, Congressman Ron Paul introduced a bill to audit the Federal Reserve Bank that headed to oblivion. Year after year ? beginning in 1983 ? the bill never even won a committee hearing. Dr. Paul was ignored in Washington, and was a lonely voice for freedom back in his Texas congressional district.

Times have changed. Ron Paul is on a political roll. The bill Dr. Paul introduced in the current Congress to audit the Federal Reserve Bank (H.R. 1207) has more t...

Full Story

2010-10-26T23:05:08Z

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Your Intrepid Guide Goes to Washington

2010-10-22T07:40:28Z

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The Obamas arrive in Washington

2010-10-22T11:43:27Z

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OUTSIDE THE GRID

2010-10-22T11:34:49Z

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Obamanologues - A Political Play Debuts in Washington DC

2010-10-22T07:38:34Z

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Obama Nevers Goes To Church

2010-10-24T09:54:52Z

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Political columnist Robert Novak dies at 78

2010-06-25T21:00:52Z

Political columnist Robert Novak, a conservative, pugilistic debater and proud owner of the "Prince of Darkness" moniker, died Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer that was diagnosed in July 2008. He was 78.

His wife of 47 years, Geraldine Novak, told The Associated Press that he died at his...

Night and Day

2010-10-22T11:17:49Z

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Charles Curtis

2010-10-22T10:59:05Z

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Perle Mesta

2010-10-22T10:07:00Z

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John Mercer Langston

2010-10-22T09:28:03Z

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U.S. Interior proceeding with contested offshore plan

2010-04-16T11:18:26Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday said that it will go ahead with an offshore oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico scheduled next month, despite some legal concerns about the Bush-era drilling plan.

Earlier this year, th...

Lawmakers seek refuge in Capitol Hill sanctuary

2010-06-25T21:39:42Z

Sanford, Ensign sought guidance, fellowship, at Capitol Hill house owned by Christian group

For years, the brick facade of a three-story house near the Capitol has functioned as a shield for the lawmakers who live and pray there, offering sanctuary from the temptations of political life — and discretion for those who succumbed.

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Mixed reviews for Obama's transparency vow

2010-10-21T10:52:31Z

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See the Obama Family's New Dog

2010-10-21T09:29:59Z

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When Power Corrupts - Give Them More Power?

2010-10-23T22:22:55Z

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2 charged after search of DC tech office

2010-04-16T16:05:40Z

2 men charged after FBI searches office once lead by Obama technology official

A District of Columbia employee and a technology consultant have been hit with corruption charges after a raid on the former office of a city official who now works for President Ba...

Obama to name D.C. official as federal CIO

2010-10-21T10:50:33Z

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Send a message to Washington about foreclosures

2010-10-26T12:06:43Z

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Washington goes into lockdown for security nightmare

2010-10-21T10:31:27Z

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Schumer Makes a Party for Clinton

2010-04-16T17:28:02Z

Chuck Schumer is having a going away party for Hillary Clinton tonight in Washington D.C., from 5 to 7 p.m.

It’s by invitation only. But for what it's worth, here it is, passed along by a helpful reader.

President-elect Barack Obama adds 'Neighborhood Ball' to lineup of inauguration parties

President-elect Barack Obama is adding a "Neighborhood Ball" to the list of inaugural parties planned just over two weeks from now.

In announcing the plan Monday morning, Obama said in a statement that he doesn't want citizens of the District of Columbia o...

Website saves fashion faux pas at Obama inauguration

2010-04-16T17:34:54Z

A new website hopes to save guests at president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration balls from the ultimate fashion faux pas -- wearing the same dress as someone else.

Dressregistry.com invites party goers to post the designer, color and length of their outfit chosen for the dozens of January 20 inauguration bashes in Washington, DC.

"Our one goal is to lessen t...

Top 11 Ways Barack Obama Will Transform Washington, D.C.

2010-04-16T13:46:21Z

What's coming up

Top 11 Ways Barack Obama Will Transform Washington, D.C.

By C11 Staff, November 21, 2008

11) In effort to manage coverage on Drudge Report, Obama takes daily shirtless swim in Potomac.

10) Rather than demonize those whose major foreign po...

Hawaii's quarter marks end of nationwide program

2010-06-26T00:20:33Z

Hawaii state quarter made available as popular nationwide quarter program concludes

Still reveling in the election of the first Hawaii-born U.S. president, the islands marked the issuance of its state quarter — the last in the 50-state quarter program.

Hawaii's banks began distributing the quarter Monday to hundreds of coin collectors in lines snaking down Bishop Street, the heart of the downtown business district.

Adults had to buy the coins...

Elections from president on down the ticket

2010-04-16T14:59:55Z

What's at stake in Tuesday's elections, from president on down the ticket

What's at stake in Tuesday's election:

PRESIDENT — Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are on the ballot in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Independent Barack Obama and John McCain could find themselves in an Electoral College tie – 269 to 269.

That could happen if Obama, for instance, wins all of the states that Democrat John Kerry won in 2004, but also

Gender-bender chemical probe targets PR firm

2010-10-19T10:08:19Z

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Man hitting road to lobby on impeachment

2010-09-10T14:37:21Z

Vermont Man Plans to March From Boston to Washington to Lobby Pelosi to Impeach Bush

John Nirenberg has waterproof sneakers, a bright yellow poncho and a plan. He also has outrage in his heart and much of his retirement savings tied up in his cause.

The 60-year-old author and academic plans to walk from Boston to Clinton Promises to Expand Federal Aid to Local Governments for Health Care, Development

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday said the Bush administration had broken historic partnerships between local governments and the federal government and promised to support a range of federal aid to localities, including health insurance for children and funding for community develo...

Dining Outdoors

2010-10-15T09:43:44Z

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Top 10 Films with a Social Message

2010-10-15T09:38:28Z

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Visiting The US Capital

2010-09-22T02:09:32Z

Washington, D.C. is one of the most interesting cities one could visit. The capital city of the United States of America was named after George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and the first US President. District of Columbia, which is the name of the federal district containing Washington, is governed by a single municipal government and for practical purposes it is administrated by a mayor. But although Washington, D.C. does not have a representative in the U.S. House ...

Mega Millions

2011-01-05T01:31:03Z

Loretta Pride, right, smiles after receiving help from Ivey Coples with selecting numbers for her three Mega Millions lottery tickets at the The All In One Shop on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in Greensboro, N.C. Thousands of people lined up in 41 states and in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday in hopes...

NEW YEAR

2010-12-31T20:31:34Z

Oyuna Orosoo, from Washington, D.C., foreground left, is checked with a metal detector by NYPD police officer Toro, right, as she arrives for the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square Friday Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Tina Fin...

Deaths YE

2010-12-21T12:01:44Z

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 picture, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C. Stevens was killed Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at 86 in a plane crash in a remote part of Alaska while on his way to a fishing trip. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Tax Cuts

2010-12-16T20:31:50Z

Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., , talks to reporters about the status of the tax legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C., Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Indian Money

2010-12-05T14:31:26Z

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2009 file photo, Elouise Cobell, right, looks on as Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes testifies during a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Native Americ...

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US seniors turn to community to avoid nursing homes

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