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         <title><![CDATA[Heeding the Bikers' Call]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[At 6 every morning, Clay Rogers shuts off his alarm and looks out of the window of his Arlington, Va., apartment. If the sky is clear, he grabs a Nutri-Grain bar, throws on his biking gear and makes the 40-minute bicycle ride to Capitol Hill. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Revamped Museum Welcomes Guests ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[After two years away from home, Dorothy's ruby-red slippers have finally been returned to their home at the newly opened Smithsonian National Museum of American History.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gettysburg Will Shine at Smithsonian]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Tucked away on the first floor of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is an exhibit featuring three sheets of lined paper. It is such a simple display that it might be overshadowed by glitzier attractions.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hill Climbers: Latin Power]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[There has been much talk about the historic nature of this year's presidential election, particularly for African-Americans.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo From the Attic: The Retiring Types?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[One Republican is leaving the Senate by choice, the other because his constituents decided they want someone new.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA['Disappeared' Not Forgotten]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The memories of the tens of thousands of "disappeared" Latin Americans have made their way to Washington.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: Crypt Crowd]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[White House chiefs of staff are not often treated like rock stars, but that appears to be changing with President-elect Barack Obama tapping Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) for the job.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Kamikaze Pilot's Tale of Terrorism ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[On May 11, 1945, a 22-year-old Japanese pilot flew his plane into one of America's largest and most complex aircraft carriers. His nosedive into the USS Bunker Hill killed nearly 400 Americans and devastated a symbol of the nation's grandeur and naval prowess.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gladwell Tackles Success]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Malcolm Gladwell, a former business reporter at the Washington Post and now a staff writer at the New Yorker, made his reputation as a social science popularizer in 2000 with the publication of "The Tipping Point" and in 2005 with "Blink."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mug Shots: An Expert's Adept Pour]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As the holiday party season gets underway, the bartender may be the most popular person in town.  ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Uniting the Divide of Barracks Row]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Twelve urban planning graduate students from the University of Maryland want to help solve one of Barracks Row's biggest problems: bridging the divide between its languishing southern end beyond the Interstate 295 overpass and its thriving northern blocks along Eighth Street Southeast.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[It's a Good Time to Remember Roosevelt]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Author H.W. Brands didn't plan to release his new biography of President Franklin  D. Roosevelt right as the American economy was dealt its worst crisis since FDR's time.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: Room With a View]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[One of the Capitol Visitor Center's signature elements are the skylights that allow a dramatic view of the Capitol Dome from the underground structure. The CVC opens to the public on Tuesday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA['Tis the Season for the Perfect Gift: A Capitol Musical Snow Globe ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Shopping for holiday gifts never seems to be an easy task, and for Washingtonians, it carries an additional burden — it seems that all those pesky out-of-town relatives expect their gifts to have a political twist.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: When the Treetops Glisten]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[This year's Capitol Christmas Tree, hailing from the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana, was officially lit on the West Front lawn of the Capitol Tuesday night. The 70-foot subalpine fir is covered in energy-efficient light-emitting diodes.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Worth a Thousand Words]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It's possible that the most striking portrait in the National Portrait Gallery's newest exhibit is not of President-elect Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) but of Christine Roth.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Botanic Garden Celebrates in Green]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[For many Washingtonians, the holidays aren't complete without a trip to the Botanic Garden Conservatory to see the Capitol made out of dried plants.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Inauguration Plan Offers Revels for the People]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It won't just be Oprah and the rest of the celebrity set getting the VIP treatment during the upcoming presidential inauguration.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Making It Even Verse]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[By the time the nation chose Barack Obama as the 44th president on Nov. 4, even the most ardent political observer had reason to be burnt out on election news. The relentless coverage of campaign minutia left no gaffe uncovered, no quip undissected and little room to appreciate the period's more trivial moments. But now that the long race has come to an end, a new book by Calvin Trillin offers a refreshing, humorous look back.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Give the Gift of a Great Read ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When a fruitcake can't be found and a  festive sweater just won't do, it's always a safe bet to head to the bookstore for that last-minute gift.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Andrew Jackson: a Lion With a Hickory Heart]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States, he already had lost his mother and father, his two brothers and his wife. It's hard to tell what particular effect this had on Jackson — he was a complex person to begin with, and in Jon Meacham's "American Lion," a biography of Jackson, it's clear that he had to deal with many problems throughout his lifetime.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: One Step at a Time]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Franklin Raines, the former chief executive officer of Fannie Mae, makes his way into the Rayburn House Office Building for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Tuesday on the collapse of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tailors to the Presidents]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A good Washington, D.C., tailor votes but never reveals his political leanings. Yet he intuitively understands something about politics: When asked about his competition, he makes sure the questioner knows the man does not deserve to be in his position.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Inauguration Doyenne Plans Again]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As Washington, D.C., braces for millions of visitors to flood the city streets for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, one doyenne remembers another magical time: the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hill Talk: Eastern Market Fund Used on Levee Fixes]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Mayor Adrian Fenty intends to move $2 million slated for a project to reconstruct Eastern Market and use it for the construction of a new levee system next to 17th Street Northwest, between the World War II Memorial and Constitution Avenue. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hill Climbers: Strategic Move]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When opportunity — unsought though it was — knocked, Jonathan Renfrew was quick to open the door. The former chief of staff for Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) said he "wasn't actively looking for a new job" but decided a chance to head the government law and strategies division at the international law firm Brown Rudnick was too good to pass up. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Put Some Sparkle in Date Night]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As Congress prepares to take its holiday break and parts of the city dim, some of D.C.'s treasures light up for the season. Use the opportunity to take that special someone on a moonlit (or tree-lit) date and enjoy all that Washington, D.C., has to offer this time of year.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Visions of Cherry Blossoms Dance in These Heads]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With its dancing cherry blossoms, British redcoats and Barnum circus clowns, the Washington Ballet's performance of "The Nutcracker" is anything but typical.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[C-SPAN Series Peeks Into Hidden White House]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When President-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House in January, he will bring more with him than just a new style of governing (and that much-talked-about puppy).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Small Plates: Holiday Bargains]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[There's good news for the budget-conscious foodie: Capital Restaurants will be offering three-course holiday menus for $24 at their six area restaurants. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo From the Attic: After the Flames]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When British forces set fire to the Capitol in the evening hours of Aug. 24, 1814, the unfinished building consisted of two wings connected by a wooden causeway. This rare drawing of the fire-ravaged building by George Munger is considered one of the most significant and compelling images of the early republic. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Minority Report ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Jared Polis knows that he stands out from most of the rest of his freshman class. "I'm one of the wealthiest, gayest and youngest," the Colorado Democrat says. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Presidential Speechwriters Anticipate a New Era]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Millions of people are expected to descend on Washington in a few weeks to hear President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration speech and get a glimpse of the new president's vision for the next administration. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Staffers Seek Hill Inspiration]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It's noon on a Friday, and Tom Jones has just laid out a spread for this week's Torah study session. Staffers filter into the conference room of South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint's office and help themselves to pita, hummus and Entenmann's chocolate chip cookies before the meeting begins.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[George McGovern Takes On Honest Abe]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In George McGovern's biography, "Abraham Lincoln," the former presidential candidate offers a quick, thorough overview of Lincoln's life but no glimpse of the unique perspective that led him to be chosen as its author.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Memories From an Earlier Tragedy]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Dozens of books on Abraham Lincoln are being released this year, the bicentennial of the birth of our 16th president. And while it would be impossible to read all of them, a new work by writer Anthony Pitch does one thing particularly well: It transports readers into the moment-by-moment world of 19th-century America, into a time when Washington, D.C., was a rough and informal city, and a president felt he could move about freely.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Remedy for What Ails Us]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As Dr. Steve Kagen watched a mounting number of prescriptions go unfilled because his patients couldn't afford the medication, he realized the way to have a more significant effect on his patients' lives was to confront problems within the health care system head-on — by running for a seat in Congress. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hill Climbers: Leaving the Hill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It's a busy time in Washington, with the convening of the 111th Congress and the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. But for Jarrett White, it also has to be a little bittersweet. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo of the Week: This Day Is Looking Up]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Freshman Rep. Parker Griffith and his son, also named Parker Griffith, look up at the Capitol Rotunda as the Alabama Democrat tours the Capitol with his family Tuesday before being sworn in as a Member of Congress. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Hot Plate: Smorgasbord of Choices]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[From the Cannon Carryout, where staffers can grab a burger on the run, to the newly green Longworth Cafe, lunch in the Capitol complex yields many options.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rock On, Stressed-Out Journalists]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Journalists will trade reporter's notebooks for guitars and soulful vocals this Friday during Journopalooza, a concert of amateur bands whose members are otherwise employed in the news business.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[97-Year-Old Doyenne Still Leads Hill Staffers]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With her Southern drawl and sassy demeanor, Frances Still is a lady to be noticed. The 97-year-old veteran House staffer loves an afternoon out with the girls and a healthy pour of chardonnay. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo From the Attic: Breakfast of Champions]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In June 1962, Rep. John McCormack (D-Mass.) had been recently elected Speaker of the House. A Boston trial lawyer who never finished high school, McCormack here has breakfast in the Capitol with unidentified friends and Members. McCormack, who served as Speaker until his resignation in 1970, was seen as a courtly and conciliatory figure.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Scrappy Neighborhood Plots a Bright Future]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The scrappy neighborhood of Barracks Row southeast of Capitol Hill wants the world to know that its streets are no longer dangerous and its bars and restaurants are well worth a visit.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mug Shots: From Candy Martinis to Jell-O Wrestling, Fun for All]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In recent years, Eighth Street Southeast has been working to transform itself from a small street that fell victim to the 1968 race riots to a commercial destination known as Barracks Row. This revitalization effort has yielded a cluster of fun bars that are convenient to the Capitol and also to Nationals Park.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Trek Into the Past, Step by Step]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It's nearly impossible to take a step on Capitol Hill without coming across spots that were significant in the development of the city and the people who made it the place it is today. One of the lesser-known areas is Barracks Row. But there's an easy way to learn more: All you have to do is put on a comfortable pair of walking shoes and hit the Barracks Row Heritage Trail.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Eastern Market's Jan. 19 Offer]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[To give visitors a taste of its past and a hint of its future offerings, Eastern Market will open for Martin Luther King Jr. and Inauguration days next week. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Race in Graphic Detail]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With President-elect Barack Obama preparing to take the oath of office in a matter of days, this is the perfect time to look back on a tumultuous and riveting presidential campaign. In their new graphic novel "08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail," New Republic senior editor Michael Crowley and artist Dan Goldman re-create the story lines, gaffes and drama-charged moments that made this contest for the White House especially compelling.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Castros' Role in the JFK Assassination Revisited]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Gus Russo was in his first year at a Catholic high school in Baltimore when he  heard the news that President John F. Kennedy had been shot. In the days to come, questions about how it happened took different forms, and conspiracy theories abounded. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Recall the Inglorious Moments ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Those wondering what to expect at Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration might find it helpful to look to the past. Jim Bendat provides a resource in "Democracy's Big Day: The Inauguration of our President, 1789-2009.]]></description>
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