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			<title>Metro rebuilding work May 17-19, 5 stations closed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For the weekend of May 17 through 19, rebuilding work will result in service changes on the Red, Orange, and Green lines. These stations will be closed: Ballston and Virginia Square on the Orange Line; Greenbelt, College Park, Prince George's Plaza on the Green Line. -- <i>May 13, 2013, WMATA</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:39:36 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Builder chosen for Spotsy for VRE station</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A contractor has been chosen to build the Virginia Railway Express station in Spotsylvania. -- <i>Scott Shenk, May 17, 2013, fredericksburg.com</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:51:31 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Crash, spill close I-95 South in Stafford Friday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hazmat teams from Fredericksburg and Northern Virginia were called in to secure the leak and clean the area. Though southbound lanes opened up around 11 a.m., the domino effect left the interstate and feeder roads tied up for hours. -- <i>Katie Thisdell, May 17, 2013, fredericksburg.com</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:49:11 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>DC Taxi Commission suspends two drivers for alleged assault</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The DC Taxi Commission has "indefinitely suspended" two cab drivers who allegedly assaulted a man who was videotaping them blocking a gas pump. -- <i>May 17, 2013, WUSA 9</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:38:07 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pedestrian fatally struck in Wheaton</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A day later, Montgomery County Police say a pedestrian died from injuries on Thursday morning. -- <i>May 18, 2013, WUSA 9</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:34:46 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Fight on Red Line train at Gallery Place, arrest made</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Metro said a "verbal dispute" became physical between two riders on a Red Line train at Gallery Place Friday afternoon. -- <i>Dana Hedgpeth, May 17, 2013, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 07:32:36 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Small changes can make walking to school safer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Montgomery County could do a lot to make walking to school safer and more convenient, and at little cost. All it takes is a few changes to the law, signs and paint, and retiming some traffic signals. -- <i>Miriam Schoenbaum, May 17, 2013, GGW</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:39:06 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Metro weekend work is relentless, and still disruptive, riders say</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The debate, such as it was, over Metro's weekend track work program occurred in 2011. During the first half of the year, Metro managers outlined their plans for an increasingly aggressive approach to rehabilitating a deteriorating system. -- <i>Robert Thomson, May 17, 2013, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:36:31 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Amtrak will make 4G available on more trains</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Amtrak brought 4G service to its Acela trains and a few other routes this year. Now, the rail agency says faster Internet is expanding to other lines and trains. -- <i>Mark Berman, May 17, 2013, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:17 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Crash closes I-95 North between D.C. and Baltimore Friday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A crash on I-95 North is blocking all lanes north of Patuxent Freeway/Maryland 32, roughly halfway between the Capital Beltway and Baltimore. -- <i>Mark Berman, May 17, 2013, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:31:11 EDT</pubDate>
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