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			<title>Metro board backs safety monitors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Metro board of directors ordered all agency employees Thursday to cooperate fully with the transit system's safety oversight body and executives to notify the board before denying a request from the group after recent revelations about Metrorail safety lapses. -- <i>By Lena H. Sun and Joe Stephens</i>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Maryland lobbyist with seven drunken-driving convictions who has represented the Prince George's County Council and Sheriff's Department was ordered released Wednesday after 36 days in jail. -- <i>By Maria Glod and Jonathan Mummolo, November 19, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Firefighter hit by car at fire scene</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Montgomery County firefighter was hit by a car while fighting a fire at an apartment building on Monday night, and he's been hospitalized with serious injuries. -- <i>November 16, 2009, myfoxdc.com</i>]]></description>
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			<title>U.S. teens report &apos;frightening&apos; levels of texting while driving</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A graphic British public service video that portrays a fatal accident caused by a texting teenage driver has been the talk of Facebook and other places where young Americans congregate, but a study suggests that it hasn't done much to change their habits. -- <i>By Ashley Halsey III, November 17, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Washington's Metro subway system used to be the envy of other cities and a source of pride for local residents. No longer. -- <i>Examiner Editorial, November 15, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration will propose that the federal government take over safety regulation of the nation's subway and light-rail systems, responding to what it says is haphazard and ineffective oversight by state agencies. -- <i>By Joe Stephens and Lena H. Sun, November 15, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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