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			<title>Metro to delay SmartBenefits changes a year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Metro will delay for a year the proposed changes to its SmartBenefits program after riders protested that they were unfair -- particularly one that would have had unused money reverting from their pretax payroll allocation to their employers. -- <i>By Lena H. Sun, November 20, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Metro expands credit card pilot program</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Customers who commute and park their vehicles at any of the three Huntington Metrorail station garages can now use a major credit card to pay for their parking fees. -- <i>November 20, 2009, WMATA</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:50 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Pedestrian fatally struck by own vehicle in Annandale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fairfax County's Accident Recontruction Team are on the scene trying to determine exactly how the accident occurred. -- <i>November 20, 2009, WUSA9.com</i>]]></description>
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			<title> Light rail vote gives heavy boost to Science City</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Advocates for the so-called "Science City" project have been given a big boost by the Montgomery County Council's decision to build a light rail system along Interstate 270. -- <i>By Bill Myers, November 20, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
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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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			<title>FBI links ex-chief of taxi panel to bribes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The former head of the D.C. taxi commission participated in a long-running bribery scheme that sought his influence to obtain lucrative taxi licenses, federal authorities allege in recently unsealed court papers. -- <i>By Del Quentin Wilber, November 20, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:41:47 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Ribbon cut on 15th St. bike lane</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The District had a ceremony yesterday morning to cut the ribbon on the 15th Street contraflow bike lane. -- <i>November 20, 2009, WashCycle</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:31:46 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Metro to postpone SmartBenefit changes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The changes that would have affected transit benefits for many thousands of riders will be delayed for a year, according to Metro officials. -- <i>By Robert Thomson, November 19, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Metro&apos;s weekend service changes Nov. 20-22</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Weekend track maintenance on the Orange, Red, Blue and Yellow lines 11 Metrobus routes detoured for weekend activities -- <i>November 19, 2009, WMATA</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:10:53 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>D.C. Council proposes transit stop &apos;safety zone&apos;</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Citing rising crime in and around District transit stops, D.C. Council members have proposed a new 50-foot "safety zone" where virtually any crime committed would carry extra jail time and civil penalties. -- <i>By Michael Neibauer, November 19, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Metro seeks OK for trip already under way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The board is required to approve all international travel -- though such approval is supposed to happen in advance. -- <i>By Kytja Weir, November 19, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Md. lobbyist with seven DUIs ordered freed</title>
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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>Pedestrian, 63, fatally struck by car</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A 63-year-old man was fatally struck by a car late Wednesday as he tried to cross a Silver Spring street, Montgomery County police said. -- <i>By Clarence Williams, November 18, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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