by Mia Watkins | Nov 23, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made two lucky turkeys thankful Wednesday, pardoning them from a destiny on the dinner table. “The turkey’s name is Liberty. And along with his understudy, named Peace, he has the distinction of being the luckiest bird on the...
by Mia Watkins | Nov 17, 2011 | Business & Tech, Politics
Video by Jamie Coughlin | Story by Mia Watkins WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Occupy DC supporters took over the Francis Scott Key Bridge linking Washington D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood with the Rosslyn area of Arlington, Va. on Thursday during the evening rush hour. The...
by Mia Watkins | Nov 17, 2011 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Smithsonian visitors now have a way to get into the mind of founding father Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president. The National Museum of American History will opened its exhibit of “Jefferson’s Bible, “The Life and Morals of Jesus of...
by Mia Watkins | Nov 16, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON – When Occupy DC activists set up their tents in a downtown park to protest joblessness and lack of government action, they were taking over an area that had been headquarters for a number of the city’s homeless. But homeless activist Eric Sheptock said the...
by Mia Watkins | Nov 7, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Occupy DC protesters gathered at the Washington Convention Center Tuesday to call attention to what they’re saying is a refusal to investigate injuries of protesters involved in hit and run accidents Friday. The group, based out of Washington’s...
