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Published: 02/7/10

'Snowmageddon' in D.C. -- The Politics, Talk Shows and Snowball Fights Go On

By  Annie Groer - Politics Daily
'Snowmageddon' in D.C. -- The Politics, Talk Shows and Snowball Fights Go On

Some time around 5 pm Saturday it stopped snowing, more than 30 hours after the first flakes had fallen. Within minutes the world was transformed. I was no longer slogging through a cyclonic snow globe where everyone around me was downright giddy. I was, just before twilight, alone and looking up at a clear blue sky, the horizon slashed by orange streaks of winter sunset. Today, with the entire area still in a snow emergency, the High Def sunny, icy whiteness all around me cannot conceal some truly bad news. The two to three feet of snow in the suburbs, and a near-record 18 inches in ...

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Published: 09/9/09

Homeless in America: Getting by on Chess and Goodwill as the Recession Bears Down

By  Rachel Oswald - Politics Daily
Homeless in America: Getting by on Chess and Goodwill as the Recession Bears Down

Garland "Jo Jo" Jones likes to keep Washington's Dupont Circle Park clean. He takes it upon himself to pick up the trash left by passers-by and those who frequent the chess tables in the circle, where he is a familiar face. With a trash grabber in one hand and a large trashcan in the other, he patrols the area near the tables, which are renowned for the caliber of games played there. He has been coming to the park, a busy urban hub, for more than two decades, but spends more time here now that he is homeless. ...

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