Subject: Afternoon Buzz: This suburb spends more than $110,000 a year on cars for its lawmakers
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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:00:46 -0500 (EST)

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AFTERNOON BUZZ
 
Updates since this morning's paper

THIS SUBURB SPENDS MORE THAN $110,000 A YEAR ON CARS FOR ITS LAWMAKERS
Alone in the Washington region, Prince George’s County Council members get either a take-home vehicle or a generous car allowance.
By Arelis R. Hernández
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FEDS TO WITHHOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS UNTIL CREATION OF METRO SAFETY COMMISSION
The federal government on Friday began to withhold millions of dollars in transportation funding from Virginia, Maryland and the District.
By Lori Aratani and Martine Powers
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AN UNEASY UNION: COUPLES ARE GETTING COLD FEET ABOUT WEDDINGS AT TRUMP’S HOTEL
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a place in the city that’s so polarizing,” says a Washington wedding planner.
By Abha Bhattarai
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PROTESTERS BRIEFLY BLOCK EDUCATION SECRETARY BETSY DEVOS’S VISIT TO A D.C. SCHOOL
DeVos eventually entered Jefferson Academy, her first visit in office to a K-12 public school.
By Emma Brown
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THE ZOO — AND WASHINGTON — PREPARES TO SAY GOODBYE TO ITS ‘MIRACLE’ GIANT PANDA
Bao Bao will leave her parents and little brother, Bei Bei, 1, to go to China.
By Michael E. Ruane
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H.R. CRAWFORD, FORMER D.C. COUNCIL MEMBER AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, DIES AT 78
He represented Ward 7 from 1980 to 1992 and had a complex legacy in affordable housing.
By Aaron C. Davis and Emily Langer
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SIGNS PROMOTING DIVERSITY TAKEN DOWN AT VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL
In an email to the school community, the principal of Patriot High School in Nokesville wrote that some groups “felt left out.”
By Joe Heim
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WIND WAS NOT A FACTOR IN FATAL CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE-TUNNEL TRUCK CRASH, AUTHORITIES SAY
Joseph Chen, 47, of Greenville, N.C., died after his tractor-trailer plunged off the bridge into 20 feet of water.
By Dana Hedgpeth
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METRO&#8217;S LATEST SAFETRACK SURGE MEANS NO BLUE LINE FOR 18 DAYS STARTING THIS WEEKEND
The service plan for SafeTrack Surge #12 is very complicated, and it's different on the weekend and weekdays.
By Robert Thomson
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FEDERAL JUDGE: COURTS ‘BEGGING’ FOR EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN
Judge Leonie Brinkema said the only evidence provided by the U.S. government in the case she is considering in Virginia was the order itself.
By Rachel Weiner
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A FULL MOON, LUNAR ECLIPSE AND COMET ALL IN ONE EVENING? IT HAPPENS TONIGHT.
The lunar eclipse will begin right after moonrise. The comet makes its closest approach to Earth around 10:30 p.m. ET.
By Blaine Friedlander and Angela Fritz
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MEET THE WOMAN WHO&#8217;S IN CHARGE OF RINGING THE BELLS AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
“People don’t realize when they hear the bells that it’s actually humans ringing them,” Beth Sinclair says.
By Allie Caren
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