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Former DC Mayor Marion Barry dies at 78

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FILE - Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry listens to speeches at the awards luncheon of the National Conference of Black Mayors, in this April 26, 2002 file photo taken in Jackson, Miss. Barry, whose four terms were overshadowed by his 1990 arrest after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine, died Sunday morning Nov. 23, 2014. He was 78. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis, File) (AP)

Former DC Mayor Marion Barry dies at 78

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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts President Deborah F. Rutter answers questions about her vision for the center during a interview at the Associated Press in Washington, Friday Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (AP)

New Kennedy Center head seeking innovation in arts

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Police: Chris Brown charged with felony assault

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Carole King first woman to win Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize

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Ellen DeGeneres to receive top humor prize in D.C.

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Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry

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Meryl Streep.

This year’s Kennedy Center honorees announced

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Rap star Tupac Shakur is led from the Manhattan North police precinct after being arrested in an alleged sexual attack on Nov. 19, 1993. (AP Photo/Justin Sutcliffe) (Associated Press)

Hackers post phony Tupac story on PBS website

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Ronald Reagan in 1982.

Rarely seen Ronald Reagan documents on display

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This undated handout photo provided by the National Portrait Galley shows a photo of Ellen DeGeneres by Annie Leibovitz, part of an exhibit entitled: Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture which opened Oct. 30 and runs through Feb. 13, 2011. The Gallery stages the first major museum exhibit showing how sexual orientation and gender identity has been portrayed in American art through history. The installation will feature 105 works by such masters as Thomas Eakins, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and others. (AP Photo/National Portrait Gallery) (AP)

Smithsonian explores impact of gays on art history

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FBI: D.C. gunman doesn’t want to hurt anyone

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Journalist Daniel Schorr dead at age 93

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Authors turn rockers in D.C. for Haiti benefit tour

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