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Alexis McKenzie, executive director of The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia Forest Side, an Alzheimer's assisted-living facility, right, shares a light moment with resident Catherine Peake, in Washington, Monday, Feb.

A Then and Now asks when? What year was this photograph taken?A One guess per person.

About 90 District of Columbia workers have been suspended and may be fired after officials determined they received unemployment checks while holding city jobs.

A House committee approved a measure to legalize same-sex marriage in Washington state, setting the stage for final passage this week.

Do state-level "job creation" programs work? Hard to say, according to a new study.

In 2011, Americans remained pessimistic about the national economy, but residents of the District of Columbia, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Nebraska were less pessimistic.

A former District of Columbia mayoral candidate is set for trial on a charge of driving without a valid license.

When you are trying to figure out who is leading the world in technological and scientific innovation, you look to the Nobel Prize.

Ron Paul is losing the GOP presidential nominating contest because he does not support a federal constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage , has suggested.

The 1976 Japanese 10-yen coin shown is one of 13 such coins the author found while searching through 50 hand-wrapped rolls that were supposed to contain United States quarter dollars.

Mississippi is the most conservative state, followed by Utah, Wyoming and Alabama with 50 percent of more identifying as conservative, a survey indicates.

I bet many of you folks didn't know that if it wasn't for Martin Luther King Day , we probably wouldn't have a national Presidents Day.

The 2012 presidential race ultimately comes down to which candidate has the most combined delegates from the 50 states in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States' territories.

' Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing away tents they said were banned under park rules.

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure passed the American Energy and Infrastructure Act yesterday, the long awaited transportation reauthorization bill.This legislation funds road, bridge and transit projects for five years and is the primary means of providing federal transportation resources to states and municipalities.

Every presidential election year, certain hot-button issues come to the forefront.

Karey Witty , executive vice president and chief financial officer of HealthSpring, and Michael Mirt , president of the company, are no longer with the company, as of Jan.

Last year was a banner year for production in the nation's capital -- more than a dozen high-budget film and television projects ranging from "Bourne Identity 4 to "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss 'Obese' Season 2" spent time in the city -- but its future as a film location may be in jeopardy.

Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced Feb. 1 that the District of Columbia will introduce new construction codes next month which, Gray said, would put the District at the forefront nationally for sustainable building practices.

Then and Now asked when? What year was this photograph taken?A The answer was 1906.