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Ben's Celebrates Chili Power
Big stars and plain folks mark the restaurant's 50-year run on U Street.
Nizam Ali, the son of Ben's Chili Bowl's founders Ben and Virginia Ali, now runs the restaurant with his brother. (Juana Arias/Post)
- PHOTOS: Ben's Through the Years
- 50 Years of Friends and Chili
- Events: Gala | Block Party | Concert
- Q&A: Monday, Aug. 25, 11:30 a.m. ET
Nizam Ali, the son of Ben's Chili Bowl's founders Ben and Virginia Ali, now runs the restaurant with his brother. (Juana Arias/Post)
Three D.C. schools will open with newly completed renovations. The projects will serve as blueprints for the city's $2.3 billion modernization plan, which will guide more than 100 schools. (Photos By Susan Biddle -- The Washington Post)
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Legal Drinking Age Is Flunking Reality Test
Efforts to enforce the ban on underage drinking are more aggressive than ever, yet there is a common assumption that most young people routinely violate that law.
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