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Strong Start Before Downward Spiral
James W. von Brunn, shown in the early 1940s and in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Washington University and Associated Press)
As 88-year-old James W. von Brunn recovers from the gunshot wound incurred in his alleged June 10 attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, his early days of promise on Maryland's Eastern Shore are a striking contrast to the bitter, self-destructive time that followed.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is normally a bit too outsize and bare for the more-intimate collections it houses. But during the Native Skate Jam, skaters make the museum feel more lived in, fastening their helmets and scrabbling up the sides of a pristine half-pipe, which sits, improbably enough, smack in the middle of the Potomac Atrium. (By Marcus Yam -- The Washington Post)
The fight to provide real relief for Maryland residents' electric bills will be among the top themes of O'Malley's reelection campaign next year, the governor and aides say.
D.C. Council member Marion Barry's latest run-in with the law centers on his relationship with a political consultant who alleges that he continues to approach her even though they split up months ago.
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