Pauline was the pet of President William Howard Taft and is seen here grazing on the south lawn of the White House. She supplied the Taft family with fresh milk daily. 
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- Smithsonian: 2 Arrested During Fast-Food Strike May 21, 2013A fast-food workers strike did not shut down the McDonald's inside the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, officials say.
- Government Workers' Protest Shuts Down Traffic May 21, 2013Protests in Washington, D.C. aren't new but this one shut down traffic during the height of the Tuesday morning commute.
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- Gateway Arts District gets $240,000 grant to foster arts May 21, 2013The partners involved in the Prince George's County Gateway Arts District are about to start thinking a lot bigger. The District — which encompasses Hyattsville, Brentwood, North Brentwood and Mount Ranier — just received a $240,000 grant from ArtPlace America, an organization that funds creative efforts to spur economic development through the arts. Th […]Rebecca Cooper
- Draft D.C. budget report returns $5M for D.C. Water relocation at The Yards May 21, 2013D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson wants to return $5 million of the $8 million that a council committee stripped from a Capitol Riverfront economic development project. The draft fiscal 2014 Budget Request Act, dropped by Mendelson Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's budget vote, invests $6 million next year to move D.C. Water facilities out of a site that […]Michael Neibauer
- District sues Labor Department over CityCenterDC wage ruling May 21, 2013The District filed suit Monday against the Labor Department in U.S. District Court, seeking to overturn a ruling that could spike the cost of the CityCenterDC project by $20 million. The D.C. Office of the Attorney General contends that the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires a higher wage for federal and District construction jobs on public buildings and public […]Michael Neibauer
- Air Force pulls the plug on $6.9B NetCents 2 award. Again. May 21, 2013You have to laugh: The Air Force has again pulled the plug on a decision to award eight contracts worth up to $6.9 billion for the product portions of its Network-Centric Solutions-2 information technology program. Keep in mind, this is the second time the Air Force has tried to award these contracts, only to backtrack once protests were filed with the Gover […]Jill R. Aitoro
- Demand down again for law firms May 21, 2013The economy in general continues its slow recovery, but clients still aren't returning to law firms. Demand for legal services declined 3.4 percent in the first quarter, according to the Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor Index, a regular survey of major firms. That's the third decline in the past four quarters. The report's overall "Economic I […]Ben Fischer
- Gateway Arts District gets $240,000 grant to foster arts May 21, 2013
