Washington

John Schriffen Joins ABC News in New York
ABC News (blog)
Most recently, John spent several years at NBC4 in Washington where he covered the White House, Capitol Hill, and contributed to special coverage as Hurricane Irene barreled up the East Coast last year. A graduate of Dartmouth College, John began his

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Virginians Can Buy Tax-Free Hurricane-Prep Items
CBS Local
The Atlantic hurricane season officially starts June 1 and ends Nov. 30. Hurricane Irene caused nearly half a million people to be without power in the Washington Metropolitan Area in 2011. Credit : NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP / Getty Images.

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Officials 'confident' of storm payments
Times Herald-Record
Administration Administrator Craig Fugate in Washington, DC, Wednesday to push the city's case for quick federal reimbursement to cover the millions of dollars in infrastructure repairs needed after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

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Europe Beats US Naming Women to Bank Boards
MarketWatch (press release)
companies triggered this economic crisis, so the question of who's in charge matters, especially in the wake of JP Morgan's recent $2 billion loss due to speculative trading," states Irene Natividad, chair of the Washington-based research group.

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SBA Honors Outstanding Disaster Recovery Efforts
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A restaurant owner in New Jersey who rebuilt after Hurricane Irene last year, a Mississippi mayor who led recovery efforts after a tornado destroyed the entire town, an emergency manager in Texas who

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