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Former DC Mayor Marion Barry takes a phone call at his campaign headquarters in Southeast Washington, DC, Wednesday, September 15, 2004. Barry claimed victory over incumbent Sandy Allen during the primary for the DC City Council Ward 8 seat. ( Jessica Tefft / The Washington Times )..

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If you go to any other state or city, you'll find tollbooths
Washington considers tolls
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It's quite an experience to have a pistol pointed in your face
Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry robbed
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Unless the law changes, why not? Some people either don't know the law or have their own conservative views. As long as it is not illegal, citizens ought to allow people to do what they want
Barry: No problem with hiring girlfriend
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The Park Service planted whatever they planted in my car
Barry alleges park police planted drugs
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There is no connection between our personal relationship and our business relationship. I didn't supervise her
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad