Ben Nuckols

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Missing man’s family says they’ll get him help

Ben Nuckols · January 9, 2014 6:19 pm

Nick warms himself on a steam grate with three homeless men by the Federal Trade Commission, just blocks from the Capitol, during frigid temperatures in Washington, Saturday, January 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Missing man in AP photo heading home with family

Ben Nuckols · January 6, 2014 2:58 pm

Man reunited with family after AP photo published

Ben Nuckols · January 6, 2014 4:34 am

Urban schools improving faster than rest of US

Ben Nuckols · December 18, 2013 6:00 pm

In this Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford watches the Buffalo Bills play the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game, in Toronto. Saying he's a big Washington Redskins fan and will "go on any radio," scandal-plagued Ford has agreed to appear on a Washington-based sports talk show to make NFL picks. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Mark Blinch)

Toronto mayor to appear on DC sports radio show

Ben Nuckols · December 4, 2013 11:57 pm

Democrats in Congress are preparing a new proposal to hike the minimum wage to $10.10, with the increases to come in three steps ending in 2015.

D.C. Council unanimously approves minimum wage hike

Associated Press, Ben Nuckols · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Washington Mayor Vincent Gray raises his right hand while swearing an oath as he files paperwork to run for a second term at Board of Elections in Washington, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Gray's decision sets up a campaign that will force voters to weigh the prosperity achieved during the Democrat's nearly three years in office against the crimes several close associates committed to help get him elected in 2010.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Vincent Gray to seek 2nd term as DC mayor

Ben Nuckols · December 2, 2013 11:06 pm

Dru Smith, Chief Geodesist of the National Geodetic Survey stands near a measurement device used to survey the height of the Washington Monument, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, in Washington. Surveyors are checking to make sure that the Washington Monument is still 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches tall. The survey is being conducted by the National Geodetic Survey and is the first of its kind since 1999. Surveyors can only access the peak of the monument to check the height when it's covered in scaffolding. The monument is undergoing repairs after it was damaged during a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in August 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Surveyors checking height of Washington Monument

Ben Nuckols · November 7, 2013 10:30 pm

Washington School Chancellor Kaya Henderson continued the groundbreaking teacher-evaluation system implemented by former chancellor Michelle Rhee. (Andrew Harnik/Examiner)

Study: Washington DC teachers improving performance

Ben Nuckols · October 17, 2013 4:00 am

DC Council censures Marion Barry over cash gifts

Ben Nuckols · September 17, 2013 10:18 pm

Wage bill affecting Wal-Mart dies in DC

Ben Nuckols · September 17, 2013 5:44 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 file photo, Washington Mayor Vincent Gray testifies before the New Hampshire House State Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee in support of a House resolution expressing support for admitting the District of Columbia as the 51st state in Concord, NH. With less than seven months before the Democratic primary for mayor, which has traditionally decided the race, Gray is being coy about his intentions _ and the contest is mired in uncertainty. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

Amid federal probe, Gray coy about re-election bid

Ben Nuckols · September 16, 2013 8:05 am