Bars to open at 7 a.m. for World Cup

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Good news for soccer fans: Their favorite bars can open in time for early morning World Cup games. The bad news: They won’t be able to order anything stronger than coffee for the first part of the match.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday approved allowing the city’s bars to open at 7 a.m. during the World Cup, the quadrennial soccer tournament that’s among the world’s most popular sporting events.

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