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This image released by ABC7/WJLA-TV and News Channel 8, shows Joe Allbritton, founder of Allbrittion Communications. Allbritton, who became one of Washington's most influential men by building media and banking empires, died at the age of 87, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at a hospital in Houston, where he lived. Allbritton's fortune was self-made, beginning with real estate trades and banking investments. By age 33, he was a millionaire.-His holdings include eight television stations, including WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington whose call letters bear his initials. He owned the Washington Star for several years and his son founded Politico. (AP Photo/ABC7/WJLA-TV and News Channel 8)

Joe Allbritton, 87, DC media, banking giant dies

Matthew Barakat · December 13, 2012 2:39 am

Marine who died in Iraq won’t get Medal of Honor

Washington Examiner · December 13, 2012 1:59 am

SC mom gets no prison for leaving baby in toilet

Jeffrey Collins · December 13, 2012 1:30 am

Fatal shooting after Texas wreck still a mystery

Juan Lozano · December 13, 2012 1:10 am

This handout photo provided by the Richland Hills Police Department shows Brent Troy Bartel. Richland Hills, Texas. Police said Bartel carved a pentagram into his 6-year-old sonâs back Wednesday, telling a 911 dispatcher that he did it because âitâs a holy day." Brent Troy Bartel was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. (AP Photo/Richland Hills Police Department)

Texas man accused of carving pentagram into son

Angela Brown · December 13, 2012 1:05 am

NY protester with subpoenaed tweets pleads guilty

Colleen Long · December 13, 2012 12:20 am

Payments authorized for $3.4B Indian lawsuit

Washington Examiner · December 13, 2012 12:14 am

A silent protester cries while wearing a sticker over her mouth signifying the loss in wages from the right-to-work law in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Michigan became the 24th state with a right-to-work law after Gov. Rick Snyder signed the bill Tuesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Right-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task

John Flesher · December 13, 2012 12:05 am

GOP governors want to talk health care with Obama

Kelli Kennedy · December 13, 2012 12:02 am

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office shows Chris Denman. The former janitor at a Tulsa megachurch engulfed in a sex-abuse scandal was sentenced to 55 years in prison Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 after he pleaded guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl in the church's stairwell. (AP Photo/Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, File)

Ex-megachurch worker gets 55-year-prison term

Justin Juozapavicius · December 12, 2012 11:55 pm

Woman gets prison in crash deaths of 3 grandkids

Washington Examiner · December 12, 2012 11:46 pm

Feds auction prime Calif land for oil development

Garance Burke · December 12, 2012 11:28 pm