Md. politician's 51-year career ends
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Voters rejected William Donald Schaefer's bid for a third term as state comptroller, ending a 51-year career that included eight years as governor and 16 as Baltimore mayor.
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The doctor at the center of a prescription drug scandal involving the University of Washington softball team has agreed to stop practicing medicine in a settlement with the state Medical Quality Assurance Commission.
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The 73-year-old former Washington Senators public address announcer was not about to let a protester ruin another big baseball day in the nation&#39;s capital.
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Former Federal Reserve Governor Edward Gramlich, who served at the U.S. central bank from 1997 to 2005 and suffered from leukemia, died on Wednesday, a Washington policy group said.
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Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho announced his resignation here on Saturday, abruptly ending his Senate career.
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Frank Robinson will not return as the Washington Nationals' manager in 2007, the team announced Saturday, possibly ending the Hall of Famer's 51-year career in baseball.
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John Burton, a California institution, is cleaning out his desk for the last time after a 40-year political career.
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Rep. Paul E. Gillmor (R-Ohio), a quiet conservative in his 19th year in the House, was found dead yesterday morning in his Arlington County townhouse, police and House Republican leaders said. He was 68.
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Democratic Congressman Tom Lantos, a key voice on foreign affairs, has died aged 80, his spokeswoman says.
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Comments The French president has announced his retirement Jacques Chirac has announced his retirement from politics after a career spanning more than 40 years.Comment
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Concluding that his political career is over, Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho said today that he would step aside Sept. 30.
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Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died yesterday. He was 74.
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Paul Nitze, one of the last leading U.S. statesmen of the Cold War period, has died at the age of 97.
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New York Rep. Michael McNulty will soon announce he is retiring from Congress after 10 terms in office, fellow Democrats said.
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DC's former mayor takes a new role in government
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Kwesi Mfume, 56, a former congressman from Baltimore who became the N.A.A.C.P.'s president in 1996, said he wanted to spend more time with his family.
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Baron Renton of Huntingdon, Britain&#39;s longest-serving lawmaker, died Thursday aged 98, a member of his household confirmed.