Hundreds Attend DC Meeting on Expos
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Residents packed the District of Columbia Council chambers Thursday to praise or pan the mayor&#39;s $440 million proposal to refurbish RFK Stadium and build a new ballpark for the Montreal Expos.
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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia leaders announced an agreement Monday night that they said would bring the deal to move the Montreal Expos to Washington back from the brink of collapse.
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Residents packed the District of Columbia Council chambers yesterday to praise or pan the mayor&#39;s $440 million US proposal to refurbish RFK Stadium and build a new ball park for the Montreal Expos.
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WASHINGTON - It was more pep rally than news conference, with the mayor and city officials wearing red Washington Senators caps, the ones with the curly "W" on the front. Baseball returned to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years Wednesday, with an announcement from Major League Baseball that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington next season...
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Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that Washington, DC -- not Las Vegas -- will be the new home of the Montreal Expos next year.
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Baseball fans in the nation's  capital were anxiously awaiting formal word on Wednesday that  the financially beleaguered Montreal Expos would relocate to  the city for the 2005 season.
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Rumors spread that Major League Baseball is edging closer to moving the Expos to Washington as D.C. officials announce plans for a stadium on the Anacostia waterfront.
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With the deal to bring the Montreal Expos to Washington on the brink of collapse, the head of the District of Columbia Council put the stadium financing legislation on the agenda for Tuesday&#39;s meeting.
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The plan to finance a new stadium for the relocated Montreal Expos has exposed a schism within the District of Columbia's City Council and among its citizens.
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The president of the re-named Washington Nationals, Tony Tavares, told WTOP Radio the vote was overwhelming. Tavares said the deal to move the Expos remains contingent on the DC Council giving final approval to a stadium plan.
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It&#39;s never too soon to lobby for anything in this city, and Laura Meissner didn&#39;t wait for Wednesday&#39;s confirmation that the Montreal Expos are moving to the nation&#39;s
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Major League Baseball has chosen Washington, DC as the new home of the Montreal Expos, a city official has told The Associated Press.
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Late Tuesday night, in the 11th hour of a marathon DC Council meeting, chairman Linda W. Cropp blew to smithereens the deal that MLB thought it had in place with Washington to build a ballpark on the Anacostia waterfront.
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With approval by baseball owners and a ballpark funding package pending, the Montreal Expos were rechristened the Washington Nationals on Monday with a splashy ceremony before hundreds
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WASHINGTON It&#39;s been more than 30 years since baseball was in Washington DC -- and many residents don&#39;t seem in a hurry for a return.
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For the first time since he enticed the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC, with promises of a new stadium, mayor Anthony A. Williams went out among the local folks Tuesday, and he found that his largesse is not particularly appreciated.
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Major League Baseball selected  Washington, D.C., as the new home for the Montreal Expos on  Wednesday, bringing the iconic American sport back to the U.S.  capital after a 33-year absence.