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Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
WASHINGTON — Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
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Furlough Friday: No one answers IRS, HUD call lines
       WASHINGTON – No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide.
Today 4:57 pm - National
Vote on gay Boy Scouts stirs up more turmoil
 The Boy Scouts of America got no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts.
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