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• Shopping for home furnishings? Here's a designer secret

  Shopping for furniture can be a drag. On the other hand, who doesn't love taking delivery of that perfect new sectional, armoire, hall mirror or table? But the road from shopping to buying can be a long one, and driving back and forth between the big-box stores and boutiques can tie up an entire weekend or longer.

• Zoning Commission: Arcades Can Go

  Back in the 1950s, the pedestrian arcade was thought of as a civilizing architectural feature-semi-enclosed avenues off the bustle of the sidewalk, vaguely reminiscent of elegant Parisian walks .

• U.N. nuclear chief asks Israel to join treaty

  In this file photo made from a video which aired Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, by Israeli television station Channel 10, shows Israel 's top secret nuclear facility in the southern Israeli town of Dimona, according to the broadcaster.

• Some in D.C. fear mixed messages from provincial presences at Canadian Embassy

  Think-tank seminars on Canada-U.S. relations are usually as polite and uneventful as the relationship itself, but there were rare flashes of temper this week at the Hudson Institute when pointed questions surfaced about the wisdom of Alberta's presence at the Canadian Embassy.

• Discovery Channel Gunman Protested Against Obama, Too

  James Lee seen at an anti-war rally in front of the White House the day before the Obama Inauguration in 2009.

• Dupont Circle Metro escalators back in service

  Metro says all elevators and most escalators at the Dupont Circle Metro station are working again.

• On Sept. 3, 1970, legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, 57, died in Washington, D.C.

  Today is Friday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2010. There are 119 days left in the year.

• Fire At DC's Phillips Collection Museum

  Authorities say a fire broke out in the roof of The Phillips Collection art museum in Dupont Circle.

• Mideast parties to meet every 2 weeks

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• 9/2/2010 - Earl eyes Eastern Seaboard...Discovery gunman well armed...Claims down

  The Category 4 storm currently has winds of around 145 miles an hour. Many tourists have left North Carolina's Outer Banks and the Red Cross is ready to open dozens of shelters on Long Island, New York.