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DC Area Climate Protestors Actually Caused More Pollution, Twitter Users Fume DC Area Climate Protestors Actually Caused More Pollution, Twitter Users Fume
DC Area Climate Protestors Actually Caused More Pollution, Twitter Users Fume A July Fourth climate protest that halted traffic on the Capital Beltway has some activists upset, saying the backup caused even more pollution. Protestors kneeling on the road brought traffic to a complete standstill at Route 29 around 12:30 p.m. in Silver Spring, leading to the arrest of 14 people. Some activists say that the action of stopping traffic actually contributed to making the climate worse. Don't do this. Never protest anything in DC by sitting in the Interstate Capital Beltway or any road. All these climate protesters did was make the climate worse by backing up traffic 1…

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by Annie DeVoe and Cecilia Levine
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More Gunfire In Trigger-happy Trenton: 7th Shooting In 9 Days More Gunfire In Trigger-happy Trenton: 7th Shooting In 9 Days
More Gunfire In Trigger-happy Trenton: 7th Shooting In 9 Days Gunfire wounded two more people Tuesday night in Trenton -- the city's 7th shooting in nine days. Both victims were hospitalized after one was shot in the shoulder and the other in the foot at Kingsbury Towers in Kingsbury Square around 6 p.m.,  a police spokesman said. The victims suffered non-life threatening injuries and remained in stable condition on Wednesday, the spokesman said. Unconfirmed reports were that four suspects fled in a red or orange mini-van with a large dent in its rear.  Their vehicle had been parked at the front of the nearby Mercer County courth…

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by Jon Craig