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News Minute: Here is the latest D.C. news from The Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A D.C. fire department official says seven construction workers were sickened by carbon monoxide and sent to area hospitals. A fire department spokesman says 10 people were affected by the fumes last night as they worked at the National Press Club.

MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (AP) - Montgomery County Police are investigating whether there's a connection between a report of shots fired near an elementary school and a shooting victim found at an emergency care clinic. Police say gunshots were reported near Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village yesterday afternoon, but officers called to the area did not find any victims.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Unusual circumstances have left federal prosecutors pursuing vandalism charges against a U.S. government worker accused of killing a Zimbabwe man in an alleged drunken driving collision. Much of the case against Andrew Pastirik is shrouded in secrecy at a federal courthouse in northern Virginia.

WASHINGTON (AP) - An 18-year-old man has been sentenced to four years in prison after he stole a dog from a woman at gunpoint. The U.S. attorney's office in Washington says Christopher Young was sentenced yesterday.

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