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This image released by ABC7/WJLA-TV and News Channel 8, shows Joe Allbritton, founder of Allbrittion Communications. Allbritton, who became one of Washington's most influential men by building media and banking empires, died at the age of 87, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at a hospital in Houston, where he lived. Allbritton's fortune was self-made, beginning with real estate trades and banking investments. By age 33, he was a millionaire.-His holdings include eight television stations, including WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington whose call letters bear his initials. He owned the Washington Star for several years and his son founded Politico. (AP Photo/ABC7/WJLA-TV and News Channel 8)

Joe Allbritton, 87, DC media, banking giant, dies

Associated Press · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

U.S. Peace Corps volunteers in Ethiopia in 2007. (Photo: Peace Corps)

D.C. leads nation in Peace Corps volunteers per capita

Naomi Jagoda · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

Major area PCP supplier goes on the run, marshals say

Scott McCabe · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

As ‘fiscal cliff’ approaches, officials look to lessen federal reliance

As ‘fiscal cliff’ approaches, officials look to lessen federal reliance

Matt Connolly · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

D.C. Councilman Jim Graham gets challenged for seat from former ANC

D.C. Councilman Jim Graham gets challenged for seat from former ANC

Alan Blinder · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

Hunter who accidentally shot himself in Montgomery County could face charges

Hunter who accidentally shot himself in Montgomery County could face charges

Naomi Jagoda · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

The Blotter: Hair weave heist; groper grabs again

The Blotter: Hair weave heist; groper grabs again

Naomi Jagoda · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

British composer George Frideric Handel, as painted in 1733 by Balthasar Denner.

Gurdon: After Handel’s Brussels sprouts, a hallelujah of liberation

Meghan Cox Gurdon · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

Councilman Jim Graham, left, and Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi

D.C. agrees to release depositions from lottery investigation

Alan Blinder · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

Ray Nelson

Liz Essley · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

Updated: Metrobus driver arrested from bus in murder case

Updated: Metrobus driver arrested from bus in murder case

Scott McCabe, Kytja Weir · December 12, 2012 5:00 am

Rep. Moran’s son pleads guilty to assaulting girlfriend

Steve Contorno · December 12, 2012 5:00 am