Mobile homes were blown over in parts of Franklin and Washington counties, not far from St.

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So if you really want to be cynical, you could count them as auxiliary counties of Washington, DC.

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He says it is illegal to put the bulbs in the trash in some counties in Washington, but most people still throw them out.

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Of Washington's 39 counties, Miss Cantwell carried only five, piling up her votes mostly in King County, which contains Seattle and its suburbs and almost a third of the state's voters.

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Donations will help meet the immediate needs of individuals in Scott, Washington, Clark and Jefferson Counties.

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Victims of flooding beginning May 3, 2011 in parts of Mississippi (Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, DeSoto, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson, and Yazoo counties) may qualify for tax relief.

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In Washington the company plans to partner with three counties and the state to build a racetrack 25 miles southeast of Seattle.

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Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by Hurricane Sandy in the counties of Bristol, Newport, and Washington.

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The state is home to the three richest counties in the country: Loudoun, Fairfax and Arlington, all in the suburbs of Washington.

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