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Republican voters from Fairfax County gather at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, Va., to watch statewide election results.

As violence kills a dozen people a day in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the warring drug cartels need new recruits. They often turn to teens for drug smuggling, gun running or murder. The neighborhood of Diaz Ordaz is prime territory and 16-year-old Omar Camacho is just what they're looking for. Camacho is a natural leader without many other opportunities.

A diverse local crowd dances Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as part of an attempt to best the Guinness world record for the most people dancing to one song simultaneously. Ten countries participated in the Thrill the World event.

Community-based HIV/AIDS groups that were funded by the city in recent years have been cited for runaway expenses, a lack of clients, lapses in care and spending records that were incomplete or missing altogether. As a result, some District residents with HIV/AIDS struggle to get the care they need.

At Joseph's House, a hospice for people HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses in Northwest D.C., one woman with AIDS connects with staff and other residents, rediscovering her inner strength.

The style-conscious flock to Georgetown's waterfront to catch the lingering rays of sunny weather.

Sarah and Will Armstrong are like many middle-class families. They are educated, have three kids and nice house in the suburbs. But at the end of next month, their health insurance will run out.

Chris Cotillo gave up on competitive weight lifting when his best friend and lifting partner died in a car accident. Ten years later, he's back at the gym with hopes of honoring his friend by breaking regional bench pressing record at the United States Power Lifting meet in Annapolis.

Culminating months and months of work, fashion designers take their final bows at New York Fashion Week.

The fifth episode in a video series exploring how D.C. denizens show their sense of style. On D.C.'s historic U Street, "everyone is a style star."

Mourners lined the streets to pay their final respects to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, as the cortege made its way from the Capitol to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Greenspring Village Retirement Community residents express their thoughts and concerns with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) over President Obama's health-care reform bill. A group of residents protested outside.

Young professionals crowd Jazz in the Garden, a free concert series at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden on the Mall.

Psychotherapist Barry Spodak loves to act. He creates schizophrenic, bipolar and paranoid characters to help law enforcement agents assess threats on the lives of presidents, supreme court justices and other VIPs.

At D.C.'s public arts high school in Georgetown, "every day is a runway."

Jake Williams In week one of our one-on-one conversations with rising second year Darden MBA students during their summer internships, we hear from Jake Williams, a summer associate for The Washington Post.

The second episode in a video series exploring how D.C. denizens show their sense of style. This episode looks at the scene on Pennsylvania Ave. during lunchtime and happy hour.

Purple States TV, an online political show reported through the eyes of five citizen journalists, will syndicate its videos to The Washington Post politics site beginning tomorrow, founder and executive producer Cynthia Farrar told me in an interview on the Beet.TV rooftop earlier today. The videos will be featured on the front page of the online politics section as part of the Post's "core political coverage," she says. The Washington Post will share ad revenue with Purple States, but details of the agreement were not disclosed. The first season of the show, which focused on the primary election, received 40,000 views on the destination site and 100,000 total views on all of its channels, including one on YouTube. The New York Times posted Purple States videos in its Opinion section during the primaries. Farrar, who is also a Research Scholar at Yale's Institute for Social and Policy Studies, spoke to Beet.TV about the first season of the show last year. The second season of the show focuses on coverage of the general election and includes a new segment called The Daily Citizen, which is filmed and directed by the citizen journalists themselves.The Washington Post.com Politics Editor Eric Pianin gave the following statement about the video series:"The Purple States video series will showcase citizen journalism at its best. Our readers and viewers will have the unique opportunity to hear from well informed and highly motivated citizens who are being sent out on the campaign trail to task tough questions about the economy, education, national security and race and then demand straight answers from the presidential candidates and their advocates." The Purple States has received private equity and foundation funding. --Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer

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