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WASHINGTON (AP) Muriel Bowser was sworn in Friday as the seventh elected mayor of the District of Columbia, promising to bring new energy to city government and combat growing inequality in the prosperous nation's capital.

Bowser, a 42-year-old Democrat, spent seven years on the D.C. Council before being elected to the city's highest office. She replaces Vincent Gray, who spent much of his only term dogged by scandals involving his 2010 campaign.

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"It is indeed the greatest honor of my life to be sworn in as mayor of my hometown," Bowser said.

Known as a cautious and consensus-building politician and a disciplined campaigner, Bowser pledged that her administration would be "both bold and pragmatic," and she identified several problems that she intends to tackle right away, including a looming $250 million budget shortfall, a spike in violent crime and a much-delayed streetcar project.

A native Washingtonian, Bowser worked in the government in suburban Montgomery County, Maryland, and served as an elected neighborhood commissioner in the District before she was endorsed by then-mayor Adrian Fenty for his old D.C. Council seat. She is unmarried and has no children.

While the District is gaining population rapidly and its real estate market is booming, progress has been slower in poor, majority-black communities, especially east of the Anacostia River. The city's public schools are plagued by huge achievement gaps between whites and minorities.

"I understand the great responsibility of leading this city at this time a time both rich with prosperity and rife with inequality," Bowser said. "It is my duty to focus on our men and boys of color and find hope where it is missing."

Bowser becomes the second woman to serve as mayor in 40 years of District self-rule, and in her remarks, she acknowledged the handful of women who lead major U.S. cities, including Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore and Annise Parker of Houston.

Gray leaves office to face a future that could include criminal charges. Six people who helped him get elected four years ago have pleaded guilty to felonies, and while the mayor has not been accused of a crime, federal prosecutors have said he knew about an illegal slush fund that aided his campaign.

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Sen. Harry Reid, 75, is recovering at home after he broke "a number of ribs and bones in his face" when he was exercising, his office said Friday in a statement.

The Nevada Democrat was using a piece of equipment to exercise on Thursday when it broke, causing him to fall.

His doctors expect a full recovery, and he's set to return to Washington over the weekend before the Senate reconvenes next week.

According to the statement, the Senate Democratic Leader was treated and admitted overnight as a precaution at University Medical Center in Las Vegas after first being transported to St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson by his security detail.

President Barack Obama called Reid on Friday, White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters, "to wish him a full and speedy recovery."

Reid's office later announced Friday that Reid had been discharged from the hospital.

"He spent the day with his wife, Landra, talking to fellow senators, friends and staff and preparing for the Senate's return," Reid's Deputy Communications Director said in an emailed statement Friday. "He sends his thanks to all those who sent warm wishes and is ready to get back to work."

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, was quick to make a joke and wish his colleague well.

It's not the first time Reid has hurt his ribs in recent years. In October 2012, his motorcade was involved in a multi-car accident in Nevada that left him with rib and hip contusions. He went to the hospital but was released shortly afterward.

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Top 10 Democrat Fails of 2014
Honorable Mentions: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Lena Dunham Bill de Blasio Harry Reid Wendy Davis The Ebola Nurse Eric Holder MSNBC.

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WINNING RETURN: Democrat Party clinches the Sires' Stakes Fillies' Championship at Alexandra Park.

Democrat Party climaxed an extraordinary comeback from serious injury when she won the $150,000 Sires' Stakes Fillies' Championship at Alexandra Park in New Zealand record time.

In a survival-of-the-fittest final, when the searing pace never let up, it was left to the one filly who had shown incredible bravery off the track to run down Mark Purdon and Supersonic Miss in an unbelievable 2:37.1 for the 2200 metres.

That Democrat Party could even make the race, let alone break the record of 2:38.6 set by Delightful Lana at the last Auckland meeting, was testament to the skills of not only trainer Barry Purdon but also the team around him.

The future of the American Ideal filly looked decidedly shaky after she broke a cannon bone just two days before the Harness Jewels at Cambridge at the end of May.

Purdon's wife Katrina recalls it took five of them to get her back to her box after she damaged the leg in training.

And the prognosis was extremely guarded for Southland owners John and Katrina Price after an operation when four screws were used to piece the leg back together.

"The vet said if you had to break a bone the cannon bone was a good one to do," Katrina Price said.

"But she was sore for a very long time and had to be boxed for at least three months."

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The first man out the gate in the 2016 race for the White House is already facing scrutiny over payments his PAC made to his wife and daughter.

A political action committee headed by Former Sen. Jim Webb, the Democrat who launched a presidential exploratory committee last month, has paid more than $90,000 to his wife and daughter since late 2006 -- with close to half of that amount doled out in 2014 alone, according to FEC filings. The information was first reported by Business Insider.

A Webb spokesperson defended the expenses in an email to CNN, explaining that payments to Webb's wife and daughter increased in 2014 to a total of $37,000 to revamp Webb's personal website and create his 2016 exploratory committee page before he announced his plans to fundraise for a prospective presidential bid.

"Adding up numbers across several years for a sensational headline doesn't tell the story," the spokesperson said. "The activities of the PAC increased in 2014 when Jim Webb decided to re-enter the political discussions of our country."

The spokesperson added that the payments were "well within the law" and "much lower" than typical compensation.

Webb's daughter, Amy Webb Hogan, drew most of the disbursements, charging her father's PAC $24,000 in 2014 for "administrative consulting services," which included administering, managing and designing the PAC's website, Webb's personal site and creating the Webb2016 website.

Webb Hogan is the CEO of Webbmedia Group, a digital strategy firm based in Baltimore, though the payments from the PAC went directly to her.

Sen. Webb's wife, Hong Le Webb, made $13,800 in 2014 for "website services," which included "vetting design consultants, negotiating contracts and content management," Webb's spokesperson said.

She also received more than $1,000 in travel reimbursements from the PAC.

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