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Business startup program aims to reduce unemployment in DC
Kaitlynn Hendricks
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D.C.'s bike messengers, once an ubiquitous sight on Capitol Hill, are finding less and less work as tech replaces hand delivery, and their numbers are dwindling. But a new app that promises to deliver "anything...as long it fits on a bike" could change that.
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