Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

Monday, June 30, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Pentagon Fights EPA On Pollution Cleanup The Defense Department, the nation's biggest polluter, is resisting orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up Fort Meade and two other military bases where the EPA says dumped chemicals pose "imminent and substantial" dangers to public health and the environment. (By Lyndsey Layton, The Washington Post) In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying (By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post) Gun Shops Await New D.C. Rules Stores Turn Away Buyers After Ruling (By Allison Klein, The Washington Post) What's Colorless and Tasteless And Smells Like . . . Money? (By Shankar Vedantam, The Washington Post) Man Accused Of Killing Pr. George's Officer Dies Suspect Found in Jail Cell Without Pulse; Officials Say Body Indicated No Trauma (By Aaron C. Davis, James Hohmann and Jerry Markon, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying FINDLAY, Ohio -- On his corner of College Street, Jim Peterman stares at the four American flags planted in his front lawn and rubs his forehead. Peterman, 74, is a retired worker at Cooper Tire, a father of two, an Air Force veteran and a self-described patriot. He took one trip to Washington in... (By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post) U.S. Is Said to Expand Covert Operations in Iran Plan Allows Up to $400 Million for Activities Aimed at Destabilizing Government (By Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) GOP Sharpens Attacks on Obama Allies of McCain Casting Democratic Candidate as Unprincipled, Opportunistic (By Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post) Pentagon Fights EPA On Pollution Cleanup (By Lyndsey Layton, The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION Pentagon Fights EPA On Pollution Cleanup The Defense Department, the nation's biggest polluter, is resisting orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up Fort Meade and two other military bases where the EPA says dumped chemicals pose "imminent and substantial" dangers to public health and the environment. (By Lyndsey Layton, The Washington Post) U.S. Is Said to Expand Covert Operations in Iran Plan Allows Up to $400 Million for Activities Aimed at Destabilizing Government (By Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) What's Colorless and Tasteless And Smells Like . . . Money? (By Shankar Vedantam, The Washington Post) NEIGHBORHOODS BEAR THE BRUNT (The Washington Post) In Mediterranean, the Predator Is the Hunted - (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Pioneering Chinese City Offers a Peek at Political Ferment SHENZHEN, China -- When China decided to liberalize its economy back in the late 1970s, Shenzhen was chosen as the vanguard, the first "special economic zone" allowed to do business free of Communist-era restrictions. (By Edward Cody, The Washington Post) Oil Cash May Prove A Shaky Crutch for Iran's Ahmadinejad (By Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post) Zimbabwe's Mugabe Officially Sworn In President Condemns Detractors in Speech (The Washington Post) In Mediterranean, the Predator Is the Hunted - (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) Israel to Free Prisoners Swap With Hezbollah Involves Abducted Soldiers (By Griff Witte, The Washington Post) More World METRO Man Accused Of Killing Pr. George's Officer Dies A 19-year-old man accused of running down a Prince George's County police officer died yesterday in custody, less than 36 hours after he was charged in connection with the slaying. (By Aaron C. Davis, James Hohmann and Jerry Markon, The Washington Post) Gun Shops Await New D.C. Rules Stores Turn Away Buyers After Ruling (By Allison Klein, The Washington Post) Where It's All About Goals Homeless People Find Motivation in Soccer Tournament (By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post) D.C. Still in Search of Charter School Funds (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) Mom and 14 Kids Get A Home of Their Own, With a TV Show's Help (By Nelson Hernandez, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Google Enters ComScore's Turf Suddenly having Google as a competitor could quickly spell death for a smaller firm. When the search giant last week unveiled a tool that measures audiences for various Web sites, Reston-based ComScore saw its stock drop by 23 percent in one day. (By Kim Hart, The Washington Post) A Bearish Week for Area Firms Financial Sector Takes a Beating (By Thomas Heath and Christopher Twarowski, The Washington Post) Gearing Up for the Fans As an African Soccer Tournament at RFK Stadium Promises To Lure Thousands to Town, Ethiopian Businesses Get Ready (By Alejandro Lazo and Christopher Twarowski, The Washington Post) Pioneering Chinese City Offers a Peek at Political Ferment (By Edward Cody, The Washington Post) Oil Cash May Prove A Shaky Crutch for Iran's Ahmadinejad (By Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Washington's Two-Party System Tech Post, which looks at people and ideas driving the local technology industry, runs Friday on the WashBiz Blog, at washingtonpost.com/washbizblog. (By Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post) Google Enters ComScore's Turf Reston Web Measurement Firm Says It Isn't Threatened, Citing Its Data Quality (By Kim Hart, The Washington Post) Surfing Roads Less Traveled Ashburn Firm Makes WiMax a Reality in Small-Town America (By Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS At the U.S. Trials, Already Up to Speed Michael Phelps sets a world record in his first event of the Olympic trials, the 400-meter IM, and Katie Hoff does the same to get the finals off to a quick start. (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) Slightly Weaker Field Should Be a One-Time Aberration for AT&T National Masters Champ Immelman Heads Solid Group of Players (By Leonard Shapiro, washingtonpost.com) United Roars Past Beckham's Galaxy United 4, Galaxy 1 (By Steven Goff, The Washington Post) Belliard's Blast Lifts Nats in 12th Nationals 3, Orioles 2 (By Chico Harlan, The Washington Post) Harrison Doesn't Let Obstacles Deter Her (By Amy Shipley, The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Hearts, Not Minds What if the 2008 presidential election were decided by voters acting not on their political judgments or analyses of the candidates, but on their emotions? In the view of some experts, this is a trick question -- of course the election will be decided emotionally. Elections always are. (By Robert G. Kaiser, The Washington Post) The ABCs Of SAG: Do They Really Spell Strike? (By William Booth, The Washington Post) With the National Orchestral Institute, Beauty Is Youth (By Anne Midgette, The Washington Post) Why Do Journalists Mourn Russert So? Meet the New Press (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post) How Focus Groups Reshaped the 1988 Presidential Campaign (The Washington Post) More Style LIVE DISCUSSIONS Talk About Travel Post travel editors and writers field questions and comments. On the itinerary this week: playing miniature golf in Myrtle Beach, staying fit while on the road and seeing Manhattan by rickshaw. (The Flight Crew, washingtonpost.com) Outlook: Still a Long Way From Home Vignettes of Iraq Veterans' Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Linda Blum, washingtonpost.com) Washington Post Magazine: Ways and Means The Last Stand of Russell Means (Bill Donahue, washingtonpost.com) Roads and Rails (Eric Weiss and Lena Sun, washingtonpost.com) Post Politics Hour washingtonpost.com's Daily Politics Discussion (Dan Balz, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions Guns: The Next Step IN APPEALING to the Supreme Court to save the D.C. handgun ban, local officials rightly thought of what was best for the people of Washington, D.C. A lower court had already invalidated the ban, and there was a chance -- albeit limited -- of prevailing. Instead, the high court agreed that the ban... (The Washington Post) A Persistent Scourge HIV-AIDS continues to ensnare young gay men. (The Washington Post) Beyond Guantanamo Gaps in the candidates' stances on handling terror suspects (The Washington Post)

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Crisis Eclipses Mugabe's Comeback HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 28 -- President Robert Mugabe has emerged from the most tumultuous election in Zimbabwe's history with his grip on power restored but his nation's daunting problems -- including hyperinflation, international isolation and an exodus of skilled workers -- dramatically worsened. (The Washington Post) Va. Toll Road Scofflaws, Beware: State Says Pay Up Violators Now Facing Heavy Fines, Court Dates (By Michael Laris, The Washington Post) A Win by McCain Could Push a Split Court to Right (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Bleak Past Catches Up To a Troubled Present 'Kit Kittredge' Themes Have Familiar Ring (By Jennifer Frey, The Washington Post) Army's History of Iraq After Hussein Faults Pentagon (By Josh White, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS A New Political Geography When Sen. Barack Obama chose the Nissan Pavilion in the outer suburbs of Northern Virginia to kick off his general-election campaign, one of the 10,000 supporters there was David Bruzas, who recently moved to the fastest-growing part of a state that is moving rapidly away from its Republican past. (By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) A Win by McCain Could Push a Split Court to Right (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Setback for Philadelphia Schools Plan (By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post) The Talk Shows (The Washington Post) Poised for a Flip (By Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION A Win by McCain Could Push a Split Court to Right For much of its term, the Supreme Court muted last year's noisy dissents, warmed to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.'s vision of narrow, incremental decisions and continued a slow but hardly steady move to the right. (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Army's History of Iraq After Hussein Faults Pentagon (By Josh White, The Washington Post) Setback for Philadelphia Schools Plan (By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post) Decline in Teen Smoking Hits a Wall Public Health Officials Worry as a Promising Years-Long Trend Goes Flat (By Rob Stein, The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Crisis Eclipses Mugabe's Comeback HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 28 -- President Robert Mugabe has emerged from the most tumultuous election in Zimbabwe's history with his grip on power restored but his nation's daunting problems -- including hyperinflation, international isolation and an exodus of skilled workers -- dramatically worsened. (The Washington Post) Assurances From Rice Fail to Sway S. Koreans Protests Triggered by Fears About Beef Expand in Scope (By Blaine Harden, The Washington Post) Pakistani Forces Move In On Taliban U.S. Has Urged Action Against Insurgents (By Candace Rondeaux, The Washington Post) Reported U.S. Raid Triggers Outrage (By Ernesto Londoño and Saad Sarhan, The Washington Post) In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo - (By Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post) More World METRO Va. Toll Road Scofflaws, Beware: State Says Pay Up For years, dodging payments on the Dulles Toll Road was virtually risk-free. Now, it's more like an extreme sport. (By Michael Laris, The Washington Post) EPA to Propose Fort Detrick as Superfund Cleanup Site (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post) As Tobacco Loses Currency, a New Cash Crop Blooms (By Thomas Heath, The Washington Post) Neighbors Sound Out Remedy for Bird Flock (By Paul Schwartzman, The Washington Post) Torture Survivors Still Live With Haunting Memories (By Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS As Tobacco Loses Currency, a New Cash Crop Blooms Jamie Raley's family has been farming in St. Mary's County since Abraham Lincoln was president, mostly growing tobacco. But with the drop in U.S. cigarette smoking over the past decade, tobacco no longer pays. So the Raleys cast about for something else that would keep them on the farm. (By Thomas Heath, The Washington Post) When You're Tied Up in a Down Market How to Play Your Stocks When They Keep Falling (By Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post) Obama Knows Firsthand About Consumer Debt (By Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post) All-Consuming Problem Even in a Weak Economy, Some Shoppers' Compulsive Habits Can Take Over Their Lives (By Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post) A New Political Geography Role Reversals in Virginias Reflect National Shifts (By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Help File Q Why aren't there any rewriteable double-layer DVDs? I can find dual-layer discs only in write-once formats that I can't reuse. (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) The Crack of a Bat, the Wail of Guitar Hero. Wait, What? (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) A New Political Geography Role Reversals in Virginias Reflect National Shifts (By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS Milledge Hurt in Nats' Loss To Orioles Errors prove costly for the Nationals as just six of Baltimore's nine runs are earned and the Orioles wash out Washington, 9-1, on Saturday. (By Chico Harlan, The Washington Post) Lewis in Good Shape for Historic First (By Leonard Shapiro, The Washington Post) The Face of U.S. Swimming Phelps's Presence Helps Bring Attention to the Sport (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) Venus Again Is Rising at Wimbledon (By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post) Spain Hopes to Finally Reign on a Major Stage (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Bridge "Why was Cy banging his head against the wall today?" a player asked me at the club. "Is that his latest method of trying to lose weight?" (By Frank Stewart, The Washington Post) Top of The Heap One couple had what it took to be ambassadors of the United States of Disarray. But this is where reality TV fosters a national pastime: watching others conquer the clutter. (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post) A Conductor Comes to A Coda NSO's Leonard Slatkin Leaves on a Note of Regret (By Anne Midgette, The Washington Post) The Editor Who Keeps Vogue in Fashion (By Robin Givhan, The Washington Post) "I would play a 14-year-old if it was a great part." Olivia Thirlby Is One Starlet Who's in No Hurry to Act Her Age (The Washington Post) More Style What the GIs Deserve POLITICAL PROMISES are easy to make, harder to keep. So it is a testament to the tenacity of Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) and the justice of his cause that Congress has enacted a new GI Bill for war veterans. The freshman senator's ability to work across party lines means that the men and women who risk... (The Washington Post) Bias in High Places The Justice Department had a litmus test. (The Washington Post) Millionaires Win A Supreme Court ruling puts public financing of elections at risk. (The Washington Post)

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Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate The Senate went home yesterday for the Fourth of July holiday to face voters, having failed repeatedly to address critical economic issues from skyrocketing gas prices to climate change to the nation's housing crisis. (By Lori Montgomery and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Washington Post) Radiation Monitors To Cost More Than DHS Estimated in '06 - (By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate The Senate went home yesterday for the Fourth of July holiday to face voters, having failed repeatedly to address critical economic issues from skyrocketing gas prices to climate change to the nation's housing crisis. (By Lori Montgomery and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Washington Post) U.S. Settles With Scientist Named in Anthrax Cases Hatfill Was Called 'Person of Interest' (By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post) Medicare Pricing Frozen As Congress Leaves Town Upon Thaw, Program's Payments to Doctors May Be Cut Almost 11 Percent (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) U.S. Looked Into Kidnapping of Woman Related to Lawmaker (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post) In Campaign, One Man's Pragmatism Is Another's Flip-Flopping (By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION U.S. Settles With Scientist Named in Anthrax Cases The Justice Department agreed yesterday to pay biological-weapons expert Steven J. Hatfill a settlement valued at $5.85 million to drop a lawsuit he filed after then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft named him a "person of interest" in the investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. (By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post) Radiation Monitors To Cost More Than DHS Estimated in '06 - (By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post) Levee Break Forces Hand of Those Who Held Out Residents of Missouri Farm Community Awake to Urgent Shouts to Leave Their Homes (By William Branigin, The Washington Post) Pentagon Report Anticipates Rising Violence in Afghanistan (By Josh White, The Washington Post) Bad Tomatoes May Still Be on Shelves FDA to Look at Other Produce, Too (By Annys Shin, The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Fuel Prices Boost Cause of S. Asia's Maligned Rickshaw NEW DELHI -- The bicycle rickshaws that weave through New Delhi's narrow lanes have long been scorned by authorities here for congesting the city's already fierce traffic. The creaking carriages crawl alongside luxury sedans, book hawkers, horse-drawn carts, hulking buses and cows. (By Emily Wax, The Washington Post) Prodded by Fear and Duress, Zimbabweans Go to the Polls (The Washington Post) On the Menu In Baghdad, Fresh Hopes Restaurant Shattered by Bombing Reemerges as Symbol of Normalcy (By Saad al-Izzi, The Washington Post) Anti-Drug Assistance Approved For Mexico U.S. Lawmakers Responded To Counterparts' Objections (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) Colombia's President Seeks Referendum on Disputed '06 Reelection (By Juan Forero, The Washington Post) More World METRO Serious Problems Found in Recruits' Past One was arrested as a teenager for armed robbery. Another was allegedly involved in an arson. A third admitted having sold marijuana. (By Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post) Corporal Laid to Rest After 2007 Suicide (By Mark Berman, The Washington Post) Dominion Rates to Rise 18% Fuel Costs Blamed For Tuesday's Hike (By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post) Against Backdrop of Gun Ruling, A Sad, Familiar Scene Plays Out Young Shooting Victim's Funeral Puts Politics Aside (By Robert E. Pierre and Keith L. Alexander, The Washington Post) Council Considering Gun Law Changes City Responds to High Court Ruling (By Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Latest Losses Put Stocks Close to Bear Territory A week of spiraling oil prices, pessimistic corporate news and renewed fears over the direction of the national economy ended yesterday with U.S. stocks again slipping after the dramatic fall of a day earlier. (By Alejandro Lazo, The Washington Post) Olsson's Braces For Chapter 11 Filing (By Anita Huslin, The Washington Post) Fed Releases Details Of Bear Stearns Rescue Action Taken to Prevent Systemic Failures (By Jeannine Aversa, The Washington Post) Beer Buyout Battle Spills To the Hill Lobbyists Defend, Denounce the Idea of Belgian Bud (By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Washington Post) Fuel Prices Boost Cause of S. Asia's Maligned Rickshaw (By Emily Wax, The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Radiation Monitors To Cost More Than DHS Estimated in '06 The cost to put a new kind of radiation monitor in place at borders and ports across the country would be far more than the Department of Homeland Security initially told Congress, according to budget documents and interviews with officials. (By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post) Court Upholds FCC Rule on Video Service Agency Made It Easier for Phone Firms to Compete With Cable Operators (By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post) As Gates Steps Away, Let Us Ponder His Legacy (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS This Year, There's No Clear Favorite In Women's 100 Rarely has women's track and field been cloaked in such a competitive haze in the U.S., particularly with the Olympics a mere six weeks away. (By Amy Shipley, The Washington Post) After Sizing Up His Potential, Wizards Went With 7-Footer (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) Nationals Double Up on Visiting Orioles Casto's Pinch-Hit Double Snaps a Tie in the Seventh: Nationals 4, Orioles 2 (By Steve Yanda, The Washington Post) Albers Has Tear in His Shoulder (By Zach Berman, The Washington Post) Park Leads a Diverse Leader Board 11 of the Field's Top 14 Players Hail From Abroad (By Leonard Shapiro, The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE An Attack That Came Out of the Ether PRINCETON, N.J. The e-mail landed in Danielle Allen's queue one winter morning as she was studying in her office at the Institute for Advanced Study, the renowned haven for some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The missive began: "THIS DEFINITELY WARRANTS LOOKING INTO." Laid out before Allen... (By Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post) NAMES & FACES (The Washington Post) 'Factory': Blue-Collar Comedy That Works (By Tom Shales, The Washington Post) A Milestone Of Freedom for Nelson Mandela As His 90th Birthday Nears, London Parties in His Honor (By Kevin Sullivan, The Washington Post) A Family Discovers Its History of Shackles and Shame (By Ellen Maguire, The Washington Post) More Style A Cooling Tower Crumbles THE 60-FOOT-HIGH cooling tower at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor came tumbling down in a cloud of dust yesterday, producing a television picture that U.S. officials have been seeking for more than two years. The dramatic image was meant to convey the tangible results of a protracted and t... (The Washington Post) Punishing an Enormity Child rape is an unforgivable offense, but not a capital crime. (The Washington Post) Something Up the Sleeve? The D.C. Council's curious stalling over a lottery proposal (The Washington Post)

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