Ask Amy: Words of comfort make orphan feel worse

DEAR AMY: As I have worked over the last several days to clear out my parents' home and settle their affairs since their passing, I have...

Hints From Heloise: Paw problems

Dear Readers: People often think that dogs licking and chewing their paws is a normal activity. If they lick once in a while, or after a mea...

Feeling its oats with debt-ceiling fight, the tea party shakes up GOP and 2012 elections

WASHINGTON — The tea party is here to stay. The 2-year-old phenomenon's muscular role in the debt-ceiling crisis made that clear, despit...

A passion for writing and geopolitics: For the Kalbs, it runs in the family

In her childhood Chevy Chase living room during the heart of the Vietnam War, Deborah Kalb was allowed to watch two things on television: &q...

Bank of America says mortgage-buyback costs may exceed previous forecast

Bank of America, the lender that announced a $3 billion settlement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this year, told investors that elevated c...

Montgomery Co. women bitten by camel at Frederick County zoo

A Montgomery County woman was nipped by a camel at a zoo in Frederick County while apparently trying to shield her small daughter, a county ...

Charges against Sen. Currie still stand

A federal judge on Friday denied a motion by Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie (D-Prince George's) to dismiss eight of 10 charges pending aga...

The TV Column: Simon Cowell livens up press tour by a ‘Factor’ of $5 mil

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. After figuring out that most of America doubted the "$5 million recording contract" that Fox's "T...

Cuban court rejects appeal by U.S. contractor

Cuba's top court on Friday rejected the appeal of a Maryland man sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a secretive U.S. democr...

Welcome to the United States. Please, prepare to surrender your dead alligator.

On her first day at work at Dulles, Latrice Hill opened up a suitcase and found a charred monkey. It's been pretty much like that ever...

Pool wars: How long should swimming lanes be at D.C.’s aquatic centerpiece?

On a Wednesday afternoon at the Wilson Aquatic Center , about 30 people share the Olympic-size swimming pool that is the centerpiece of the...

Andy Serkis of ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ is a motion-capture star

Andy Serkis loves to disappear into a role. As the guy who portrayed Gollum in the " Lord of the Rings " films, Kong in Peter Ja...

NASA REVEALS 6 MYSTERIES JUPITER OF NEW SPACECRAFT

A heroic booster declared Juno began a prolonged tour to Jupiter now from Florida during 12:25 p.m. EDT notwithstanding a tiny curiosity wit...

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