Fact check: Romney's shaky jobs claim

Mitt Romney has taken to saying that he created more than 100,000 net jobs through his work in the private sector, and more jobs as governor...

Virginia Tech’s Allan Chaney out to prove he has the heart to play again

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Last month, Allan Chaney spent the better part of an hour trying to prove why he should be allowed to play college basket...

Candidates rate poorly on secular scorecard

If kids brought home grades like this, they'd be grounded. 06 Jan, 2012 - Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/religi...

Santorum plays down long history as Washington insider

Rick Santorum has vaulted to the front ranks of the Republican presidential nomination race in part by depicting himself as a religious fa...

Santorum, college students argue gay marriage

Rick Santorum's social conservatism took center stage today, as a group of college students booed him for comparing gay marriage to biga...

Cities clamp down on taxicab safety

Taxi drivers are being told to ditch high-mileage cabs, get GPS systems and credit card readers, and limit shift length. 06 Jan...

Plan your weekend: Beauty Pill, Elvis’s Birthday Fight Club

We've compiled a list of the best events going on this weekend . Some of our favorites: the multimedia release show for local art-rock b...

In a sandwich-crazed city, it’s torta time

Can someone explain why the torta has yet to fully capture the attention of D.C. diners? Washington is a pretty solid sandwich city. Consi...

How Michele Bachmann went bust

On Aug. 13, 2011, Michele Bachmann was on top of the world — the winner of the Ames Straw Poll and presumptive frontrunner in the Iowa cau...

Pentagon Bin Laden movie leak

The Pentagon is investigating whether Defense Department officials leaked classified information to Hollywood filmmakers. 06 Ja...

Georgetown basketball enjoying fountain of youth

We might be seeing the finest coaching performance of John Thompson III 's career. It's still January, of course, but not many folks...

GM to reinforce Volt to better protect battery; asks owners to return cars to dealers

DETROIT — General Motors is advising Volt owners to return their electric cars to dealers for repairs that will lower the risk of battery fi...

Workplaces ban not only smoking, but smokers themselves

More job-seekers face an added requirement: no smoking, at work or anytime. 06 Jan, 2012 - Source: http://www.usatoday.co...

Advice from a former obese kid

The new year has brought with it renewed pledges to make 2012 the year we finally take on the childhood obesity epidemic. (See an earlier po...

Jewish militants banned from West Bank

JERUSALEM — Israel temporarily banished a dozen suspected Jewish extremists from the West Bank on Thursday as part of a crackdown ordered by...

US proposes regulating face, hand transplants like kidneys, other organs; could benefit troops

The government wants to start regulating face and hand transplants just like kidneys, hearts and other organs. That means establishing waiti...

Syrian media awaken despite clampdown

BEIRUT — In the wake of a nine-month uprising, Syrian authorities are exerting ever-tighter control over the media, routinely censoring and ...

Kodak bankruptcy: Photographers mourn

When a brand whose name is nearly synonymous with photography prepares to file for bankruptcy, photographers, naturally, are a bit upset. ...

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