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| Jeb Bush moves stoke expectations about 2016 |
| A tight-knit group of longtime aides has been huddling with Bush in recent weeks, sketching out the look and feel of a possible campaign for the Oval Office. |
| Griffin recaptures a bit of his magic, but not enough to win over his team |
| The Redskins remained cool to Griffin after he played for an injured Colt McCoy in a loss to the Giants. |
| Recessions have lowered pay and devalued the American middle class |
| Ed Green works the equivalent of two full-time jobs to make enough money to send his kids to college. |
| Are terrorism fears in Europe pushing security forces too far? |
| Detention of former Gitmo prisoner Moazzam Begg becomes emblem of heavy-handed strategy, critics say. |
| First came the semi-rural airpark, then a wave of housing, then tragedy |
| In the Maryland region where a plane struck a home, growth has crept ever closer to a small airport. |
| Democrats divided on their path to 2016 |
| Spending bill brings into the open a struggle for the party’s identity and direction ahead of 2016. |
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| POLITICS |
| Democrats divided on their path to 2016 |
| In the six weeks since their repudiation in the midterms, Democrats have seen the opening of fissures within their once-disciplined ranks, marking the start of an internal struggle between now and the 2016 election over the ideological identity and tactical direction of the party.Read full article >> |
| Amid Warren buzz, Clinton might do well not to wait too long to announce 2016 bid |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton, after much debate within her inner circle, appears to have put off formally entering the 2016 presidential race until spring 2015. Although there are plenty of reasons that favor waiting — legal ones in terms of how she incorporates (or doesn’t) the various outside groups that have blossomed in support of her in the past few years, and political ones about looking less, well, political, for as long as possible — there’s also a big reason she should at least consider announcing sooner rather than later. Read full article >> |
| Repeal of ‘Alaska exemption’ gives tribes more power to protect Alaska Native women |
| In the final days of the 113th Congress, lawmakers passed a bill this past week that will allow Alaska Native communities to take steps to better protect Alaska Native women.The legislation repealed the “Alaska exemption,” a section that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) added to the 2013 Violence Against Women Act. That law allows tribal courts to prosecute certain crimes of domestic violence committed by non-Native Americans against Native Americans and also to enforce civil protection orders against them.Read full article >> |
| OPINIONS |
| Obama’s Boehner bailout |
| How often will President Obama come to House Speaker John Boehner’s rescue even when Republican leaders aren’t willing to give much in return? And does the president want to preside over a split in his party?Read full article >> |
| Tim Kaine, bridge builder? |
| With Elizabeth Warren following the Ted Cruz model last week, imploring the House faithful to defy their president even at risk of a government shutdown, you had to wonder: Is the Democratic Party heading for a schism that could rival the tea party-establishment battles on the Republican side?Read full article >> |
| Health spending — under control? |
| Has the monster of exploding health costs finally been slain? After five years of slow spending growth, it’s tempting to think so. This would be a momentous development, because rising health spending has had damaging side effects. It has reduced workers’ take-home pay, as employers devoted more compensation dollars to insurance and fewer to wages and salaries. Growing government health spending (mainly through Medicare for the elderly and Medicaid for the poor) has had a similar effect. It has squeezed other public programs.Read full article >> |
| LOCAL |
| How mentors helped one former a girl gang leader become a Benedict College graduate |
| Columbia, S.C. — When the Benedict College president officially conferred the title of graduate on Monica Watts and her classmates Saturday morning, the Southeast Washington native pumped her right fist above her head in triumph.Read full article >> |
| D.C. explores widening the road to earning a high school diploma |
| As D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson embarks on a plan to “rethink high schools” and improve graduation rates in 2015, she is pushing for new regulations that would move District schools away from a century-old measure of academic progress: seat time.Read full article >> |
| Pending chicken manure regulations fan debate in Md. |
| When Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) hits his last few days in office next month, he plans to enact dramatic new regulations for farmers who use chicken droppings to fertilize their fields.The move could further bolster O’Malley’s environmental résumé ahead of a possible run for president, demonstrating to Democratic activists that he is not afraid to take on the state’s powerful poultry industry in a quest to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.Read full article >> |
| SPORTS |
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| Wizards avoid embarrassing letdown, dispatch Jazz with strong second-half surge |
| As the Washington Wizards reconvened in the home locker room at halftime Sunday night, disappointed with their performance over the first 24 minutes against the scuffling Utah Jazz, Coach Randy Wittman told his players not to be discouraged. Read full article >> |
| Colt McCoy distraught over recurring neck injury and his missed opportunity |
| EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Colt McCoy pounded the handle of his rolling suitcase and fought to maintain composure, his eyes beginning to water.The quarterback had just concluded his news conference, and took a couple more minutes to discuss the condition of his neck, and how his day had ended in such disappointing fashion.Read full article >> |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
| What makes patriots perpetrators of torture? |
| CIA employees “are among the best and brightest our nation has to offer,” CIA Director John Brennan said last week.That’s true.It’s also true that some of them committed torture.With the approval of agency supervisors and George W. Bush administration officials, federal workers engaged in horrendous acts in the name of protecting a nation reeling from terrorist attacks. In the process, they shamed the United States, shocked its citizens and poisoned its moral authority.Read full article >> |
| Supreme Court watchers wonder if justices are ready to take a same-sex marriage case |
| Neither journalists nor lawyers are particularly known for their math skills, but the ciphering is underway as we await word on whether the Supreme Court will determine this term that there is a constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry.Read full article >> |
| House staffers gather in solidarity with protests against police shootings |
| In a quiet, dignified way, congressional staffers drew attention to an issue that has become loud and boisterous — police shootings of black males.The cold, cloudy weather seemed an appropriate backdrop as about 100 congressional employees silently gathered on the House steps in solidarity with many across the country who have protested the refusal of grand juries to indict police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York.Read full article >> |
| WORLD |
| After ‘nut rage,’ Chinese tourists face punishment for ‘noodle rage’ |
| BEIJING — As if “nut rage” weren’t bad enough, Asia got another dose of air rage this week when Chinese tourists went berserk on a flight to Thailand, scalding a flight attendant with noodles and hot water and then threatening to bomb the plane, apparently because they were unhappy about their seating arrangements.Read full article >> |
| Faced with few options, Japan gives Prime Minister Abe more time to fix the economy |
| TOKYO — With a new electoral mandate and the real prospect of four more years in power, Japan’s Shinzo Abe on Sunday laid out an ambitious agenda for his government, encompassing economic revival and a more active role on the global stage.Read full article >> |
| North Korea parades an American who denounces the U.S. system |
| TOKYO — Just weeks after three Americans detained in North Korea were released, a U.S. citizen has shown up in the repressive state, appearing on television to denounce his home country as a “mafia enterprise” and call American democracy “an illusion.”Read full article >> |
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| BUSINESS |
| Time Inc.’s Norman Pearlstine, an old-media lion, drives magazines into the digital age |
| Norman Pearlstine can no longer peel a banana with his bare foot.“I lost my fastball,” said the chief content officer of Time Inc.Not really.I read about the banana stunt when he was executive editor of the Wall Street Journal. Many years later, he needs new magic to save Time, Fortune, People, Sports Illustrated and 80 other print publications that are getting whacked by the digital age.Read full article >> |
| Here are the eight personal income tax provisions still up for a vote in the Senate |
| The $1.1 trillion spending bill that the Senate passed late Saturday will keep the government open until next September, funding a host of government agencies. By Wednesday, Congress also needs to extend dozens of tax breaks affecting a broad swath of the economy. Most of those tax breaks affect corporations, but eight are especially valuable for individuals. These are nowhere near as significant as previous battles over income tax rates, but for specific groups of people -- teachers, residents of certain states, people underwater on their mortgage, parents with kids in college -- they can be especially meaningful.Read full article >> |
| Why Edward Snowden thinks Amazon is “morally irresponsible.” |
| Edward Snowden on Friday evening called on Amazon.com, one of the world’s largest retailers, to provide routine encryption for its customers to prevent governments from snooping on the reading habits of their citizens.Read full article >> |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| City of Boston signs up for Reston app developer’s Permit Finder |
| The City of Boston announced last week it is piloting a Web and mobile app that lets citizens track their permit applications online, the latest move by a locality to make government operations accessible by phone or tablet. Read full article >> |
| Divide, add, conquer this math game: Noda game review |
| NODADivide, add, conquer this math gameArithmetic and strategy come together in this little puzzle game that asks you to add and divide numbers in a smart way to reach your goals. Each stage starts with a handful of numbers on a grid, and users have to combine or split them to end up with the right types of numbers in the right colors to complete the level.Read full article >> |
| Rainbows after dark: Watch the beautiful transformation of this Amsterdam train station |
| Daan Roosegaarde has done it again. The Dutch artist behind the Van Gogh bike path and glowing highway unveiled what he’s calling Rainbow Station in Amsterdam on Thursday.For five to 10 minutes after sunset, a rainbow appears on Amsterdam Central Station. The time is kept especially short to mirror the nature of real rainbows. The project uses a lens projector that Roosegaarde developed with astronomers from the University of Leiden. The massive rainbow spans the 45-meter wide roof.Read full article >> |
| LIFESTYLE |
| First family, first-class performers spread joy at museum’s ‘Christmas in Washington’ |
| This year, TNT’s “Christmas in Washington” had a little of everything: Famous singers who were crooning carols. Speeches about appreciating the spirit of the season. And President Obama coming face to face with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the hulking actor who has parodied him on “Saturday Night Live.”Read full article >> |
| Taylor Swift was born to be rich |
| Susan Miller is the founder of the Web site Astrology Zone. She prepared this astrology chart for Taylor Swift in anticipation of Swift’s 25th birthday on Dec. 13. Note from the author: Astrologers need a precise time of birth to set up a natal chart. That information was not available by press time, so I used a solar chart, which is considered correct and valuable in gleaning personality gifts and coming trends. We all have two charts — a custom natal chart and a sun-sign chart, and integrating both is ideal. For Taylor’s birthday I will only have a solar chart to work with, but it has revealed quite a bit.Read full article >> |
| On Love: Sharonda Plummer and Ryan Sutton |
| It’s hard to trust anyone on April Fools’ Day. So when Ryan Sutton received an e-mail on April 1, 2011, from his longtime crush, Sharonda Plummer, asking to meet, he was suspicious. First, there was the questionable timing, and second, they hadn’t exchanged more than 10 words.Read full article >> |
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