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| For Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, a history of ambition fuels a possible 2016 collision |
| Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney have much in common. Both were pragmatic as governors, mild-mannered as candidates and more comfortable balancing budgets at their desks than clinking glasses at a political dinner. Read full article » |
| A signal of distaste for dynasties bodes ill for Bush, Clinton |
| AURORA, Colo. — It’s been a good few weeks for Jeb Bush, who has been setting the pace among prospective 2016 presidential candidates — at least in the view of some in the elite world of political donors, strategists and commentators. But even before the news that Mitt Romney is thinking about a third campaign, a dissenting view on Bush was registered here Thursday night. Read full article » |
| Dozens in D.C., Maryland paid the ultimate price for cooperating with police |
| The phone call that lured Robert “Rob” Alexander Jr. to his death came just after he returned from dinner with his mother.“I’ll be right back,” he promised before dashing out the door.Within minutes, Alexander’s slender 5-foot-8 frame was sprawled near an alley under a streetlight in Northeast Washington. Read full article » |
| Poor, Hispanic school focuses on test prep, sees huge gains. But can it be replicated? |
| A grim picture of academic performance was emerging at Carlin Springs Elementary. Fewer than half of the school’s third-graders had passed the reading and math portions of the Virginia Standards of Learning exam, and numbers for history and science weren’t much better. Read full article » |
| NYPD Slow: Times Square had 1 million reveling, zero tickets written |
| NEW YORK — Of all the statistics from the recent New Year’s Eve in Times Square — 1 million revelers, a ton of confetti, thousands of police officers, dozens of surveillance cameras — there is one number that stands out: zero, as in zero tickets for low-level crimes. Read full article » |
| Will the Keystone XL pipeline really create 42,000 jobs? |
| “It’s going to be a bellwether decision by the president whether to go with jobs and the economy. His own State Department said it’s 42,000 new jobs — this is a good infrastructure project to support it widely across the United States.” Read full article » |
| How losing 135 pounds actually made this food blogger’s life worse |
| There’s a powerful scene in food blogger Andie Mitchell’s new memoir, “It Was Me All Along,” that is not so much a description of baking a cake but of becoming physically seduced by it.In the 600-word paean to icing and butter and cream, readers glimpse a nearly erotic relationship between a woman and her food that contains as much uncontrolled lust as it does saccharine toxicity. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| Why don’t likely presidential candidates just admit that they’re running? |
| Hillary Clinton is going to run for president. Jeb Bush is going to run for president. Rand Paul is going to run for president. At least, if you went up to a bookie in Vegas and asked the odds, you wouldn't make much profit in predicting that any of them would be on the ballot. Read full article » |
| National Digest: Zimmerman faces domestic assault charge in Florida |
| FLORIDAZimmerman charged with domestic assaultGeorge Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in 2013 in the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was arrested Friday night in a domestic violence case, according to news reports. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| Steve Scalise episode shows how far we’ve come |
| I like a feeding frenzy as much as the next shark. But I can’t get a taste for Rep. Steve Scalise’s blood. The Louisiana Republican, newly elected No. 3 in House leadership, was recently discovered to have spoken to a group of white supremacists. Democrats see his offense as a scandal to be exploited. In a typical press release this week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee trumpeted “the bombshell news” that a House Republican leader “chose to speak at a white supremacist rally organized by former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke.” Read full article » |
| He was abused by a female teacher, but he was treated like the perpetrator |
| Cameron Clarkson was a 16-year-old football player when he suddenly landed in the middle of a sex crime investigation at his St. Paul, Minn., high school. Lawyers grilled him on the details of his sexual history. School officials, in a statement to the press, cited him for not invoking the school’s sexual harassment policy and said he “bragged to fellow students about what had happened.” His car was vandalized with red-dyed tampons and smeared with peanut butter, to which he is fatally allergic, by an unknown assailant. The shape of a penis was burned into his front lawn with bleach. Read full article » |
| The biggest threat to French free speech isn’t terrorism. It’s the government. |
| Within an hour of the massacre at the headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, thousands of Parisians spontaneously gathered at the Place de la Republique. Rallying beneath the monumental statues representing Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, they chanted “Je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”) and “Charlie! Liberty!” It was a rare moment of French unity that was touching and genuine. Read full article » |
| After France’s terrorist attacks, its leaders face complex challenges in moving forward |
| ANOTHER BLOODY day in France ended Friday with three terrorists killed in two separate shootouts — along with at least four more victims of their murderous jihadism. It wasn’t clear if these deaths marked the end of the offensive by an extremist cell that began Wednesday with the assault on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. But already the country has been deeply shaken by a demonstration of its vulnerability to homegrown militants radicalized by the wars of the Middle East. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| As Md. legislative session nears, uncertainty about Hogan’s agenda |
| Two-party rule is about to return to Annapolis after eight years of Democratic dominance, bringing more questions than answers as lawmakers arrive Wednesday for their annual 90-day session.Legislators know they will be weighing budget reductions and tax cuts after Gov.-elect Larry Hogan, a Republican, is sworn into power. However, uncertainty is high on the agenda. Read full article » |
| D.C. area forecast: Slightly warmer today before freezing rain threat tonight into Monday |
| WEATHER GANG | The wintry precipitation could cause problems for the Monday morning commute. Read full article » |
| Local digest: A roundup of D.C.-area news briefs |
| VIRGINIAArlington namesnew planning chiefSteven Cover, director of planning in Madison, Wis., will become Arlington County’s chief of planning, housing and development, county officials announced Friday. Read full article » |
| Guantanamo protesters claim two arrested at Cheney home in McLean, Va. |
| Two protesters were arrested Saturday in McLean, Va., during a demonstration at the house of former Vice President Dick Cheney, according to the Code Pink protest group. On its Facebook site, the group said about a dozen activists went to the house as part of what it described as a protest marking the 13th anniversary of torture at the U.S. government prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Capitals build early lead, hold on to defeat Red Wings in return to home ice |
| From his perch behind the Washington Capitals’ bench, Coach Barry Trotz stared up at the Verizon Center video screen, watched the replay and exhaled a deep, puff-out-your-cheeks kind of sigh. “Really?” Trotz thought to himself, as if to say, “Not again.” Read full article » |
| The Seattle Seahawks are still favorites to repeat after beating Carolina Panthers |
| The Seattle Seahawks are inevitable. Saturday night at CenturyLink Field, the Carolina Panthers provided genuine resistance. Cam Newton plowed into the line and rifled passes. The offensive line held its own. Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis launched themselves into running backs and chased down ball carriers from one sideline to the other. They sustained drives. They slowed down Marshawn Lynch. Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings: Jan. 11 |
| NFL PLAYOFFS1 p.m. NFC divisional game: Dallas at Green Bay » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45),WTEM (980 AM)4:30 p.m. AFC divisional game: Indianapolis at Denver » WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13)NBA Read full article » |
| Postgame: ‘No sense of panic’ for Capitals after fast start against Detroit |
| Hours after cautioning his players to “ramp our game up again, because our game has slipped,” after lamenting the Washington Capitals’ lapses over their back-to-back games two days prior, the concerns had dissipated from Coach Barry Trotz. Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Shrinking IRS struggles to keep up with growing number of tax-exempt charities |
| Remember when conservatives accused the Internal Revenue Service of being too aggressive toward nonprofit tea party groups? Now the agency faces criticism for the opposite problem, this time related to a different type of tax-exempt organization. Read full article » |
| Is federal hiring fair and open or do ‘special hiring authorities’ get in the way? |
| The federal hiring process, often a headache for those seeking a spot on Uncle Sam’s staff, remained a maze even after the Obama administration implemented reforms almost five years ago. Now, a new Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) study says the complex matrix of ways people get hired — or not — into the federal service can undermine confidence in a hiring process that should invite the very best. Read full article » |
| New GOP Senate looks to blast Obama at confirmation hearings |
| Look for some fireworks soon as the new GOP Senate starts hearings on Obama’s two cabinet nominees: Loretta Lynch for attorney general and Ashton Carter as secretary of defense.There doesn’t appear to be any indication so far that Lynch or Carter will personally come under fire at the hearings, which may be held the end of this month or the first week in February. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| The Middle East is full of ancient, mysterious religious sects. The Islamic State is wiping them out. |
| When I met Mirza, a Yazidi nursing a leg he broke trying to rescue his people from the brutal Islamic State, I was fascinated by his religion. The Yazidis believe that nothing is outside the mercy of God. Even Lucifer, they think, has been redeemed and restored to favor; his tears of repentance extinguished the fires of Hell forever. Read full article » |
| What happens when your dog gets Alzheimer’s |
| Zeigfield waddled, rather than walked, into my examination room. I’d been seeing this obese Dachshund at my veterinary hospital for most of his 17 years, treating back problems, mild skin disease and regular episodes of what veterinarians tactfully call “dietary indiscretion” (in Zeigfield’s case, eating a batch of chocolate chip cookies, part of an old sock, and a half-bottle of his owner’s Prozac). Read full article » |
| Islam preaches tolerance of critics, no matter what the Charlie Hebdo attackers believed |
| From the fatwa on author Salman Rushdie to the attack on the offices of French weekly Charlie Hebdo, the phenomenon of anti-blasphemy actions remains prominent in the Muslim world.At first glance, the problem appears to be quite simple. For many years, there has been much talk about the conflicts between blasphemy and free speech within Islam. Some go further and argue about the “intrinsic hostility between two civilizations: Islam and Europe,” as the philosopher Talal Asad puts it. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Japan wrestles with wartime legacy as it starts selling weapons |
| TOKYO — Seventy years after the end of World War II, talk about any kind of military expansion remains highly sensitive here in Japan.Just consider the position of Akifumi Arai, president of the Tamagawa Trading Company, a relatively small Nagano-based business that supplies sensors and gyroscopes used to guide torpedoes and missiles for Japan’s self-defense forces. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| Churches step in with alternative to high-interest, small-dollar lending industry |
| Every month for about three years, Nina McCarthy followed the same routine after payday. She’d go into a Check Into Cash near her home in the Richmond area, and pay off an open-end loan for $700 or $800 — and then she’d take out a new one for the same amount, never accumulating interest in the process. Read full article » |
| Deciphering financial markets in the short term is a losing game |
| One of the underlying principles of much of the daily news coverage of financial markets is that every effect must have a clear and rational cause. The yield on U.S. Treasury securities is plummeting — the all-wise, all-knowing bond market is giving us a message about deflation that lies ahead. U.S. stocks are tanking — investors are selling to protect themselves against difficult times the market sees ahead. Read full article » |
| The likelihood of getting a raise in 2015 |
| The good news in Friday morning's jobs report is that the United States added 252,000 jobs in December, sinking the unemployment rate to 5.6 percent, the lowest it's been since mid-2008.The bad news? Growth in wages is still sluggish. In fact, according to the report, December's average hourly wage actually fell by five cents, to $24.57. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Robots are sneaking up on Congress (along with four other tech trends) |
| One of the best Twitter accounts — inside the Beltway or out — belongs to former representative John Dingell (D-Mich.), who announced his retirement with self-effacing posts such as “Added the ‘F’ word to my Twitter bio” and “Also retiring: the underscore in my username.” He’s also tweeted an inside joke to master Photoshopper @darth, posted incredible#TBT selfies and called out the Environmental Protection Agency for tweeting about Kim Kardashian. Read full article » |
| Justice Department seeks to dismiss most of Twitter’s First Amendment lawsuit |
| The U.S. government wants a federal court to dismiss most of a lawsuit filed by Twitter alleging that it violated the firm’s First Amendment rights when it restricted the firm’s ability to reveal information about national security requests for user data. Read full article » |
| Trivia Crack, an app to quiz yourself and show off your smarts |
| triviacrackQuiz yourself and show off your smartsAre you a trivia buff? Do you live to prove your knowledge of the little things? Then it may be time for you to try Trivia Crack.Like the classic game Trivial Pursuit, the app challenges players with questions in a variety of subjects such as sports, science and history. The app lets you play with friends or strangers. Read full article » |
| The Weekly Itch, Vol. II |
| The Itch is back! Welcome to my weekly roundup of innovation, tech, creativity and humor.Cool tech of the week Out: Selfie sticks. In: Nixie. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| ‘Togetherness’: What? An unhappy married couple? In Los Angeles? Again? |
| You’ve surely met them before, in what seems like countless TV shows and movies and novels: It’s the married couple with the comfy house and the young kids and the hardwood floors somewhere in leafy Los Angeles. They have everything they want and are existentially miserable. Each time we encounter them, it’s in a depressing story billed as a comedy (more commonly called dramedy), another verse of “Is That All There Is?” Read full article » |
| The spirits of Shenandoah National Park |
| For much of the year, Shenandoah National Park is a gorgeously overgrown place. The underbrush sneaks over the trails, threatening to erase them. Off-trail, the views are densely wooded in every direction, tangled in Virginia creeper and prickly greenbrier. Read full article » |
| Jon Hamm and others discuss a ‘super painful’ (but ‘satisfying’) end to ‘Mad Men’ at TV press tour |
| PASADENA, CALIF. — As usual, there’s not much to reveal about the upcoming season of “Mad Men,” the acclaimed and highly secretive AMC drama that returns Sunday, April 5, for its final seven episodes.“There’s no version of this ending that is not super painful for me,” Jon Hamm, the show’s star, told journalists at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour here Saturday morning. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Wife stands by as husband’s parenting decision meanders |
| Dear Carolyn: When my husband and I first started dating (seven years ago), he was upfront that he didn’t want any more kids. He is 47 and has a 20-year-old daughter. I’m 42, don’t have any children and was previously married to a guy I should never have married. From my past experiences, I knew that being in a good relationship was the top priority and bringing a child into a bad relationship could be a disaster. Read full article » |
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