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| French prisons, long hotbeds of radical Islam, get new scrutiny after Paris attacks |
| FLEURY-MEROGIS, France — The man was sent to France’s largest prison for armed robbery. He emerged a toughened radical who would go on to take part in the bloodiest terrorist attacks on French soil in decades. Read full article » |
| Electrical failure and dry Christmas tree caused deadly Annapolis mansion fire |
| Just weeks after a family celebrated the holidays at their $6 million Annapolis mansion, a towering Christmas tree fueled a fire that took the lives of four children and their grandparents, fire officials said Wednesday. Read full article » |
| Mitt Romney, signaling a hunger to step back into ring, attacks Hillary Clinton |
| STARKVILLE, Miss. — Signaling a hunger to step back into the ring, Mitt Romney took aim at Hillary Rodham Clinton in a speech here Wednesday and predicted that a nation he sees as in decline could turn a corner “with the right kind of leadership.” Read full article » |
| Oklahoma worries over swarm of earthquakes and connection to oil industry |
| GUTHRIE, Okla. – The earthquakes come nearly every day now, cracking drywall, popping floor tiles and rattling kitchen cabinets. On Monday, three quakes hit this historic land-rush town in 24 hours, booming and rumbling like the end of the world. Read full article » |
| Stop blaming U-Va. sorority sisters and other women for the campus rape problem |
| You hear that sound? Is that Perry Como on the radio? Because I’m getting a pretty strong 1953 vibe here.On the University of Virginia campus, where students are still reeling from a Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape that probably didn’t happen, the backlash was strong this week. And, predictably, it was aimed at women on campus. Read full article » |
| House Democrats retake the House? It’s a long shot, but they’re getting ready to try. |
| President Obama’s popularity is on the rebound, and the Democrats’ race to replace him seems orderly and sane compared with the chaotic contest already dividing the GOP. Even in the minority, Senate Democrats still have enough leverage to slow, stall or kill Republican bills, and they are hopeful about retaking control in 2016. Read full article » |
| Russia’s bizarre proposal to condemn West Germany’s 1989 ‘annexation’ of East Germany |
| Russian lawmakers will consider a new statement that would condemn an event that happened 25 years ago — the reunification of Germany.According to Russian news agency Tass, State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin has asked the Duma's Committee on Foreign Affairs to look into condemning the "annexation" of East Germany by West Germany in 1989. Read full article » |
| Sarah Palin and her onetime fans on the right: It’s so over |
| They’re over her.Sarah Palin’s odd, rambling speech last weekend before an audience of committed conservative activists in Des Moines has many influential voices on the right saying that the time has come to acknowledge that the romance has gone cold and the marriage is dead. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| McCain: Palin would ‘do great’ as presidential candidate |
| How would Sarah Palin do if she decides to run for president? According to her former top-of-the-ticket running mate, quite well."She's very interesting. And I'm sure she'd do great," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told The Washington Post Wednesday in a brief interview. Read full article » |
| Americans support publishing Muhammad cartoons — nine years after saying they were ‘irresponsible’ |
| Nine years ago, six in 10 Americans said it was irresponsible for newspapers to run cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad over Muslims' objections. Today, six in 10 say they are okay with the newspapers doing just that. Read full article » |
| Ex-DHS secretaries warn Congress not to ‘risk funding for the operations that protect every American’ |
| The three former heads of the Department of Homeland Security are warning Congress not to hold up funding for the sprawling department as lawmakers continue fighting over immigration reform.The three former secretaries of homeland security -- two Republicans and one Democrat -- say in a letter obtained by The Washington Post that a prolonged fight could risk national security at a time of sustained threats from terrorist groups. Their message comes as the U.S. Senate is expected to begin debating a DHS spending bill in the coming days. Read full article » |
| Obama to propose 2016 budget that ends mandatory spending cuts |
| President Obama on Thursday will seek to rally Democrats behind a budget proposal he'll release next week that exceeds the spending caps mandated by Congress four years ago in an attempt to reduce the federal deficit. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| GOP case against Loretta Lynch falls apart |
| Loretta Lynch had them at Jim Crow. Senate Republicans had delayed confirmation hearings for President Obama’s attorney general nominee until they took control of Congress — giving them a chance to use the nomination to protest Obama’s immigration policy and other actions by Obama and the outgoing attorney general, Eric Holder. Read full article » |
| For the Patriots, without apology |
| Inever knew how much fun it was to be loyal to a hated outlaw sports team until the whole world came down on my dear New England Patriots. Having rooted over the years for Boston teams that many felt sorry for — God help us — and found psychologically interesting, it was a rush to hear MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough the other morning describe my Patriots as a “ruthless killing machine.” Wow! Read full article » |
| Obama’s 529 college savings plan debacle offers lessons |
| Under fire from Republicans and even House Democratic leaders, the White House withdrew this week its plan to end the tax-free status of the college savings accounts known as 529 plans. It’s the first political debacle of 2015 for President Obama on the domestic-policy front — but a part of me almost admires him for trying this particular gambit. Read full article » |
| Obama’s free college plan is no panacea; just ask California |
| President Obama’s proposal to make community colleges free is a valiant effort to address the rising demand for skilled workers throughout the nation and to improve college access for low-income students. As states consider his proposal, they would be wise to look to California. Our research in the state suggests that low tuition can put higher education within reach for many low-income students, but it is no panacea. Even with high participation levels and nearly free community college, many California students do not complete degrees. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Montgomery schools chief may face uphill battle on board |
| Amid reports that Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr lacks the support he needs on the county school board to gain reappointment, the board took no official action Wednesday on Starr’s future with Maryland’s largest school district. Read full article » |
| Arlington schools officials urge students to #keepitclean on Twitter |
| Friendly reminder to be respectful when tweeting to us — we remove followers who don’t. Our technology policies apply in the Twitterverse.For the second time this year, Arlington school officials took to Twitter to urge students keep it civil online after their decision to keep schools open during bad weather made them a target for vulgar missives. Read full article » |
| Road reopend in Dupont Circle after water main break |
| Updated at 6:17 a.m.Authorities have reopened R Street NW in Dupont Circle near Connecticut Avenue after an earlier issue with a water main break in the area.Pic from R Street at CT Ave — now OPEN! Just in time for the rush… @news4today @nbcwashingtonpic.twitter.com/goFVpF5fvb Re |
| Metro delays because of several train problems |
| Metro said riders on the Orange, Blue and Silver lines should expect delays Thursday morning because of several problems with trains.It was not immediately clear when the problems would be resolved or how long the delays would last. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Capitals show some fight, handle rival Penguins, 4-0, to snap losing streak |
| Seven gloves and five sticks splayed across the Verizon Center ice, the scattered detritus of a visiting club without much choice. The Washington Capitals were already romping toward a 4-0 streak-busting victory, shutting out their rivals for the second time in a month. Now, depleted of all remaining weapons except their fists, the Pittsburgh Penguins agreed the time had come to fight. Read full article » |
| Serena Williams ousts Madison Keys, will face Maria Sharapova for Aussie Open title |
| Madison Keys, at age 19, had been hoping to make her biggest headline yet at the Australian Open. Instead, it is Serena Williams who will be going for her 19th Grand Slam singles title.Williams ended the unexpected Melbourne run of her fellow American, taking their semifinal match, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. In the other semifinal, Maria Sharapova had no trouble with fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova, 6-3, 6-2. Read full article » |
| Postgame: Shutting out Pittsburgh ‘a good reminder’ for Capitals after four-game slide |
| As he walked outside the Washington Capitals’ locker room, still smiling after they broke their four-game losing streak in the most emphatic, punchy way possible, Brooks Orpik pondered the following trivia question: Until Wednesday night’s 4-0 victory, its second straight shutout over its Metropolitan Division rival in the past month, which NHL club had last blanked the Pittsburgh Penguins twice in the same season? Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings: January 29 |
| NBA8 p.m. Denver at Memphis » TNT10:30 p.m. Chicago at Los Angeles Lakers » TNTNHL7 p.m. Montreal at New York Rangers » NBC Sports Network Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Grassley and Leahy challenge Big Brother, question new domestic-surveillance programs |
| The heads of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week challenged Big Brother with the latest in a series of letters to the Obama administration questioning controversial new methods for domestic surveillance. Read full article » |
| Loretta Lynch assures GOP she is not Eric Holder, again and again |
| The memories of Eric Holder loomed over attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch’s confirmation hearing as Republicans reminded her over and over again that one of her most appealing qualities is that she’s not him. Read full article » |
| Politics in the Netanyahu invite? Nah, no way. |
| Seems everyone connected to House Speaker John Boehner’s pyrotechnic announcement last week that he had invited Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to speak to Congress on Iran’s nukes is crying “politics.” Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| The conspiracy theorists are right. Research shows nations really do go to war over oil. |
| The “thirst for oil” is often put forward as a near self-evident explanation behind military interventions in Libya, for instance, or Sudan. Oil, or the lack of oil, is also said to be behind the absence of intervention in Syria now and in Rwanda in 1994. Read full article » |
| The surprising alliance that explains Yemen’s political collapse |
| Twelve months ago, Yemeni interim president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi stood in front of foreign diplomats and political grandees at Sanaa’s Republican Palace. He declared his country’s political transition to democracy an “unprecedented success.” Read full article » |
| As a kid, I was bullied. But I bullied, too. Does that make me a victim or an aggressor? |
| The bus seat was sticky. I remember that, and the way sunlight blocked squares on the floor dust.I was 11, sitting alone. Across the aisle sat Katie and John (whose names have been changed). Blue-eyed, blond and bouncy-curled, Katie was a proto-cheerleader, with a doll-face and all the right logos on her sweatshirts and sneakers. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Michelle Obama isn’t the only high-profile guest to not wear a headscarf in Saudi Arabia |
| Michelle Obama's decision not to wear a headscarf during an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday prompted some social media backlash in the country, as well as debate in the United States about whether the first lady was standing up for woman's rights or disrespecting a local culture on an important day. Read full article » |
| Attorney general nominee pressed on administration’s immigration, drug policies |
| Attorney general nominee Loretta E. Lynch carefully backed the Obama administration’s policies on immigration and drug enforcement Wednesday, sidestepping political tripwires before lawmakers deeply critical of the department she has been picked to lead. Read full article » |
| Hundreds of civilians died the last time Israel and Hezbollah fought a war |
| The latest clashes between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia mark the worst flare-up in tensions since a month-long war fought in 2006, as my colleagues report. On Wednesday, anti-tank missiles fired from Hezbollah positions struck a convoy of Israeli military vehicles patrolling the Israel-Lebanon frontier. Two soldiers were reported killed, while seven were injured. Read full article » |
| Outgoing Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel to troops: Safeguard our reputation |
| Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday during a farewell tribute held in his honor that he is most proud of his time as an enlisted soldier, urging U.S. troops to safeguard the military’s reputation as “the most admired and trusted institution in our country.” Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged |
| The Federal Reserve once again left interest rates unchanged at a range of zero to a quarter of a percentage point, postponing a return to what it calls normal rates and reiterating that “it can be patient” in deciding when to begin raising rates. Read full article » |
| To thine own self be true? Maybe not at work |
| The job market may be improving, but for many people, finding the right new gig is still a huge challenge. After years of cutbacks in corporate programs, few Americans have had much on-the-j0b training at all. And even if your workplace is giving out promotions, the competition for getting one is especially stiff after years of pent-up demand. Read full article » |
| Lyft cars still think pink, but streamline the ‘stache |
| SAN FRANCISCO — The pink mustache is out.Ride-hailing company Lyft has pulled the pink furry mustache that drivers display on the front of their cars and replaced it with a 5-inch-long pink “glowstache” that goes on the dashboard. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| You won’t be able to fly this hugely popular drone in D.C. much longer, thanks to that White House crash |
| The manufacturer of the drone that crashed on the White House lawn earlier this week says it is working to prevent future such incidents by erecting a no-fly zone in the devices' flight software. The update will essentially prevent the popular Phantom quadcopter from flying within the D.C. airspace. Read full article » |
| Happy Data Privacy Day. Legally speaking, you’re mostly on your own. |
| Today is Data Privacy Day -- an actually recognized pseudo-holiday that the U.S. Congress first made official in 2009, two years after the European Council did the same.It's nice to have a day on which we all personally recognize the importance of data privacy. Because, legally speaking, we're more or less on our own. Apart from specific kinds of data such as health information, financial information, and student records, there really isn't a broad privacy law here in the U.S. of A. Read full article » |
| The Alibaba spin-off means Marissa Mayer will lose her safety net |
| Yahoo plans to spin off the company's nearly $40 billion stake in China's Alibaba Group Holding into a separate company, avoiding a big tax burden and distributing shares of the new company to stockholders. The announcement pleased investors, sending the company's stock price up on Wednesday. Read full article » |
| The Switchboard: FCC tells hotels they can’t block WiFi |
| Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of handpicked stories from the Switch team.FTC: The Internet of things is already here — and it needs to be secured. The Federal Trade Commission is taking a closer look at the Internet of Things, the Switch reports. "In a report out Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission says that while there's not need yet for Congress to write legislation regarding the Internet of Things, lawmakers do need to swiftly pass rules laying out when companies must admit they’ve been hacked." Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Sherrod Brown: Why aren’t progressives begging him to run for president? |
| He’s an unabashed progressive with just enough blue-collar appeal to win a swing state such as Ohio.He’s the highest-ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, with a megaphone to go after Wall Street and four decades of public service under his belt. Read full article » |
| Andrew Sullivan, blogger extraordinaire, decides that it’s time to stop dishing |
| With bold opinions and a witty and erudite writing style, Andrew Sullivan has long been one of the most important British imports among the American pundit class. He has also been a media pioneer, becoming a successful blogger before the term was widely known and an entrepreneur who tested the limits of “brand-name journalism” by starting a personal for-profit Web site called the Dish. Read full article » |
| Civil rights group: Eastwood, Cooper need to help stop anti-Arab speech inspired by ‘American Sniper’ |
| The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has asked “American Sniper” director Clint Eastwood and the blockbuster’s star, Bradley Cooper, to condemn anti-Arab and anti-Muslim threats in the wake of the film’s success. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Don’t let feelings of guilt force you out of your comfort zone |
| Adapted from recent onlinediscussions.Hi Carolyn:I’m 34. I usually prefer to spend my free time with my significant other of nine years. I also have a small core of very close friends, and about twice a month, we have dinner/drinks with these friends. I’m an introvert, so I don’t like large outings or parties, but will attend a few each year. Read full article » |
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