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| The new Ebola target number: Zero cases |
| The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is entering a critical and complicated new phase, one que global health officals refer to simply the "getting to zero." Even the cases continues to plummet, reaching que elusive goal means marshaling more resources than ever to Stamp Out the virus. Read full article » |
| Brian Williams admits que his story of coming under fire while in Iraq was false |
| NBC News anchor Brian Williams conceded on Wednesday que a story he had Told about being under fire while covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was false.Williams Said he was not aboard the helicopter was hit by enemy que fire and forced down - a story he retold the recently the last week During a televised tribute to the retired soldier During the New York Rangers hockey game. Read full article » |
| Exits of Dan Pfeiffer, Jennifer Palmieri further Top shrink Obama's small circle |
| President Obama is losing two of his most trusted aides in the White House exodus que will shrink the already small circle of confidants around the White House senior adviser president.Both Dan Pfeiffer - one of President Obama's longest-serving aides and top political strategists - and communications director Jennifer Palmieri are leaving the administration in the coming weeks. Read full article » |
| Here's how the GOP would repeal and replace Obamacare |
| With Obamacare again facing a major threat at the Supreme Court, an influential group of Republican lawmakers is offering a proposal que They see as a replacement to the president's health-care law.The plan, presented by Sens. Richard Burr (RN.C.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Is in part Intended to help manage any potential chaos from the pivotal Supreme Court ruling expected later this year That Could invalidate subsidies for federal-run health insurance exchanges across the country. Read full article » |
| The forgotten history of Bruce Jenner: How the 1970s all-American hero ended up here |
| One day in 1977, about a year after Bruce Jenner shattered the world record to win the decathlon gold medal at the Montreal Summer Olympics, he met up with his sportswriter friend Barry McDermott to play tennis in New York City. Read full article » |
| Navy contractor at center of scandal is helping investigators, documents show |
| The Navy's fri-for-secrets corruption scandal may be about to get worse: Investigators' prize catch has started to squawk. Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor who made a fortune by Supplying Navy ships throughout Asia, Has Begun cooperating with federal investigators and pointing the finger at new suspects, court records Indicate. Read full article » |
| How the $ 2000 Doritos Super Bowl ad Became a million-dollar sensation |
| The frequent flyer, Scott Zabielski faces the common dilemma. He's six feet, three inches tall, Which means squeezing his lanky frame into economy airline seats, crammed against other passengers, can be a challenge. Read full article » |
| Conrad Hilton III's 10-hour in-flight meltdown, as told by the FBI and Conrad Hilton |
| The Hilton dynasty has given Beheerder the world a lot of gifts - Namely the ubiquitous hotel chain and Paris Hilton. Now, Hilton lesser-known is ready to make his mark on the world.Meet Conrad Hilton III, younger brother to Paris and some kind of royalty in his own mind, it Appears. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| Scott Walker works to harness national donor network for White House run |
| It was not yet 8 am on a recent Sunday morning, but the crowd of heavyweight GOP donors was Gathered on the back patio of Carl and Jimmy Westcott's desert vacation home to hear from Scott Walker.The eager reception for the Wisconsin governor and presidential candidate Likely - who picked up the $ 100,000 check on the spot from one person at the Indian Wells, Calif, event -. was repeated the he hopscotched across the country last week in the first fundraising tour for his new political committee. Read full article » |
| Scott Walker: The first 'it' candidate of the 2016 presidential race |
| The 2012 Republican presidential race was Characterized by a lengthy series of boom-and-bust candidacies. First Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry Then, Then Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich Then, Then Rick Santorum. All Briefly Threatened Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination and quickly faded. Read full article » |
| Five things Republicans Could agree to in Obama's budget |
| Neither the White House nor GOP lawmakers have publicly Acknowledged much common ground in President Obama's 2016 budget, but a number of the Republican Legislation Proposals match or align with the party's Priorities. Read full article » |
| Rick Perry to name 80-plus major donors to his PAC's advisory board |
| Former Texas Governor Rick Perry on Thursday will announce que he has Recruited more than 80 major donors, including some of the biggest bundlers in Republican politics, to aid his efforts he prepares for the 2016 presidential campaign to Likely. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| Ashton Carter Likely To hawks break 'hearts |
| The hawks Were swooning.Ashton Carter, President Obama's nominee to be the next defense secretary, casette the Senate Armed Services Committee every indication he would be Wednesday que hard-liner at the Pentagon and a strong counterweight to administration doves - and conservatives on the Were panel besotted. Read full article » |
| Paul Ryan's name-calling misses what government does all the team |
| Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) Values his reputation as a serious policy analyst and a genial soul. But he's not above name-calling, and he insists que President Obama's budget is the product of "envy economics." Read full article » |
| Defining economic failure down |
| Two phrases Daniel Patrick Moynihan que put into America's political lexicon two decades ago are Increasingly pertinent. They explain the insufficient dismay about recent economic numbers. Moynihan Said que When deviant behaviors - eg, violent crime, or births to unmarried women -. "Defining deviancy down" reach A Certain level, society soothes itself by de-stigmatizes It by declaring the behaviors Them normal. And sometimes, Moynihan Said, social problems are the result of In medicine, an iatrogenic ailment is induced inadvertently by a physician or medicine "iatrogenic government."; in social policy, iatrogenic problems are Caused by government. Read full article » |
| The diminishing returns of today's homeownership policies |
| It's official: Over the past couple of decades, the United States spent vast Amounts of time, energy and, above all, money - private and public Both - to raise the national rate of homeownership, with exactly nothing to show for it. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Episcopal bishop indicted on 13 charges, including homicide, in cyclist's death |
| Episcopal Bishop Heather Cook was indicted Wednesday on 13 charges in the death of a bicyclist Baltimore, including homicide, drunken driving, texting while driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Read full article » |
| DC area forecast: Chance of morning snow showers, gusty winds Then clear and chill the afternoon |
| There probably will not be enough to make the snowflakes dusting. Read full article » |
| Why teachers can not have 'normal' lives |
| I'm not sure what Entirely normal life is, but the author of this post says They are not in the cards for teachers. This was written by Alice Trosclair, who Has Been teaching for eight years in southern Louisiana. Currently she Teaches American literature, AP Language and Composition Inglês, and AP Literature and Composition Inglês. A version of this post, I am Which publishing with permission, Appeared on The Educator's Room website. Read full article » |
| Alzheimer's Could costs soar to $ 1 trillion a year by 2050, report says |
| The report Issued Thursday on the financial impact of Alzheimer's disease in the United States Warns That It Could soar to more than $ 1 trillion a year by 2050, with much of it borne by the federal government, unless options action is taken to shift current trends. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Wizards run out of answers, fall to Hawks, 105-96 |
| ATLANTA - The prevailing theme circulating in the visitors' locker room at Philips Arena on Wednesday night was one of optimism. The Washington Wizards, stuck in Their bleakest rut of the season, Were Encouraged by the Renewed vigor, heightened physicality and dogged determination They displayed against the Atlanta Hawks. Consistency, However, was not Among the pluses and neither was the win against the hottest team in the NBA. Read full article » |
| Maryland-Penn State postgame: Ten Wells 'feeling closer to 100 percent' |
| The complexion of Ten's Wells season Seemed to change about five minutes into the second half of Wednesday night's game against Penn State. He caught himself running full speed down the left side of the floor, and after he caught a pass in stride from Melo Trimble, Wells went straight for the kidney. So did Penn State's Jack Donovan. Read full article » |
| Derek Jeter was reportedly interested in buying the Bills |
| Buffalo residents Were pretty happy When the Bills Were sold to Terry and Kim Pegula, Mainly because que Seemed To provide the most assurance que the team would stay put. But how would They have felt if the Bills had sold Been to Derek Jeter? Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings for Feb. 5 |
| NBA7 pmWashington at Charlotte »Comcast SportsNet, WNEW (99.1 FM) 8 pmLos Angeles Clippers at Cleveland» TNT, WTEM (980 AM) Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Departing Eric Holder blasts Senate Judiciary Republicans |
| Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder hit back this week at Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans who had hammered him (in absentia) throughout last week's confirmation hearings on his Likely successor, Loretta Lynch. Read full article » |
| Report faults energy commission for Exposing vulnerabilities of US power grid |
| US energy regulators provided the road map is wreaking havoc on the nation's power grid When They released information about the network's vulnerabilities in 2013 According to a report released Wednesday watchdog. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| Scott Walker thinks my university has fat to trim. Yet my department is barely scraping by. |
| You might think que one of the nation's leading academic communication programs would be a good place to make a long-distance phone call.Yet there I was on a cold January morning, the interview I needed to get less than 15 minutes away, panic mounting the each attempt to dial out on my department-issued speakerphone produced an electronic wail rather than the ring tone. I'm writing my dissertation on how Web sites owned by sports teams and leagues challenge our society's most deeply held values about journalism. I collect my data by talking to the people who work for These sites. I need a working phone. My cell acting was as my voice recorder, so I Could Not use it to make calls - not that the reception in my office is good enough to be trusted. Read full article » |
| I went to college with my daughter. Nothing has made us closer. |
| Walking into the college classroom on the first day of the semester, the young woman in front of me Introduced herself to Those sitting around her and Smiled. Then she looked over at me and said: "Mom, I'm not going to help you with this class. You're going to have to do this on your own, I'm sorry. "I do not remember even asking. Read full article » |
| Netanyahu and Boehner are wrong to think They Know what Iran wants |
| The Republican Majority in the US Congress led by House Speaker John Boehner, along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama, are engaged in a vital debate on how to deal with the Iranian nuclear program: Should we threaten Iran with more sanctions, Supposedly the only thing que has expresso it to the table? The Congressional Majority and Netanyahu think so. The president Argues That We should try to reach an agreement before we undermine the negotiation process with Threats. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Greece's new leftist prime minister is shaking up Europe - by not wearing a tie |
| When Greek voters elected the leftist Syriza party last month, many people expected an anti-establishment, even radical, change in policy from the new coalition government. Alexis Tsipras, Syriza's young and charismatic leader, had vowed to transform not just Greece but the entire of Europe. Things Were going to be different, very different. Read full article » |
| Someone wants to shopping spend $ 7 million on the rope used to hang Saddam Hussein |
| According to the Lond0n-based Arabic-language publication, bidders are vying to purchase the length of rope used to hang ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 2006.An unnamed senior Iraqi political official Told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed que various suitors, including wealthy Israeli family, an Iranian religious organization and two Kuwaiti businessmen, have approached the man who still keeps the rope. That's Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser between 2004 and 2009 who Apparently keeps the rope around the bust of the fallen tyrant in Rubaie's home in the Iraq city of Kadhimiyah. Read full article » |
| Abortions Caused Italy's economic crisis, archbishop claims |
| Italy's economy Has Been in trouble for years now, with young graduates fleeing the country to find jobs, and growth prospects que Remain weak. All this could have been Prevented if abortion had prohibited Been, ACCORDING TO Luigi Negri, the Catholic archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, an archdiocese close to Bologna. Read full article » |
| Defense nominee Carter casts himself the independent voice |
| Ashton B. Carter, President Obama's choice to Become the next secretary of defense, promised lawmakers Wednesday que he would keep an independent voice and Showed the willingness to differ with the White House over its strategy in global hot spots several. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| How much you'll pay if you of your own taxes |
| When it comes to tax returns, most taxpayers prefer to drop the paperwork off at someone else's desk and wait to hear how big of a refund they'll be receiving -. Or how big of a check they'll have to write Read full article » |
| Macy's looks beyond its department stores to grow |
| Until the announcement Tuesday que Macy's will buy specialty cosmetics and spa chain Bluemercury is $ 210 million, the department store giant had not made an acquisition in 10 years. "It has not Been because we have not been looking [or] we haven 't Been interested, "Said chief executive Terry Lundgren in an interview. "We just had not found the right opportunity for us, and we have now." Read full article » |
| How dysfunctional is your boss? |
| Somewhere along the line, everyone's had a bad boss. Someone who's disrespectful or credit takes for Their Work. Someone who yells or Gives Them the silent treatment. Someone who Focuses on Their Weaknesses or insults Them. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| The head of the FCC just Proposed the strongest net neutrality rules ever |
| The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday Proposed the "strongest open Internet protections" the Web has ever seen.FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Said by broadband Internet providers Placing such as Comcast and Verizon Wireless under a stricter regulatory regime, Consumers would be an Ensured Open Internet. Under the new rules, broadband providers would be Explicitly banned from blocking content or creating fast lanes for Web services que can pay for preferential treatment into American homes. Read full article » |
| Apple is reportedly testing cars with roof-mounted cameras |
| The first photos Were snapped and posted to the news blog site Claycord.com on Tuesday. The site, Which site covers news for several cities in northern California, que Said the person sitting in the vehicle "would never give an answer" about what They Were doing in the car. The subsequent report from San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX 5 que confirmed the car had leased Been to Apple. Read full article » |
| Remember Netflix's deal with Comcast? The FCC's proposal on net neutrality Could overturn agreements like Those. |
| Even as we mull over the Broader Implications of the FCC's new net neutrality proposal, let's highlight a slice of it to get an idea of what this Could mean for companies such as Netflix.A key part of the Federal Communications Commission's draft rules would cover the Internet backbone - the crucial part of the Web that's Responsible for ferrying date to your Internet provider, Which Then turns around and serves que date to you. Without it, you get Netflix videos Could Not because Basically there would be no way for Netflix to get Those videos to your Internet provider. Read full article » |
| The Elon Musk tries for another incredible rocket landing, the glimpse of the future |
| The last time Elon Musk tried to pull off an incredible landing from space, the rocket crashed and exploded in an awesome fireball. Now he's going for it again.If SpaceX, his startup space company, can land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean Sunday evening, it will mark a huge step toward Developing rockets que perform like airplanes- -fly, land and fly again-instead of crashing and burning up after one use. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| The 'Fifty Shades of Grey' movie: What we know and what we do not |
| Who's ready for "50 Shades of Grey" to hit the big screen? Do not be coy. You know all about the erotic novel by EL James. You might have even read it During your Metro commute thanks to the magic of e-readers. In any case, the movie adaptation is headed to theaters on Feb. 13, just in time for Valentine's Day, and Hollywood Reporter is forecasting a $ 45 million debut. For some perspective, that's a little less than "Interstellar" made During its opening weekend ($ 47.5 million), but more than "Gone Girl" ($ 37.5 million). Read full article » |
| DBGB review: Daniel Boulud's restaurant CityCenterDC bests the original New York |
| When anyone asks me for directions on how to get paid to eat, I tell Them to write like crazy, find a mentor, learn to cook, work at a respectable restaurant or two and get to know more about one thing than anyone else - be medieval cooking it or butchery - are the to Become an expert in the passion. Read full article » |
| Four ways to combat the winter blahs |
| You know que old quote: Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Well, a week or so Ago, my colleagues and I Talked about it. It went something like this: "My grids always dropped this time of year," one said. She pondered Whether kids Actually can get seasonal affective disorder - a type of depression That Is tied to changes in the seasons - and Said It Seems que her 8-year-old Could have it. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Defending the lifestyle - with civility |
| Adapted from a recent online discussion.Hi, Carolyn! This Seems like such a small, nit-picky issue but, honestly, it's making me a little batty. I'm a vegetarian, run long distances on roads and trails, and have a regular yoga practice. All of These things make me happy and I enjoy Them. My husband and I are non-procreators, so the only person it takes away from team is him (and I think he cherishes Those days I'm out of the house!). I have had a few injuries over the years but always take care to heal and rest properly. Read full article » |
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