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| Exposing infants to peanuts causes big reduction in peanut allergy, study shows |
| Peanut allergy, an occasionally life-threatening condition that has prompted changes in food consumption rules everywhere from preschools to airlines, can be sharply reduced by feeding peanut protein to infants at risk for the condition, researchers reported in a landmark study Monday. Read full article » |
| Pakistanis face a deadline: Surrender fingerprints or give up cellphone |
| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Cellphones didn’t just arrive in Pakistan. But someone could be fooled into thinking otherwise, considering the tens of millions of Pakistanis pouring into mobile phone stores these days. Read full article » |
| Alaska becomes 3rd state with legal marijuana |
| JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska on Tuesday became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but organizers don’t expect any public celebrations since it remains illegal to smoke marijuana in public. Read full article » |
| CIA looks to expand its cyber espionage capabilities |
| CIA Director John Brennan is planning a major expansion of the agency’s cyber-espionage capabilities as part of a broad restructuring of an intelligence service long defined by its human spy work, current and former U.S. officials said. Read full article » |
| Judge rules Gov. Chris Christie broke state law by not making full pension payments |
| Problems keep mounting for GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie. Rivals of the New Jersey governor are poaching some of his homegrown fundraisers, his recent trip to London to burnish his foreign policy credentials was less than dandy, and on Monday, a New Jersey judge landed a blow to the heart of Christie’s political brand: his tough stance against government spending and public employee unions. Read full article » |
| Israel hails U.S. jury verdict blaming PLO, Palestinian Authority for attacks |
| JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed a controversial U.S. federal court decision that found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian authority liable for backing six terror attacks committed more than a decade ago that left a number of American citizens dead or wounded. Read full article » |
| Mike Huckabee, tour guide in the Holy Land |
| MASADA, Israel — Whether or not Mike Huckabee becomes president of the United States, the nation of Israel — and especially Israel’s hard-line right wing — has few more devoted fans than the former Arkansas governor, evangelical pastor and gung-ho tour guide to the Holy Land. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| Gay rights groups urge military to lift ban on transgender service members |
| Gay rights groups on Monday called on the military to lift its ban on transgender service members, after new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter suggested over the weekend that being transgender should not alone preclude a person from serving. Read full article » |
| What to expect if Homeland Security shuts down next week |
| Monday passed without a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, bringing the agency five days from a partial shutdown as Republicans try to block President Obama’s plans for shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Read full article » |
| Key report in battle over car dealer sales is bizarrely outdated |
| “Since 2000, customers in Brazil can order the Celta over the Internet from a site that links them with GM’s assembly plant and 470 dealers nationwide.”—Gerald R. Bodisch, “Economic Effects of State Bans on Direct Manufacturer Sales to Car Buyers,” May 2009 Read full article » |
| Democrats grill nominee for Md. transportation chief about Purple Line |
| Democrats on a Maryland Senate panel grilled Gov. Larry Hogan’s nominee for transportation secretary Monday about the future of the Purple Line light-rail project and decided to call him back for more questions before voting on his confirmation. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| Scott Walker’s insidious agnosticism |
| “I don’t know.”Thus proclaimed Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential hopeful, when asked by The Post’s Dan Balz and Robert Costa on Saturday whether President Obama is a Christian. Read full article » |
| Obama doesn’t have to say he loves us |
| Rudy Giuliani feels unloved. And he suggests you should feel that way, too, thanks to a compliment deficit from our cheerleader in chief.As you’ve probably heard by now, last week Giuliani accused President Obama of not really loving his homeland, or its virtuous people. “I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America,” said the former New York mayor. “He doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up, through love of this country.” Read full article » |
| The dangers of labeling terrorism |
| Looking around the world, I see little but debacles. Vladimir Putin has his way with Ukraine, treating Europe and the United States with the contempt they have so assiduously earned. Libya, where NATO intervened, is now one vast gang fight, tribes against tribes — massacres, beheadings and widespread looting. Shall we press on to Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and that hideous entity called the Islamic State, all situations where the United States has intervened? Our intentions have been honorable. The results are another matter entirely. Read full article » |
| On Homeland Security funding, Republicans govern without logic |
| WHATEVER ITS merits or shortcomings, a federal judge’s decision last week blocking the Obama administration’s immigration policy offered congressional Republicans an escape path from the corner into which they had painted themselves by imperiling funding for the Department of Homeland Security and its 240,000 employees. Thus far they have not shown the wisdom to accept this gift. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Struggles of minority students in Montgomery: ‘I, Too, Am B-CC’ |
| The words were piercing. Makdes Hailu had just won a coveted spot on an academic team at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School when she inadvertently overheard a classmate’s put-down: “Oh, she only got in because she’s black.” Read full article » |
| Water main breaks cause road problems throughout area |
| Several water main breaks throughout the region are causing road closures and traffic delays Tuesday morning.In the District, Metrobus said in a Twitter message that two of its bus lines — the 80 and the P6 — are delayed because of a water main break that is reducing the number of lanes through the area of North Capitol and Florida Avenue NE. Read full article » |
| Four reasons to seriously worry about ‘personalized learning’ |
| Personalized learning sounds good, right? Who could be against it? Well, here’s a post about why you should worry about what we call “personalized learning” today. It was written by Alfie Kohn (www.alfiekohn.org), who is the author of 13 books, the most recent titled “The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Children and Parenting.” Read full article » |
| Metro delays for Tuesday morning commuters |
| Riders on Metro’s Yellow and Blue lines should expect delays Tuesday morning.There is a problem with a signal outside the Van Dorn Street stop. It was not immediately clear what caused the problem. It was also not known how long the delays would last. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Virginia’s London Perrantes day to day with mild concussion, broken nose |
| Virginia point guard London Perrantes has a mild concussion and a broken nose after a head-to-head collision with teammate Malcolm Brogdon in Sunday night’s game against Florida State. The school announced Monday that Perrantes is considered day-to-day. Read full article » |
| B.J. or Melvin? Either way, the Braves need a different Upton |
| LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — When he bounced in, carried by sneakers the color of fireflies on a hot summer night, the staff of the Atlanta Braves simultaneously welcomed him and mocked him. “Hey, Melvin!” they said Monday morning in a room just past a locker where a jersey hung, bearing the name across the back: Upton, Jr. Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings for Feb. 24 |
| TELEVISION AND RADIOnba7 p.m.Golden State at Washington Comcast SportsNet, WNEW (99.1 FM), WFED (1500 AM)8 p.m.Indiana at Oklahoma City NBA TVnhl7 p.m.Philadelphia at Carolina NBC Sports Network Read full article » |
| Girls basketball teams try to lose game to each other, both get postseason ban |
| If only the Smyrna and Riverdale girls had Herm Edwards as their coach. He surely would have pointed out to them that “you play to win the game.” (He might also have tossed in a sarcastic, “Hello?” Which would have been great.) Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Kerry picks foreign service officer to be State’s first special envoy for gay rights |
| Secretary of State John Kerry has selected an openly gay career foreign service officer to serve as the United State’s “heart and conscience” in promoting equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in countries where they are discriminated against. Read full article » |
| Documentary about VA crisis hotline was among Oscar winners |
| A documentary about the experience of staffing a national hotline for troubled military veterans picked up an Academy Award on Sunday, highlighting recent efforts to prevent suicide among former troops. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| This is the business presidential candidates have chosen |
| Over at Bloomberg News, Dave Weigel offered a fair and balanced take on why conservatives were so annoyed about the Rudy Giuliani kerfuffle last week, pointing out the myriad ways that the Democrats and the mainstream media appeared to be changing the rules of the game. Read full article » |
| The White House proposes a new rule to help preserve retirement savings |
| A great treat of my youth was to go out to eat in Brooklyn with my Uncle Willy. Once, showing off my sophistication, I asked the waiter what he’d recommend. I expected my uncle to applaud my urbanity, but all I got was an eye roll. “They don’t tell you what’s good. They just tell what they’re trying to move.” Read full article » |
| The Walmart wage bump: who gets it and who pays for it. |
| Well, would ya look at that? Walmart, tired of waiting for Congress to raise the minimum wage, says it’s doing so on its own, providing pay raises to half a million of its work force.In April of this year, according to a fact sheet the huge retailer released Thursday, they’ll increase their starting wage to $9/hour, and the next year, move those “associates’” pay up to $10, which is about what the White House proposed for the federal minimum ($10.10 by 2016). For their managers, they plan to raise the starting wage “for some of them to at least $13/hour this summer and at least $15/hour early next year.” Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Why Turkish troops entered Syria to reach a medieval tomb |
| Over the weekend, a column of Turkish troops and armored vehicles motored about 20 miles across the border into Syria. In the dead of night, they approached an old mausoleum, held a brief prayer ceremony and removed the site's historical artifacts and relics. Then, they lowered the Turkish flag that flew over the site and demolished the complex. Read full article » |
| Out of fear of racism, Sweden changes the names of bird species |
| Bird watching has long been a popular and seemingly harmless weekend activity in Sweden. Its innocence, however, came to an abrupt end when many of the country's bird lovers were suddenly confronted with allegations of racism. Read full article » |
| When some Americans opposed the creation of Israel |
| A new Israeli election ad released by the Likud party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invokes the past to boost the premier's political future.The video harks back to the moment of Israel's founding in 1948, "painting a picture," as the Times of Israel puts it, "of an embattled national figure who had to make the critical decision of declaring independence against the wishes" of eminent figures in Washington. Read full article » |
| Why a court decision in Manhattan could be a problem for the Palestinian cause |
| In a controversial decision, a jury in Manhattan found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority liable for backing six terror attacks committed in 2002 and 2004 that left a number of American citizens dead or wounded. The victims of these attacks would be awarded $218.5 million in damages — a figure that lawyers said would automatically be tripled under the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act, the Associated Press reported. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| Honda’s leader will be replaced by a ‘leapfrog’ CEO |
| On Monday, Honda Motor Co. surprised many with the news it was changing up its leadership ranks. The company's chief executive, Takanobu Ito, will step aside to become an adviser to the company and remain on the board. And a Honda insider, Takahiro Hachigo, will take his place at the top. Read full article » |
| Lawyers, could you pass this test? |
| Casey Flaherty, a law firm associate-turned-in-house lawyer-turned entrepreneur, knows firsthand how much time lawyers waste. Most bill hundreds of dollars an hour, and the longer they take to do something, the more they can charge for it. Read full article » |
| Honda to replace its president following air bag fiasco |
| TOKYO — Honda Motor Co., the Japanese automaker at the center of an air-bag defect scandal, said Monday its president Takanobu Ito will step aside and be replaced by another Honda executive.The unexpected decision follows massive recalls by Honda of vehicles equipped with air bags made by Japan’s Takata Corp. The airbags have inflators that can explode, expelling shards of metal and plastic. At least five deaths and dozens of injuries have been linked to the problem worldwide. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Why the perfect, long-lasting battery for your smartphone seems like it’ll never come |
| There may come a time when a single charge will be more than enough. Enough not just to get through a day, but several days worth of playing music, games, editing photos, surfing the web, socializing and countless other things we’ve grown accustomed to using our smartphones for. Perhaps it’ll even be enough to get us through the week. Dare to dream, I say! Read full article » |
| Twitter wants aggressive net neutrality rules |
| Days ahead of a vote by federal regulators on the future of the Web, Twitter is coming out in support of the government's plan to treat Internet providers more like traditional phone service.In a blog post, Twitter says that it previously backed "common sense net neutrality rules" through a Washington trade group, the Internet Association. But now the company is going further. Independently, Twitter is arguing that the Federal Communications Commission should move ahead with the most aggressive rules ever proposed for Internet providers — to be sure that they don't unfairly speed up or slow down some sites over others or create Internet "fast lanes" that give wealthy firms an advantage over smaller ones. Read full article » |
| The Switchboard: Even the U.S. government thinks you should be worried about Lenovo’s ‘Superfish’ disaster |
| Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of hand-picked stories from the Switch team.U.S. urges removing Superfish program from Lenovo laptops. The U.S. government on Friday advised Lenovo Group Ltd customers to remove a 'Superfish,' a program pre-installed on some Lenovo laptops, saying it makes users vulnerable to cyberattacks," reported Jim Finkle at Reuters. An alert from the Department of Homeland Security said the program made users vulnerable to SSL spoofing -- allowing attackers to read or manipulate their encrypted Web traffic. Read full article » |
| This musician is suing YouTube for libel because of its automatic takedown notice |
| Last February, a D.C.-based band called the Rasta Rock Opera was celebrating a modest viral hit, a music video featuring two young kids on a Valentine's Day date. Guitarist and composer Stevie Marco passed the video around on social media platforms to professional contacts and friends -- including the kindergarten class of one of the video's young stars. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Oscars not diverse enough? Vanity Fair after-party had beautiful people of all colors |
| BEVERLY HILLS — The Chevy Suburban circles around the back of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts just before 11 p.m. Sunday night where it is funneled into a single lane of black car traffic set off by orange traffic cones soaked pretty good from the evening rain. Our driver — our man from Uber — rolls down the window as he reaches the first check-point where a security guard eyeballs the dashboard looking for the golden ticket, the one that says you’re ok. You’re Vanity Fair approved. Read full article » |
| 2016 campaigns are beefing up staffs. So are the media who will cover them. |
| Politics. Politics. Politics. Politics.And more politics.Forget about 2016. With the presidential campaign just getting started, the race for the White House figures to be the most covered, and perhaps the most over-covered, story of 2015. Major news organizations have all but made that official by engaging in an arms race of sorts to hire more political journalists. The staffing binge comes as many in the news media are cutting back in other areas. Read full article » |
| 4 free things to do during the week of Feb. 23-March 1 |
| The Going Out Guide recommends four free things to do this week.Chantal LoialLoial, a dancer and native of Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, blends Afro-Caribbean movements with contemporary aesthetics to perform an original piece in tribute to Sarah Baartman, a South African woman who was reduced to a sideshow attraction in 19th-century Europe. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: A relationship too casual for an impending baby to depend on |
| Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn:I’m nine weeks pregnant. The pregnancy was planned, as I’m in my 30s and feeling like I did not want to miss my opportunity to have kids. I have a good job and can provide well for a baby on my own. Read full article » |
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