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| Southerner. Wonk. Immigrants’ son. Can Bobby Jindal win at every role? |
| ABOVE SOUTH CAROLINA — Bobby Jindal was on a donor’s private plane, jetting between two cities in South Carolina. He’d been to this state five times since 2013. But, in that time, he had fallen so low in the polls here that he wasn’t in them anymore. South Carolina survey-takers had stopped asking about him. Read full article » |
| Gun industry’s helping hand triggers a surge in college shooting teams |
| CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In between completing problem sets, writing code, organizing hackathons, worrying about internships and building solar cars,a group of MIT students make their way to the athletic center, where they stand side-by-side, load their guns and fire away. Read full article » |
| For Hardee’s workers, it’s not a parable, it’s a job |
| The Hardee’s biscuit slides toward the heat lamp and the uniforms are waiting.“That one’s mine,” says Brandi Garner, snagging the cinnamon biscuit. A digital clock overhead is tracking each customer’s wait time in the drive-through and transmitting the results back to corporate. Brandi folds the bag so the heat won’t escape, then leans out into the 8-degree wind chill with snow spitting sideways on her face and farmland all around. At home later she’ll have a few nice sips of Equate Stomach Relief, but now she’s counting four sets of headlights and two employees who called in sick. Read full article » |
| U.S. unease about nuclear-weapons fuel takes aim at a South African vault |
| PELINDABA, South Africa — Enough nuclear explosive to fuel half a dozen bombs, each powerful enough to obliterate central Washington or most of Lower Manhattan, is locked in a former silver vault at a nuclear research center near the South African capital. Read full article » |
| President Obama jokes about Clinton’s emails, Scott Walker and marijuana at Gridiron Club dinner |
| Nine years after he made his Gridiron Club dinner debut as a fresh-faced young senator, President Obama took the podium again Saturday night, sounding wistful about the passage of time.“Just a few years ago I could never imagine being in my 50s,” he mused. “And when it comes to my approval ratings, I still can’t.” Read full article » |
| Bracket pools’ popularity illustrates NCAA’s struggle with sports gambling |
| For the next three weeks, according to gaming industry estimates, nearly 40 million Americans will gamble more than $2 billion on the outcome of a tournament featuring the nation’s best unpaid basketball players. Read full article » |
| The FAA funding bill may mean big changes for fliers — or none |
| An impending fight in Congress this spring over the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill could affect your next flight, for better or worse.Trade associations call the appropriations bill the most important piece of legislation in the travel industry. The last one, passed in 2012, not only funded the FAA but also turned tarmac-delay rules into law and established an advisory committee for Aviation Consumer Protection. Read full article » |
| POLITICS |
| Jeb Bush, Scott Walker discreetly court support in New Hampshire |
| CONCORD, N.H. — Campaigning for president — officially or unofficially — often forces candidates to do things they might not want to do.Former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R) stopped by a Dunkin’ Donuts on Friday and later admitted that he ordered a coffee with cream — violating his “paleo” diet. Read full article » |
| Ten U.S. aid workers in Sierra Leone being sent home, monitored for Ebola |
| HealthU.S. aid workers to be monitored for EbolaA group of American aid workers in Sierra Leone possibly exposed to the Ebola virus will be transported back to the United States for monitoring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| War with Iran is probably our best option |
| The logical flaw in the indictment of a looming “very bad” nuclear deal with Iran that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered before Congress this month was his claim that we could secure a “good deal” by calling Iran’s bluff and imposing tougher sanctions. The Iranian regime that Netanyahu described so vividly — violent, rapacious, devious and redolent with hatred for Israel and the United States — is bound to continue its quest for nuclear weapons by refusing any “good deal” or by cheating. Read full article » |
| Hillary Clinton’s secret mess |
| On March 2, the story broke that Hillary Clinton had possibly violated e-mail regulations while secretary of state. You could almost hear the collective gasp in Washington: Oh, no, here we go again.But the next evening, Clinton was feted at the Emily’s List 30th-anniversary gala dinner as though nothing had happened. Only the trumpets were missing from what felt like her coronation as the Democratic presidential nominee and, possibly, the next president of the United States. Read full article » |
| The GOP takes it a letter too far |
| “To the President of the United States,” intoned the master of ceremonies. Members of an Army advocacy group and active-duty soldiers stationed in the Buffalo area rose to their feet for the toast. The year was 1962, John F. Kennedy was president, and I was among the active-duty commissioned officers in the dining hall. Read full article » |
| Five myths about college sports |
| 1. College sports provide enormous profits for schools.College athletics generate eye-popping sums of money. The NCAA sold 14 years of TV rights to its March tournament for $10.8 billion in 2010, and athletic programs routinely generate more than $20 million per year for a school in ticket sales. In 2013, the University of Texas athletic department pulled in $165.7 million. It’s logical to think that the universities’ non-athletic programs benefit from all that money. Even the Chronicle of Higher Education has made the connection, writing that “there is no revenue in training doctors and lawyers, [but] colleges and universities make a substantial, direct and immediate income from their student athletes.” Read full article » |
| LOCAL |
| The Lyons sisters case: A 40-year quest for justice and answers |
| TAYLORS MOUNTAIN, VA. —Three detectives pulled up to a rugged piece of land here, a 220-mile drive from their offices in suburban Maryland.To their right was a small white house. Beyond that, a rutted dirt road extended up a steep slope, bending through towering trees. Read full article » |
| D.C. area forecast: Sunday starts a solid stretch of spring before midweek cool-down |
| Expect emerging sun and decent temperatures Sunday, but also a gusty breeze. Read full article » |
| 2-year-old killed in Bowie while crossing street |
| A 2-year-old girl was killed and her grandmother injured Saturday as they crossed a street in Bowie, authorities said. The incident occurred about 12:30 p.m. as the two were crossing Route 197 at Old Chapel Road, said John Nesky, the Bowie police chief. Nesky said they were going to a service station. Read full article » |
| Anthem singer collapses at arena in College Park before basketball championship |
| A man singing the national anthem before the Maryland 4A basketball championships collapsed Saturday at the Xfinity Center in College Park.Frenzied spectators awaiting the game between Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Meade fell silent. The two teams returned to their locker rooms. Rescue personnel tended to the man for long minutes. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| John Wall scores 31 as Wizards rally past Kings, 113-97 |
| The Washington Wizards’ locker room was not a pleasant place at halftime of their 113-97 win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. A perturbed Randy Wittman vented the frustration that had accumulated during one of his team’s worst halves of the season, which resulted in the Wizards facing an 18-point halftime deficit against an exhausted and depleted Kings squad. Read full article » |
| Kentucky ‘beatable, for sure’ Arkansas says heading into SEC championship game |
| NASHVILLE — The specter of the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats — of their rowdy caravan of blue-clad fans and raft of NBA lottery picks — did not dampen the Arkansas locker room Saturday afternoon.As the Wildcats celebrated their SEC tournament semifinal blowout of Georgia, the Razorbacks engaged in an impromptu, synchronized humming of “The Hey Song.” They patted SEC player of the year Bobby Portis on his cheeks as he tried to give an interview into a TV camera. And they vowed that 33-0 Kentucky could be knocked off, and they would be the team to do it, Sunday afternoon in the SEC title game. Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings for March 15 |
| NHLNoon Detroit at Pittsburgh»WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11)7:30 p.m. Boston at Washington»NBC Sports Network, WJFK (106.7 FM),WFED (1500 AM)NBA1 p.m. Chicago at Oklahoma City»WJLA (Ch. 7), WMAR (Ch. 2) Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Treasury again tapping TSP federal retirement fund for debt ceiling relief |
| With the federal government due to hit its debt ceiling on Monday, the Treasury Department again will use financial maneuvers to stave off a default, including several involving federal retirement funds. Read full article » |
| There was a time in Washington when anyone could just look up J. Edgar Hoover’s home address |
| There was a time in Washington, a half-century or so ago, when things were different, when Republicans and Democrats talked to each other, where they lived near each other and where the 1963 Congressional Directory included the home address of nearly every senator, congressman and senior government official. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| Do experts and the public think differently about the apocalypse? |
| In this day and media-saturated age, you can’t go about your business without encountering chatter about the apocalypse. And over the past month, two different takes about the end of the world have come out. It’s interesting to compare and contrast them. Read full article » |
| Texting has made us less trusting, more selfish |
| Consider the following two situations.In the first scenario, a man and a woman sit across from each other at a romantically lit table in a fancy restaurant texting — looking down and talking to others, maybe each other — but rarely glancing up except to place drink and food orders. Read full article » |
| Cheating in schools is rampant. But there’s an easy fix. |
| Today, cheating is ubiquitous.Here’s just a recent smattering: the current controversy over Asian students’ SAT scores, a cheating scandal in an Atlanta school district, and new research that suggests college courses might actually encourage cheating. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Iraqi Kurds claim Islamic State group used chemical weapons |
| BAGHDAD — Kurdish authorities in Iraq said Saturday they have evidence that the Islamic State used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against peshmerga security forces, the latest alleged atrocity carried out by the extremist organization. Read full article » |
| Crunch time as Iran nuclear talks resume |
| Secretary of State John F. Kerry flies to Switzerland on Sunday for the next round of talks over Iran’s nuclear program, amid soaring expectations that a historic agreement is imminent.A cascade of signals from Washington and Tehran suggests the governments taking part in the talks believe they can reach a framework for a deal by late March despite domestic opposition. Read full article » |
| Marine Silver Star recipient killed in crash offered friendship freely |
| The names of the seven Special Operations Marines killed in a helicopter crash off the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday were released Friday, triggering mourning and thoughtful remembrance of what they were about. Read full article » |
| The irony behind Britain’s new Mahatma Gandhi statue |
| The British government prepared to unveil a new statue of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi opposite Parliament on Saturday. Gandhi will take his place alongside statues of other pioneering statesmen, including Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincoln. Gandhi will be the only figure represented there who never once held political office. Read full article » |
| BUSINESS |
| The ‘Moneyball’ effect on K Street: The influence game gets scientific |
| A few clicks of a mouse will show you that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has co-sponsored more of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bills than any other senator’s over the past four years — 22, to be exact. Read full article » |
| The rise of luxury toilet paper |
| Americans have a new favorite way to flush money down the drain: luxury toilet paper.Sales in the United States of what the industry calls "luxury" rolls — anything quilted, lotioned, perfumed or ultra-soft, from two- to four-ply — climbed to $1.4 billion last year, outpacing all other kinds of toilet paper for the first time in nearly a decade, data from market research firm Euromonitor International show. Read full article » |
| Finance Lab: He’s $90,000 in debt and six years from retirement |
| English Brent Taylor is just a few years from retirement, but before he can take it easy, he needs to tackle a burden more seniors are carrying: debt.At 67, Taylor is working to pay off close to $90,000 in debt before he leaves his full-time job with the help desk for James Madison University. He began collecting Social Security retirement benefits last year so that he could accelerate payments on about $15,000 in credit card debt, $27,000 total on three car loans and the $45,000 remaining on his mortgage. His goal: to pay it off within six years, just around the time he hopes to stop working full time. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| 10 stunning images show the beauty hidden in pi |
| Saturday -- March 14, 2015, or 3/14/15 -- marks an extremely nerdy holiday. It is the official celebration of π, the magical, mathematical and infinite constant that is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Read full article » |
| What to do with $10,000? Try an old-fashioned ‘coffee can fund.’ |
| If I were given $10,000 today, how would I invest it? I would build a coffee can portfolio. As you’ll see, it is an elegant and simple solution to a set of knotty problems.Those problems are largely behavioral issues of our own making. For example, most investors tend to buy high and sell low, the opposite of what you should do. Read full article » |
| Steve Jobs once said ‘Apple will never make a TV again.’ That doesn’t mean it won’t. |
| We all got a sneak peek into "Becoming Steve Jobs," a forthcoming biography by Brent Schlender and Fast Company executive editor Rick Tetzeli's on Friday, thanks to excerpts Cult of Mac's Luke Dormehl gleaned from the book preview on Amazon, as well as some previews from Fast Company itself. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Lonnae O’Neal: How cellphones ruined Friday night pajama parties |
| I’m always glad I’d finished dating by the time caller ID came along.As a teen, I used to be a little intense, and it would have been much harder to deny calling someone, say, five, six (11) times in a row when your number keeps popping up on their caller ID. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Woman wants passive-submissive husband to step up |
| Adapted from a recent online discussion.Dear Carolyn:My husband is so passive he will put up with almost anything to avoid conflict. Recently, our adult son has begun cursing at me when he’s angry with me. My brother-in-law, similarly, called me an extremely offensive name in my husband’s presence. Both times, I reacted. Husband acted as though nothing occurred. Read full article » |
| A tribute to architect Michael Graves and the small-town life he embraced |
| On March 4, I met with Michael Graves to discuss his decades-long career and the life he had built in Princeton, N.J. Eight days later, the internationally acclaimed architect and designer died at age 80. The piece is Graves’s final tribute to his beloved town, but it is also my appreciation of Michael Graves, who shared his talents and whimsy with the world but always kept his heart in Princeton. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Readers give advice on embracing each other’s differences |
| While I’m away, readers give the advice. On growing and remaining close to a child who has little in common with you:I’m an only child who takes after my father and have settled in a city across the country from my parents. My mother had a very idealistic view of mother-daughter relationships — for years she compared my behavior to that of her friend’s children, sighed over my life choices, and generally voiced her displeasure that our bond “was not what it should be.” Read full article » |
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