Four Secret Service agents to fight dismissals
(Pedro Mendoza / AP)
Four Secret Service employees have decided to fight their dismissals for engaging in inappropriate conduct in Colombia last month, a development that could unravel what has been a swift and tidy resolution to an embarrassing scandal over agents’ hiring of prostitutes.
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With Occupy protests this weekend at the G-8 and NATO summits, it’s clear President Obama and Mitt Romney view God and inequality differently.
‘A nation of Osteens and Obamas’
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In North Carolina after Amendment One, ‘Let the wild rumpus start’
After voters approve Amendment One, the gay grandson of Oral Roberts says the Bible is not clear on gay marriage.
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Most Arab women see no contradiction between the faith they cherish and the rights they deserve.
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Wesleyan president: A degree in ‘three marvelous years’
A three-year degree is among the options one prestigious liberal arts school is weighing to make its product more affordable.
Howard volunteers help out in Kenya
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DC Water can’t rely on ratepayers to fund tunnels, study says
DC Water’s quest to build new tunnels as part of a federally mandated plan to reduce sewage overflows might be at risk if the agency relies solely on ratepayers to pay for it, a new study says.
National Education
Ravitch: What is NCTQ? (and why you should know)
Education historian Diane Ravitch explains what NCTQ is and why anybody who cares about public education should know what it is and what it is up to.
Cory Booker has crossed the aisle before — on school reform
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, has been in the news for blasting President Obama’s campaign ads attacking Mitt Romney’s career with a private-equity firm. But this
Prom, porn convention in same venue
Miami Beach High prom-goers were surprised to learn that the building housing their festivities was hosting a porn convention at the very same time. Parents were not amused.
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That’s Sir Jonathan Ive to you
Apple’s chief designer was knighted by the princess royal on Wednesday.
On Leadership
The five worst mistakes I made as a new grad
I’m talking about the avoidable missteps made by myself and many other millennials I know when we left college and entered the working world.
Inspiring graduation quotes 2012
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How to be a bad boss
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The Rolodex that redefined power
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Mr. Schmidt goes to Washington
Google’s chairman and former CEO reflects on his first time testifying before Congress, and what Washington does and doesn’t understand about Silicon Valley.
National Blogs & Columns
Vivek Wadhwa
Peter Thiel’s siren song
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Al Kamen
‘Your nefarious bunch of cr--’
When a California group protested the Simpson-Bowles budget-cutting plan’s Social Security proposals, former senator Alan Simpson let fly in classic fashion.
Joe Davidson
Senators don’t believe Secret Service scandal was a one-time fling
Questions reflect a persistent concern: Instead of an aberration, does Cartagena indicate a culture of loose living by agents on the road?
The Federal Eye
ACLU throws support behind State Department whistleblower
Peter Van Buren, a foreign service officer who wrote an unflattering book about his year leading reconstruction teams in Iraq, has received the support of the American Civil Liberties Union in his effort to keep his job
The Checkup by Jennifer Huget and Rob Stein
Study: C-section may boost child obesity risk
Women for whom a C-section is a matter of preference might want to consider some new information before opting to go that route.
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