Video: Paul Ryan: First week on the campaign trail
GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is wrapping up his first week on the campaign trail. Here are some of the highlights from his rigorous first week campaigning for presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Warning: Graphic content. South African police opened fire on a crowd of striking miners when they charged a line of officers trying to disperse them.
On Wednesday, shots were fired at the Family Research Council office in Washington, D.C. Authorities arrested Floyd Lee Corkins II, a 28-year-old Hernondon, Va., resident for the shootings that resulted in wounding a security guard. Video courtesy of WJLA.
‘Nothing to do with WikiLeaks’
District Chophouse, D.C. Brau and five other local breweries collaborate to showcase the area’s craft beer scene with a Beer Week blend.
Facebook stock fell below twenty dollars per share Thursday, marking another low point in the continuing feed of bad news since its highly touted stock market debut.
The international military force in Afghanistan says seven American troops are among the 11 people who died in a Blackhawk helicopter crash in the country's south. A Taliban spokesman says the insurgents shot down the aircraft.
Julian Assange still can't depart Ecuador's embassy in London despite the announcement from Quito granting him political asylum. Foreign Secretary William Hague says Britain won't let him leave the country.
At least 22 people have died and dozens have been wounded in the latest wave of insurgent attacks in Iraq aimed at undermining the government's authority.
Kentucky officials says fire crews have been working for several hours, trying to put out a blaze at a recycling facility where tens of thousands of tires were burning.
Boy gets head stuck in stone railing
Ecuador grants Julian Assange asylum
Elvis Presley's ex-wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie unexpectedly appeared at Graceland Wednesday night, and greeted the thousands of fans who had gathered to mark the 35th anniversary of the singer's death.
The Medicare debate on the campaign trail
Tensions have been flaring between Japan and its neighbors over different sets of disputed islands. Japanese authorities arrested activists from Hong Kong and China who landed on one of them.
The body of a missing 3-year-old was found in a canal, just 25 yards from her home in Northwest Wisconsin. Renna Williams went missing Tuesday evening.
Dallas to fight West Nile with aerial spray
Berlin Zoo celebrates birth of baby elephant
Young illegal immigrants line up for right to work legally in US
United Nations on Syria: Both sides guilty of war crimes
Plaintiff in Penn. voter ID challenge speaks out
President Obama has referenced beer at almost every stop during his three day swing across Iowa. But more than quenching his thrist, the president is reinforcing the contrast between his rival Mitt Romney and himself. Traveling with the president, the Washington Post’s Amy Gardner reports from Davenport, Iowa.
Milwaukee authorities released 911 calls from the shooting that killed six worshippers at a Sikh temple on August 5 in Oak Creek. One caller says, 'There's a shooting,' the sound of gunfire can be heard in the background.
Rare sand kittens born at Israel zoo
The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe on two congressional races where enthusiam toward Romney and Obama could play a big role.
A three-month-old pitbull is nursing injuries after being thrown from a car on New York's Long Island. The prognosis for “Joey” appears good.
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Video: Exclusive interview: Teresa Sullivan speaks out
Exclusive interview: Teresa Sullivan speaks out
Skimboarding has had a home in Dewey for more than three decades, back when the world amateur skimboarding competition was first held in the small Delaware beach town. Now in its 31st year, the Zap Amateur Skimboarding Championship brings in competitors from California, Alabama, Portugal and Brazil, not to mention a heaping helping of Delaware locals.
Coauthor of “The Leadership Challenge” joins our one-minute Micro Management Stories video series.
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VIDEO | The Post’s Marc Kaufman on the successful “mission of the decade.”
Curiosity touches down
Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline gathered in Spalding, Neb., for a cookout to thank state senator Ken Haar for his work to reroute the pipeline away from Nebraska’s Sand Hills and portions of the Ogallala Aquifer. But in spite of this reroute, many of the Nebraskans at this event do not want to see the pipeline built at all.
The Washington Post’s Marc Kaufman, author of “Mars Landing 2012: Inside NASA’s Curiosity Mission,” explains why the Curiosity mission to Mars is being hailed by NASA’s chief scientist as the “mission of the decade.”
The Dance of Life: The Concert
Approval ratings of past presidents seeking reelection suggest that President Obama has an uphill climb.
Last 100 days could ‘decide the election’
The Washington Post’s Felicia Sonmez notes the 28 days left until the GOP National Convention in Tampa, Fla. and what, if anything, it means for Mitt Romney’s VP selection.
Property rights and the pipeline
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Brides lined up outside Hitched wedding salon in Georgetown for the store’s sample sale, hoping to get a deep discount on a wedding gown.
The Washington Post’s Felicia Sonmez provides some perspective on Mitt Romney’s Olympic gaffe on Thursday, when Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson criticized Romney for questioning the city’s security preparedness ahead of the games.
The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake reports on whose stock is rising and falling in the race to be Mitt Romney’s running mate.
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Armed with humor and a desire to engage in dialogue about Islam, a troupe of four Muslim comedians performed in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
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