"My partner claims to have a photographic memory," a player told me.

Who can kick off a one-hour TV broadcast with a devastating story about a 5-year- old girl who was found dead after having been allegedly sold by her mother into prostitution and then raped and asphyxiated -- and by the end of the show all anyone is talking about is the show host?

Love him or hate him, George W. Bush presided over one of the noisiest presidencies in history. There were debates over wars of necessity and wars of choice, alarm and rancor over ballooning budgets and new social entitlements, a bold mix of political and religious rhetoric, and the projection of...

A prominent D.C. reverend who campaigns against same-sex marriage sent an e-mail to a former reporter for the Washington Blade, the gay weekly that abruptly closed after its bankrupt owner ceased operations Monday. It was one sentence long, and it was terse:

Megan Bloomgren came to hear from the Alpha Women.

It's one year to the day since the National Museum of American History reopened with its remodeled, reorganized central core. And if attendance figures are to be believed, the renovation has been an unqualified success.

Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn:

Town hall: A forum in which American citizens may air their views in the hallowed tradition of democracy.

What's Chris Brown up to these days? The R&B singer's ex-girlfriend, Rihanna , has been making the media rounds, speaking out about the February night when Brown beat her (he pleaded guilty to felony assault, got five years' probation, six months' community service, plus domestic-violence counseling...

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Saturday night, on an hour-long "True Jackson, VP" (Nickelodeon at 8:30), True gets turned down for a date -- but starts to feel better when the guy hires Natasha Bedingfield to serenade her.