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<title><![CDATA[Book review of 'American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia' by Joan Biskupic]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ AMERICAN ORIGINAL ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No decisions in high court's horn of plenty]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:22:05 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- For the first time under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court failed to issue opinions before Thanksgiving in any of the cases that were argued in recent months. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sen. Jeff Sessions challenges double standard on judicial filibuster]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Legal scholars have long debated whether the filibuster may be used to keep judicial nominees off the bench. For practical purposes, that question was answered on May 23, 2005. That night, while forging a settlement of a boiling debate, the bipartisan "Gang of 14" established that filibustering judges is allowed, but only under "extraordinary circumstances." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghan surge would give U.S. leverage to succeed]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The president will soon announce the deployment of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan, in a speech likely to emphasize the importance of political progress there. Legitimacy is the most important outcome of a counterinsurgency strategy, not, as some have suggested, an input. It is unfortunate that much of the debate has ignored the role that additional military forces can play in building legitimacy and effective government in a counterinsurgency. Adding forces gives us leverage; military forces are vital to the success of any political strategy because they contribute directly to improving governance as well as to improving security.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827102929699" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827102929699" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Heritage trails highlight D.C. neighborhoods]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After the success of the neighborhood trails along U Street, in Mount Pleasant and throughout downtown, among other areas, signs for the Columbia Heights Heritage Trail are up, and neighbors and tourists are learning more about the community's history. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Execution can proceed under new Ohio standards]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:12:49 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ CINCINNATI -- An inmate whose execution was put on hold as he argued that Ohio's method of lethal injection was unconstitutional can die as scheduled next month, now that the state has instituted a different method, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ky. court says state must readopt lethal injection]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state improperly adopted the same three-drug lethal injection protocol that was upheld in the nation's highest court and is used by dozens of other states. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:44:33 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ -- Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827102935942" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827102935942" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Judge: White Conn. firefighters must be promoted]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:48:10 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A federal judge has ordered Connecticut officials to promote 14 firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case in a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ga. task force: 2012 too soon to find new water]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:17:13 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA -- There are plenty of ways that Georgia can quench metro Atlanta's thirst if the city is cut off from its main reservoir. But most options are costly and, according to a Georgia water task force, none would provide enough water for the city to meet a federal judge's 2012 deadline. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First Click -- Maryland]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:41:46 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Your daily download of Maryland's top political news and analysis  Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009:  Dixon verdict today? Speculation is mounting about whether the jury weighing a potentially career-ending conviction of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon on theft charges will feel pressured to make a decision today -- before the long, holiday weekend -- or if they would return and continue deliberating into next month. After nearly a week and some 30 notes to the judge, the direction the jury may be leaning is perhaps less clear than at any point, although some court observers say the amount of time the nine women and three men are taking bodes well for the defense. Either way, we should know by 4:30 p.m. today.  O'Malley, Kaine criticize D.C. Archdiocese "The governors of Virginia and Maryland say it would be wrong for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to quit providing social services if the District of Columbia approves gay marriage," reports the AP's Larry O'Dell. "Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley are both Catholics. They criticized the church's position on the district's gay marriage proposal Tuesday during a joint appearance on WTOP radio in Washington. The D.C. council is expected to approve gay marriage next month. If that happens, the archdiocese says it may end contracts with the city to run homeless shelters and provide other social services." Baltimore votes to crack down on non-abortion pregnancy centers "Crisis pregnancy centers in Baltimore must display signs stating they do not provide abortions or birth-control referrals under a measure approved by the City Council Monday night and thought to be the first of its kind in the nation, wrote Julie Scharper in The Sun. "Similar measures have failed in the legislature in several states, including Oregon and Texas, Meister said. A similar bill is being considered by the Montgomery County Council." O'Malley says state funds shouldn't be used buy out coach of lackluster Terps "Gov. O'Malley acknowledged rumors Tuesday about but told reporters that neither he nor his staff have intervened," writes The Post's John Wagner. "University officials are reportedly wrestling with whether to retain Friedgen or buy out the remaining $4 million of hishis involvement in the future of Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen contract, possibly borrowing from the university endowment. The Terrapins are 2-9 this year. O'Malley said that he "would hope they would not use public funds to buy out the contract," but he declined to elaborate on what exactly would fall under the definition of 'public funds.'" Maryland politicians make the cut for Obama's first state dinner "Several prominent Marylanders made the guest list for the toughest ticket in Washington: [the] first state dinner of President Barack Obama's administration, honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh," writes Paul West at The Sun. Among those on the list: Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings, an early Obama supporter, and his wife, Maya Rockeymoorem and Maryland Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House majority leader. Delinquent mortgage rate nearly doubles in Maryland The number of distressed homeowners trying to renegotiate their loans has nearly doubled in Maryland in the past year, according to a new report issued by Citi Tuesday," writes Daniel Sernovitz at the Baltimore Business Journal. MoCo delegation debating priorities for session "Bills on speed camera revenue, voting rights for the student member of the county school board and wine sales at farmer's markets are among legislation that Montgomery County's state lawmakers are considering as they prepare to return to Annapolis for the General Assembly that begins Jan. 13," writes Sean Sedam in The Gazette. "The county's delegation to the House of Delegates will hold a public hearing on the bills at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Stella Warner Council Office Building in Rockville." Maryland Politics Watch also notes that a group of 13 Montgomery County state legislators has written to the Governor asking him to select light rail for the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT). Arundel slots action on Dec. 7 "Dec. 7 is shaping up as a pivotal day for a proposed slots casino at Arundel Mills Mall. A divided Anne Arundel County Council had already planned to take up two zoning bills that night -- one which would allow slots at the mall, the other which would not," writes Wagner. "Now comes word that the state commission awarding slots licenses will meet the same day, starting just two hours before the county council is scheduled to convene." It's sugar, but don't lick it "State Highway Administration officials plan to try out a fluid made from sugar beets to help fight snow and ice on Maryland roads this winter, according to The Capital. "A pilot project in Frederick and Howard counties will test the molasses-based substance, known as Ice Bite, for pretreating highways.  First Click will return on Monday. Have a safe and happy holiday. Until then, you can always follow The Washington Post's Maryland political news: On Facebook On Twitter On your Mobile Phone On your Desktop  FB.init("878d647d76fbacdc128a67fbdcad5877");Washington Post - Maryland Politics on Facebook ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wizards owner helped transform D.C.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ He arrived in Washington more than 75 years ago, the gangly son of a Russian metal worker named Morris Pollinovsky who came to America a poor man speaking no English. Through decades of hard work and a seemingly unstoppable will, Abe Pollin rose to the top of the worlds of business, philanthropy and professional sports. In the process, he transformed his adopted home town by bringing professional basketball and hockey franchises here and spending $220 million to build a massive sports and entertainment arena that has dramatically changed the face of downtown Washington.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827102942927" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827102942927" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ He arrived in Washington more than 75 years ago, the gangly son of a Russian metal worker named Morris Pollinovsky who came to America a poor man speaking no English. Through decades of hard work and a seemingly unstoppable will, Abe Pollin rose to the top of the worlds of business, philanthropy and professional sports. In the process, he transformed his adopted home town by bringing professional basketball and hockey franchises here and spending $220 million to build a massive sports and entertainment arena that has dramatically changed the face of downtown Washington. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ACORN claims theft of trashed documents in Calif.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:57:32 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NATIONAL CITY, Calif. -- A tempest in a trash can is brewing in San Diego County, where ACORN is trying to recover tens of thousands of documents taken from its garbage by a Republican activist. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil's president urges West to work with Iran]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:27:55 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ BRASILIA, Brazil -- Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil's president urges West to work with Iran]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:12:35 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ BRASILIA, Brazil -- Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827102953092" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827102953092" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Landowners along Florida beaches ask Supreme Court to examine taking of private property]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ DESTIN, FLA. -- The sugar-white sand that stretches from Slade and Nancy Lindsay's deck to the clear, green waters of the Gulf of Mexico is some of the finest in the world. Tiny, uniformly shaped quartz crystals make the beach that stretches along the Florida Panhandle unique, experts say. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oh, the travails of being a Justice]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:40:59 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy recently found himself in the middle of a mini-scandal. The reason: His office demanded that he be allowed to pre-screen an article in the Dalton School???s student newspaper about the justice???s recent visit -- not exactly copacetic with First Amendment values. Justice Kennedy also barred the professional press from the event -- something he does routinely in a school setting. Kennedy is only the latest robed one to meet with criticism for trying to control media access to his outside appearances. Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, is notorious for routinely -- although not uniformly -- barring television cameras or other recording devices from his speeches. And don't bother broaching the subject of allowing cameras in the Supreme Court during oral argument unless you're prepared to endure a rant about the corrupting influence of television coverage. As for the latest controversy: Kennedy???s grandson attends the Dalton School and grandpa agreed to talk to students about the U.S. legal system and the constitution. No one would have thought twice about a private visit to the school by a grandfather; even Supreme Court justices deserve that much consideration. And there are undoubtedly times -- most notably family-related or social events of a purely personal nature -- when excluding reporters would be appropriate. But Kennedy???s Dalton visit wasn???t exactly private, given that student journalists were allowed to chronicle the event and outside press regularly pick up on such dispatches.  Even Kennedy has trouble rationalizing his decision to green light student journalists but nix attendance by the the pros. ???If you tell the press...that they can???t come, and the school press does it anyway, is that fair? I just don???t know how to handle that,??? he told The Wall Street Journal's Jess Bravin. Here???s an idea: Don???t bar the professional press. The Supreme Court press corps is a relatively small unit, and most members don???t follow justices the way that White House reporters shadow the president. Events like the Dalton visit don't usually attract a lot of attention, which is why it is silly to try to micromanage them. Justice Kennedy also said he does not seek pre-publication review of articles written about him and that he was unaware that a relatively new employee in his office had asked the school for such a privilege.  Justices are public figures -- whether they like it or not. If they are going to shut out the press from appearances outside of the courthouse, they must have a darned good reason. In the case of the Dalton School, Kennedy failed the test. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lethal injection creator fine with 1 drug in Ohio]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:25:36 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one - as his home state of Ohio has proposed - as long as the drug works efficiently. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:36:47 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ LEXINGTON, Va. -- Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103000830" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103000830" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GU professor served up a heady mix of rigor and enthusiasm]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Walter I. Giles's U.S. Constitution and Law class, which he taught at Georgetown University for more than 40 years, was considered an intellectual proving ground for future lawyers and legislators. Among his students was a young Bill Clinton, who considered Dr. Giles one of his favorite college professors. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. Rees Shapiro]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Robin Givhan on Fashion: Must a White House state dinner really be so stately?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A White House state dinner is an affair like no other because the sartorial demands are so precise, the politics both superficial and opaque and the entire display of pomp, circumstance and exclusivity precisely the kind of thing that goes against our national character. Of course, it is irresistible. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Phillip Hoose's 'Claudette Colvin' wins book award]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PORTLAND, MAINE -- Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all the more moving because she took the stage with him when he accepted the honor. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarke Canfield]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:08:09 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103009833" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103009833" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unlawful arrest ruling overturned in D.C. case]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A federal appeals court Friday overturned a judge's ruling that D.C. police unlawfully arrested dozens of people during disturbances the night of President George W. Bush's second inauguration. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Iowa slaughterhouse manager seeks acquittal]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:24:53 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A former kosher slaughterhouse manager convicted of financial fraud has asked for an acquittal or new trial, saying prosecutors unfairly brought in evidence of immigration violations. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask AP: Shuttle complexity, credit union agency]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:32 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ -- A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[San Francisco's health care a model during debate]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:45:38 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO -- This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program - seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103017324" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103017324" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Movie review: 'William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe,' about famed lawyer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ William Kunstler never gave a straight answer in his life. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Winning author tells story of civil rights pioneer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:44:04 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PORTLAND, Maine -- Maine author Phillip Hoose said winning a National Book Award for his chronicle of a young civil rights pioneer was all the more moving because she took the stage with him when he accepted the honor. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate confirms controversial judge]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:12:53 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday confirmed U.S. District Judge David Hamilton for the Chicago-based federal appeals court, approving a nominee targeted by conservatives as a liberal activist. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:54:05 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA -- Georgia's biggest court system has warned that a 2010 Fulton County proposal that cuts $53 million from the judicial budget could force them to shut down the courthouse, jeopardize death penalty cases and slash as many as 1,000 jobs.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103029364" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103029364" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Giuliani against trying Mohammed in civilian court]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:48:32 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that trying self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal civilian court in New York is unwise and unnecessary. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[George F. Will on health reform's constitutional problems]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ PHOENIX ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[George F. Will]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. lawyer Herbert J. "Jack" Miller Jr. dies at 85]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Herbert J. "Jack" Miller Jr., who led the Justice Department's war on organized crime in the 1960s and later brokered the pardon of President Richard M. Nixon and prevented the release of Nixon's White House tapes after the Watergate scandal, died Nov. 14 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville of renal failure after being treated for influenza. He was 85. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Ukraine leader's prison sentence reduced]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:02:31 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge on Wednesday reduced the prison sentence for a former Ukrainian prime minister convicted in the United States of corruption in his homeland.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103041840" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103041840" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Black firefighters object to white promotions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:45:39 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In wake of breach, ban on file-sharing software proposed in House]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Weeks after an embarrassing security breach revealed details of dozens of ethics investigations, a House committee chairman introduced legislation Tuesday that would forbid federal employees to use popular file-sharing technology that was involved in the leak. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man who killed Prince William couple in 2001 is executed]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ JARRATT, VA. -- A former Army counterintelligence officer who became obsessed with an adult escort he met on the Internet was executed by electrocution Tuesday night for killing a young couple in Prince William County in 2001 to impress and help the woman. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Charles Sifton: Judge allowed N.Y. mayor to seek 3rd term]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Charles P. "Tony" Sifton, 74, a federal judge for 30 years whose ruling in January allowed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for a third term, died Nov. 9 at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. He had complications from sarcoidosis, a lung disease.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103052477" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103052477" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Va. inmate who killed 2 executed by electric chair]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:59 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ JARRATT, Va. -- A former Army counterintelligence worker was executed by electric chair Tuesday for killing a Virginia couple, becoming the first U.S. inmate to die by electrocution in over a year. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Justice Scalia speaks about Constitution in Ohio]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:57:35 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ COLUMBUS, Ohio -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN'-toh-nihn skuh-LEE'-uh) has said in a speech at Ohio State University the Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DC ends neighborhood checkpoints, appeal of ruling]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- The District of Columbia has decided not to appeal a court ruling that found its police checkpoints in a high-crime neighborhood were unconstitutional. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Controversial court nominee survives Senate test]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:07:34 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- Democrats on Tuesday crushed a Senate filibuster against a controversial appeals court nominee, demonstrating to Republicans they can't stop President Barack Obama from turning the federal judiciary to the left.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103101695" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103101695" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Md. city aims for balance with Dred Scott plaque]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:21:33 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ FREDERICK, Md. -- More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled a plaque Tuesday to educate visitors about the opinion and the local man who wrote it - and to quell a local controversy. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage Act]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ BOSTON -- Gay married couples suing the government over a federal law that doesn't recognize same-sex unions say there is "no legitimate or plausible" reason for having a federal definition of marriage that excludes gay couples. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Matthew Continetti discusses Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Conservative journalist Matthew Continetti discusses his review of "Going Rogue," Sarah Palin's new political memoir. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CAPITAL CULTURE: Sotomayor adds celebrity to court]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103114023" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103114023" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High court won't hear case involving Redskins' nickname]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A nearly two-decade legal challenge by Native American activists to the nickname of the Washington Redskins came to a close Monday when the Supreme Court declined to review the group's last loss in federal courts. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Obama administration is opposing former Gov. Don Siegelman's appeal of his felony corruption conviction before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that federal prosecutors presented enough evidence to prove bribery. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- White New Haven firefighters are seeking promotions after winning their discrimination lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103124480" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103124480" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pfizer move a new blow to Conn. city in land fight]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ NEW LONDON, Conn. -- After drug giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it was opening a new research center here, city officials aggressively moved to acquire surrounding land for an economic development project - triggering an epic fight over eminent domain that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and ended with residents being forced from their homes. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gruden signs ESPN extension (updated)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Well, it appears Jon Gruden can be crossed off the list of possible candidates to become the Redskins' next head coach. ESPN announced this morning that it has reached a multiyear extension with Gruden, who is in his first season as an analyst on "Monday Night Football" games after having been fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the end of the 2008 season. Gruden was expected to be among the high-profile candidates Redskins owner Daniel Snyder would pursue should he decide to replace Coach Jim Zorn, who is under contract to coach next season. Mike Holmgren, another supposed candidate, during a recent radio interview made critical comments about the Redskins' treatment of Zorn, one of Holmgren's former assistants with the Seattle Seahawks. Former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan reportedly is more interested in other potential openings and Bill Cowher, another Super Bowl-winning former coach, also is expected to have numerous options if he decides to return to coaching in 2010 or beyond. Cowher is most often mentioned in connection with the Carolina job, should that open up. As always, stay tuned. Breaking news... The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the Redskins' naming case. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jackpot: Lawyers earn fees from law they wrote]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:34:54 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES -- Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together writing the statute, The Associated Press has found. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jackpot: Lawyers earn fees from law they wrote]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:30:15 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES -- Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together writing the statute, The Associated Press has found.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103133803" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103133803" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A glance at the California Voting Rights Act]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:28:52 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ -- NAME: California Voting Rights Act ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Turley -- Courts' sentencing shouldn't sanction faith-healers' neglect]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "Suffer little children to come to me." So begins one of the most cited passages in the Bible. Yet, in cases involving the deaths of children in faith-healing families, the second half of Jesus's admonition from Luke 18:16 is at the heart of legal controversy: ". . . and forbid them not." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Known World of Edward P. Jones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Edward Paul Jones is sitting at a table in Guapo's restaurant in Tenleytown early on a midsummer evening, looking down into a glass of red wine. Nobody in the place recognizes him, although he's arguably the greatest fiction writer the nation's capital has ever produced. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prominent state challenges to lethal injection]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:20:50 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ -- Here are some states where there have been recent high-profile challenges to the lethal-injection death penalty method:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103147269" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103147269" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ohio: 1 lethal injection drug should end lawsuit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:09:39 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The state's decision to replace a three-drug lethal injection with a powerful dose of one anesthetic is raising the possibility of what may have seemed unthinkable not so long ago: a truce in the long-running legal challenges to death penalty injection across the country. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Judge rebuked by panel over Ferdinand Marcos money]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:46:28 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES -- A U.S. District judge's lax oversight of more than $30 million tied to the late Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos is "curious," a federal appeals court said in an opinion issued Friday. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-congressman gets 13 years in freezer cash case]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:06:50 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A former Louisiana congressman who famously hid $90,000 cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking bribes, the longest term ever imposed on a congressman for bribery charges. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Barron asks court to overturn ban]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:32:10 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ CHICAGO (Reuters) - Golfer Doug Barron has filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour after they suspended him over a doping offence.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103200212" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103200212" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ohio plans execution method untried on prisoners]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:22:09 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the usual three-drug cocktail used to execute inmates to a one-drug method that death penalty opponents praised as a step forward - albeit one that has apparently never been tried on prisoners. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pfizer move vexes those who lost Conn. land fight]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:50:24 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Now that drug giant Pfizer Inc. has announced plans to pull out of a Connecticut city that was embroiled in an epic eminent domain fight, residents are questioning why the battle was ever waged. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Republicans blast Obama decision on Gitmo]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:18:33 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans Friday condemned the Obama administration's decision to prosecute five September 11 suspects in a U.S. court in New York rather than at the Guantanamo Bay military base as "irresponsible." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[White House counsel steps down, will be replaced by Bob Bauer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:30:57 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ TOKYO -- White House Counsel Gregory B. Craig will step down from his post and be replaced by Bob Bauer, a prominent Democratic lawyer who is President Obama's personal attorney, the White House said Friday.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103219074" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103219074" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What to Watch: Obama heads for Asia]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ -- President Obama leaves for a planned 10-day trip that will take him to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[John J. O'Connor III, 79; husband of Supreme Court justice]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ John J. O'Connor III, 79, an Arizona lawyer and civic leader who became active in Washington's social and charitable circles after his wife, Sandra Day O'Connor, became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, died Nov. 11 in Phoenix. He had Alzheimer's disease. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Diesel fumes: Riggins has plenty of unvarnished opinions about his former team, the Redskins]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ John Riggins refuses to be one of those ex-NFL greats for whom retirement is a matter of infinite glory, all slack gut and sentiment. At 60, he's got a chest of hard-packed muscle, and the outlook of a subversive. He doesn't have wrinkles so much as slashes, deep cuts worn into his face by cynicism and amusement, which make his gap-toothed smile look more like a wince. The smile is followed by an acid-washed sound that turns out to be laughter, at his own expense. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First Click -- Maryland]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Your daily download of Maryland's top political news and analysis Veterans Day Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009: Hundreds more state medevac flights than expected following crash, Maryland politicians commemorate Veterans Day, Baltimore bids to host World Cup, jury seated in mayor's corruption case. Could Iraq service buoy Brown? As the state pauses for Veterans Day, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown(D), the nation's highest ranking politician to have served in Iraq, continues a weeklong series of events with veterans. Brown's service has been lauded this fall by President Obama, and a recent survey suggested voters still trust politicians who have served in the military more than those who have not. A post-O'Malley gubernatorial bid could come for Brown as early as 2014. It may be early, but worth considering: Would Brown's military record play a role? Medevac use on the rise after crash Dr. Robert Bass, executive director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems told a panel of state lawmakers on Wednesday that Maryland State Police anticipate flying roughly 2,300 patients annually, following last year's deadly crash. That figure is up 600 from estimates last year, which included assumptions that restrictions on flights and additional safety measures would cut the MSP's annual number of flights to about 1,700. Bass also told lawmakers that patients the MSP is flying are sicker, on average, than they were before the crash. Thirty-five percent to 40 percent of those airlifted are released within 24 hours. That statistic brings Maryland closer in line with such rates in neighboring states. Prior to last year's crash, a higher 40 to 45 percent of patients were discharged within 24 hours,  Prince George's schools could owe millions in fines The head of Prince George's County schools says that the district could be liable for as much as $26.8 million in penalties after Maryland's attorney general found that the county had failed to meet the state's minimum level of funding for education, writes Nelson Hernandez in the The Post. "When asked about the attorney general's opinion last week, Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. had indicated that the county might not owe anything because of a decline in state aid. But when he looked into the issue, Hite found that aid had increased in some categories, leaving the county vulnerable, he said." Montgomery County has already indicated it may sue the state over its fees.  Jury set for Dixon trial amid a new allegation "The jury of nine women and three men selected for Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's criminal theft trial will begin work Thursday morning, but first a judge will weigh new allegations involving another batch of gift cards said to have been donated by a developer not previously named in the case," writes Julie Bykowicz and Annie Linskey of The Baltimore Sun. The newly named developer, Glenn Charlow, donated gift cards to Dixon to be used "in connection with her church activities," according to papers filed in court by the mayor's lawyers in an effort to block his testimony. Baltimore pitched for World Cup "State and city leaders charged with bringing World Cup soccer games to Baltimore in 2018 or 2022 traveled to New York Tuesday to pitch a blueprint for making the event a reality," writes Ryan Sharrow in the Baltimore Business Journal. "Baltimore's MTBank Stadium is one of 27 stadiums remaining on an original list of 70 vying for a shot to host FIFA World Cup soccer games if the U.S. is selected as the host country in either 2018 or 2022. That list is expected to be shortened to 18 in December, with 12 stadiums eventually being awarded games."  Magna seeks more time for bid "Magna Entertainment Corp. is seeking to extend the deadline to provide an initial bid for Maryland's thoroughbred race tracks," writes The AP. " After the initial bid is announced, those who wish to bid against it have until Dec. 4 to submit a bid to Miller Buckfire, the New York firm handling Magna's assets auction. An auction for Pimlico Race Track, Laurel Park and the Bowie Training Center is scheduled for Jan. 8. Potential buyers must agree to keep the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, in Maryland."  Briefly: ?Sen. Barbara Mikulski's back on her feet 124 days after surgery on a broken foot. ?The National Park Service says $661,000 in federal stimulus money will pay for resurfacing of about 60 miles of the Chesapeake Ohio Canal National Historical Park towpath from Hancock to Cumberland. ?Gov. O'Malley signs a memorandum formalizing support for a off-shore wind farm. ?The U.S. Senate voted 72-16 to confirm Judge Andre M. Davis of Baltimore to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ?BRAC fuels building boom in Harford. ?Maryland's pro- and anti-death penalty groups react to execution of John Allen Muhammad.  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<title><![CDATA[Muhammad is executed for sniper killing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ JARRATT, Va. -- John Allen Muhammad, the sniper who kept the Washington region paralyzed by fear for three weeks as he and a young accomplice gunned down people at random, was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do young criminals deserve a second chance?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:41:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Not everyone can be saved. I believe that there are kids who, as a result of abuse and neglect, are so devoid of conscience and empathy that they will likely never become productive members of society. I say this with deep regret and anguish.  But how do we know who will mature, grow, learn and develop a conscience and who will stay stuck in their antisocial, violent and destructive ways? How can we make sure that we're not keeping the next Charles S. Dutton unnecessarily behind bars when he is ready and able to walk back into the world and give back something good, if not extraordinary?  When you push away all the legal mumbo jumbo, this was the question at the heart of yesterday's Supreme Court hearing over juveniles in the criminal justice system. Technically, the justices were asked to decide whether it is unconstitutional to sentence kids who have committed non-homicide crimes to life behind bars without the possibility of parole. In reality, the justices were weighing salvation. Is it okay to sentence a 13-year-old to a mandatory life term for raping a 72-year-old woman? How about throwing away the key for a 17-year-old involved in a series of burglaries? If it would be constitutional to hit an 18-year-old with a guaranteed life behind bars, why should someone just a month short of this landmark birthday be spared the same fate?  Some on the bench, including Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, seemed to be pushing for a bright line, an age below which no defendant could be sentenced to life without parole. Others, primarily Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., seemed intent on avoiding an artificial cutoff in favor of an approach that would call on judges to take into account the offender's age in determining whether the punishment was appropriate. Both approaches have merit.  Unless you draw a bright line, there will be kids who, depending on the state or county they're prosecuted in, will be thrown into prison for the rest of their lives with no opportunity to prove they deserve a second chance. In Florida, for example, kids as young as 10 or even 5 or 6 can in theory be sentenced to life without parole. It's never happened -- and such a sentence would be outrageous -- but it could. Statistics provided by lawyers for the two juveniles whose cases were argued yesterday point to the fact that 84 percent of kids sentenced to life without parole for non-homicides are African American. The numbers, in and of themselves, don't prove that black kids are unjustly targeted for such harsh sentences, but it certainly raises concerns about the possibility that they are.  The cleanest way to prevent an absurd result would be to declare that it is unconstitutional for anyone under the age of 18 to be hit with the mandatory life sentence. After all, 18 is used in a variety of circumstances to determine eligibility for privileges and responsibilities -- from voting to owning a gun to entering into a legally-binding contract. The age of 18 is -- importantly -- also the age the justices settled on in a 2005 case from Missouri to conclude that the death penalty was unconstitutional when applied to juveniles. And therein lies the problem -- and paves the way for the chief justice's approach. The "kid" in the Missouri case, Christopher Simmons, was about nine months shy of his 18th birthday when he decided he wanted to murder someone. He recruited two other teens and planned to break into a home, tie up the victims with duct tape and throw them off a bridge. According to the court's decision, Simmons reassured his friends that "they'd get away with it" because they were minors. Simmons stuck to his plan: He broke into the home of Shirley Crook, whose husband was away on business, bound her hands, legs and face with duct tape, and threw her -- alive -- off a bridge; her body was discovered the next day by local fishermen. Simmons was convicted and sentenced to be executed, but because he was not 18 years old when he committed the crime a majority of the justices determined he could not be put to death. Because of the court???s 2005 decision no offender who murders as a teen -- even as a 17-year-, 364-day-old teen -- can be subject to capital punishment. I understand the misgivings of those who can't uncategorically embrace this decision.  But what about kids who don't kill but commit other crimes, including rape or violent assault? To deny a 13-year-old a second chance after serving a lengthy prison sentence seems grotesque to me. He will not be the same person at 23 that he was at 13; he is likely to be more different still when he is 33 or 43. Those who commit violent acts must face serious punishment, but all juvenile offenders locked up for non-homicide crimes should eventually be given a second chance to prove that they are worthy of being trusted to rejoin society. My hope is that most of these offenders will be mature and rehabilitated enough to earn release. My gut tells me some of them will never be. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ If attorney Jon Sheldon's final plea to save the life of John Allen Muhammad fails, he will go to Virginia's death chamber Tuesday night to watch the sniper die. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Issue of life in prison with no parole for minors divides Supreme Court]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court appeared split Monday along familiar ideological lines over whether the Constitution forbids locking up forever juveniles whose crimes fall short of homicide.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103244427" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103244427" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The post-industrial evolution of the U.S. economy has aroused multibillion-dollar questions over what kinds of inventions deserve patent protection, and on Monday the Supreme Court joined the muddle over whether new ideas and strategies do. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amid losses, sniper victim's family finds 'grace from God']]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The family of Dean H. Meyers, whose murder has sent convicted D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad headed toward Virginia's death chamber, is no stranger to tragedy. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court rejects D.C. area sniper's appeal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Washington area sniper John Allen Muhammad's scheduled execution will go forward Tuesday unless Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine intervenes, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the sniper's final legal appeal. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court rejects D.C. area sniper's appeal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Washington area sniper John Allen Muhammad's scheduled execution will go forward Tuesday unless Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine intervenes, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the sniper's final legal appeal.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103301119" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103301119" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[D.C. Sniper: Execution date approaches for John Allen Muhammad]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Michael Ruane, Washington Post staff writer and co-author of "Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation," was online Monday, Nov. 9, at Noon ET to discuss the case of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in Virginia Tuesday at 9 p.m. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Concerned about public safety, judge holds NE woman in shooting death]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A D.C. Superior Court judge on Friday ordered a 20-year-old Northeast woman charged with first-degree murder held in D.C. jail. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who cares what Riggo thinks?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I have a few comments to make about John Riggins' "Inside the NFL" interview, and only a few. 1) Before we all get too worked up about this, since when does anyone care what John Riggins has to say about anything? And I mean ANYTHING. Oh, that's right, it was when he made drunken and disrespectful comments to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. I believe his exact quote was, "Loosen up, Sandy, baby." 2) Quick, name the last time John Riggins said something meaningful or insightful about anything. And I mean ANYTHING. Go ahead, I can wait. And, "Loosen up, Sandy, baby" doesn't count as meaningful or insightful. 3) The fact that someone racked up a large number of rushing yards (largely because of the otherworldly offensive line in front of him) doesn't mean that we should listen to what he says or that we should trust him. Exhibit A: Simpson, O.J. Exhibit B: Henry, Travis. Exhibit C: Riggins, John. 4) Regarding Riggins' comments that Skins owner Dan Snyder is a "bad guy" and has a "dark heart," one has to wonder whether Riggins has the unique and magical ability to look into someone's soul. If so, does that power only extend to NFL owners, or does it reach beyond that? If it only extends to NFL owners, or only those owners in the DC area, that's a strangely limited power. But if it extends beyond that, perhaps John could be very valuable in helping us elect Presidents or select mates. Now incidentally, if God were going to give someone that great power to look into others' souls, would he really select John Riggins? Note: if you answer that affirmatively, you may be calling God an idiot. 5) It's one thing to say that an owner has made bad business decisions. It's another to say he's a "bad" person and has a "dark heart." The former is a professional assessment; the latter, a personal insult. Even the most unsavory of politicians understand that difference. And Redskins fans know the difference. While they've blasted Snyder for the way he's run the team, they've generally limited the criticism to professional matters. 6) By making a personal attack, Riggins has just made Snyder sympathetic in a situation where he had received little sympathy to date. Snyder should send him some flowers to thank him. Seriously. 7) Irony alert: Doesn't making a personal attack on a national TV show arguably make you a "bad guy"? I mean, would a "good guy" do that? 8) Doesn't Snyder's refusal to respond in kind by calling Riggins a "[expletive]" demonstrate to some extent that Snyder is actually a "good guy" -- good guy who's made some questionable decisions perhaps, but a good guy nonetheless? (Unlike me, who just suggested that a Hall of Fame running back might be a "[expletive]." but at least I have evidence to back it up. Exhibit A: The "Inside the NFL" interview. Exhibit B: "Loosen up, Sandy, baby." Exhibits C-Z: Do a Google search. 9) Rinse. 10) Repeat. Let's just file this whole thing under "Teapot, Tempest in a." Hopefully, we'll all forget about it as swiftly as we forgot about the brouhaha when Artie Lange was on "The Joe Buck Show." And hopefully everyone will think twice about asking John Riggins to comment on anything. And I mean ANYTHING.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103316476" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103316476" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:41:38 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Why would anyone be surprised to hear John Riggins rip into Redskins team owner Daniel Snyder on Showtime's weekly NFL anthology show? Do we need to be reminded about all manner of previous verbal Riggo drill classics, as in: "I'm bored, I'm broke and I'm back," after ending a season-long holdout in the early 1980s. "Loosen up Sandy, baby," directed at Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at a memorable banquet (he may not remember himself, for all the obvious reasons). "Ronald Reagan may be the president, but I'm the king," not long after scoring the clinching fourth-quarter touchdown against the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII. Riggins has been ripping into Snyder and his Redskins Park minions all season, which is certainly his right as a paid pundit on various local media outlets, as well as his hilarious YouTube contributions. He's paid for his opinions, and anyone who has ever spent any time with Riggins face-to-face or watched him for years sparring with George Michael and Sonny Jurgensen, on Channel 4, knows he's never been shy in expressing them. Does he have an axe to grind, the operative clich?? being used by all his critics? Well, he was working for one of Snyder's radio stations up until last year, but when ESPN 980 also was purchased by Snyder, there was no room in the lineup for a guy who surely would have rattled a lot more coffee cups than a few of the sports talk hosts now employed (are you listening John Thompson, a frequent guest in Snyder's owners box on game days). So you decide about that ax. Did he go too far in describing Snyder as being a "bad guy" or having a "dark heart?" Riggins knows the man far better than I do, and if that's what he believes, more power to him for telling it the way he sees it. Amazing that other former Redskins, particularly Brian Mitchell and LaVar Arrington, also have been taking heavy on-air shots at Snyder as well. As for Riggins' legacy being tarnished by his comments. Please spare me. He's in the Hall of Fame. He rivals Sonny Jurgensen as arguably the most popular Redskin of all time, both when he played and now that he's retired. They're not going to throw him out of Canton. His records are still on the books. That touchdown against Miami will always rank as one of the all-time greatest plays in team history, if not the very best of the best. He's John Riggins. The Diesel. Big John. Riggo. That will never change. Never. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Riggo is right]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:41:41 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I don't have to listen to John Riggins to dislike Daniel Snyder. I just have to remember when he bought the Redskins a decade ago and started firing people who had been with the franchise for years. Why? Because he could. So when Riggins says Snyder has a "dark heart,'' I don't think back to Riggo's various transgressions, like his inebriated: "Loosen up, Sandy, baby" to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. I just think of an insecure 33-year-old NFL owner who had to show some loyal low- and middle-level employees who was the boss. OK, Snyder has matured to the extent that we all do in a decade. But he's still feuding with Redskins season-ticket holders. He still runs a stadium that is one of the least pleasant to visit in the NFL. And, worst for his fans, he still can't figure out how to put together a winner. He is, as I've termed him over the years: "Dan the Fan,'' someone whose idea of building a team is similar to ideas promulgated by people who call talk shows and suggest: "Why don't we trade Jason Campbell and a No. 1 pick to the Patriots for Tom Brady?'' That latent insecurity was obvious in his response to Riggins: ordering up a press release that has defensive coordinator Greg Blache defending him. "There's times he's come to me when he's heard about issues in my family and offered his assistance ...,'' Blache is quoted as saying or Snyder. "He's one of the most generous, kind individuals you'll ever meet.'' Look, all owners in all sports are subject to criticism when they lose. Including, occasionally, from ex-players. The smart ones ignore it, instead of denouncing the denouncer. Al Davis, who's down there with Snyder on an "NFL's worst owner'' list, did the same thing this week, attacking ESPN for alleging that his coach, Tom Cable, struck an ex-wife and a former girlfriend. The most obvious way Snyder can make Skins fans happy is to win. Absent of that, he can put his team on the right track to doing that by doing what every smart owner in every sport does: hire the best person he can find to run the team and getting out of the way. There are examples to the immediate to the north of him: Jeffrey Lurie in Philadelphia; John Mara and Steve Tisch in New York and Robert Kraft in New England. Do that and even Riggo might forgive him... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Justices weigh scope of prosecutorial immunity]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday sounded like a television movie, a tale of wrongful imprisonment and the slow, inexorable wheels of justice. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawyers ask Supreme Court to block sniper's execution]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Attorneys for sniper John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the terrifying 2002 Washington area shooting spree, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt their client's execution, saying he was paranoid and delusional during his trial.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103329132" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103329132" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Glod and Josh White]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The Damage Done: Heroin in Centreville and the death of Alicia Lannes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Greg and Donna Lannes sat on either side of their daughter in the Bethesda office of psychiatrist Steven Pankopf. Between them, Alicia was composed, her head up and her voice steady. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. sees shortage of ammunition]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In a year of job losses, foreclosures and bag lunches, Americans have spent record-breaking amounts of money on guns and ammunition. The most obvious sign of their demand: empty ammunition shelves. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David A. Fahrenthold and Fredrick Kunkle]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Justices tackle case on investment fees]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Several Supreme Court justices on Monday seemed reluctant to make the courts arbiters of whether mutual fund investment advisers are charging excessive fees for their work on what has become an essential investment tool for Americans. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court to hear NLRB case]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court said Monday that it will decide whether two people can do the work of five when it comes to resolving labor-management disputes in the workplace.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103342934" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103342934" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Defining excessive pay]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court this week will hear a case that raises bedrock questions about the ability of the market to set "reasonable" corporate compensation, and experts say its outcome could hold important clues about the judiciary's view of extraordinary interventions in the economy by the executive branch and Congress. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[George F. Will on liberals using disclosure to intimidate]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ SEATTLE ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Michelle Triola Marvin, 75; lawsuit pioneered palimony]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Michelle Triola Marvin, 75, the former live-in girlfriend of Lee Marvin whose lawsuit against the actor established the legal concept of palimony, died Oct. 30 at the Malibu home she shared with actor Dick Van Dyke, her companion of more than 30 years. She had lung cancer. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ACORN video creates new conservative star]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Andrew Breitbart blew into Washington recently for what amounted to a victory lap.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103356770" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation/special;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4827103356770" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Perry Bacon Jr.]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[White House releases six-month log of visitors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ During his first six months in office, according to information released Friday, President Obama met frequently at the White House with labor leaders, senators, lobbyists, business executives and liberal activists as he sought to revive the faltering economy, plan health-care reform, confirm a Supreme Court nominee and pass a huge stimulus package. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court will consider life sentences for juveniles]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It did not take long for the judge to determine that the convicted rapist in front of him was irredeemable. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Barnes]]></dc:creator>
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