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<title><![CDATA[ Japan facing mounting toll in a triple catastrophe ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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TOKYO - As bodies washed ashore by the hundreds and an emergency deepened at a coastal nuclear plant, millions in Japan on Tuesday faced an unabating sense of apprehension, mourning and astonishment over the emerging scope of this nation-changing catastrophe.
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<dc:creator>Chico Harlan</dc:creator>
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Turmoil in the Middle East l libya: When Secretary of State Clinton meets with the rebel leadership, she will hear from a movement of high ideals, under siege and desperate for recognition. A15
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<title><![CDATA[ In Sendai, long lines of quiet desperation ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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IN SENDAI, JAPAN Outside the Rigoletto Tapas Lounge, an eatery that normally offers fine wines and Spanish delicacies, the bourgeoisie of this quake-crippled northern Japanese city lined up for hours Monday.
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<dc:creator>Andrew Higgins</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan's nuclear crisis deepens as third reactor loses cooling capacity ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Japan's nuclear emergency turned more dire on Tuesday after the third explosion in four days rocked the seaside Fukushima Daiichi complex and fire briefly raged in a storage facility for spent fuel rods at a fourth, previously unaffected reactor.
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<dc:creator>Steven Mufson and Chico Harlan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bahrain vows 'crackdown on lawbreakers' ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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MANAMA, Bahrain - Bahrain's king declared a state of emergency Tuesday, imposing a curfew, banning rallies and handing broad powers to a military bolstered by the fresh arrival of dozens of tanks sent by other Gulf monarchies.
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<dc:creator>Michael Birnbaum</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Brown had six run-ins with law enforcement before landing D.C. job ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Former D.C. mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown had had six run-ins with law enforcement, including three charges in the District and an attempted-murder charge in Chicago, at the time he received a $110,000-a-year job in the administration of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, said city officials and sources...
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<dc:creator>Nikita Stewart</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama administration prepares for possibility of new post-revolt Islamist regimes ]]></title>
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The White House is acknowledging popular revolutions might bring a more religious cast to politics.
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<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Inadequacy of crash test dummies leaves many child safety seats with no federal standards ]]></title>
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A lack of suitable crash test dummies has left many car seats unregulated - and untested.
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<dc:creator>Katherine Shaver</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan's race is on to contain meltdowns after blasts at 2 reactors, loss of cooling capacity at 3rd ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:46:01 EDT</pubDate>
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After a second explosion rocked a Japanese nuclear complex, a third reactor lost its cooling capacity, complicating engineers' efforts to limit the damage of a partial meltdown.
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<dc:creator>Chico Harlan and Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ White House seeks to reconnect with young voters ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Early last month, President Obama addressed 1,000 people at Penn State about his ideas for reviving the country's economy. A couple of weeks later, he delivered a similar address to about 100 small-business owners at Cleveland State University.
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<dc:creator>Peter Wallsten</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan struggles on many fronts ]]></title>
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan earthquake, tsunami leave scenes of destruction in northeastern city of Sendai ]]></title>
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SENDAI, JAPAN - In the center of this city, the economic hub of northern Japan , the traffic lights and vending machines are still working.
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<dc:creator>Andrew Higgins</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ultimate impact of damage to Japan nuclear reactors still unknown ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The detection of the highly radioactive elements cesium-137 and iodine-131 outside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant heralds the beginning of an ecological and human tragedy. The open question is whether it will be limited, serious or catastrophic.
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<dc:creator>Brian Vastag</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Washingtonpost.com debuts redesigned Web site ]]></title>
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Washingtonpost.com A new look for our Web site Today we're excited to share some changes to our Web site, intended to provide you with a better news experience. We hope you'll find that washingtonpost.com now offers more ways for you to engage with and discuss our reporting and makes it easier to...
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan earthquake and tsunami death toll expected to exceed 10,000; survivors worry about supplies ]]></title>
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TOKYO - Overwhelmed by a still-growing catastrophe, Japanese authorities struggled Monday to reach buried survivors and the missing, faced roadblocks in delivering aid and raced to contain an expanding nuclear emergency.
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<dc:creator>Chico Harlan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Arab League's backing of no-fly zone over Libya ramps up pressure on West ]]></title>
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CAIRO - The Arab League endorsed the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya on Saturday and recognized the fledgling rebel movement seeking to topple Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi as the country's legitimate government, increasing pressure on Western powers to intervene in what increasingly...
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<dc:creator>Richard Leiby and Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Nuclear power industry watches warily as Japan's aging reactor is hit hard ]]></title>
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It's one of the oldest nuclear reactors in Japan, a boiling-water unit made by General Electric, just a couple of weeks shy of 40 years old and close to retirement age. On Saturday, something went very wrong. The explosion at Fukushima Daiichi's unit 1 rattled an already shaken nation and renewed...
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<dc:creator>Joel Achenbach</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ NCAA tournament: Will bigger field scare folks out of the pools? ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The NCAA men's basketball tournament field will be announced at 6 p.m. Sunday night, the official opening bell for the spring rite known as March Madness .
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<dc:creator>Eric Prisbell</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Va. assault case, anxious parents recognize 'dark side of autism' ]]></title>
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When a Stafford County jury this month found an autistic teenager guilty of assaulting a law enforcement officer and recommended that he spend 101/2 years in prison, a woman in the second row sobbed.
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<dc:creator>Theresa Vargas</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan begins grim relief mission with towns flooded, thousands reported missing ]]></title>
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TOKYO - Rescue teams searched through matchstick rubble Saturday for thousands of people missing in flooded areas of northeastern Japan, beginning one of the most complex relief efforts in history.
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<dc:creator>Chico Harlan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japanese nuclear plants' operator scrambles to avert meltdowns ]]></title>
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Japanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, a major setback in the struggle to contain what has become the most serious nuclear power crisis in a quarter century.
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<dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan reeling after 8.9 quake ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan a leader in engineering earthquake-proof structures, helping to limit damage ]]></title>
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Huge shock absorbers, walls that slide and Teflon foundation pads that isolate buildings from the ground all help explain why medium- and high-rise structures in Japan remained standing in the wake of the country's largest earthquake on record , construction experts said Friday.
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<dc:creator>Brian Vastag</dc:creator>
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l SAUDI ARABIA: The "Day of Rage" planned by government critics proves to be a day of calm. A12
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<title><![CDATA[ Japanese nuclear reactors in peril, radiation surges after earthquake, tsunami ]]></title>
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Japanese authorities declared a state of emergency Saturday for five nuclear reactors at two quake-stricken power plants as military and utility officials scrambled to tame rising pressure and radioactivity levels inside the units and stabilize the systems used to cool the plants' hot reactor cores.
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<dc:creator>Steven Mufson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Japan devastated by 8.9-magnitude quake, tsunami ]]></title>
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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - A bulldozing tsunami triggered by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake devastated the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, turning cars into driftwood, washing away neighborhoods and leaving this industrialized country bracing for an epic humanitarian disaster.
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<dc:creator>Chico Harlan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Libya, Gaddafi forces recapture strategic western town ]]></title>
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ZAWIYAH, LIBYA - In the battle-scarred center of this small town, evidence abounds that the popular uprising here has been brutally crushed, in a bitter blow to the fast-fading hopes of rebels that they can succeed in toppling Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.
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<dc:creator>Liz Sly</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Maryland House derails bill that would legalize same-sex marriage ]]></title>
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The Maryland House of Delegates effectively killed a measure Friday that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state - halting momentum in a year in which proponents thought they would prevail.
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<dc:creator>John Wagner</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ NFL lockout is now in effect; pro football enters first work stoppage since 1987 ]]></title>
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National Football League team owners locked out the league's players Saturday, shutting down professional football for the first time in 24 years and plunging the nation's most popular and prosperous sport into a time of uncertainty.
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<dc:creator>Mark Maske and Amy Shipley</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rep. Peter King's Muslim hearing: Plenty of drama, less substance ]]></title>
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One half of the Muslim contingent in Congress paused, his voice high and breaking. He tugged at his glasses. He held up a finger and gathered himself.
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<dc:creator>David A. Fahrenthold and Michelle Boorstein</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. to send aid team to eastern Libya; Clinton to meet rebel representatives ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The White House announced Thursday that it will send a government aid team into rebel-held parts of Libya and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she will meet next week with representatives of the transition council, moves that edged the Obama administration closer to the formal Libyan...
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung and Edward Cody</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Teenager suspended from Fairfax County school over acne drug ]]></title>
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Hayley Russell was 13 and worried about another acne flare-up when she brought an orange prescription bottle to Rachel Carson Middle School in Fairfax County. She placed the medication on the top shelf of her locker so she could retrieve an antibiotic pill to take at lunch.
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<dc:creator>Donna St. George</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mexico's drug war intrudes on Monterrey, a booming metropolis ]]></title>
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IN MONTERREY, MEXICO When American baseball executives were looking for a place to move the struggling Montreal Expos franchise five years ago, Mexican investors brought them here, to this booming metropolis two hours south of the Texas border.
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff and William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Stocks sink amid concerns out of China and Europe, continued turmoil in Arab world ]]></title>
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New concerns about a widening U.S. trade gap and slowing Chinese growth combined Thursday with other signs of economic trouble to undercut some of the confidence about a recovery that has been building.
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Republican Wisconsin senators bypass Democrats in vote on collective bargaining ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Senate Republicans abruptly passed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan to sharply curtail collective-bargaining rights for public employees Wednesday night, using a legislative maneuver to approve the measure without 14 Democratic senators who fled the state in an effort to block it.
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<dc:creator>Michael A. Fletcher</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ David Broder, 81, dies; set 'gold standard' for political journalism ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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David S. Broder, 81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most respected writers on national politics for four decades, died Wednesday at Capital Hospice in Arlington of complications from diabetes.
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<dc:creator>Adam Bernstein</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism ]]></title>
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CAIRO - On the banks of the Nile, in the middle of a roiling protest Wednesday by hundreds of chanting Christians, a man raised a Koran in one hand and a wooden cross in the other. "I came here because we don't want sectarian strife," said Ahmed Moustafa, a 37-year-old Muslim. "Muslims and...
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<dc:creator>Richard Leiby</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Most schools could face 'failing' label under No Child Left Behind, Duncan says ]]></title>
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More than three-quarters of the nation's public schools could soon be labeled "failing" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the Obama administration said Wednesday as it increased efforts to revamp the signature education initiative of President George W. Bush.
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<dc:creator>Nick Anderson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ On Libya, Obama willing to let allies take the lead ]]></title>
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President Obama is content to let other nations publicly lead the search for solutions to the Libyan conflict, his advisers say, a stance that reflects the more humble tone he has sought to bring to U.S. foreign policy but one that also opens him to criticism that he is a weak leader.
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<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ NPR executive Vivian Schiller resigns under pressure from board and CPB ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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NPR lost its chief executive Wednesday, a day after the news organization was embarrassed by a secretly recorded video that caught one of its top managers calling Republicans "anti-intellectual" and tea party members "racists."
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<dc:creator>Paul Farhi</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rep. Peter King's Muslim hearings: A key moment in an angry conversation ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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It won't be on the official agenda. It might not even be asked out loud. But it may be the most important question during a congressional hearing Thursday on homegrown Islamic terrorists.
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<dc:creator>David A. Fahrenthold and Michelle Boorstein</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In China, NBA's Stephon Marbury is a hit ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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IN FOSHAN, CHINA He doesn't like Chinese food much, has to fly economy instead of by private jet and makes a tiny fraction of the $20 million he earned each year playing basketball for the New York Knicks.
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<dc:creator>Andrew Higgins</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Egypt's security forces are weakened after decades as Mubarak's enforcer ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CAIRO - For years, Marwa Farouk lived in fear of Egypt's state security agents, who arrested and interrogated her several times for her work as an activist.
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<dc:creator>William Wan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S., Europe considering naval operations to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The United States and its European allies are considering the use of naval assets to deliver humanitarian aid to Libya and to block arms shipments to the government of Moammar Gaddafi, even as they weigh the legality of imposing a no-fly zone without United Nations authorization, according to U.S...
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ White House moving to repair troubled relationship with Cabinet ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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News this week of the first departure of a Cabinet secretary from the Obama administration comes amid a wide-ranging effort under the new chief of staff, William M. Daley, to repair badly frayed relations between the White House and the Cabinet.
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<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Utah, Sen. Hatch courts tea partyers one by one in quest for survival ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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LOGAN, UTAH -  Here's how you run for reelection if you're a powerful Republican senator from a state where powerful Republican activists want somebody new:
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<dc:creator>Philip Rucker</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Pepco reliability plan 'cobbled together' without detailed study, report finds ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Pepco's multimillion-dollar plan to reduce power outages and improve reliability was "cobbled together" without detailed study and could fail to achieve its goals, a team of independent consultants has found.
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<dc:creator>Joe Stephens and Mary Pat Flaherty</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ D.C.'s pot pioneers: Seeking a piece of the medical marijuana action ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Montgomery Blair Sibley might be best known as the lawyer who defended the "D.C. madam ," the infamous escort service owner who claimed to attend to the needs of Washington's elite.
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<dc:creator>Paul Schwartzman</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Gaddafi forces attack rebels anew, even as regime appears to seek talks ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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RAS LANUF, LIBYA - Government and rebel forces engaged in a fierce battle Monday for control of this oil depot on the Mediterranean coast, as regime loyalists mounted assaults on several fronts to reclaim ground lost since the Feb. 17 uprising began.
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<dc:creator>Steve Hendrix and Anthony Faiola</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama creates indefinite detention system for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay ]]></title>
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President Obama signed an executive order Monday that will create a formal system of indefinite detention for those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who continue to pose a significant threat to national security. The administration also said it will start new military...
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<dc:creator>Peter Finn and Anne E. Kornblut</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ 'Gang of 6' senators launch public campaign to support deficit reduction ]]></title>
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RICHMOND -  While Washington bickers noisily over cutting a small slice of the federal budget, Sens. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, and Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, launched a campaign Monday to convince the public that merely cutting spending will do little to tame the $14 trillion ...
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<dc:creator>Lori Montgomery</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Gaddafi intensifies campaign ]]></title>
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RAS LANUF, LIBYA - Moammar Gaddafi's loyalists escalated a lethal counterattack on Sunday, heightening assaults on rebel-held cities near his western stronghold of Tripoli and pushing back opposition forces attempting to advance toward the capital.
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<dc:creator>Steve Hendrix , Anthony Faiola and Samuel Sockol</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ For first time in decades, Arlington National Cemetery must bury multiple 'unknowns' ]]></title>
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When the remains of a Vietnam War soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified in 1998 using DNA, Pentagon officials proudly said that the days of interring service members as "unknown" could well be over.
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<dc:creator>Christian Davenport</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Gray acknowledges 'missteps,' calls for investigation ]]></title>
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District Mayor Vincent C. Gray on Sunday acknowledged "missteps" and said he wants the city attorney general and the D.C. Council to investigate allegations that aides to his campaign paid mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown last summer to continue his attacks on then-Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in exchange...
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<dc:creator>Tim Craig, Nikita Stewart and Mike DeBonis</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In states, parties clash over voting laws that would affect college students, others ]]></title>
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New Hampshire's new Republican state House speaker is pretty clear about what he thinks of college kids and how they vote. They're "foolish," Speaker William O'Brien said in a recent speech to a tea party group.
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<dc:creator>Peter Wallsten</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Congressional leaders push Obama administration for more aggressive Libya response ]]></title>
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Congressional leaders prodded the Obama administration on Sunday for a more aggressive U.S. response to Libya's increasingly brutal attacks on opposition groups - calling for a no-fly zone and other military measures - but White House officials cautioned against being drawn into a potentially pro...
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<dc:creator>Joby Warrick and Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Afghanistan, U.S. shifts strategy on women's rights as it eyes wider priorities ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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When the U.S. Agency for International Development sought bids last March for a $140 million land reform program in Afghanistan , it insisted that the winning contractor meet specific goals to promote women's rights: The number of deeds granting women title had to increase by 50 percent; there would...
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<dc:creator>Rajiv Chandrasekaran</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mayor Gray: No 'quid pro quo' ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown told The Washington Post that he struck a deal last summer with the campaign of Mayor Vincent C. Gray to continue his attacks on incumbent Adrian M. Fenty in exchange for a city job if Gray won.
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<dc:creator>Nikita Stewart</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Stalemate in Libyan siege ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BENGHAZI, LIBYA -  Government forces carried out a bloody siege of Zawiyah on Saturday, bombarding the rebel-held western city with mortar fire and deploying tanks in the streets and snipers on rooftops.
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<dc:creator>Leila Fadel , Anthony Faiola and Samuel Sockol</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ As telecom industry evolves, success of Netflix is its biggest threat ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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By any measure, Netflix is having a marquee year. It has 20 million subscribers, way up from 12 million just a year ago. Its stock has tripled in that time. During periods of peak Internet use, a full fifth of all American bandwidth consumption is people watching movies on Netflix.com .
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<dc:creator>Cecilia Kang</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Harriet Tubman vs. John Hanson: Statuary Hall smackdown ]]></title>
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Harriet Tubman has history on her side. But does she have the votes?
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<dc:creator>J. Freedom du Lac</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Walkout at Washington Hospital Center ]]></title>
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Almost a year of rancorous contract talks came to a head Friday when several hundred nurses at Washington Hospital Center, the region's largest hospital, walked off the job for a 24-hour strike.
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Man vs. machine in juvenile justice? ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Joseph Mitchell monitors youngsters on behalf of the District's juvenile justice system, conducting daily checks that supplement the work of probation officers and social workers. He makes sure the youngsters make it to class. He stops by their homes to make sure they're in by curfew. He sits in...
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Man wounded by Pr. George's officer ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Prince George's County police officer shot and wounded a man Friday during an investigation in the Clinton area of the county.
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Gaddafi forces mount fierce counterattack ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BENGHAZI, LIBYA -  Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi on Friday unleashed their fiercest counterattack yet, assaulting rebel-held positions by ground and air and firing on demonstrators in the government stronghold of Tripoli.
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<dc:creator>Leila Fadel and Anthony Faiola</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. adds 192,000 new jobs in February; unemployment rate dips to 8.9 percent ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The missing piece of the U.S. economic recovery - job creation - is finally falling into place.
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<dc:creator>Neil Irwin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tip yields arrest in East Coast Rapist case ]]></title>
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The long search for the elusive East Coast Rapist yielded an arrest Friday after a tip came in from someone who knew the suspect. Detectives secretly picked up one of his discarded cigarette butts, had it tested and learned the DNA was a match, law enforcement officials said.
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<dc:creator>Josh White and Maria Glod</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Peter King, IRA supporter and enthusiastic counter-terrorism advocate ]]></title>
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In 1985, the Irish government boycotted the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City, the biggest celebration in the Irish American calendar. The cause of its umbrage was Peter T. King , that year's grand marshal and someone the Irish government said was an "avowed" supporter of a terrorist...
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<dc:creator>Peter Finn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In the House, compostable utensils replaced with old-fashioned plastic ]]></title>
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What do Congress's spoons say about its soul? Right now, nothing flattering. A debate over the utensils in the House cafeterias has evolved into a parable of Capitol Hill's dysfunction - and each party's willingness to live up to its own stereotype.
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<dc:creator>David A. Fahrenthold and Felicia Sonmez</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Protesters say Maliki is using special security forces to shut down demonstrations in Iraq ]]></title>
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BAGHDAD - Among the revolts sweeping the Middle East and North Africa, Iraq's has been an exception: Here, protesters are seeking to reform a democratically elected government, not to topple an autocrat.
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<dc:creator>Stephanie McCrummen</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ A sweeping survey of Americans' sexual behavior ]]></title>
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Among the findings of a sweeping federal government survey of American sexual behavior is one that may surprise those bewailing a permissive and eros-soaked popular culture: More than one-quarter of people interviewed in their late teens and early 20s had never had sex.
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<title><![CDATA[ Democratic legislators embracing tactic to gain leverage: Fleeing ]]></title>
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Lawmaking can be a frustrating business, especially when you're outnumbered. But some Democratic state legislators have recently embraced a simple tool to gain leverage: the empty chair.
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<dc:creator>Sandhya Somashekhar</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ex-Va. teacher Ricks pleads guilty to child porn, gets 25 years ]]></title>
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Kevin Ricks , the former teacher who molested a Manassas high school student, pleaded guilty Thursday to seven new federal charges of producing and possessing child pornography, ensuring that one of the region's most notorious sex offenders will spend significant time in prison.
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<dc:creator>Josh White and Dana Hedgpeth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Libyan rebels push back assault by Gaddafi forces in port city of Brega ]]></title>
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BREGA, LIBYA - Rebels fought off a coordinated assault by military jets and armored ground forces near a key oil port Wednesday, thwarting Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's most significant attempt yet to retake eastern territory that he lost last week amid a nationwide uprising.
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<dc:creator>Leila Fadel and Steve Hendrix</dc:creator>
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Midwest union battles highlight debate over improving schools ]]></title>
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INDIANAPOLIS -  The Republican faceoff with labor unions in the Midwest and elsewhere marks not just a fight over money and collective bargaining, but also a test of wills over how to improve the nation's schools.
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<dc:creator>Nick Anderson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Children of diplomats displaced by strife often caught between two worlds ]]></title>
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American diplomats, aid workers and their families - evacuated from countries in turmoil - seek shelter in a nondescript apartment building in Falls Church, Va.
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<dc:creator>Kevin Sieff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ NFL labor dispute has prosperous league on the brink of shutting down ]]></title>
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A month ago this Sunday, the National Football League capped another season as master of the professional sports universe by hosting the most-watched program in U.S. television history: Super Bowl XLV, seen by an average of 111 million viewers. A $9 billion industry, the league has brought unprec...
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<dc:creator>Mark Maske</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court rules First Amendment protects church's right to picket funerals ]]></title>
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The First Amendment protects a fringe church's anti-gay protests at military funerals, a nearly unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a powerful opinion that spoke to the nation's tolerance for even hateful public speech.
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<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Government shutdown avoided for now, with a two-week funding extension ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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House and Senate leaders on Tuesday bought themselves a little more time in their efforts to avoid a government shutdown, agreeing to a two-week funding extension that also includes $4 billion in spending cuts.
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<dc:creator>Karen Tumulty and Ed O'Keefe</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U-Va. Rotunda waits in line for repairs ]]></title>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE - Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda, the historic heart of the University of Virginia, is among the most iconic structures in higher education. Yet a close inspection reveals that the proud Corinthian capitals above its entrance are crumbling. The elevator jams at inopportune moments. The...
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<dc:creator>Daniel de Vise</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ As Gaddafi holds on, some Libyans seek foreign intervention ]]></title>
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BENGHAZI, LIBYA -  Rebel leaders in eastern Libya called Tuesday for international military intervention to help topple Moammar Gaddafi, as the realization dawned that people power alone may not be enough to dislodge their nation's autocratic leader from his last remaining strongholds.
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<dc:creator>Leila Fadel and Liz Sly</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost son to war, says U.S. largely unaware of sacrifice ]]></title>
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Before he addressed the crowd that had assembled in the St. Louis Hyatt Regency ballroom last November, Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly had one request. "Please don't mention my son," he asked the Marine Corps officer introducing him.
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<dc:creator>Greg Jaffe</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Crisis building on Libyan border ]]></title>
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TUNIS - The violence in Libya was threatening to turn into a humanitarian crisis Tuesday as thousands of people fleeing into Tunisia overwhelmed relief efforts, creating a bottleneck of evacuees stranded on the Libyan side of the border.
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<dc:creator>Anthony Faiola</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S., Europe tighten noose around Libya's government ]]></title>
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The United States and its European allies tightened their noose around Libya's besieged government Monday, positioning military assets for possible action in the Mediterranean as they launched humanitarian efforts to assist refugees and rebel forces that have seized the eastern part of the country.
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung and Joby Warrick</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Outside Yemen's capital, anger and grievances run deep ]]></title>
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TAIZ, YEMEN -  It's 10 p.m. on a Thursday, and Freedom Square is electric. Ten thousand protesters, perhaps more, are waving flags and banners clamoring for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign. On a makeshift stage, 12-year-old Ons Al-Ahdel, dressed in a head-to-toe black abaya and clutching a...
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<dc:creator>Sudarsan Raghavan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Frank Buckles, last known World War I veteran, dies at 110 ]]></title>
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Frank W. Buckles died Sunday, sadly yet not unexpectedly at age 110, having achieved a singular feat of longevity that left him proud and a bit bemused.
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<dc:creator>Paul Duggan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ With government shutdown looming, freshmen are the wild cards ]]></title>
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In just two months, a freshman class of Republicans has found a way to run the House.
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<dc:creator>David A. Fahrentholdand Philip Rucker</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama offers states more flexibility in health-care law ]]></title>
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President Obama sought to defuse criticism of the new health-care overhaul Monday by saying he is willing to give states an earlier opportunity to opt out of certain key requirements - but only if they can find their own ways to accomplish the law's goals.
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<dc:creator>Amy Goldstein and Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ 'King's Speech' as film wins Best Picture Oscar ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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IN LOS ANGELES "The King's Speech," a stirring British costume drama about King George VI's struggle with a speech impediment and the challenges of leadership at the dawn of mass media, won Best Picture and three other prizes Sunday night at the Academy Awards.
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<dc:creator>Amy Argetsinger</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Pressure for change builds across Arab world ]]></title>
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TUNIS - Tunisia, whose revolution convulsed the Arab world, ousted its second leader in less than two months Sunday, as the euphoria triggered by the uprising in January began to give way to the realization that achieving meaningful reforms may prove tougher than toppling dictators.
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<dc:creator>Marc Fisher and Liz Sly</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Synthetic marijuana widely used at Naval Academy, some midshipmen say ]]></title>
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A synthetic form of marijuana is widely used at the U.S. Naval Academy because it cannot be detected in routine drug tests, according to several former midshipmen who have been removed from campus for using or possessing the substance.
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<dc:creator>Daniel de Vise</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ohio, Wisconsin shine spotlight on new union battle: Government workers vs. taxpayers ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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COLUMBUS, OHIO -  Across Ohio last week, the legislative push to restrict the union rights of government workers was greeted again and again by noisy protests.
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<dc:creator>Peter Whoriskey and Amy Gardner</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Cairo, schools reopen as uncertainty remains ]]></title>
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CAIRO - Fatema Salah said her students had never sung the Egyptian national anthem quite the way they did Sunday, the first day back to school for most Cairo pupils. Before, they shuffled through the morning ritual, heads down and sleepy. This time, standing in the school's shady courtyard for the...
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<dc:creator>Steve Hendrix</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rebel army may be formed as Tripoli fails to oust Gaddafi ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BENGHAZI, LIBYA -  Army leaders in eastern Libya who have turned against Col. Moammar Gaddafi's regime are preparing to dispatch a rebel force to Tripoli to support the beleaguered uprising there, a top military official said Saturday in Benghazi.
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<dc:creator>Leila Fadel and Liz Sly</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ White House caution in response to Gaddafi's actions was guided by fears for the safety of Americans in Libya ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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As President Obama and his advisers measured their response to the mass killing in Libya over the past week , they were mindful of one particular scene unfolding thousands of miles away.
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<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tucson shootings: Giffords staffers also struggle to heal, inspired by her progress ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The congresswoman wears a helmet designed with colors of the Arizona flag when she goes to therapy. With it off, her friends say, she looks like herself. Her hair is growing back; the wounds on her head are healing.
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<dc:creator>Sari Horwitz</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Academy Awards: And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to reward . . . just what? ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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There are a few things Oscar fans will be able to count on when they tune in Sunday night . At least one starlet will wear an oh-no-she-didn't frock. One production number will appall. And at the very end of the night, a few beaming producers will be clutching the Oscar for Best Picture and...
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<dc:creator>Ann Hornaday</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ D.C. area airports board bitterly divided in search for new executive ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The authority that oversees two of the Washington area's main airports and a multibillion-dollar project to extend Metrorail to Dulles International has become bitterly divided over who its next chief executive ought to be.
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<dc:creator>Ann E. Marimow</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Gaddafi forces fire on protesters in Tripoli; defiant leader urges thousands of supporters to take up arms ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BENGHAZI, LIBYA -  Government paramilitary forces opened fire Friday on protesters who swarmed the streets of Tripoli in what opponents hoped would be a final push to topple Moammar Gaddafi's regime. Witnesses described multiple casualties from the fiercest violence yet in the Libyan capital.
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<dc:creator>Leila Fadel and Liz Sly</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. ratchets up pressure on Gaddafi ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Moments after a charter aircraft departed Libya with all remaining U.S. diplomats there Friday, the Obama administration shuttered the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli and moved to freeze assets in this country belonging to leader Moammar Gaddafi, his family and his government.
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<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung and Colum Lynch</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. economic recovery threatened by events in Midwest, Middle East ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Just when the economic recovery seemed to gain momentum, two new threats have emerged that could undermine it. One has flared in the Midwest, the other in the Middle East.
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<dc:creator>Neil Irwin and Michael A. Fletcher</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Jeremy Bernard is first male, gay social secretary for White House ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Jeremy Bernard could have had Paris. It could have been a blast, another chapter in the life of an irreverent, shrewd insider who can get away with playfully tossing an ornamental gourd in a fancy Washington restaurant without any repercussions. But after only three months at the apex of diplomatic...
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<title><![CDATA[ Congress on course to avert a shutdown ]]></title>
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The threat of a government shutdown receded Friday, as Senate Democrats tentatively embraced a Republican plan to immediately cut $4 billion in federal spending by targeting programs that President Obama has already marked for elimination.
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