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Hill Leaders Often Take Corporate Jets

R. Jeffrey Smith and Derek Willis — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

When House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) left Washington last August to attend a friend's funeral in his home state and give a political speech in Ohio, he didn't wait in long security lines for a nonstop commercial flight.

From Counselor to Consultant

Judy Sarasohn — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

It was almost inevitable. John D. Ashcroft , the former conservative hard- line attorney general, Republican senator from Missouri and scourge of the liberal- and privacy-minded, is headed for the lobby biz.

AL Wrap: Minnesota Edges Kansas City in 10 Innings

Reuters — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (Sports Network) - Lew Ford singled home thewinning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift theMinnesota Twins to a 10-9 victory over the Kansas City Royalsand a sweep of the two-game series at the Metrodome.

Md. Students Celebrate Marrow Donor Bill

Ylan Q. Mui — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

For three long years -- a lifetime for most teenagers -- the girls of Sister to Sister at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia have toiled on a bill that would lower the age of consent for bone marrow donations. Club members helped draft the original legislation, lobbied politicians and testified before the General Assembly.

Property Values Heating Up in Arizona Desert

Amy Argetsinger — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

Arizona no-man's-land, underdeveloped and ignored, may see a boom as builders plan a Las Vegas suburb.

At Glenn Dale Mother's Table, Three Reasons for Saying Grace

Avis Thomas-Lester — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

It would be the first time in 17 months that the whole family would sit down to dinner together, and Ann Swann knew exactly what to prepare.

DeLay Returns to Hill, Questions About Ethics

Mike Allen — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) spent 30 minutes greeting colleagues on the House floor last night as he returned to the Capitol after five days away from increasing questions about his relationships with lobbyists and groups that financed his travel.

Forum Withdraws Support of Bush Plan

Jeffrey H. Birnbaum — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

Another major Wall Street player has dropped out of a business coalition that supports President Bush's restructuring of Social Security.

Partisans Bury Old Hatchets in Launching a New Business

Mike Allen — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

Robert P. "Bobby" Koch, president of the Wine Institute and brother-in-law of the president, has played matchmaker between two top operatives from the Bush and Kerry campaigns.

FCC Adopts Rule on Cell Phone Charges

Frank Ahrens — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

Agency hopes measure will make cell phone bills easier to understand by setting a national standard for how charges are explained.
-The Washington Post

Something Personal in Stainless Steel

Timothy Dwyer — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

The Pentagon Memorial will have 184 cantilevered benches, one in memory of each of the victims of the terrorist attack.

Wall Street Support of Private Accounts Muffled

Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Ben White — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

If President Bush gets his way on Social Security, many experts predict Wall Street would reap big rewards, but several investment companies are growing skittish about trumpeting their support.

Supremacists Suspected in Killings at Judge's Home

Peter Slevin — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

CHICAGO, March 2 -- The Internet postings began soon after news broke that a Chicago federal judge once targeted for assassination by a white supremacist had found her husband and mother dead Monday evening. Some correspondents said the killings were not such a bad thing.

Death Penalty for Juveniles Struck Down

Charles Lane — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

The Supreme Court, in a landmark death penalty decision Tuesday, barred executions of people under 18 years of age at the time of their crimes, ending a practice used in 19 states.

U.S. Indicts Oregon Charity Linked to Saudis

John Mintz — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

A federal grand jury has indicted an Oregon charity affiliated with the Saudi Arabian government on charges of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by concealing its alleged efforts to funnel $150,000 to Muslim fighters in Chechnya.

Water, Water Anywhere

Deborah K. Dietsch — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

Dry skin, dry cough, scratchy throat, flyaway hair? Maybe a humidifier would help.

A Column With Support At Each End

Howard Kurtz — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

The issue of pundit payola, it seems, is not limited to inside the Beltway.

Story of Baby Found on Road a Hoax

Manuel Roig-Franzia — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

A Kentucky woman killed an attacker who may have intended to steal her unborn child; in an unrelated incident, Fla. authorities said the widely reported case of a newborn being tossed from a moving car was a hoax.

Brokerage Leaves Coalition

Jeffrey H. Birnbaum — Thu, 5 May 2005 22:02:36 GMT

A large Midwest brokerage withdrew from a business coalition that backs President Bush's Social Security proposals after the AFL-CIO staged protests at the firm's offices and attacked it on the Internet.