<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Wyoming</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/wy?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><description>Wyoming</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Wet Winter Doesn't Douse Water Wars]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30201-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30201-2005May2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ DENVER  --  After five years of consistent drought, the vast arid stretches of the American West finally had a winter of heavy precipitation in 2004-05. As the spring thaws begin, the federal Bureau of Reclamation says, the mountain snow pack that feeds the Colorado River is above average for the first time in years.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP May Be Splintering on Social Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18547-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18547-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A badly divided Senate Finance Committee yesterday held the first hearing examining President Bush's  efforts to restructure Social Security. While the Democrats remained united in their opposition, there were signs of cracks in the Republicans' support for the president.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman  and Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Spars Over Drug Import Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2434-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2434-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Party divisions over whether to allow Americans to import lower-priced  medications from such countries  as Canada exploded in an unusually public and personal exchange between two New England lawmakers.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[HHS to Handle Probe on FDA Nominee]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57798-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57798-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An inquiry into allegations that Lester M. Crawford, nominated to head the Food and Drug Administration, had an inappropriate personal relationship with a senior agency colleague was referred yesterday to the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letter Says Nominee Favored FDA Staffer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55221-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55221-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The anonymous allegation that has stalled Lester M. Crawford's nomination as Food and Drug Administration commissioner involves a personal relationship with a senior member of the FDA staff, according to congressional staffers familiar with the matter.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sugar Sours CAFTA Hearing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51820-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51820-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Opening salvos were fired yesterday in the congressional battle over a proposed free-trade agreement with Central American nations  --  and it soon became clear that proponents face a tough fight in getting the trade deal approved.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security Spending Initiates Disputes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47964-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47964-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Homeland security decisions have raised some very divisive issues  --  from civil liberties to the U.S. treatment of immigrants. But the fur really begins to fly when Congress considers questions  such as this: Why would the fire department in tiny Plankinton, S.D., population 567, need $52,688 in homeland security money for new fire equipment?]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders of the Packed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2624-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2624-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cushioning materials are a small but growing part of the very large packaging business. The Institute of Packaging Professionals estimates that packaging in North America alone is a more than $200 billion-a-year business.]]></description><author> Kathy Lally</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questioning the Cattle Call]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61751-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61751-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Congressional Review Act is an arcane regulatory repeal tool that has been used by Congress successfully only once. With a quick vote in Congress and the signature of President Bush on March 20, 2001, the Labor Department's controversial ergonomics rule was wiped out of existence.]]></description><author> Cindy Skrzycki</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart, Union Vie for Tiny Shop]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51932-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51932-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[LOVELAND, Colo., Feb. 24 -- In the 35 months he has worked for one of the world's richest corporations, Joshua Noble has received several commendations, he says, and three raises. But that still leaves him with an annual wage below $20,000 and a grand total of one week of vacation per year.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid and Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial Nominee Cleared in BLM Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45417-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45417-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Interior Department Inspector General Earl E. Devaney absolved former department solicitor William G. Myers III of blame in a case involving a January 2003 legal settlement between the Bureau of Land Management and a Wyoming rancher.]]></description><author> Christopher Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Norton, Yellowstone Close-Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30750-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30750-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[About  the same time Wednesday morning that her fellow Cabinet members were boarding limousines for the ride to the office, Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton pulled on three layers of fleece and Gore-Tex, a pair of Sno-Rider mittens so thickly padded they looked like boxing gloves, and a black helmet fitted with an anti-frostbite visor -- and then set off on a three-hour snowmobile ride.]]></description><author> T.R. Reid</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[PBS Pulls 'Buster']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40188-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40188-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Education Secretary Margaret Spellings informed PBS that an episode of the kids show "Postcards From Buster" was unfit to air.]]></description><author> Lisa de Moraes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ailing Justice Administers Oath]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23710-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23710-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Making his first official public appearance since his thyroid cancer was diagnosed three months ago, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist stood and, speaking in a damaged but clear voice, administered the presidential oath of office for the fifth and probably final time Thursday.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warming Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22909-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22909-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wednesday night was all about celebrating in divided but united fashion: Texans kicking up their heels at the Black Tie and Boots bash, cowboys chic to chic at Wyoming's party, a "wholesome" gathering of Christians and the ineffable pleasures of crab cakes with Washington's A-list.]]></description><author> Roxanne Roberts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acquisition Will Move AES Into Wind Power]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2268-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2268-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ AES Corp., a worldwide power company based in Arlington, said yesterday that it has agreed to purchase a large wind power company as a way to meet growing demand for renewable energy.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51904-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51904-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     THE REGION  D.C. Leads Nation in Per-Pupil Spending <br>The District spends $11,269 annually per public school pupil, more than any state, according to a report by the Bethesda-based newspaper Education Week.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes Lobbyists' Advice Really Is Priceless]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28087-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28087-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Katherine D. Brodie's good deed began with sushi and green tea. She and a colleague went to lunch at Sakana Japanese Restaurant near DuPont Circle with a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Hundreds of hours of pro-bono lobbying later, Native American museums around the country stood to receive a half-million extra dollars a year.]]></description><author> Jeffrey H. Birnbaum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report by D.C. Council Panel Urges City Oversight of Water]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23333-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23333-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A D.C. Council committee report echoes recommendations that the city should assume the federal government's responsibility for regulating D.C. drinking water.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Charged With Aiding Terrorists]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37993-2004Nov9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37993-2004Nov9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/wy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 13:02:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Wyoming college student has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist group, officials said Tuesday. FBI agents began a probe of Mark Robert Walker, 18, on Oct. 28, after his college roommate called authorities.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item></channel></rss>