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Fewer Americans believe in global warming, poll shows
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Submitted: 11 hours ago
- The percentage of Americans who believe global warming is happening has dipped from 80 to 72 percent in the past year, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, even as a majority still support a national cap on greenhouse gas emissions. » See more
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Washington Post shutters last U.S. bureaus
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Submitted: 12 hours ago
- The Washington Post, in a significant retrenchment, is closing its remaining domestic bureaus around the country. » See more
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Wizards owner helped transform D.C.
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Submitted: 12 hours ago
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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…
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White House menu: Prawns, protocol
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Submitted: 16 hours ago
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It might be that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has ruined the White House forever. In the warm and golden fictional world he envisioned in "The American President" and "The West Wing," events at 1600…
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Japan says it will soon release details of nuclear pact with U.S.
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Submitted: 17 hours ago
- TOKYO -- Japan's new government, already bickering with the United States about the location of a Marine air station on Okinawa , appears intent on revealing evidence of a decades-old secret pact between Tokyo and Washington that allowed U.S. ships… » See more
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2.8% drop in lending is largest since 1984
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Submitted: 18 hours ago
- Lending by U.S. banks plunged by 2.8 percent in the third quarter, the largest drop since at least 1984 and the fifth consecutive quarter in which banks have reduced lending, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported Tuesday. » See more
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Lead, chemicals found in toys despite stricter law
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Submitted: 18 hours ago
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Despite a new law that bans six chemicals from children's products and lowers the lead limit for them, a public interest group has found a number of toys at major retailers that contain the chemicals…
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Girl hits pay dirt on a fossil hunt with her family
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Submitted: 18 hours ago
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If there were any doubts that dinosaurs once roamed Prince George's County, a 9-year-old girl may have put them to rest.
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War speech to outline escalation and exit
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Submitted: 21 hours ago
- When he talks to the nation next week about his Afghanistan strategy, President Obama will face the central challenge of explaining why he is escalating an eight-year-old war that is increasingly unpopular with the American public, while he also… » See more
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