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2 hrs ago | Macworld UK

Apple's CEO to propose new tax laws to US senate

Apple's CEO Tim Cook will be answering questions about Apple's tax practices in front of the US Senate tomorrow and he plans to pitch his own ideas aimed at "simplifying" US tax laws.

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5 hrs ago | KNST-AM Tucson

The AP was not the only news organization the DOJ went after

A story posted by The Washington Post on Sunday Evening will stir new debate and review over the tactics used by the Obama administration to monitor how journalists interact with government sources.

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9 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Burma's Thein Sein says military 'will always have a special place' in government

The military that ran Burma for decades will continue to play a major role in the country, the former Burmese general who has presided over the transformation of a nation that only three years ago was considered one of the world's most repressive said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Thein Sein, Washington Post, Publishing, Prison, Aung San Suu Kyi

13 hrs ago | NewsBusters.org

WashPost 'On Faith' Editor Sally Quinn Blames Female-hating ...

The Washington Post made a fool of its corporate self by starting a website called "On Faith" and putting at its head the secularist Sally Quinn.

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Related Topix: Air Force Academy, CO

Sun May 19, 2013

Patch.com

MWAA Police Officer Shot, Wife Charged

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of Friday night shooting in Sterling as Steven Spradling, 52, a member of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department.

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Related Topix: Loudoun County, VA, Sterling, VA, Transportation, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Politico

Woodward: On Benghazi, some 'acted as if they want to be Nixonian'

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward on Sunday knocked down the Watergate comparisons made during the last week of scandals in Washington, but said in the case of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, there are people in the administration "who have acted as if they want to be Nixonian." "This is not Watergate, but there are some ... (more)

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing

NACD

Apple CEO Tim Cook to Propose Tax Overhaul

The Washington Post has learned that Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to propose a "dramatic simplification" of corporate tax laws when he testifies for the first time before Congress next week.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Real Clear Politics

Special Counsel Only Way to Clean Up IRS Rat's Nest

When you get right down to it, the political targeting and stalling of tax-exempt applications by the IRS was an effort to defund the tea party.

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WRIC-TV Richmond

Man pleads guilty in international fraud case

A man who told people in Washington he was a former British spy has pleaded guilty to defrauding former business associates of $2.1 million.

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC

Patch.com

State of Maryland to Cancel 3 ICC Bus Routes?

The Intercounty Connector could lose three of its existing five commuter bus routes by Aug.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Gaithersburg, MD, Fort Meade, MD, Columbia, MD, College Park, MD

Government Executive

Analysis: You Know What Really Risks National Security? Leak Investigations

A year ago, The Associated Press discovered a foiled al-Qaida plot. Worried about the safety of an informant in the case, the CIA asked the AP to delay publishing the story until their spy could be secured.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Washington Post, Publishing, Journalism

Media Matters for America

Mainstream Media Dismiss Fox's Benghazi Scandal Mongering

Mainstream media have dismissed recent scandal mongering by sources like Fox News over the initial de-classified talking points used to describe the September 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, as baseless and a distraction.

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Related Topix: US News, Entertainment, Television, Comedy, Liberal Political News

National Public Radio

Week In Politics: IRS, Benghazi Emails, AP Phone Logs

Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times .

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax: Thinking of playing matchmaker; how to be monogamous

Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of "relationship cartoonist" Nick Galifianakis.

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, Entertainment, Television

LA Weekly

3 Kentucky Products to Smuggle Instead of KFC

As recently reported in The Washington Post , al-Yamama, a Palestinian delivery company, has been sneaking Kentucky Fried Chicken into the Gaza Strip from Egypt: a three-hour journey and an extra $20-30 for cold chicken, which admittedly can be good.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Kentucky Government, World News, Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Marketing, Recipes

Patch.com

Local Museums to Participate in 4th Annual Art Museum Day on Saturday

A number of local art museums will offer free admission in honor of Art Museum Day , according to The Washington Post .

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Related Topix: Maryland

The Orlando Sentinel

Mitch McConnell on 'Meet the Press'; Paul Ryan on 'Fox News Sunday'

The Sunday morning talk shows will find a lot to talk about in the Washington controversies over the IRS , the Department of Justice and the Benghazi attack.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, US Senate, Mitch McConnell, Dave Camp, Washington Post, Publishing, Xavier Becerra, Democrat, Entertainment

Talking Points Memo

Report: FBI Looking For Source Of Menendez Prostitution Rumors

The Washington Post reported on Friday that federal investigators are looking at whether someone set out to smear the Democratic senator last year, while he was running for reelection in New Jersey.

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Related Topix: Travel, Dominican Republic Travel, Caribbean Travel, US News, Liberal Political News

Business Journal

Prince George's County delays budget vote

The Prince George's County Council has delayed a final vote on the county's budget until May 30, The Washington Post reported.

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Related Topix: Springdale, MD

Business Journal

Contractor fired as D.C. flood-levee project stalls

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not sure when its controversial 17th Street levee project - designed to prevent floodwaters from surging across the Mall into downtown Washington - will resume, The Washington Post reports.

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, Jericho, NY

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