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3 hrs ago | Edmonton Journal

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at age 81

This undated photo shows journalist Haynes Johnson. Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday, May 24, 2013.

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Related Topix: Journalism, The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Media, New Times, Public Broadcasting Service, Television, Selma, AL

4 hrs ago | Free Republic

Washington Post Column: In defense of Lois Lerner

Reading the commentary on the IRS hearings, it's clear that the overriding rule in Washington opinion circles is that the moment someone says they have done nothing wrong is when the presumption of guilt hardens into an incontrovertible fact of guilt, with only the punishment left to be decided.

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Related Topix: Tax, Publishing, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Chuck Grassley

5 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Decades later, D.C. woman to be honored with formal diploma

Olivia Ferguson wanted to stay at Jackson P. Burley High School, the school she loved, with all her friends.

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Related Topix: African-American, The Washington Post Company, Publishing

9 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax: Couple's squabbling short-circuits fun in their outings

Dear Carolyn: My husband and I get in a fight almost every time we try to do something fun together, either alone or with our kids, who are both under 3. I do something dumb .

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Wedding

13 hrs ago | IcNetwork

Watergate reporter Bob Woodward tells Welsh audience of his scoop of the century

Mark Bridger has denied having a sexual interest in children, and denied lying about the circumstances of April Jones' death in the final day of his defence The mouthwatering Test battle is being dubbed down under as Lions raw power versus Wallaby flair but Jamie Roberts thinks otherwise Bryn Terfel has played the world's greatest opera houses, but ... (more)

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Pembrokeshire County, Wales, Journalism, Publishing

Fri May 24, 2013

The Washington Post

After vote to allow gay Boy Scouts, critics and supporters mobilize

The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its ban on openly gay youths but maintained a prohibition on gay adult leaders.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Publishing, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Streetsblog

Bike-Share Leads People to Ride Their Own Bikes More

A recent survey of Washington's Capital Bikeshare members found that the average annual subscriber drove 198 fewer miles per year.

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New York Daily News

Son of former George W. Bush adviser arrested in hatchet killing in Washington

Police gather at the Washington suburban home of former George W. Bush adviser Claude A. Allen, whose son allegedly used a hatchet to kill another man there.

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Related Topix: George Bush, Gaithersburg, MD, Publishing

City Paper

Emilio Garcia-Ruiz Named Post Managing Editor

The Washington Post has a new managing editor, replacing John Temple , who left the paper in March .

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing

Medical News

First Edition: May 24, 2013

Today's headlines include details on California's new health insurance exchange rates, whether consumers will experience "rate shock" and what these numbers say about the health law's implementation.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health, Publishing, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Kentucky, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives

Power Line

White House counsel met with top treasury lawyer three times last year after learning of IRS audit

The Daily Caller reports that White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler had three unprecedented one-on-one meetings last year with the Treasury Department's chief lawyer, Chistopher Meade.

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Related Topix: US News, Publishing

Washington Post

Federal worker has 61 years of federal service and no plans to retire

The CPI measures inflation, and lots of folks pay attention to it when the number is released each month.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Washington, Washington Government, US News, Liberal Political News

Thu May 23, 2013

The Washington Post

When a third-wheel ex controls the relationship

The chemistry in my nine-month relationship is awesome, the hard work feels minimal, and we stay up late and talk often.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Entertainment, Television

Roll Call

'Speech Police' Expanding Under Obama, McConnell Writes

Sen. Mitch McConnell is continuing his push to tie Democratic efforts to increase campaign finance disclosures to the IRS scandal.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Publishing

US News & World Report

IRS, AP and James Rosen Scandals Strike at the First Amendment

The sinister commonality to the Internal Revenue Service and AP scandals and the James Rosen affair is that each appears to have been an attempt to suppress a core American right.

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Related Topix: Tax, Publishing, Opinion

The Huffington Post

Officer Accused Of Michelle Obama Threat: It Was A Joke

The Washington Post reports Christopher Picciano , a 17-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, "maintains that he made a sarcastic quip while inadvertently displaying an image of a gun on his smartphone," according to his attorney.

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Related Topix: Michelle Obama, The Washington Post Company, Publishing

Pulse of the Twin Cities

Students tell Bush to stop torture

Fifty high school seniors in the Presidential Scholars program presented President Bush with a letter on Monday calling for an end to 'violations of the human rights' of terrorism suspects held by the United States.

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Related Topix: George Bush, Activism, Publishing

WVNY

Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady

The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Publishing, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ohio, Ben Bernanke

NewsBusters.org

WashPost's Colby King Falsely Charges Colleague Krauthammer with Calling Susan Rice a Liar

Defending the indefensible can make a liberal journalist a little prickly. How else do you explain Washington Post columnist Colbert I. "Colby" King's specious attack on his fellow Post colleague and Inside Washington panelist Charles Krauthammer this weekend? It all happened when Krauthammer responded to a Post editorial, published in Thursday's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Journalism, Publishing

Wed May 22, 2013

The Washington Post

Feds don't look good draped in the Fifth

We all have the right to wear clothes that clash, and all in this country have the right not to provide testimony that could be used against them.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Tax, US Politics, US News

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