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2 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax: Navigating issues related to weight

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: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Rick Perry, US Governors, Texas Government, Texas, Travel

6 hrs ago | Washington Post

Eric Holder: Echoes of other Washington officials?

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Related Topix: Eric Holder, Publishing, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Liberal Political News

10 hrs ago | The York Daily Record

Toy guide: Headed for outdoor fun

Keane Stack-Loney, 8, of Washington tries out a three-wheeled Y-Fliker F1 Scooter.

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Related Topix: Publishing

14 hrs ago | Daily Kos

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: NSA leaks and other arguments

Americans are divided when it comes to charging Edward Snowden with a crime for leaking portions of the National Security Agency's sweeping surveillance of phone records and Internet activity, but they clearly want to know more, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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Related Topix: Publishing, US News, Politico

19 hrs ago | Floyd County Times

Dancing around the First and Fourth Amendments

If you're on the gathering end, the invasion of someone else's privacy doesn't seem like a big deal.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Publishing, Patriot Act

Tue Jun 18, 2013

China Daily

Snowden approaches Iceland for asylum

Iceland has received an informal approach from an intermediary who says Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the US government's secret surveillance programmes, wants to seek asylum there.

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Related Topix: Publishing, WikiLeaks

Fox News

Obama family trip under fire amid sequester cuts- Walter Reed plans to furlough thousands

President Obama's trip this month to Africa, with the first family tagging along, is projected to cost taxpayers as much as $100 million, sparking criticism as the federal government scrimps along during sequester-related budget cuts.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative George Holding, North Carolina

Press-Telegram

Thomas D. Elias: Zuckerberg's FWD.us PAC is really about outsourcing

Despite happy talk about doing what's best for America, Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and the cadre of other Silicon Valley titans helping with his new lobbying organization FWD.us are looking out for their own self-interest, just like every previous political action committee or billionaires' club.

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Related Topix: Outsourcing, Social Software, Startups, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Immigration Reform, Publishing, Opinion

The Washington Post

Drama before the wedding

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: Wedding, The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Rick Perry, US Governors, Texas Government, Texas, Entertainment

Deadline

Expands: Hires Washington Post Journalist Lisa De Moraes As...

June 18, 2013 : Penske Media Corporation's Jay Penske and Deadline's Nikki Finke and Nellie Andreeva today announced the hiring of LISA DE MORAES , the hugely respected and popular Washington Post journalist who for 15 years wrote the well sourced and widely read 'The TV Column' several times a week.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Journalism, Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), The Washington Post Company, The Hollywood Reporter

The Common Ills

Barack's spying on America

From Feb. 28, 2010, that's Isaiah 's The World Today Just Nuts " Barack Renews The Patriot Act ."

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Related Topix: US News, Patriot Act, Publishing, CBS This Morning, Entertainment, Television, Charlie Rose, Media, Ottaway Newspapers, FOX News Network

Switched

Yahoo Announces Its Snooping Numbers

Yahoo Inc said U.S. law enforcement agencies made between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for data in the last six months, the latest in a series of disclosures by technology companies since intelligence leaks showed the extent of government data gathering efforts.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Prison, Tumblr, Publishing, Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall

Journal Gazette

Fed's newest agenda flops

The Federal Reserve is led by a board of seven governors in Washington and 12 reserve bank presidents from districts across the country.

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Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Publishing

National Review Online

The 2003a "08 Liberal Foreign-Policy Vision Lies in Ruins

The front page of today's Washington Post previews President Obama's trip to the EU summit in Northern Ireland, observing that Europeans are deeply disappointed, and feeling betrayed, by Obama's policies on long-delayed assistance to Syrian rebels, widespread NSA eavesdropping, and expansion of drone warfare.

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Related Topix: Publishing, W., George Bush, Terrorism

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Counterpunch

The Chemical Weapons Pretext for War on Syria

In the wake of having its illegal domestic surveillance dragnet exposed, laying bare the utter duplicity and criminality of the U.S. ruling class, Washington is once again digging deep to conjure up a pretext for yet another war of aggression in the Middle East.

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Related Topix: US News, Publishing, US Politics, John McCain, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

MSNBC

Poll: Obama's ratings slip following recent controversies

The series of controversies in Washington over the last month have taken a political toll on President Barack Obama, according to one new poll released Monday that showed his ratings slipping.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Immigration Reform

USA Today

Is the NSA showing us the real cost of 'Big Data'?

The National Security Agency's data center in Bluffdale, Utah. Former NSA employees interviewed by USA TODAY offered insight on the recent leak of documents by Edward Snowden.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Privacy, Science / Technology

RIA Novosti

US Senator Fuels Gas Export Battle with Russia

WASHINGTON, June 17 An outspoken US senator on energy issues on Monday urged the United States to speed up natural gas exports to counter what he called Russia's dominance on European energy markets.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator John Barrasso, US Senate, Republican, Publishing, Barack Obama

News 4 Jax

Snowden says online he had to 'get out' of US

The man who admitted leaking classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs purportedly went online live on Monday to declare the truth would come out even if he is jailed or killed.

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Related Topix: Publishing

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Immigration Reform Meets Obamacare

Another day, another hold up for the immigration overhaul currently making its way through Congress.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health

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