Super Bowl ads as 'teachable moments'
Television spots produced for the Super Bowl have become one of the most widely anticipated aspects of the big game. More than a few of this year's collection of super spots stood out, some for... Full Editorial
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- Facts undermine support for Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Examiner Columnists
- James R. Copland: Trial lawyers: Democrats' other money machine
- Noemie Emery: Democrats inflicting themselves with wedge issues
Op-eds
- Shannon L. Goessling: Taking EPA global warming rules to court
- Steve Chapman: Don't Ask Don't Tell advocates not dealing with facts
- Diane Dimond: Criminals start as children, too
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Maryland Republicans refuse to propose budget cuts
Maryland's Republican lawmakers refused Democrats' invitation to propose budget cuts in a letter sent Tuesday to Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, chairman of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee.
"We... Full story
- Region braces for battering from new snow storm
- Snow knocks out D.C. plows, shrinks salt supplies
- Fans of Va. radar detector ban blast proposed repeal
- Montgomery County Council votes to keep Ride-on routes
- Kidney patients need 4-wheel help
- Harry Jaffe: Busted snowplows ruin Fenty's pledge of clear streets
- Erica Jacobs: The Lessons of Snowpocalypse
- Eclectic Bonnaroo lineup features Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z
- NBC, Boys & Girls Clubs team on Parenthood Project to promote family well-being
- Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams return to action for `Mission: Impossible IV'
- Jamie Foxx delivers music, instruments to kids
- Takoma Park police start text message tip system
- 3 charged in theft of Thoreau statue from campus
- California man convicted of killing girlfriend's 1-year-old son in fit of rage
- NY Senate votes to immediately expel Democratic lawmaker convicted of misdemeanor assault
- Grand jury declines to indict imam accused of trying to smuggle scissors, blades into NYC jail
- Federal agencies closed on Wednesday
- Metrorail reopens, may close early in second storm
- Full of snow already, NJ prepares for more
- Chile's new technocrats: In Sebastian Pinera's cabinet, independents outnumber right-wingers
- Bolivian candidate makes adobe bricks as part of community sentence for drunk driving
Fairfax supervisors approve purchase of affordable housing
Fairfax County supervisors Tuesday approved a nearly $600,000 purchase of houses for two large families, despite calls to use the money to plug a monumental budget hole and criticism over the lack... Full story
Sean Penn witnesses Haiti devastation, shares aid
Hollywood actor Sean Penn visited a medical clinic, toured a food distribution site and passed out water filters Friday as he sought to get a firsthand glimpse of the devastation wrought by a... Full story
Lohan's parents back in NY Family Court in dispute over child-support payments
Actress Lindsay Lohan's estranged parents are still feuding.
Dina and Michael Lohan were in Nassau County Family Court on Long Island in a dispute over child-support payments Tuesday. Dina Lohan... Full story
The Blotter: Man rescued from snow by helicopter
Man rescued from snow by helicopter
A Maryland State Police helicopter crew rescued an Allegany County man who got stranded trying to leave his snowbound home in rural Western Maryland. The crew... Full story
CRIME HISTORY - Lemrick Nelson guilty in Crime Heights stabbing
On this day, Feb. 10, in 1997, Lemrick Nelson was found guilty in the fatal stabbing of an Hasidic Jew in the midst of the 1991 Crown Heights riot, three days of racial unrest in Brooklyn,... Full story
Conn. officials assess damage to homes across river from power plant where explosion killed 5
Connecticut officials have met with people who live near a power plant where there was a deadly explosion a few days ago to document damage to their homes.
The Portland homes sit across the... Full story
Public transportation stops as snow falls
Public transportation in the Mid-Atlantic region started shutting down late Tuesday as snow fell again in the area.
Metro limited Metrorail service underground stations at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, and... Full story
MTV postpones airing of 'South Park' episode in Mexico, fearing sanctions over flag use
President Felipe Calderon's "South Park" cameo will have to wait.
MTV says it canceled the airing in Mexico of an episode in which a caricature of Calderon appears in front of a Mexican flag.
The... Full story
Doctor at Haiti field hospital says vendor may have been trapped in quake rubble for 27 days
A rice vendor may have lived under the rubble of a flea market for 27 days with little more than water and possibly fruit, a doctor said Tuesday, in what would be a dramatic tale of survival four... Full story
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Local
Another snowball fight planned for Dupont Circle
The Official Dupont Circle Snowball Fight facebook fanpage has over 6,000 fans now, and it looks as if snowed in DC'ers will return for another battle. Full story
Politics
GOP winning war over Miranda rights for terrorists
Even as the administration defends its decision to grant accused Detroit bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab the right to remain silent, the president himself is hinting that things might be done differently in the future. Full story
Local
D.C. region braces for up to 20 more inches of snow
The National Weather Service has the entire D.C. metro area, from Prince William County north, under a winter storm warning for 10 to 20 inches of snow. Forecasters have had their eyes on this storm for days, but the projected snow totals were bumped up late Monday. Full story







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