First, stop Medicare and Medicaid fraud
Last month, "60 Minutes" did an alarming report on the $60 billion-a-year Medicare fraud industry. Reporter Steve Kroft began by cautioning "that this story may raise your blood pressure" and... Full Editorial
- Time to stand up to Fenty
- Letters from Readers
- Stop bowing, stop apologizing
- Letters from Readers
Examiner Columnists
- Scott Ott's Examiner Scrappleface: Obama hails phony stimulus jobs as faux GDP boon
- Newt Gingrich: All (opposition) politics is local
- Timothy P. Carney: No neutrality in Google-funded net neutrality studies
- Irwin Stelzer: Obama's uncertain climate change future
- THE DAILY OUTRAGE: Stop asking questions
Op-eds
- Brad O'Leary: Obama’s 43% is too much for Media Matters to bear
- Daniel J. Popeo: If FDA blocks meds, how will government health care work?
- Charles A. Donovan and Robert E. Moffit: Government health care threatens the right of conscience
- Marie Gryphon: Jury rejects prosecutor's rigged game
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Merry moviegoing!: Holiday movie preview
Hark! The showbiz minions buzz. Now’s the end-of-year crunch time when box office receipts and glowing reviews are the only Christmas presents Hollywood wants. The idea is to tempt shoppers... Full story
- Montgomery County faces new $100M budget hole
- Restaurant owners prepare for Va. smoking ban
- Metro board calls for oversight, communication
- Light rail vote gives heavy boost to Science City
- Metro to delay SmartBenefits changes for 1 year
- Harry Jaffe: MPD still moving to fire cop cleared in federal court
- Runner aims for long distances years after accident mangled leg
- GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on
- Q&A: Rapper Wale recruits Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele to convey emotions on debut CD
- Eminem's 'Relapse 2' album, originally scheduled for 2009, is getting pushed back to next year
- Ohio police chief: I didn't try to sell items from home of Parker-Broderick surrogate
- Actor Wesley Snipes appeals 3 tax convictions, prison sentence to federal court in Georgia
- The Blotter
- Stupid crimes
- Va hunter's body found in wooded area
- 2 former Pa. judges in juvenile kickbacks case win partial immunity from lawsuits
- End of an era: Brunswick Naval Air Station's planes to depart as base readies for closing
- Lawyer: Ohio's new lethal-injection plan amounts to asking court to approve human experiment
- In restructuring, AP changes roles for 6 news editors and assigns 4 regional photo editors
- Farkas to lead consolidated Va.-W.Va. AP office
- 2 Virginia universities raise their tuitions
- Ex-smoker hopes verdict will buy a lung transplant
- Mumbai Jewish center struggles to rebuild, city still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack
- Yemeni coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked Panamanian cargo ship in Gulf of Aden
Va. police target HOV violators on I-395
Virginia State Police targeted HOV violators on Interstate 395 during a large-scale crackdown Thursday morning.
Police went after the violators in response to growing complaints about the number... Full story
Warrant: Drug cited in Michael Jackson's death came from Las Vegas pharmacy
Police believe a batch of drugs blamed in Michael Jackson's death was purchased by his personal physician at a Las Vegas pharmacy, U.S. court documents released Friday show.
Search warrant records... Full story
Over the moon: Studio estimates 'New Moon' sets record for midnight screenings with $26.3M
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has set a box-office record for midnight screenings.
Summit Entertainment estimated Friday that it earned $26.3 million after opening early in the morning.
That... Full story
Crime History: Feds use RICO Act to bring down mob
On this day, Nov. 19, in 1986, major leaders of the mob were found guilty on federal RICO charges, which was a rarely used prosecutorial tool that has since been called the atomic bomb of organized... Full story
Feds, local officials say they've dismantled Latin Kings in Md.
Federal and local authorities say they've dismantled a Maryland-based group of the violent street gang the Latin Kings that started operations in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in spring... Full story
Northeast Pa. residents sue Houston-based natural gas driller over polluted water wells
Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.
Like her neighbors in this rural... Full story
Woman sentenced for stealing patients' info
A woman who worked as a patient services coordinator for Johns Hopkins Medicine has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing patient information.
Thirty-one-year-old Michelle Courtney... Full story
Guatemala ends 2-year adoption suspension, establishes reforms to stop theft, sale of babies
Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold.
Legal reforms... Full story
Canadian court orders refugee board to reconsider case of lesbian deserter from US army
Canada's Federal Court says the country's refugee board must reconsider the case of a lesbian who deserted the U.S. Army and fled to Canada.
Judge Yves de Montigny said Friday the board erred last... Full story
Sports
NFL players union opposes Goodell's call for players to report on teammates' concussions
The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion. Full story
Economy
Gold prices inch higher, buoyed by safe-haven appeal; Other metals little changed
Gold prices are higher for a sixth straight day, rising even as the dollar strengthens. Full story
Entertainment
Pedro Almodovar discusses his childhood, his influences and what he won't put on film
Sex. Drugs. Prostitution. Pedophilia. Rape. Pedro Almodovar has been able to translate some of the most delicate subjects to the big screen with grace and humor. Full story








