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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- Letters from Readers
- 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 snowstorm
- Snow knocks out D.C. plows
- 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
- Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' Capt. Phil Harris, 53, dies following Jan. 29 stroke
- Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' Capt. Phil Harris dies following Jan. 29 stroke
- Anne Rice set to release video book of 'The Master of Rampling Gate,' 1st published in 1984
- Eclectic Bonnaroo lineup features Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z
- Takoma Park police start text message tip system
- 3 charged in theft of Thoreau statue from campus
- 1 dead, 1 hurt after city vehicles strike 2 pedestrians in separate San Francisco accidents
- Conn. officials assess damage to homes across river from power plant where explosion killed 5
- California man convicted of killing girlfriend's 1-year-old son in fit of rage
- Federal agencies closed on Wednesday
- Metrorail reopens, may close early in second storm
- Full of snow already, NJ prepares for more
- UN predicts 'stable' 2010 Afghan opium cultivation, warns of fewer poppy-free provinces
- China high court stresses 'justice tempered with mercy,' limited use of death penalty
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
Fans delighted by Ellen DeGeneres' 'American Idol' debut
Ellen DeGeneres hit the right notes with "American Idol" viewers.
Fans took to the Internet to express their pleasant surprise over the 52-year-old funnylady's debut as the singing competition's... 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
Calif. insurance commissioner urges companies to end indirect investments in Iran
California's insurance regulator plans to take steps Wednesday to pressure insurance companies into ending any financial relationship they have with Iran.
A state law that took effect last year... 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
Trial of alleged Islamic militant accused in Indonesian hotel suicide bombing case begins
An alleged Islamic militant went on trial Wednesday on charges of harboring terrorists behind twin suicide hotel bombings in the Indonesian capital that killed seven and wounded more than 50.
Amir... Full story
Myanmar court sentences US man to 3 years over forged documents, undeclared currency
A Myanmar court ordered a U.S. citizen on Wednesday to serve three years in prison for entering the military-ruled country with forged documents and undeclared foreign currency.
Nyi Nyi Aung, who... Full story
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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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