Call it what you like -- it deserves a complete investigation. (afp)
Any reporter worth their salt knows that when government decides to investigate itself, exonerations tend...
Where is your stimulus money going? In Baker City, Ore., the Bureau of Land Management is putting $256,000 of it toward "rattlesnake stewardship." It's the latest...
So let me get this straight, the government created the housing market crash by insuring a lot of really expensive, little-to-no money down mortgages for people that couldn't...
Although the Department of Justice is not yet investigating the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), its Inspector General has looked into whether...
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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
Nate Beeler’s Latest Toon
Congressional Report: Rhee did 'damage control'...
A congressional investigation of the volunteer... more
Brad O'Leary: Obama’s 43% is too much for Media...
On Tuesday, Media Matters, a self-proclaimed watchdog group... more
David Freddoso: Your congressman's padded...
After serving 18 years in Congress, former Rep. William... more
Sex scandal could threaten Rhee’s school reforms
D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, already embroiled in a battle with school unions and the D.C. Council over a round of teacher firings, is downplaying allegations that she helped cover up... Full story
- Merry moviegoing!: Holiday movie preview
- Montgomery County faces new $100M budget hole
- Restaurant owners prepare for Va. smoking ban
- Metro board calls for oversight, communication
- Va. police target HOV violators on I-395
- Metro to delay SmartBenefits changes for 1 year
- Harry Jaffe: MPD still moving to fire cop cleared in federal court
- Gone country: Bassist brings Cub Country to Black Cat
- 'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite, tops $67.2M opening day of 'Dark Knight'
- Motown sound returns to where it began 50 years ago with founder, 'family,' famous friends
- Warrant: Drug cited in Michael Jackson's death came from Las Vegas pharmacy
- Iconic glove Michael Jackson wore when he unveiled moonwalk dance to be sold at NYC auction
- The Blotter
- Stupid crimes
- Va hunter's body found in wooded area
- EPA: Uranium in Nev. wells; whistleblower, preacher's wife helped crack toxic mining mystery
- Jury finds NC man scared grandmother to death during kidnapping; he faces life in prison
- Mental health cases stress police, emergency workers; patients end up in justice system
- Losing Winfrey would be a big blow for Second City, resurgent neighborhood where studio stands
- Anime lovers hold Va. convention
- 5k benefits DC homeless
- Va regulators seek to suspend NC Mutual's license
- Famed 101-year-old Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer back at work following surgery
- Hackers leak climate change e-mails from key research unit, stoke debate on global warming
AOL looks to shed one-third of its work force
AOL is looking to shed more than one-third of its nearly 7,000 employees to cut costs.
The Internet company, founded in Northern Virginia, is asking 2,500 employees to take voluntary buyouts,... Full story
Police shut down Justin Bieber appearance at LI mall after losing control of tween crowd
Police on Long Island had to shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up, and got a little too wild.
Girls and adults in the Friday crowd... Full story
Travolta screens film for charity at 1st public appearance in Fla. hometown since son's death
John Travolta and his family made their first public appearance in their adopted Florida hometown since his son's death, helping raise thousands of dollars for charity at a screening of the actor's... 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
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.
The group, which surveyed 1,350... Full story
EPA investigating W.Va. mine site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are investigating Massey Energy's mountaintop removal operation at its Bee Tree Mine.
The agency sent Massey's Marfork Coal Co. subsidiary a letter this... Full story
Saudi Arabia announces Muslim pilgrimage's first 4 swine flu deaths
Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia.
The... Full story
McCain says he enjoyed reading Palin's book, downplays tension between campaign aides
U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin's new memoir and downplayed any tension between their campaign aides as "no big deal."
"I enjoyed the book and... Full story
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Sports
FIFA, French federation rule out replay of France-Ireland qualifier
There will be no rematch. Full story
Economy
Investors seeking Stanford assets urge Antiguan court to remove British firm as liquidator
A group of investors is urging an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect assets of a Caribbean offshore bank at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford. 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
