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DAMASCUS, Syria ? Syrian government forces launched a heavy assault on Syria?s third-largest city Friday night, killing more than 200 people and wounding hundreds as rockets crashed into neighborho...
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Italy?s Berlusconi to quit frontline politics
ROME ? Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has declared he is ?stepping aside? from frontline politics, revealing he has no intention of running again for his old post.
In his first int...
U.N. declares end to Somalia famine but warns crisis not over
NAIROBI ? The United Nations on Friday declared Somalia?s famine over, but officials warned that more than 2 million Somalis are still in dire need of assistance and that conditions could again sli...
Khamenei: Iran will back ?any nations, any groups? fighting Israel
TEHRAN ? A fiery anti-Israel speech by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered shortly after a successful Iranian satellite launch, added to growing global tensions Friday, as Israel warne...
Abducted female tourists released in Egypt
CAIRO ? Two female American tourists were released Friday night, hours after masked gunmen kidnapped them on the road that leads to St. Catherine?s Monastery, a historic landmark in Egypt?s Sinai P...
Muslim Brotherhood official says West is neglecting Egypt
CAIRO ? Egypt is on the brink of political and economic collapse and the West has an obligation to sustain the country with financial aid and diplomatic support, a senior Muslim Brotherhood officia...
In Egypt, at least 3 dead Friday as protesters clash with police
CAIRO ? Throngs of young Egyptians incensed over a deadly melee at a soccer match clashed with security forces in Cairo and Suez on Thursday night and Friday as the episode threatened to plunge the...
Privacy concerns grow in India
NEW DELHI ? The Indian government?s recent announcement that it taps nearly 300 new phones every day has sparked a debate about privacy in a country that traditionally views such concerns as an ugl...
Petraeus, with plenty of practice, sticks to message
In his first extended public appearance as CIA director, David H. Petraeus this week did more than display his well-known discipline for staying on message. He did his best to bring other governmen...
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Rescue teams searched through matchstick rubble Saturday for thousands of people missing in flooded areas of northeastern Japan, beginning one of the most complex relief efforts in history.
Japanese nuclear plants' operator scrambles to avert meltdowns
Japanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, a major setback in the struggle to contain what has bec...
For autistic kids' parents, trial hits home
Subterranean jail a sign of Gaddafi's grip
Who will reach the Final Four?
Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washin...
SPARKS, Nev. ? With Friday?s jobs report punctuating the nation?s steadily improving conditions, Mitt Romney and his advisers are confronting an unexpected economic turnaround that threatens to und...
Many House GOP freshmen still undecided about a presidential nominee
A year after storming the Capitol in the vanguard of the tea party revolution, the House Republican freshman class has fallen largely silent on the most pressing issue facing their party at the mom...
Defiant Gingrich campaigns in Nevada against long odds
LAS VEGAS ? Stoney?s Rockin? Country dance hall is a place that celebrates defiance of long odds: Every night, inebriated non-cowboys climb up on a mechanical bull under the mistaken impression tha...
OMB personnel changes are on the way
Changes are coming to the top ranks of the Office of Management and Budget just as the agency prepares to release President Obama?s proposed fiscal 2013 federal budget on Feb. 13.
With OMB Director...
Mitt Romney?s Mormon advantage
Mitt Romney?s opponents really never had much of a chance in Nevada.
And it?s largely because of Romney?s Mormon religion.
While Romney?s faith has rightly been described as a liability in previou...
President Obama?s claim that some wanted to let the auto industry die
?It?s good to remember that the fact that there were some folks who were willing to let this industry die. Because of folks coming together, we are now back in a place where we can compete with a...
Gifts and pocket fillers on the campaign trail
LAS VEGAS ? A pair of hand-knit slippers, adorned with a Mormon symbol. Rosary beads. A tiny stack of yard signs. An autographed Ron Paul placard.
Nevada had its strange moment in the political s...
Gingrich suggests Romney ?clearly against the American ideal?
Newt Gingrich goes on the attack, Romney was once a Democrat, Santorum didn?t qualify for the ballot in Indiana and Florida Democrats seem ready to go to court.
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Nevada caucus: The Fix prediction contest!
Do you want an offiical Fix t-shirt? Of course you do! And it?s easy.
All you have to do is guess the finish order and vote share of all four GOP presidential candidates in Nevada?s Saturday caucus...
The best Nevada music: A Fix playlist
The Nevada caucuses are tomorrow, and that means we need music to listen to while we wait for the results.
Here?s how you can help. Tell us your favorite songs from or about the Silver State with ...
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American Airlines has saved $2.1 billion since 2006, thanks to two congressional measures that allowed it to reduce contributions to its pension plans. The company said it would make up any shortfa...
Susan G. Komen foundation revises policy that barred Planned Parenthood funding
Caught in a maelstrom of public reaction to its decision to cease funding Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation announced Friday that it would reverse course.
Komen will no...
New York sues Reston firm over foreclosure documents
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued a handful of the nation?s largest banks Friday, claiming they deceived homeowners and court officials by filing flawed and fraudulent foreclosure do...
SEC fills spot on accounting oversight board
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday named an official at the Government Accountability Office, Jeanette M. Franzel, to serve as a watchdog over corporate audits, filling a potentially...
What?s going on with...the Shrimp Boat restaurant?
It?s called the Shrimp Boat restaurant and if you?ve ever driven out of Capitol Hill on East Capitol Street you?ve seen it sailing toward you ? paint peeling, windows mostly shuttered and a seaweed...
A real estate investing guide for 2012
If you are like me, you may be reflecting on how poorly your investment portfolio performed in 2011. All stock indices, except the Dow Jones, were down. Your savings account, if any, may have earne...
Apple, with iPad, is top PC maker
The largest PC maker in the world is ? Apple?
Hard to believe, maybe, but according to the latest analysis from Canalys, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company shipped 120 million PCs last year, if y...
David Choe?s Facebook friends react to his IPO windfall
David Choe became the art world?s newest millionaire this week, thanks to his wise decision to take Facebook stock in exchange for the murals he painted in the company?s headquarters in 2005, desp...
Startup DC to entrepreneurs: Don?t just network, do something
Speaking at Startup D.C. Tuesday night, United States Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra marveled at how fast-thinking Internet entrepreneurs can improve government services.
During a Jan. 17 m...
Social media?s role in politics
You?ve read how Facebook and Twitter fueled the Arab Spring uprising. You are watching the videos coming out of Syria on Facebook. But most likely you have not witnessed the power of social media i...
Wash Post Technology
NEW YORK - Saying Google Inc. had overstretched, a federal judge on Tuesday rejected a deal between the giant search engine and lawyers for authors and publishers that would have let the company ma...
AT&T, T-Mobile merger blasted
A day after AT&T announced it would buy T-Mobile USA to create the biggest wireless carrier in the country, consumer advocates and some members of Congress blasted the deal.
Consumer advocates: FCC should require more disclosure on political ads
The Federal Communications Commission should require sponsors of political advertising to disclose their biggest financial backers to the public, according to a petition filed Tuesday by a public-i...
AT&T buying T-Mobile: A disconnect for consumers
Your choice for wireless service would get smaller should AT&T carry out its plan to buy T-Mobile USA.
iPods in one hand, vinyl records in the other, Digital Generation includes so...
Sarah McCarthy has a peculiar passion for a 16-year-old: She's a vinyl junkie.
AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile USA
AT&T has agreed to buy T-Mobile USA in a $39 billion deal that would create the country's largest cellphone carrier.
Escaping your digital past
Last summer Google chief executive Eric Schmidt declared that in the future people would need to change their names to escape their digital pasts. Now a few new commercial Web sites are luring user...
Google blames China for disrupting email services in latest spat
Google said Monday the Chinese government is interfering with its email services in China, making it difficult for users to gain access to its Gmail program.
Value Added: Creating a conveyor belt for renovation
Anthony Lanier built an assembly line of engineers, architects, historical preservation specialists, zoning lawyers and construction firms who could pump out renovated buildings one after another.
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Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer
With their pinkish, translucent and wrinkly skin, double-saber buck teeth and black-bead eyes, naked mole rats look like characters in a nightmare from hell. In fact, they do live underground in pi...
Doctors try new models to push health insurers aside
Just about everyone agrees that the way we pay for primary care needs fixing. Under the current insurance model, doctors get paid for procedures and tests rather than for time spent with patients, ...
Medigap supplemental coverage can be too pricey for younger Medicare benefici...
One night three years ago, Joe Hobson finished reading a book, went to sleep and woke up blind. The problem, caused by a rare hereditary disease, forced him to give up his 20-year communications jo...
Breathless, but not from asthma
Fish and seafood recipe recommendations
Jennifer LaRue Huget offers some suggestions
Fish and seafood recipes
How much fish and seafood should you eat each week? What are some good recipes?
Inside the new Dietary Guidelines: Fish and other seafood
Jennifer LaRue Huget explains how best to incorporate the new dietary guidelines on seafood into your diet.
Parenting an overweight child can be difficult
Should they intervene early and practice a form of benign neglect, hoping that the baby fat will melt away as a child grows?
Type 2 diabetes surges in people younger than 20
U.S. cases in those under 20 have grown from almost zero to tens of thousands in just over a decade.
Surgeon general says obesity crisis should be addressed together
Surgeon general says obesity crisis should be addressed together.
Wash Post Sports
Navy seniors Angela Myers and Cassie Consedine were the first to embrace at center court following a 47-40 victory over American in the Patriot League final Saturday at Alumni Hall. Their improbabl...
Wade's four early blocks set tone as Miami take Memphis to woodshed
MIAMI -- In less than a minute, Dwyane Wade set the tone for the Miami Heat.
NCAA basketball: Douglas Davis's buzzer-beater sends Princeton to the Ivy Lea...
"It felt good, it went in and I fell to the ground," Douglas Davis said after his buzzer-beater beat Harvard to send Princeton to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2004.
Spiders knock off three-time defending Atlantic 10 champion Owls
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Kevin Anderson scored 22 points and Richmond beat three-time defending champions Temple 58-54 in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Saturday.
NCAA basketball: Roadrunners power to Southland title, punch NCAA ticket
KATY, Texas -- Freshman forward Jeromie Hill scored 25 points to lead Texas-San Antonio to a 75-72 win over McNeese State on Saturday in the Southland Conference championship, giving the Roadrunner...
Georgia Tech fires Hewitt after 11 years as basketball coach
ATLANTA -- The mounting losses and declining attendance finally caught up with Paul Hewitt.
NCAA basketball: Top-ranked Ohio State pulls away from Michigan in Big Ten to...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Whether it's football or basketball, Ohio State still owns the rivalry with Michigan.
Morgan State beats Hampton 60-55 for MEAC crown
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Brandon Tunnell scored 20 points, including four free throws in the final 35 seconds, and Hampton secured its first NCAA tournament berth in five years with a 60-55 victory o...
Knight leads youthful Wildcats past Alabama and into SEC title game
ATLANTA -- Brandon Knight finally got rolling at the Southeastern Conference tournament and No. 15 Kentucky looked like a young team peaking at just the right time with a 72-58 semifinal victory ov...
Utah cuts ties with basketball coach Boylen after four seasons
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah men's basketball coach Jim Boylen was hoping for one more year to rebuild.
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