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Bret Baier: Justice Department targeted James Rosen's parents as well

On Tuesday's "Special Report" on the Fox News Channel, host Bret Baier revealed that the intrusions into James Rosen's privacy went beyond Rosen himself and also involved his parents.

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Related Topix: Conservative Political News, US News

Tue May 21, 2013

The Washington Post

Joplin house offers hope to tornado victims

By the time I visited Joplin on Labor Day 2011, after the May 22 tornado had struck the southwest Missouri community, much of the damage was still visible.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Joplin, MO, US Politics, US News

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The upstart grocer has had to add orange juice, soy milk and other non-local items to appease customers who are not yet ready to sacrifice their creature comforts in the name of the environment.

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Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, Washington, DC, Dining, US Politics, US News

South China Morning Post

A sorry truth in faulty racism survey

A world map in The Washington Post giving a visual representation of racial tolerance around the world caused quite a splash last week.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Business Journal

Workers at federal buildings and museums in D.C. to protest low pay

Hundreds of low-wage workers employed in federal buildings in the District are expected to gather outside the Ronald Reagan Building on Wednesday to picket outside several of the city's most iconic structures urging for better pay for those who clean the buildings, serve fast food to commuters and sell museum souvenirs to tourists, The Washington ... (more)

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Ars Technica

Chinese hackers who breached Google reportedly targeted classified data

The Chinese hackers who breached Google's corporate servers 41 months ago gained access to a database containing classified information about suspected spies, agents, and terrorists under surveillance by the US government, according to a published report.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Washington Post, Publishing

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Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal

As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away.

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Related Topix: Tax, Oklahoma, Robert Mueller, Washington Post, Publishing

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Israel returns fire following shooting from Syria

It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had... It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors ... (more)

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Robert Mueller, Oklahoma

Mon May 20, 2013

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Gov't presses ahead on another leak case

In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information.

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Related Topix: Journalism

The Press-Enterprise

Barack Obama: President heads to Rancho Mirage in June

President Barack Obama will hold his first meeting with China's new president at a Rancho Mirage estate in June.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Rancho Mirage, CA, US News, Barack Obama

Business Journal

Whole Foods plan likely to move forward in Prince George's County

After a heated approval process, the $250 million project that would give Prince George's County its first Whole Foods store appears to be moving forward, The Washington Post reported .

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Patch.com

State of Maryland to Cancel Three ICC Bus Routes?

The Intercounty Connector could lose three of its existing five commuter bus routes by Aug.

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Related Topix: Maryland, Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Gaithersburg, MD, Fort Meade, MD, Columbia, MD

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Taan to eat ramen this winter, only to find the only way to make the borscht-like vegetarian ramen vegan was to forgo the noodles and the beets.

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Apple's CEO to propose new tax laws to US senate

Apple's CEO Tim Cook will be answering questions about Apple's tax practices in front of the US Senate tomorrow and he plans to pitch his own ideas aimed at "simplifying" US tax laws.

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The AP was not the only news organization the DOJ went after

A story posted by The Washington Post on Sunday Evening will stir new debate and review over the tactics used by the Obama administration to monitor how journalists interact with government sources.

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Burma's Thein Sein says military 'will always have a special place' in government

The military that ran Burma for decades will continue to play a major role in the country, the former Burmese general who has presided over the transformation of a nation that only three years ago was considered one of the world's most repressive said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Thein Sein, Washington Post, Publishing, Prison, Aung San Suu Kyi

NewsBusters.org

WashPost 'On Faith' Editor Sally Quinn Blames Female-hating ...

The Washington Post made a fool of its corporate self by starting a website called "On Faith" and putting at its head the secularist Sally Quinn.

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Related Topix: Air Force Academy, CO

Sun May 19, 2013

Patch.com

MWAA Police Officer Shot, Wife Charged

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of Friday night shooting in Sterling as Steven Spradling, 52, a member of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department.

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Related Topix: Loudoun County, VA, Sterling, VA, Transportation, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Politico

Woodward: On Benghazi, some 'acted as if they want to be Nixonian'

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward on Sunday knocked down the Watergate comparisons made during the last week of scandals in Washington, but said in the case of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, there are people in the administration "who have acted as if they want to be Nixonian." "This is not Watergate, but there are some ... (more)

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Apple CEO Tim Cook to Propose Tax Overhaul

The Washington Post has learned that Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to propose a "dramatic simplification" of corporate tax laws when he testifies for the first time before Congress next week.

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