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Several major news organizations, including The Associated Press, prematurely reported the death Wednesday of U.S. Rep.

There's an old newspaper expression: Stop the presses. But nobody in the business had in mind stopping them for good, or running them less because of slack business We've told you that American newspapers are ...

It's still the best-kept secret in Washington, not to mention the most-anticipated text message in American political history.

Despite all of those warnings, the rates remain intact and must be observed by webcasters, even as the battle over them continues.

As the battle over Internet radio royalties continues, Webcasters still must pay out fees that many cannot afford.

Washington Post columnist George Will may be reached at georgewill@washpost.com. John McCain's hope to pull ahead of Barack Obama rests on his ability to recast this election, focusing it on who should lead ...

WASHINGTON : Half a dozen Blackwater Worldwide security guards have gotten target letters from the Justice Department in a probe of shootings in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis, The Washington Post reported.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have sent letters to six Blackwater Worldwide security guards, possibly as a prelude to indictments for a shooting incident that killed 17 Iraqi civilians in September, The Washington Post reported in its Sunday editions.

The newspaper, citing three sources close to the case, said prosecutors still are considering evidence after a 10-month FBI investigation of the shooting, which broke out as Blackwater guards escorted a U.S. State Department convoy through Baghdad.

By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 11, 2008; Page A07 One of the most infamous examples of what can happen when a nonnative species is introduced into a new environment involves the ...

A new era in the effort to stop insider stock trading began Wednesday when 10 U.S. exchanges merged their monitoring and investigative units.

By Jonathan Mummolo Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 7, 2008; Page B01 E. Coli found in ground beef at a Boy Scout camp in Goshen, Va., matches bacteria found in samples taken from some sick ...

A Maryland woman fell asleep at the wheel before a crash on the Bay Bridge that sent a Mountaire Foods tractor-trailer into the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday, the Washington Post reports.

Summary: In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, William McGurn claimed that Sen. John McCain "push[ed]" for President Bush to "replace Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, long before anyone else." In fact, the McCain ...

A U.S. Army program in which soldiers pay cash to Iraqis to help with expenses, large and small, has spent $2.8 billion in five years, The Washington Post reported Monday.

The Post reviewed records of the Commander's Emergency Response Program, which was intended for short-term humanitarian relief and reconstruction. The field manual laying out the guidelines for the program is called 'Money as a Weapon System,' pointing up the effectiveness of cold hard cash in winning over the hearts and minds of Iraqi civilians.

The Congressional elections on November 4 seem already decided. Republicans face an historical disaster given the rotten mood in the country and new scandals.

Washington, August 10: Rielle Hunter, the woman who had an extramarital affair with former US presidential candidate John Edwards, will not seek a paternity test to prove whether he's the father of her ...

By Donna St. George Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 10, 2008; 1:18 PM Traffic was backed up on both sides of the Bay Bridge this afternoon in the aftermath of a three-vehicle crash that sent a ...

Posted by Bob Bauer, More Soft Money Hard Law at 5:02 PM on August 6, 2008. Noted Democratic Party election lawyer Bob Bauer chastises the Virginia Republican Party chair for fear-mongering and voter ...

Steve Bradt calls this menu typical of what he serves for breakfast at Miriam's Kitchen.

FBI Director Robert Mueller has apologized to the editors of The New York Times and The Washington Post for improperly obtaining phone records of the newspapers' reporters while investigating terrorism four years ago.

Mueller called Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. and Times Executive Editor Bill Keller on Friday to express regret that agents did not follow proper procedures in 2004 when they obtained the phone records of a Post reporter, a Post researcher and two Times reporters. All four were working in Indonesia and writing about Islamic terrorism at the time.