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11 min ago | New York Daily News

Son of former George W. Bush adviser arrested in hatchet killing in Washington

Police gather at the Washington suburban home of former George W. Bush adviser Claude A. Allen, whose son allegedly used a hatchet to kill another man there.

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Related Topix: George Bush, Gaithersburg, MD, Publishing

11 min ago | City Paper

Emilio Garcia-Ruiz Named Post Managing Editor

The Washington Post has a new managing editor, replacing John Temple , who left the paper in March .

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing

4 hrs ago | Medical News

First Edition: May 24, 2013

Today's headlines include details on California's new health insurance exchange rates, whether consumers will experience "rate shock" and what these numbers say about the health law's implementation.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Health Insurance, Health, Publishing, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Kentucky, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives

8 hrs ago | Power Line

White House counsel met with top treasury lawyer three times last year after learning of IRS audit

The Daily Caller reports that White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler had three unprecedented one-on-one meetings last year with the Treasury Department's chief lawyer, Chistopher Meade.

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Related Topix: US News, Publishing

12 hrs ago | Washington Post

Federal worker has 61 years of federal service and no plans to retire

The CPI measures inflation, and lots of folks pay attention to it when the number is released each month.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Washington, Washington Government, US News, Liberal Political News

Thu May 23, 2013

The Washington Post

When a third-wheel ex controls the relationship

The chemistry in my nine-month relationship is awesome, the hard work feels minimal, and we stay up late and talk often.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Entertainment, Television

Roll Call

'Speech Police' Expanding Under Obama, McConnell Writes

Sen. Mitch McConnell is continuing his push to tie Democratic efforts to increase campaign finance disclosures to the IRS scandal.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Publishing

US News & World Report

IRS, AP and James Rosen Scandals Strike at the First Amendment

The sinister commonality to the Internal Revenue Service and AP scandals and the James Rosen affair is that each appears to have been an attempt to suppress a core American right.

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Related Topix: Tax, Publishing, Opinion

The Huffington Post

Officer Accused Of Michelle Obama Threat: It Was A Joke

The Washington Post reports Christopher Picciano , a 17-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, "maintains that he made a sarcastic quip while inadvertently displaying an image of a gun on his smartphone," according to his attorney.

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Related Topix: Michelle Obama, The Washington Post Company, Publishing

Pulse of the Twin Cities

Students tell Bush to stop torture

Fifty high school seniors in the Presidential Scholars program presented President Bush with a letter on Monday calling for an end to 'violations of the human rights' of terrorism suspects held by the United States.

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Related Topix: George Bush, Activism, Publishing

WVNY

Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady

The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Publishing, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ohio, Ben Bernanke

NewsBusters.org

WashPost's Colby King Falsely Charges Colleague Krauthammer with Calling Susan Rice a Liar

Defending the indefensible can make a liberal journalist a little prickly. How else do you explain Washington Post columnist Colbert I. "Colby" King's specious attack on his fellow Post colleague and Inside Washington panelist Charles Krauthammer this weekend? It all happened when Krauthammer responded to a Post editorial, published in Thursday's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Journalism, Publishing

Wed May 22, 2013

The Washington Post

Feds don't look good draped in the Fifth

We all have the right to wear clothes that clash, and all in this country have the right not to provide testimony that could be used against them.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Tax, US Politics, US News

Fire Dog Lake

Institutional Investors Love Sleazy Bankers

Jamie Dimon easily beat back a non-binding shareholders proposal to split the jobs of Chairman and CEO at JPMorgan Chase, winning 68% of the vote .

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Pension, Home, Mortgage, Publishing, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Carl Levin

Reuters

Dish uses national security ads to fight SoftBank deal

Dish Network Corp has rolled out an advertising campaign suggesting a deal by a Japanese company to acquire Sprint Nextel Corp could threaten U.S. national security, hoping to sway lawmakers and win support for its rival offer.

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, Publishing

Detroit Free Press

Reporters now targets in escalating war on leaks: Brian Dickerson

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, pauses while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Related Topix: Prison, Publishing

The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend's odd complaint about beau's freelance career sparks concerns

Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of "relationship cartoonist" Nick Galifianakis.

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Related Topix: The Washington Post Company, Publishing, Joplin, MO

American Reporter

On Native GroundTHE National Security State is Out of Control

Now that the commemorations and ceremonies marking the ninth anniversary of the Sept.

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Related Topix: Control Group, The Washington Post Company, Publishing

Tue May 21, 2013

Bloomberg

IRS Was Wrong to Target Tea Party Groups, ABC-Post Poll Shows

IRS protesters on May 21, 2013 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Tea Party activists organized the protest against the Internal Revenue Service saying they improperly targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

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Related Topix: US News, Tax, Tea Party, Publishing, Non-Profit, US Politics, Barack Obama

Poynter Online

The day in government snooping

"[I]t is unprecedented for the government, in an official court document, to accuse a reporter of breaking the law for conducting the routine business of reporting on government secrets." a " [T]his is the same argument the Justice Department has been using in their attempt to indict WikiLeaks and Julian Assange ," Trevor Timm writes.

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Related Topix: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, Publishing

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