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On the eve of a historic vote in the U.S. House, conservatives are weighing in on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's massive health care bill.

He prayed every day at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Md., a Muslim who, despite asking to be discharged from the Army, according to his aunt, was on the eve of his first deployment to war.

Nidal Malik Hasan. A relative says he'd been harassed and wanted out of the military Peter Slevin Washington Post Sgt.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is engaged to Washington schools chief Michelle Rhee.

An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post yesterday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

U.S. Congressman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, dismissed a story in the Washington Post that alleged the congressman was the subject of a complaint to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct House regarding a relative of Reyes' wife who was kidnapped last year in Juarez.

Two years ago, a pair of Washington Post journalists left to launch Politico, a Web site that quickly established itself as a formidable force.

Now the former editor of The Post's Web site is starting a venture for Politico's parent company that strikes at one of his old newspaper's traditional strengths: local news. The new site, announced Wednesday by Allbritton Communications, will build on a merger of the Web pages now fielded by the company's television stations, WJLA-TV (Channel 7) and its cable sibling, NewsChannel 8.

For the feather in his cap at age 79 and still going strong, the world's second richest man, Warren Buffett, bought himself a railroad.

That goes double for congressional elections, since the Post is the "hometown paper" of the federal government's company town.

I will be seeing her during my Thanksgiving trip to the Big Apple. Here's a sample of the Washington Post's review of her performance: "If Cate Blanchett's nerve-shattering turn as Blanche DuBois doesn't knock the wind out of you, then there is nothing on a stage that can blow you away.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Courts - More on: "SCOTUS declines to set rule on drunk driving stops, letting stand a Virginia court ruling that police must actually see erratic driving a ' and not just rely on anonymous tips a ' to stop a suspected drunk driver" Updating this ILB entry from Oct.

Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo is under scrutiny by House ethics officials for her ties to a Washington-area lobbying firm that is being investigated by the Justice Department.

Ethics probes target House lawmakers A A Oct. 31: According to a document obtained by the Washington Post, ethics investigators are examining the activities of more than 30 members of Congress.

Nearly half the members of the powerful House subcommittee that oversees more than $600 billion in Pentagon spending have been targeted by ethics investigators who are probing the conduct of a once-influential Washington lobbying firm, according to a confidential document that the House Ethics Committee says was inadvertently exposed.

While the Obama administration engages in an ongoing battle with Fox News over its conservative ideological leanings, self-described "progressive" media outlets are increasing their presence at the White House.

WASHINGTON a ' Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.

Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, who have trained their lens on the relationships between seven members and an influential lobbying firm founded by a former Capitol Hill aide.

The Washington Post Co. increased its profit 69 percent in the third quarter, as the company cut costs to narrow losses in its newspaper division and kept business steady at its cable TV and education divisions.

The elections on November 3 are shaping up to be a real Paul Revere moment across America.

General Motors Chief Executive Fritz Henderson was in Washington on Wednesday visiting with the company's major shareholder: the U.S. government.