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WashingtonPost Top Stories, 05.01.09 18:30 UTC

D.C. Lawmaker to Seek Review of School Reform Effort

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray said today he will seek an independent evaluator to assess the progress of public school reform in the District under Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee. "The council ...

WashingtonPost Top Stories, 05.01.09 16:33 UTC

Washington Post's Managing Editor to Step Down

Philip Bennett, The Washington Post's managing editor, said today he is stepping down after four years as the paper's second-ranking news executive. Bennett, 49, said he had "a feeling that I'd been ...

Seattle Times, 05.01.09 10:30 UTC

Does convention center really need to grow again?

Never mind the lousy economy. Backers of Seattle's convention center say the time is right for a $766 million expansion to lure more free-spending conventioneers downtown. Despite the state's $5 ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 02.01.09 19:02 UTC

9 Muslim passengers kicked off flight after remark

WASHINGTON -- Nine Muslim passengers were kicked off a flight from Washington, D.C., to Florida after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark about airplane security. AirTran Airways ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 02.01.09 16:02 UTC

9 Muslim passengers kicked off flight after remark

(01-02) 07:45 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nine Muslim passengers were kicked off a flight from Washington, D.C., to Florida after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark about airplane ...

Los Angeles Times, 29.12.08 19:05 UTC

Obama will stick to tax promise, his aides say

Advisors David Axelrod and Lawrence Summers also make a case for a new stimulus package that could exceed $775 billion. It would include part of Obama's planned middle-class tax cut.

BBC World News, 26.12.08 18:31 UTC

CIA 'using Viagra' to win over Afghan warlords

America's CIA has found a novel way to gain information from fickle Afghan warlords - supplying sex-enhancing drug Viagra, a US media report says.

Telegraph, 26.12.08 17:00 UTC

CIA give Afghan warlords Viagra in exchange for information on Taliban

The CIA has secured co-operation from ageing Afghan warlords by providing them with an unusual incentive Viagra.