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Forensic Accountants Dig Through George Washington's Financial Records

Washington Post | Joel Achenbach | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

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One day in 1791, President George Washington received a bill for 60 pounds, 1 shilling and 7 pence from his physician friend James Craik, who regularl...

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Obama's Speech (TEXT): Transcript Of President Obama's Speech About Gay Rights

Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

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The official transcript of President Obama's address at The Human Rights Campaign's 13th Annual National Dinner on Saturday, as released by the White ...

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Dalai Lama: "No Disappointment" About Not Getting Invited To The White House (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

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President Obama did not meet with the Dalai Lama on his most recent trip to Washington, and the Dalai Lama seems to be the only one okay with it. Sinc...

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Hiring Tax Credit: Support Builds For Proposal Rewarding Employers For Hiring, More Hours

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/business/07tax.html | Catherine Rampell | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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The idea of a tax credit for companies that create new jobs, something the federal government has not tried since the 1970s, is gaining support among ...

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Our Best Way Forward in Afghanistan is Out

Mary Ellen McNish | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Afghans and Americans deserve is a full, public discussion of the policy choices looming in the next weeks. We must choose to demonstrate a commitment to the rule of law, and not violence.

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Obamas' Anniversary (PICTURES): President, First Lady Celebrate 17th Wedding Anniversary At Blue Duck Tavern

AP | By Christine Simmons | Posted 10.04.2009 | Style

WASHINGTON (AP)- There was no trip to New York and no fancy outing as the Obamas celebrated their first wedding anniversary since they moved to the Wh...

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Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

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U2's Music and Mission and My Kid's First Rock Concert

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

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What I love about a U2 concert, headlined by the Irish tenor with the sunglasses, is how it achieves such a powerful combination of art and social justice, music and message; and all with such fun.

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Miracle On Pennsylvania Avenue

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Are we out of time? Has the health care reform, promised to us by Barack Obama, died the death of a thousand paper cuts?

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Best Government Dollar Spent: The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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I encourage everyone, no matter what part of these United States you live in (or even if you live elsewhere), to take a "trip out West" at some point in your life. Get in a car, and go explore everything west of Denver.

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"Mercy Killing": When Love & Law Conflict

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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The blame in two murder cases rests squarely with a society that forces devoted husbands and wives to choose between the welfare of their spouses and the letter of the law.

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New Rule: If America Can't Get it Together, We Lose the Bald Eagle

Bill Maher | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy

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If America can't get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the YouTube video of the puppy that can't get up. As long as we're pathetic, we might as well act like it's cute.

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Here Comes Gov 2.0 -- and a New Generation of Federal Workers

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

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This is Gov 2.0. Not what you're expecting from federal civil servants, who have been seriously empowered to do their job, and told their jobs really matter -- something they haven't heard for years.

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Phillips Arnold Paul, Insane Killer, Escapes On Field Trip To County Fair

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

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SPOKANE, Wash. — A criminally insane killer who escaped during a mental hospital field trip to a county fair remained on the run Friday, and fur...

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Tom Ricks And The Military's New Philosophical Embeds

Columbia Journalism Review | Tara McKelvey | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

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Thomas E. Ricks has a photograph of a general--Ulysses S. Grant, looking haggard and defeated in Cold Harbor, Virginia--on the wall of his office. His...

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Washington D.C. Becomes New Financial Center

Washington Post | David Cho, Steven Mufson and Tomoeh Murakami Tse | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

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As financial firms navigate a life more closely connected to government aid and oversight than ever before, they increasingly turn to Washington, clos...

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Conservative Protesters Gathering For "Taxpayer March" In D.C. On Saturday

Washington Post | Dan Eggen and Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Conservative activists from around the country are gathering in Washington on Saturday, seeking to continue their momentum in shaping the national deb...

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First Encounter with Secretary Tim Geithner at London's G-20 Summit

Rani Singh | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

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When Secretary Tim Geithner walked into his press conference, he had a surety and purpose about him which commanded attention.

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Pelosi: Upping Troops To Afghanistan Unpopular

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress urged the Obama administration Thursday to quickly produce a plan for winning the war in Afghanistan...

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Lobbyists Feel The Recession: Lobbying In Marked Decline

washingtonpost.com | Dan Eggen | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

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Overall spending on lobbying has leveled off for the first time in a decade, according to disclosure data filed with Congress. Lobbying revenue for ma...

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Canada To Stage Mock Afghan Attack In Washington

Globe and Mail | Paul Koring | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

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The Taliban will attack an Afghan village set up in the heart of Washington courtesy of the Canadian Forces, who will send in a medic in a dramatic ef...

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Putting the 'Change' Back in "Change You Can Believe In": The Two Faces of Barack Obama

Marshall Auerback | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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A broad number of polls indicate that progressive opinion, particularly in the area of health care, is much more profoundly aligned with popular opinion than the damp squib of a proposal currently being championed by the president.

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The Lottery Question

Don McNay | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

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Everyone has dreams and desires but usually keep them hidden, back in the recesses of their minds. The lottery question gets those dreams and desires out in the open, on the front burner.

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Best Government Dollar Spent -- The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

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Seeing President Obama and his family take in two of the western parks prompted me to strongly encourage everyone -- yes, even you! -- to plan on a trip like this at some point.

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Free and The Search for Economic Innovation

Don McNay | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

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As we look at life after the financial crisis, we need to turn traditional thinking on its head. Picking up a copy of Chris Anderson's Free is a good place to start.

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