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| TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS China Leaves Small Investors Behind on Road To Capitalism SHANGHAI -- When emergency workers found Wang sprawled unconscious after having downed two bags of insecticide, he was still clutching the PDA he had been using to check stock prices. (By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post) Palestinian Recruits Hit Streets Unprepared Israel Blocks Arrival Of U.S.-Funded Gear (By Griff Witte and Ellen Knickmeyer, The Washington Post) For Bush in Last Year, It's the Principle As Influence Wanes, He Stays Resolute (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Virginia Tries to Ensure Students' Safety in Cyberspace State-Mandated Classes on Internet Take Shape (By Theresa Vargas, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
For Bush in Last Year, It's the Principle After U.S. gasoline prices surged to a record high this week, President Bush strode into the Rose Garden to unveil his plans for coping with skyrocketing energy costs: drill for oil in Alaska, add U.S. refineries and build more nuclear plants. (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Ex-Aide Sentenced; New Probe Emerges (By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post) In Special Elections, GOP Tests Anti-Obama Strategy (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) Despite Wright Flap, Obama's GOP Backers Sticking With Him -- for Now (By Krissah Williams, The Washington Post) Democrats Step Up Debate on Gas Tax Both Candidates Focusing on Economy (By Dan Balz and Peter Slevin, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION For Bush in Last Year, It's the Principle After U.S. gasoline prices surged to a record high this week, President Bush strode into the Rose Garden to unveil his plans for coping with skyrocketing energy costs: drill for oil in Alaska, add U.S. refineries and build more nuclear plants. (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) On Spam's Birthday, Three Cheers for 'Delete' (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) Job-Loss Figure Brings Cheer Economy's Woes May Be Moderate (By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post) Administration Reportedly Forces Out EPA Official (By Juliet Eilperin and Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post) More Nation
Zimbabwe Voting Results Will Force Leadership Runoff HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 2 -- Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won more votes than President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's presidential election but not enough to avoid a runoff, according to official results released Friday after a delay of more than a month. (The Washington Post) Palestinian Recruits Hit Streets Unprepared Israel Blocks Arrival Of U.S.-Funded Gear (By Griff Witte and Ellen Knickmeyer, The Washington Post) Hong Kong Shows Warmth To Mainland in Torch Relay (By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post) Reports Fault U.N. Watchdog Unit - (By Colum Lynch, The Washington Post) China Leaves Small Investors Behind on Road To Capitalism (By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post) More World
In D.C. Area, a Superdelegate Tug of War Maryland Democratic Party Vice Chairman Lauren Glover is fielding calls from Sen. Barack Obama. Jim Leaman, executive director of the Virginia AFL-CIO, is being inundated with personal letters and e-mails from supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. And D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. just... (By Tim Craig, John Wagner and Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post) Openness Promised In Probe Of Killing Facts Will be Public In Rawlings Case, D.C. Police Say (By Allison Klein, The Washington Post) Metro-monial Bliss Forget the Limo. Newlyweds Ride Into the Future on the Subway. (By Jonathan Mummolo, The Washington Post) Nephew of Tax Fraud Suspect Is First to Plead Guilty in Scheme (By Paul Duggan, The Washington Post) Virginia Tries to Ensure Students' Safety in Cyberspace State-Mandated Classes on Internet Take Shape (By Theresa Vargas, The Washington Post) More Metro
China Leaves Small Investors Behind on Road To Capitalism SHANGHAI -- When emergency workers found Wang sprawled unconscious after having downed two bags of insecticide, he was still clutching the PDA he had been using to check stock prices. (By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post) Speeding Up Safety With the government slow to act and consumers quick to mobilize, companies have learned to take swift action on potentially dangerous products. (By Annys Shin, The Washington Post) Job-Loss Figure Brings Cheer Economy's Woes May Be Moderate (By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post) Democrats Step Up Debate on Gas Tax Both Candidates Focusing on Economy (By Dan Balz and Peter Slevin, The Washington Post) Costs Soar at National Harbor Prices of Labor, Materials Cited (By Anita Huslin, The Washington Post) More Business
Virginia Tries to Ensure Students' Safety in Cyberspace Alan Portillo didn't think much, if at all, about his online vulnerability. Then the 15-year-old heard technology teacher Wendy Maitland list three pieces of information an online predator would need to find him. (By Theresa Vargas, The Washington Post) On Spam's Birthday, Three Cheers for 'Delete' (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) More Technology
The Cavs Have a LeBron, And the Wizards Don't Simply put, the Wizards have some nice pieces while the Cleveland Cavaliers have a truly gifted and great player in LeBron James. (By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post) Zorn, Redskins Begin Throwing It All Together (By Jason Reid, The Washington Post) Long Behind the Scenes, Trainer Has Shot to Shine Baffert Protege Harty Prepped Well-Respected Colonel John (By John Scheinman, The Washington Post) A Cleveland Blockade Cavaliers Oust Wizards for 3rd Consecutive Year (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) Gibbs Is Making All the Right Moves His Team Thrives, but Stewart Is Being Wooed (By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post) More Sports
ASK AMY DEAR AMY: I have been dating a guy for about six weeks. At first it was great. We hung out a lot -- he would text me to say "hey" or call out of the blue to tell me to have a good day. (The Washington Post) Window on the World In New York, Replanting Darwin's Fertile Ground For Thought (By Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post) NAMES & FACES (The Washington Post) Nats Could Use Some Designated Sitters in Those Pricey Seats (By Paul Farhi, The Washington Post) Forty Years On, RFK Ad Maker Still Frames The Campaigns (By Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post) More Style
Strike From Afar TOMAHAWK MISSILES fired by a U.S. Navy ship demolished a house in central Somalia on Thursday and killed a vicious militia leader and al-Qaeda operative. It was a victory for the Bush administration's counterterrorism operations in Africa -- and a demonstration of the limits of a strategy based a... (The Washington Post) The Greening of Montgomery Requiring Energy Star home construction standards is another small step toward saving the planet. (The Washington Post) Winging It at the FAA Fake reports from Dallas-Fort Worth control tower add to the aviation agency's air of chaos. (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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