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| TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Trade Talks Crumble in Feud Over Farm Aid International talks aimed at ushering in a new era of free trade collapsed in Geneva yesterday during a bitter split between developed and developing countries over the future shape of global commerce. (By Anthony Faiola and Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post) Karadzic Extradited to The Hague to Face War Crimes Charges Transfer to Tribunal Comes After Rally by Thousands of Backers (By Peter Finn, The Washington Post) For GOP, Stevens Indictment Is Latest in a String of Setbacks (By Chris Cillizza and Paul Kane, The Washington Post) McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence (By Michael D. Shear and Dan Balz, The Washington Post) President Obama Continues Hectic Victory Tour (By Dana Milbank, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Sen. Stevens Indicted On 7 Corruption Counts Alaska's Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, was indicted yesterday on seven charges of making false statements about more than $250,000 that corporate executives doled out to overhaul his Anchorage area house. (By Carrie Johnson and Paul Kane, The Washington Post) House Issues An Apology For Slavery (By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post) For Obama, a Day Of Monetary Meetings (The Washington Post) Democrats Urge Head Of EPA To Resign (The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION Efforts Against AIDS Among Black Americans Criticized A prominent AIDS organization accused the federal government yesterday of doing too little to fight AIDS among black Americans, in whom the size and scope of the epidemic resembles that seen in many African nations. (By David Brown, The Washington Post) Strategy Against Al-Qaeda Faulted Report Says Effort Is Not a 'War' (By Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence (By Michael D. Shear and Dan Balz, The Washington Post) Bush Tells Chinese Dissidents He Will Push Beijing to Make Reforms (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Sen. Stevens Indicted On 7 Corruption Counts Longest-Serving GOP Senator Is Accused of Making False Statements About Money From Alaska Oil Firm (By Carrie Johnson and Paul Kane, The Washington Post) More Nation
Chinese Officials Give Club District A Brusque Cleanup BEIJING -- Ryan Horne loves living in China. He arrived in March from Los Angeles to manage the opening of a club in the heart of the city's night-life district. Drawn by the promise of wealthy investors and an ultra-creative founder, Horne set about trying to shape the "it" factor in Beijing, that... (By Jill Drew, The Washington Post) Mexico's Drug Cartels Take Barbarous Turn: Targeting Bystanders In Sinaloa, Carnage Brings Widespread Terror (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) Sunni Insurgents Targeted in Diyala Province Iraqi-Led Offensive in Volatile Region Near Baghdad Also Takes Aim at Smugglers, Shiite Militias (By Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post) For GOP, Stevens Indictment Is Latest in a String of Setbacks (By Chris Cillizza and Paul Kane, The Washington Post) Karadzic Extradited to The Hague to Face War Crimes Charges Transfer to Tribunal Comes After Rally by Thousands of Backers (By Peter Finn, The Washington Post) More World
Death of NE Girl, 12, Is Probed as Homicide A 12-year-old girl was found dead with possible stab wounds yesterday in a Northeast Washington apartment, a D.C. police source said. Authorities labeled the case a suspicious death and said they are treating it as a homicide. (By Paul Duggan and Clarence Williams, The Washington Post) Driver Who Hit Crowd, Killing 8, Is Charged 2 Waldorf Men Now Believed Involved in 2nd Street Race (By Ruben Castaneda and Avis Thomas-Lester, The Washington Post) Libraries In D.C. Plan Cuts In Hours Budget Shortfall Would Also Close Kiosks (By Elissa Silverman, The Washington Post) Boy, 13, Dies After Being Hit by Car (By Martin Weil, The Washington Post) Outburst of Gun Violence Claims Four Lives in D.C. (By Debbi Wilgoren and Paul Duggan, The Washington Post) More Metro
Slow to Pick Up The Pepper Trail Just after the Fourth of July, Cheryl Grubbs called her local health department in Cortez, Colo., to report that her husband had nearly lost his only kidney to a salmonella infection after eating several raw jalapeños and a sandwich with a tomato in it during a camping trip. (By Annys Shin, The Washington Post) Children Targets of $1.6 Billion in Food Ads FTC Discloses 2006 Spending in First-Ever Report (By Kendra Marr, The Washington Post) Trade Talks Crumble in Feud Over Farm Aid (By Anthony Faiola and Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post) Chinese Officials Give Club District A Brusque Cleanup (By Jill Drew, The Washington Post) Shares Soar As Oil Hits 7-Week Low Monday's Losses Recouped Despite Drop in Home Prices (By Dina ElBoghdady, The Washington Post) More Business
Sprint Loses Early-Termination Fee Case in Calif. Sprint Nextel was wrong to charge customers penalty fees of $73 million for early termination of cell phone contracts, a California court ruled yesterday, offering encouragement to customers of other companies who have filed similar suits around the nation. (By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post) Game Over: Suit Spells the End For Facebook's Scrabulous App (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) Comcast Illegally Interfered With Web File-Sharing Traffic, FCC Says (By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post) More Technology
Two Runs Too Much For Nats The Washington Nationals' football-shaped locker room turns in on itself. Every chair points toward the center. From where rookie Collin Balester stood last night, in front of his locker and surrounded by reporters, he could have looked at the culprits of his demise. (By Mark Viera, The Washington Post) On Favre, Packers Can't Have It Both Ways (By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post) Action Vets Rally Around Auto Circuit (By Andrew Astleford, The Washington Post) A Key Cog Gets Back In Working Order Redskins' Rogers Follows Gradual Process in Recovery From Knee Surgery (By Jason Reid, The Washington Post) Congressional Hears Pitch From Woods (The Washington Post) More Sports
Surviving The Free Fall CHICAGO Patti Solis Doyle has come home to get her house in order and her reputation back. It has not been a good year. (By Lois Romano, The Washington Post) The Reliable Source (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) Capturing Bin Laden On Camera At Guantanamo Trial, Former ABC Reporter Recounts 1998 Interview (By Jerry Markon, The Washington Post) On 'Long Way Down,' a Ride Full of Highs (By Tom Shales, The Washington Post) Foraging for Dinner on Amish Back Roads (By Walter Nicholls, The Washington Post) More Style
Washington Nationals Washington Post writer Chico Harlan takes your questions and comments about the Washington Nationals. (Chico Harlan, washingtonpost.com) Dirda on Books (Michael Dirda, washingtonpost.com) White House Watch (Dan Froomkin, washingtonpost.com) Free Range on Food Dish With the Experts (The Food Section, washingtonpost.com) The Root: The M Word The M Word: The Audacity of Taupe (David Swerdlick, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
Doha's Demise TO THE LITANY of recent sour economic news add this unhappy bulletin from Geneva: The global trade negotiations known as the Doha Round broke up yesterday without an agreement. Instead of a new international plan to cut tariffs, which would have boosted economic growth worldwide, members of the W... (The Washington Post) Olympic Reprieve Iraq is allowed to send two athletes to the Beijing Games by a bureaucracy that singled it out for punishment. (The Washington Post) Mr. Stevens's Extreme Makeover He got a garage, a deck, a grill -- and a seven-count indictment alleging he failed to report them. (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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