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| TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Rangel's Pet Cause Bears His Own Name House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel is soliciting donations from corporations with business interests before his panel, hoping to raise $30 million for a new academic center that will house his papers when he retires. (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) Poll Finds Voters Split on Candidates' Iraq-Pullout Positions (By Jonathan Weisman and Jon Cohen, The Washington Post) It's Funny How Humor Is So Ticklish (By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post) Cooking Up Burger Alchemy In an Argentine Laboratory (By Monte Reel, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Rangel's Pet Cause Bears His Own Name House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel is soliciting donations from corporations with business interests before his panel, hoping to raise $30 million for a new academic center that will house his papers when he retires. (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) Banking Stocks Take a Lashing 'Hot Money' Tactic to Raise Funds Creates Risk (By David Cho, The Washington Post) Responsibility Is Again Theme for Obama (The Washington Post) Bush Rescinds Father's Offshore Oil Ban Drilling Still Blocked by Congressional Edict (By Dan Eggen and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post) Poll Finds Voters Split on Candidates' Iraq-Pullout Positions (By Jonathan Weisman and Jon Cohen, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION Unanswered Questions in Tillman Report Congressional investigators could not determine when senior Pentagon and White House officials learned the details of the "friendly fire" death of Pat Tillman, the Army Ranger and former NFL player, and what role they may have played in the misleading release of information about the 2004... (By Josh White, The Washington Post) Lawyers Want Detainees To Testify in Terror Trial (By Jerry Markon, The Washington Post) Jobless Rate for Youths Is Increasing Competition Fierce For Low-Skill Summer Positions (By Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post) District Gun Bill Goes to Council Officials Anticipate More Legal Action On Weapon Types (By Robert E. Pierre and Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post) Conservative Think Tank AEI Names a New Leader (By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post) More Nation
Connection to Mugabe Threatens South African President's Legacy JOHANNESBURG -- At first glance they are nothing alike. Zimbabwe's aging president, Robert Mugabe, is, at 84, among the last of a generation of African Big Men, clinging to power through brutal repression. South Africa's suave President Thabo Mbeki, nearly two decades younger, rules by popular... (By Craig Timberg, The Washington Post) Cooking Up Burger Alchemy In an Argentine Laboratory (By Monte Reel, The Washington Post) Sudan Vows to Fight Charges Of Genocide Against Its Leader Move by Court Brings Cheers in Darfur Camps (By Stephanie McCrummen and Nora Boustany, The Washington Post) Protest Fatigue in Mexico City, A Daily Mess of Demonstrations (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) 3 Britons Admit Plot But Not Intent to Kill (By Kevin Sullivan, The Washington Post) More World
Prospect of Drilling Roils Political Waters A new push in Washington to increase offshore oil and natural-gas drilling has intrigued politicians and alarmed environmentalists in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware, where the ocean has been off-limits to exploration for 19 years. (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post) District Gun Bill Goes to Council Officials Anticipate More Legal Action On Weapon Types (By Robert E. Pierre and Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post) Md. Scores In Reading, Math Show Big Strides (By Daniel de Vise and Nelson Hernandez, The Washington Post) More Illegal Immigrants Putting Affairs in Order Deportation Risk Prompts Preparation (By N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post) Loudoun Revisits Rules As Sinkholes Multiply (By Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post) More Metro
Banking Stocks Take a Lashing Banking stocks suffered some of their worst losses in a generation yesterday as investors' confidence in the U.S. financial system continued to erode despite the dramatic initiative by the federal government Sunday evening to bolster mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (By David Cho, The Washington Post) Bush Rescinds Father's Offshore Oil Ban Drilling Still Blocked by Congressional Edict (By Dan Eggen and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post) Bud's Belgian Buyout InBev's Takeover of Anheuser Marries Global Reach, an Iconic Brand (By Frank Ahrens and Simone Baribeau, The Washington Post) Chicago Editor Quits as Tribune Cuts Deeper (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post) Rangel's Pet Cause Bears His Own Name Firms With Business Before Panel Solicited (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) More Business
Coming Soon to an Xbox Near You Xbox owners will soon be able to watch movies streamed through game consoles to their TVs, thanks to a deal Microsoft has landed with online rental service Netflix. (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) EBay Wins Trademark Case; Ruling Frees Site From Policing Fakes (By Rachel Meltz, The Washington Post) More Technology
Hamilton Is a Bronx Bomber, Until the Very End Twins first baseman Justin Morneau wins the Home Run Derby, but Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton steals the show by setting an all-time, single-round record with 28 homers in the first round. (By Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post) Packer, A Pro in the College Game (By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post) The Ballpark's Hits At Midseason, Nationals' Stadium Gets High Marks for Views, Parking (By Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) Manning Has Bursa Sac Removed (AP) Parker Sparks Los Angeles Victory Sparks 75, Silver Stars 62 (AP) More Sports
Unsung Savior From San Salvador to Budapest to Washington: The tides of memory and forgetting swept into the El Salvador Embassy on 16th Street NW the other day, transporting ghosts. (By David Montgomery, The Washington Post) It's Funny How Humor Is So Ticklish (By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post) The Reliable Source (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) Chicago Editor Quits as Tribune Cuts Deeper (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post) 'The Cleaner': Addiction Drama Unlikely to Be Habit-Forming (By Tom Shales, The Washington Post) More Style
Book World: 'The Dark Side' Journalist Jane Mayer discusses her new book, 'The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals,' an investigation of counterterrorism policy in post-9/11 America. (Jane Mayer, washingtonpost.com) Ask Jeanne Marie Laskas (Jeanne Marie Laskas, washingtonpost.com) Lean Plate Club Talk About Nutrition and Health (Sally Squires, washingtonpost.com) Station Break (Paul Farhi, washingtonpost.com) Election 2008: Presidential Candidate Bob Barr (Bob Barr, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
Rescue or Respite? YOU MAY NOW exhale. As of yesterday's market close, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were still alive. Investors snapped up $3 billion in Freddie Mac bonds; the firms' stock prices sank only about half a buck each, in contrast to the dizzying plunge of recent days. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paul... (The Washington Post) DoD Defiance The Pentagon rejects EPA orders and sets a dangerous precedent. (The Washington Post) A New Gun Law The District's proposed substitute for a statute struck down by the Supreme Court is reasonable -- and necessary. (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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