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[1]Study: Bank Fees Undisclosed

GAO says banks failing to meet requirements to provide account fee information to consumers.

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washingtonpost.com News: In Search for Peace, a Shrinking White House Role

Sunday, March 02, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS In Search for Peace, a Shrinking White House Role When Palestinians broke through the barrier dividing the Gaza Strip and Egypt in January and streamed across the border by the tens of thousands, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak faced a moment of crisis. His phone soon rang, but the world leader offering help on the other end was not President Bush... (By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) In Tuesday's Contests, a Party Divided (By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post) Despite Spotlight, Putin's Heir Still Shadowy Medvedev Assured of Win, but Many Russians Unsure What Will Follow (By Peter Finn, The Washington Post) Indian Cities Eye New Delhi's Quiet 'Citizen Revolution' Program Offers Antidote to Red Tape (By Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post) Businesses Tightening Their Belts Cost-Cutting Could Slow Economy More (By Neil Irwin and Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS The Talk Shows Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: (The Washington Post) Foreign Policy Hits Home in Tex., Ohio Two Days Away, Races Are Too Close to Call (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) No Decision on Troop Cuts (The Washington Post) Danish Prime Minister Visits Bush Ranch, Pushes for Global Pact on Climate Change (By Michael Abramowitz and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post) Bush Moves to Shield Telecommunications Firms (By Dan Eggen and Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION Bush Moves to Shield Telecommunications Firms President Bush said last week that telecommunications companies that helped government wiretapping efforts need protection from "class-action plaintiff attorneys" who see a "financial gravy train" ahead. Democrats and privacy groups responded by accusing the Bush administration of trying to shut... (By Dan Eggen and Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) Man Acquitted in Terror Case Faces Deportation Lawyers Criticize Effort As Retribution From U.S. (By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post) Danish Prime Minister Visits Bush Ranch, Pushes for Global Pact on Climate Change (By Michael Abramowitz and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post) NATION IN BRIEF (The Washington Post) Woman, 2 Sons Killed in Texas (The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Despite Spotlight, Putin's Heir Still Shadowy ST. PETERSBURG -- At the age of 23, Dmitry Medvedev went to a cathedral in this city, then called Leningrad, and was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church. Even in the relatively liberal environment of Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union, it was a quiet act of defiance for a postgraduate law... (By Peter Finn, The Washington Post) Colombian Rebel Commander Killed Strike by Government Forces Called Major Setback for FARC Guerrillas (By Juan Forero, The Washington Post) Indian Cities Eye New Delhi's Quiet 'Citizen Revolution' Program Offers Antidote to Red Tape (By Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post) 60 Gazans Killed in Incursion By Israel Operation Follows Use of Longer-Range Rockets by Hamas (By Griff Witte, The Washington Post) Danish Prime Minister Visits Bush Ranch, Pushes for Global Pact on Climate Change (By Michael Abramowitz and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post) More World METRO After Countless Jumps, a Giant Leap Onto World Stage To the rhythm of the ropes, the jumpers bounce and prance, shimmy and twirl. (By Mary Otto, The Washington Post) No Time to Rest in the Homestretch Ballpark Crews Rush to Meet This Month's Deadline (By Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) K Street's Second Shift The Fabled Corridor Known For Lawyers And Lobbyists Is D.C.'s Hot New Nightspot (By Elissa Silverman, The Washington Post) Man's Body Is Discovered In Superior Court Restroom (By Clarence Williams and Martin Weil, The Washington Post) Rowing Coach Is Pulled to Safety After Wind and Waves Capsize Boats (By Martin Weil and David Nakamura, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Inside the Mind Of a Debtor Nation As the director of a financial ministry at my church, I get an up-close and personal look at the spending habits of a lot of people. (By Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post) Businesses Tightening Their Belts Cost-Cutting Could Slow Economy More (By Neil Irwin and Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post) Emerging Markets Lose Some Risk (By Jane Bryant Quinn, The Washington Post) Banking Fees Are Rising And Often Undisclosed Undercover Teams Can't Pry Data From Branches (By Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post) For Most, a Sport-Without-Utility Vehicle (By Warren Brown, The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Dusting Off the PlayStation Portable Once upon a time, tech pundits predicted Sony's PlayStation Portable would be an "iPod killer" because of all its flashy features. But the PSP has suffered from a slightly unfortunate image among gamers and gadget lovers: It's the device that can do pretty much anything, from surfing the Web to p... (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) Fast Forward's Help File (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) Wanna Talk Money? On These New Personal Finance Sites, Participants Advise, Brag and Borrow (By Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post) Dorm Gossip Turns Slimy on the Internet (By Marc Fisher, The Washington Post) Bush Moves to Shield Telecommunications Firms (By Dan Eggen and Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS No Time to Rest in the Homestretch With the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop, the Nationals are right on target to open the $611 million ballpark off South Capitol Street. (By Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) Liukin Edges Johnson for All-Around P. Hamm Is Top Male After Three-Year Layoff (By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post) Eagles Win Patriot Title Outright AU's Win, Loss by Navy Settle Matter: American 84, Lafayette 72 (By Steven Goff, The Washington Post) Hoyas Grab One Wallace's Three Free Throws Late In Regulation Set Up Overtime Win (By Camille Powell, The Washington Post) Duke Holds on for Coach K's 800th Win No. 7 Duke 87, North Carolina State 86 (By JOEDY McCREARY, AP) More Sports STYLE Extra! Extra! Indeed Seen from the front, the large stone tablet affixed to the Newseum building on Pennsylvania Avenue looks like a piece of newsprint. It is 74 feet high, emblazoned with the 45 words of the First Amendment, and its rectangular shape suggests the dimensions of a conventional broadsheet newspaper. Bu... (By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post) Going Down-Market: Satan Rules the Night at Jaxx (By Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post) A Vision of the Future Worth Seeing Again (By ROBIN GIVHAN, The Washington Post) "These days it's like an iPod party mix." Rock the Vote's Heather Smith Feels the Beat of A New Generation (The Washington Post) Summing Up in Six (The Washington Post) More Style Russia's Succession RUSSIANS will troop to the polls today for a presidential election whose result has been known since Dec. 10, when Vladimir Putin announced that Dmitri Medvedev would be his successor. The Kremlin has rounded up a collection of three losers for Mr. Medvedev to run against, including the head of the... (The Washington Post) No Secret Cash Mr. Bush should disclose who pays for his presidential library. (The Washington Post) The AP Gap Montgomery schools' success with African American participation ought to be emulated. (The Washington Post)

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washingtonpost.com News: Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril

Saturday, March 01, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices, and the U.S. Agency for International Development is drafting plans to reduce the number of recipient nations,... (By Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post) Clinton Ad Hints Obama Is Unprepared for Crisis (By Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) A Brand of Politician: To a True Maverick, It's an Earned Label (By Joe Holley, The Washington Post) U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition Stalled Nuclear Pact Is Just One Sign of Unease (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) Fur Flies at Beauty Pageant (But It's Not What You Think) In Eastern Shore's Muskrat Country, Contestants Keep Two Traditions Alive (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition Nearly two years ago, President Bush decided to open a new era of civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia. The two governments negotiated an agreement and initialed it just days before President Vladimir Putin went fishing with Bush last summer at the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) Clinton Ad Hints Obama Is Unprepared for Crisis (By Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) Mukasey Refuses to Prosecute Bush Aides (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Coordinator Quits Gulf Recovery Job Bush Appointee Says Much Remains To Be Done, But Work Is on Track (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post) Clinton Has Connections, While Obama Has Momentum (By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism WACO, Tex, Feb. 29 -- An aide to President Bush responsible for outreach to conservative and Christian groups resigned Friday after acknowledging that he had plagiarized material for a column he wrote for his hometown paper in Fort Wayne, Ind. (By Michael Abramowitz and William Branigin, The Washington Post) Anthrax Ruling to Be Appealed Judge Dismisses Suit Against Pentagon's Vaccination Policy (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition Stalled Nuclear Pact Is Just One Sign of Unease (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) U.S.-Saudi Effort Seeks to End Syrian Interference in Lebanon (By Robin Wright, The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Turkish Troops Leaving N. Iraq BAGHDAD, Feb. 29 -- Turkey announced Friday that it had pulled its troops out of northern Iraq, ending an eight-day invasion to pursue Kurdish guerrillas that raised tensions with the Iraqi government and fears of a regional conflict. The withdrawal came one day after both President Bush and U.S.... (By Sudarsan Raghavan and Ellen Knickmeyer, The Washington Post) U.S.-Saudi Effort Seeks to End Syrian Interference in Lebanon (By Robin Wright, The Washington Post) U.S. Zeal for Iran's Non-Muslims Faulted Minorities' Exodus Worries Leaders Of Fading Faiths (By Thomas Erdbrink and Karin Brulliard, The Washington Post) U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition Stalled Nuclear Pact Is Just One Sign of Unease (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) Bush Plans Further Reduction in Forces Pause to Be for Review, White House Says (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) More World METRO Va. Road Taxing Authority Rejected The Virginia Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a regional authority created as part of a landmark transportation compromise cannot constitutionally impose taxes and fees, imperiling billions of dollars for road and transit projects and setting up a series of hard choices for legislators and... (By Jerry Markon and Tim Craig, The Washington Post) Fairfax County To Recalculate Disputed 2008 Assessments (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) A Snack, a Slip And a Second Chance Store Offers to Take Back Worker Fired Over a Doughnut and Milk (By Donna St. George, The Washington Post) Senate Panel Cuts University Funds, Putting Tuition Freeze in Jeopardy (By Annapolis Digest, The Washington Post) Meteorological Winter Comes to a Close After a Relatively Gentle Sojourn in Area (By Martin Weil, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices, and the U.S. Agency for International Development is drafting plans to reduce the number of recipient nations,... (By Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post) Boeing Loses Bid to Build Tankers to Its Rival (By Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post) Non-Toxic Tots Parents Pay Dearly for Safety (By Annys Shin, The Washington Post) Fairfax County To Recalculate Disputed 2008 Assessments (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) Stocks Endure Second-Worst Day of the Year Insurer's Record Loss Spurs Recession Fears (By Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Celera to Move Headquarters To California, May Spin Off Celera, the Rockville biotech company that scientist J. Craig Venter founded to map the human genome, announced yesterday that it will move its headquarters to Northern California. (By Thomas Heath, The Washington Post) Study Finds Dogs, Robots Cheer Elderly (By CHERYL WITTENAUER, AP) More Technology SPORTS Headed for Blowout Loss, Washington Bounces Back The struggling Wizards use a third-quarter surge to overcome an 18-point deficit and beat the Chicago Bulls, 97-91, on Friday night. (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) Hoyas Dig Down In Deep Big East (By Camille Powell, The Washington Post) Nats' Sunny Outlook Not Just Seasonal (By Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post) Huet Shuts Out the Devils In His Debut for the Caps Capitals 4, Devils 0 (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) B. Boone Steps Back Up To the Plate (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Old Names With New Faces PARIS, Feb. 29 The fashion industry here continues to deal with the problem of too many well-known brand names that are long past their expiration date. They are comfortable calling a model obsolete before she celebrates her 25th birthday, but refuse to admit that a middle-aged design house can't be... (By Robin Givhan, The Washington Post) NAMES & FACES (The Washington Post) For Expatriates, Kenya's Torment Is Their Own Shock Waves From the Unrest Reach Those Far Away (By DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post) That 'Big Give' Feeling: Warm, Fuzzy & Familiar (By Tom Shales, The Washington Post) A Brand of Politician: To a True Maverick, It's an Earned Label (By Joe Holley, The Washington Post) More Style Transportation, Unfixed VIRGINIA's first transportation funding plan in a generation was gutted yesterday by the state's Supreme Court. In a stroke, the court scrapped almost half of the $1.1 billion in new annual outlays for roads, rails and buses approved last year by the General Assembly -- a spending scheme that had... (The Washington Post) At Best, a Pander The Democratic candidates' intemperate promise to renegotiate NAFTA (The Washington Post) Piecemeal Tort Reform A Supreme Court ruling on medical devices is cause for cheers as well as concerns. (The Washington Post)

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washingtonpost.com News: Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril

Saturday, March 01, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices, and the U.S. Agency for International Development is drafting plans to reduce the number of recipient nations,... (By Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post) Clinton Ad Hints Obama Is Unprepared for Crisis (By Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) A Brand of Politician: To a True Maverick, It's an Earned Label (By Joe Holley, The Washington Post) U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition Stalled Nuclear Pact Is Just One Sign of Unease (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) Fur Flies at Beauty Pageant (But It's Not What You Think) In Eastern Shore's Muskrat Country, Contestants Keep Two Traditions Alive (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition Nearly two years ago, President Bush decided to open a new era of civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia. The two governments negotiated an agreement and initialed it just days before President Vladimir Putin went fishing with Bush last summer at the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) Clinton Ad Hints Obama Is Unprepared for Crisis (By Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) Mukasey Refuses to Prosecute Bush Aides (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Coordinator Quits Gulf Recovery Job Bush Appointee Says Much Remains To Be Done, But Work Is on Track (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post) Clinton Has Connections, While Obama Has Momentum (By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism WACO, Tex, Feb. 29 -- An aide to President Bush responsible for outreach to conservative and Christian groups resigned Friday after acknowledging that he had plagiarized material for a column he wrote for his hometown paper in Fort Wayne, Ind. (By Michael Abramowitz and William Branigin, The Washington Post) Anthrax Ruling to Be Appealed Judge Dismisses Suit Against Pentagon's Vaccination Policy (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition Stalled Nuclear Pact Is Just One Sign of Unease (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) U.S.-Saudi Effort Seeks to End Syrian Interference in Lebanon (By Robin Wright, The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Turkish Troops Pull Out of Iraq BAGHDAD, Feb. 29 -- Turkey announced Friday that it had pulled its troops out of northern Iraq, ending an eight-day invasion to pursue Kurdish guerrillas that raised tensions with the Iraqi government and fears of a regional conflict. The withdrawal came one day after both President Bush and U.S.... (By Sudarsan Raghavan and Ellen Knickmeyer, The Washington Post) U.S.-Saudi Effort Seeks to End Syrian Interference in Lebanon (By Robin Wright, The Washington Post) U.S. Zeal for Iran's Non-Muslims Faulted Minorities' Exodus Worries Leaders Of Fading Faiths (By Thomas Erdbrink and Karin Brulliard, The Washington Post) U.S.-Russia Relations Chilly Amid Transition Stalled Nuclear Pact Is Just One Sign of Unease (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) Bush Plans Further Reduction in Forces Pause to Be for Review, White House Says (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) More World METRO Va. Road Taxing Authority Rejected The Virginia Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a regional authority created as part of a landmark transportation compromise cannot constitutionally impose taxes and fees, imperiling billions of dollars for road and transit projects and setting up a series of hard choices for legislators and... (By Jerry Markon and Tim Craig, The Washington Post) Fairfax County To Recalculate Disputed 2008 Assessments (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) A Snack, a Slip And a Second Chance Store Offers to Take Back Worker Fired Over a Doughnut and Milk (By Donna St. George, The Washington Post) Senate Panel Cuts University Funds, Putting Tuition Freeze in Jeopardy (By Annapolis Digest, The Washington Post) Meteorological Winter Comes to a Close After a Relatively Gentle Sojourn in Area (By Martin Weil, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices, and the U.S. Agency for International Development is drafting plans to reduce the number of recipient nations,... (By Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post) Boeing Loses Bid to Build Tankers to Its Rival (By Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post) Non-Toxic Tots Parents Pay Dearly for Safety (By Annys Shin, The Washington Post) Fairfax County To Recalculate Disputed 2008 Assessments (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) Stocks Endure Second-Worst Day of the Year Insurer's Record Loss Spurs Recession Fears (By Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Celera to Move Headquarters To California, May Spin Off Celera, the Rockville biotech company that scientist J. Craig Venter founded to map the human genome, announced yesterday that it will move its headquarters to Northern California. (By Thomas Heath, The Washington Post) Study Finds Dogs, Robots Cheer Elderly (By CHERYL WITTENAUER, AP) More Technology SPORTS Wizards Bounce Back After Halftime, Beat the Bulls The struggling Wizards use a third-quarter surge to overcome an 18-point deficit and beat the Chicago Bulls, 97-91, on Friday night. (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) Hoyas Dig Down In Deep Big East (By Camille Powell, The Washington Post) Nats' Sunny Outlook Not Just Seasonal (By Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post) Huet Shuts Out the Devils In His Debut for the Caps Capitals 4, Devils 0 (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) B. Boone Steps Back Up To the Plate (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Old Names With New Faces PARIS, Feb. 29 The fashion industry here continues to deal with the problem of too many well-known brand names that are long past their expiration date. They are comfortable calling a model obsolete before she celebrates her 25th birthday, but refuse to admit that a middle-aged design house can't be... (By Robin Givhan, The Washington Post) NAMES & FACES (The Washington Post) For Expatriates, Kenya's Torment Is Their Own Shock Waves From the Unrest Reach Those Far Away (By DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post) That 'Big Give' Feeling: Warm, Fuzzy & Familiar (By Tom Shales, The Washington Post) A Brand of Politician: To a True Maverick, It's an Earned Label (By Joe Holley, The Washington Post) More Style Transportation, Unfixed VIRGINIA's first transportation funding plan in a generation was gutted yesterday by the state's Supreme Court. In a stroke, the court scrapped almost half of the $1.1 billion in new annual outlays for roads, rails and buses approved last year by the General Assembly -- a spending scheme that had... (The Washington Post) At Best, a Pander The Democratic candidates' intemperate promise to renegotiate NAFTA (The Washington Post) Piecemeal Tort Reform A Supreme Court ruling on medical devices is cause for cheers as well as concerns. (The Washington Post)

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