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[1]Wholesale Prices Jump in Jan.

Inflation pushed higher last month by rising costs for food, energy and medicine.

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26 Feb, 2008 from washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights

[1]Capitals Acquire Veteran Mix

Team adds goalie Cristobal Huet, center Sergei Fedorov and winger Matt Cooke at trade deadline.

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washingtonpost.com News: Farms May Be Exempted From Emission Rules

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Farms May Be Exempted From Emission Rules Under pressure from agriculture industry lobbyists and lawmakers from agricultural states, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to drop requirements that factory farms report their emissions of toxic gases, despite findings by the agency's scientists that the gases pose a health threat. (By Elizabeth Williamson, The Washington Post) Finding Political Strength in the Power of Words Oratory Has Helped Drive Obama's Career -- and Critics' Questions (By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) Democratic Governors See McCain As Formidable They Cite His Life Story, His Appeal to Independents (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) NATO Confronts Surprisingly Fierce Taliban Militia Undermines Rebuilding Efforts in Southern Province of Uruzgan (By Molly Moore, The Washington Post) Pr. George's Ex-Official Convicted In Shooting Self-Defense Claim Is Rebuffed by Jury (By Ruben Castaneda, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS Finding Political Strength in the Power of Words The 2008 presidential campaign has witnessed the rise of a whole arsenal of new political weapons, including Internet fundraising and sophisticated microtargeting of voters. For Sen. Barack Obama, however, the most powerful weapon has been one of the oldest. (By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) Team Clinton: Down, and Out of Touch (By Dana Milbank, The Washington Post) Democratic Governors See McCain As Formidable They Cite His Life Story, His Appeal to Independents (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) Liberal Advocacy Groups Take Aim at McCain (By Jonathan Weisman and Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post) Clinton Compares Obama to Bush Foreign Policy Experience at Issue (By Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post) More Politics
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washingtonpost.com News: Park Police Face Senior Staffing Shortages

Monday, February 25, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Park Police Face Senior Staffing Shortages The number of U.S. Park Police officers has dropped to a 20-year low, with widespread vacancies in senior ranks, leaving the agency strapped despite heightened concern about protecting the nation's landmarks from terrorism, according to officers and a watchdog group. (By Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post) Party Elders Triumph In Cuba Raúl Castro Vows To Pursue Fidel's Work as President (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) Clinton Tests Out Populist Approach Obama Cites NAFTA in Questioning Her Criticism of Corporate World (By Perry Bacon Jr. and Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) Will Drivers Pay to Hurry Up and Wait? Virginia HOT Lane Planners Scramble to Avoid Bottlenecks (By Eric M. Weiss, The Washington Post) Saving the Earth Inside the Office Discovery Turns Its Spotlight Inward (By Alejandro Lazo, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS For Katrina Evacuees, A Chance to Be Heard HOUSTON -- In a cramped guard booth on the edge of a community of luxury townhouses, the sense of helplessness that has become so familiar to Gregory Sam since Hurricane Katrina uprooted him from his home town of New Orleans can become all-consuming. (By Krissah Williams, The Washington Post) Clinton Tests Out Populist Approach Obama Cites NAFTA in Questioning Her Criticism of Corporate World (By Perry Bacon Jr. and Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) For Political Candidates, Saying Can Become Believing (By Shankar Vedantam, The Washington Post) Democrats Equally Adept at Shifting Positions (By Michael Dobbs, The Washington Post) Lessons Learned, Kerry Hits Trail for Obama (By Peter Slevin, The Washington Post) More Politics
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Weiss, The Washington Post) Fed's Interest Rate Cuts Add To Counties' Budget Strain Stimulus Tactic Shrinks Investment Income (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) Leggett Would Reorder Office, Expand Council (By Miranda S. Spivack, The Washington Post) Trying Some Disney Attitude to Help Cure Walter Reed (By Steve Vogel, The Washington Post) Falls Church Turns to the Future Council Gets Ready To Vote on City Center Redevelopment Plan (By Kristen Mack, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Saving the Earth Inside the Office Larry Laque, an executive with Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications, felt something amiss last year as his company began gearing up to announce a 24-hour television channel devoted to an all-green lifestyle. 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(By Nancy Kercheval and Eric Martin, The Washington Post) Pakistan Bans Access to YouTube Videos (By Sadaqat Jan, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS Celtics Still Ahead Of the Curve in East The Celtics are mighty again thanks to a massive makeover the franchise undertook last summer, one that is being copied by the powers in the West. (By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post) Wizards Embark On Vital Road Trip Every Game Crucial for Playoff Seed (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) Capitals Absorb Crushing Defeat Brodeur Brilliant, Especially in OT: Devils 2, Capitals 1 (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) One Defining Moment Nats' Bacsik Gave Up a Record Hit, but He's Not Giving In (By Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post) With a Heavy Heart, Singletary Delivers Guard's 7 Steals Pave Way for Cavs: Virginia 78, North Carolina State 60 (By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Lights! Camera! Glamour! HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 24 Finally! An awards show you can sink your chompers into. The writers are back at their laptops, the stars have returned to the red carpet, and whoa, would you look at John Travolta? He looks like a Vulcan. Hollywood is back. (By William Booth, The Washington Post) A Comedian and a Candidate Share a Big 'Saturday Night' (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) With Allegations of Impropriety, the Charges Can Bounce Both Ways (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post) Oscar Viewers Got Clipped, In More Ways Than One (By Tom Shales, The Washington Post) Writers' Strike Over, Stars Hit Their Stride on the Red Carpet (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post) More Style LIVE DISCUSSIONS TV Series: 'quarterlife' Marshall Herskovitz, creator, producer and director of 'quarterlife,' an Internet dramatic series about six creative twentysomethings, discusses the show, its commitment to realism and how it journeyed from the Web and online social networks to primetime TV. 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washingtonpost.com News: In Cuba, Hopes for a New Capitalist Season

Sunday, February 24, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS In Cuba, Hopes for a New Capitalist Season COJIMAR, Cuba, Feb. 23 -- Idalberto Estrada really wanted to make a sale. (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) ANALYSIS: Justices Further Resist Finding Right to Sue (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Iraq Bomber Targeting Shiites Kills 40 (By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, AP) Going Farther On Her Dividends (By Elizabeth Razzi, The Washington Post) Oscar Quiz: Ugh, Multiple Choice? We Prefer Essay Questions, But... (By William Booth, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS Senators Diverting Campaign Funds to Kin Under long-standing congressional ethics rules, corporations, unions and other large organizations cannot directly pay senators stipends. But their contributions to senators' election campaigns can be paid without limit to the children, spouses, in-laws and other relatives of the lawmakers, in a ... (By Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) Could Obama Turn Red States Blue? (By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) Simple Question Defines Complex Health Debate (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) Obama's Red-State Prospects Unclear Democrat's Support May Have Limits (By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) In Toledo, Promises Of Change Ring Hollow (By Michael A. Fletcher, The Washington Post) More Politics
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An Iraqi informant had tipped them off about an enormous stockpile of homemade explosives and rocket-propelled grenades hidden along a city block within a few hundred yards of the place where 15 tons of explosi... (By Joshua Partlow, The Washington Post) Prowling for Essential Goods for Zimbabwe's Black Market (By Craig Timberg, The Washington Post) In Cuba, Hopes for a New Capitalist Season Castro Resignation Could Open a Path For Small Businesses (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) Pilots Safe After B-2 Crashes on Takeoff in Guam (The Washington Post) Kurdish Soldiers in Iraq Caught Between Competing Allegiances (By Joshua Partlow and Ellen Knickmeyer, The Washington Post) More World METRO A Boom in Bar Bingo Machines Raises Legal Questions in S.Md. For years, the Brass Rail was little more than a sleepy sports bar, a popular destination for locals in St. Mary's County and pretty much no one else. 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