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The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated newspaper in Washington, D.C. It is also one of the city's oldest papers, founded in 1877. It is widely considered to be one of the most important newspapers in the United States due to its particular emphasis on national politics, and international affairs, and being a newspaper of record. Even so, the Washington Post has always been defined as a local paper and does not print any editions for the outside region beyond that of the D.C., Maryland, or Virginia editions for daily circulation. The newspaper is published as a broadsheet, ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Audience:
Large audience (500K-1M) (English)
Scope:
International
Political Viewpoint:
Neutral viewpoint
Owners:
Washington Post Company | Managers: Leonard Downie, Jr. executive editor
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Nov 12, 2008 - 11:44 AM PST
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In the trenches on climate change, hostility among foes
Electronic files that were stolen from a prominent climate research center and made public last week provide a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes battle to shape the ...via Google News -
Report: More Americans going hungry
The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been keeping track, according ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Environmental groups debate new tack in climate-change fight
A curious debate has broken out among American environmental groups, as the Senate balkily starts to focus on the threat of climate change. Is this really the time to talk ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
U.S. soldiers' morale down in Afghanistan
Morale has fallen sharply among U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, with repeated combat deployments taking a toll on their psychological health and marriages, according to an Army ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum on same-sex marriage issue
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn't change a ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
A very bad deal to pass a very good bill
(Blog Post) The final compromises before a bill comes to the floor are never very pretty. This one, however, is worse than I anticipated. Opposition from anti-abortion Democrats, driven ...via Jonathan Cohn -
Suspect in Fort Hood shooting, a Muslim, asked Army to discharge him, aunt said
He prayed every day at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, a devout Muslim who, despite asking to be discharged from the U.S. Army, was on the eve of his first ...via Washington Post -
House leaders prepare for rare Saturday vote on health-care bill
House leaders put in motion the machinery to hold a rare Saturday vote on the most far-reaching expansion of the health-care system in more than 40 years. Even so, they were ...via Google News -
Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It's not 2008 anymore
Off-year elections can be notoriously unreliable as predictors of the future, but as a window on how the political landscape may have changed in the year since President Obama ...via Jay Rosen -
Karzai win complicates White House strategy for Afghanistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election by default Monday confirms at least a week earlier than expected that the Obama administration will continue for the foreseeable ...via NewsRack
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Study raises more doubts about cholesterol drugs Zetia, Vytorin
A widely prescribed and expensive cholesterol drug does not unclog arteries as effectively as a modified version of Vitamin B3, a cheap alternative used to treat heart disease ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
U.S. resetting its relationship with Karzai
When a team of senior U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday for a dinner meeting, they had ...via NewsRack -
Data breach at climate research center in U.K
Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged ...via Washington Post -
Hasan had intensified contact with radical Yemeni American cleric
CBC.caHasan had intensified contact with clericWashington PostIn the months before the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan intensified his communications ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
Foreign policy specialists assess Obama’s trip to Asia
Was the president’s trip to Asia a success or an embarrassment?Posted by Elsbet Roed Brosky -
Reid announces a Saturday vote on beginning debate on health bill
That procedural vote will decide whether to bring that bill to the Senate floor and begin debate, and its approval relies on the votes of three wavering moderate Democrats. ...via Memeorandum -
Danger lies in threat to Fed independence
H.R. 1207 seems innocuous enough. The overall question it raises sounds fair: After all, why should the Fed be immune from audit?Posted by Ben Ross -
In Obama's China trip, stark contrast with past
The changes reflect not so much a policy shift by a new administration in Washington as a dramatic and much bigger change in the power dynamic, particularly in economics, over ...via Washington Post -
Lawmakers seek more help from administration for Fort Hood investigations
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Judge: Corps’ negligence caused Katrina flooding
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane ...Posted by Barry Grossheim
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