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| TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Cairo in near-anarchy as protesters push to oust president CAIRO - The Egyptian capital descended into near anarchy Friday night, as the government sent riot police, and then the army, to quell protests by tens of thousands of demonstrators determined to push President Hosni Mubarak from office. (By Griff Witte, The Washington Post) Egyptian President Mubarak has never hesitated to use force against challenge to his rule (By Janine Zacharia, The Washington Post) Obama urges Egypt to heed protests, pursue reforms (By Joby Warrick and Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post) For GOP hopefuls, a race before the race (By T.W. Farnam and Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) States inspired by Arizona illegal-immigration law face tough fiscal realities (By Lois Romano, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights |
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| POLITICS
For GOP hopefuls, a race before the race On a single day in October, Eldon and Regina Roth each wrote separate checks to political funds set up by Republican Mitt Romney in five states around the country. That allowed the South Dakota beef barons to donate $190,000 - well beyond limits for contributions to federal political action commi... (By T.W. Farnam and Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) States inspired by Arizona illegal-immigration law face tough fiscal realities (By Lois Romano, The Washington Post) More Politics
Obama urges Egypt to heed protests, pursue reforms President Obama on Friday strongly defended the rights of Egyptian protesters who have taken to the streets to demand political change, cautioning the government of President Hosni Mubarak to avoid violence and adopt "concrete steps that advance the rights" of the country's citizens. (By Joby Warrick and Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post) More Nation
Economic risk and geopolitical risk share agenda at World Economic Forum For the past two years, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has been dominated by fears for the global economy. This year, cautious optimism about the economy has returned. But as economic risk declines, geopolitical risk seems to be on the increase. (By Gideon Rachman, The Washington Post) Obama urges Egypt to heed protests, pursue reforms (By Joby Warrick and Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post) Cairo in near-anarchy as protesters push to oust president (By Griff Witte, The Washington Post) Egyptian President Mubarak has never hesitated to use force against challenge to his rule (By Janine Zacharia, The Washington Post) More World
Pepco, Dominion Virginia Power, BGE work to turn lights back on after snowstorm Regional power companies continued to restore service after Wednesday's snowstorm, with Pepco facing the largest number and largest portion of its affected customers still without electricity as of late Friday. (By Mary Pat Flaherty, The Washington Post) More Metro
U.S. stock market declines as Egyptian unrest continues The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 1.8 percent to close at 1276.34, while the Dow Jones industrial average slid 1.4 percent to 11,823.70. The declines on Wall Street followed comparable losses in Asian and European markets. (By David S. Hilzenrath, The Washington Post) More Business
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| SPORTS
Cousins scores 27, Kings stun Lakers, 100-95 LOS ANGELES -- DeMarcus Cousins had 27 points and 10 rebounds, Omri Casspi added 20 points and the Sacramento Kings snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Los Angeles Lakers with a stunning 100-95 victory over the two-time defending champions on Friday night. (By GREG BEACHAM, AP) Davon Morton excels in fourth quarter to spark Friendly over Gwynn Park (By Ken Sain, The Washington Post) Theodore Roosevelt gets its girls' basketball team up and running again (By James Wagner, The Washington Post) Douglass pulls away from Largo behind 21 points from Timmone Whatley (By Ted Black, The Washington Post) Wizards vs. Thunder: Wizards fall to Thunder in double overtime (By Michael Lee, The Washington Post) More Sports
A loser in the dating game? Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: Just found out the guy I like - who I genuinely thought liked me, too, and who I was very excited about - just started dating someone else. Another guy I dated a few weeks ago for just a few very nice dates, who then disappeared into thin air... (By Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post) More Style
Mr. Obama's strong legal nominees THE SENATE has an opportunity - and a responsibility - to prove that the confirmation experience of Dawn E. Johnsen was an aberration. (The Washington Post) Editorial: Would bringing back vouchers be good for D.C. students? (The Washington Post) Editorial: The U.S. needs to break with Mubarak now (The Washington Post) The Egyptian uprising (The Washington Post) School vouchers (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
