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| Suspect in missing U-Va. student case charged with abduction |
| Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., 32, of Charlottesville, sought by police, who have not detailed evidence in the case. |
| New details reveal failures in White House security |
| The Secret Service has five protective rings around the mansion, but a fence-jumper crossed them all. |
| India becomes first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit |
| With its indigenously built low-cost spacecraft, the country joins an elite global space club. |
| Football players suffer severe burns from school’s misuse of disinfectant |
| About 15 students have been injured and parents are furious with the Md. school’s lack of communication. |
| After eight years with Facebook’s News Feed, there’s no such thing as ‘TMI’ |
| Facebook News Feed lets us glimpse snatches of other people’s lives. But where we once thought that was too much, now looks like too little. |
| America’s iconic beer brands are being bought by foreign investors. So what? |
| Pabst Brewing’s purchase by an overseas beverage giant has extended the global identity crisis for formerly all-American beers. |
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| POLITICS |
| Obama appeals for ‘ambitious’ effort to stem effects of climate change |
NEW YORK — President Obama vowed Tuesday to push for completion next year of a comprehensive treaty reducing greenhouse gas emissions, warning that the Earth’s climate appears to be “changing faster than our efforts to address it.”
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| Obama chairs a U.N. Security Council summit today. Here’s what to expect. |
President Obama is set to make history Wednesday as he pitches an international counterterrorism resolution during his second appearance as chair of the United Nations Security Council, a role that no other U.S. commander in chief has assumed.
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| Rand Paul’s five biggest Republican feuds |
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is one of the biggest draws in the Republican Party right now. He's also one of its most polarizing figures.
That was evident once again on Tuesday when Mark Salter, a longtime aide to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), penned an op-ed lambasting the possible presidential candidate over his claim that McCain met with members of the Islamic State.
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| OPINIONS |
| A war strategy takes shape |
The symbolism Tuesday was appropriate for a nation at war: A somber president in a plain blue suit describing military strikes in Syria the night before, an American flag fixed in his lapel while a Marine Corps helicopter waited behind him.
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| Obama endures as the lesser evil for liberals |
The anti-Obama left was out in force. All 22 of them.
As the president stood on the South Lawn to announce the bombing campaign in Syria, liberal demonstrators gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue on the other side of the White House to protest the man they thought was their ally.
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| To keep up with 21st century threats, the military needs to modernize its hiring |
If the United States were attacked again, the way it was at Pearl Harbor or on Sept. 11, would you step forward to serve in the military? If you’ve climbed any distance up the career ladder, the answer is probably no, because the military hires people almost exclusively at entry level, and signing up could severely diminish your pay and status.
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| LOCAL |
| Man found dead in Prince George’s believed to be missing former D.C. treasurer |
A man found dead Saturday in Prince George’s County was believed to be Lasana K. Mack, a former D.C. treasurer who had been missing for several days, authorities said.
Mack, 51, was last seen Sept. 13 and was later reported missing from the 2200 block of Taylor Street NE, where he lived, D.C. police said.
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| Council member agency says D.C. agencies shortchanging small businesses |
Leading a rally on the steps of the John A. Wilson Building, D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange (D-At Large) sought to draw attention Tuesday morning to the amount of money the city spends on local small businesses: not enough, in his view.
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| New International Academy in D.C. aims to help immigrant students graduate |
From the beginning of last school year to the end, Cardozo Education Campus in Columbia Heights admitted nearly 90 students who were not only new to the school, but also new to the country.
Berokh Abebe, 17, was one of them. When she came from Ethiopia last spring, the first months were a blur. “I was confused. Everything was new,” she said.
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| SPORTS |
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| Kirk Cousins’s play vs. Eagles has Redskins optimistic about direction of offense |
Since getting drafted three rounds after Robert Griffin III in 2012, Kirk Cousins has earned a reputation as a diligent student in quarterback meetings and an energetic, authoritative leader of Washington’s scout team during practice.
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| For some Washington Nationals, first time in playoffs feels like a charm |
As the Washington Nationals began celebrating the National League East division title last week, Scott Hairston emerged from the visitors clubhouse, proudly donning a gray “National League East Division Champions” shirt and hat.
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| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
| Obama no longer the talk of the party |
When President Obama took office in 2009, congressional Democrats were euphoric. With control of the House, the Senate and the White House, and high public approval for their new standard-bearer, Democrats eagerly embraced Obama and all the long-awaited policy initiatives he’d surely help them achieve.
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| ‘Sammies’ for VA scientists bring relief to battered agency |
For an agency that has been under intense fire for months, the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals are a welcome relief.
The Department of Veterans Affairs had two winners of the awards, better known as Sammies, which are among the most prestigious given to federal employees. At a luncheon and an evening banquet on Monday, the Partnership for Public Service, the good-government group that sponsors the awards, paid tribute to all the winners and, by extension, the federal workforce they represent.
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| A life-saving idea = $500,000 from the FDA |
Dust off your chemistry set. The Food and Drug Administration is offering $500,000 to the best breakthrough idea it receives by Nov. 9 for detecting salmonella on fresh produce.
It is also offering coaching to the five finalists — kind of like “The Voice,” only for science geeks.
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| WORLD |
| Afghan President Hamid Karzai slams U.S. government policy in Afghanistan |
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai slammed the United States during his farewell address Tuesday, saying the U.S. war effort had failed to make Afghanistan peaceful.
Karzai, who will be replaced by President-elect Ashraf Ghani on Monday, accused the American government of spending the past 13 years focused on “its own interests” instead of what was best for the Afghan people.
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| U.S. airstrikes are targeting Islamic State, but they may wind up helping Syria’s Assad |
BAGHDAD — As the United States launches airstrikes against Islamic State extremists in Syria, the Obama administration is walking a precarious line — attempting to crush the militants’ capacity without strengthening President Bashar al-Assad’s hold on power.
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| CDC: Ebola could infect 1.4 million in Liberia and Sierra Leone by end of January |
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa, already ghastly, could get worse by orders of magnitude, killing hundreds of thousands of people and embedding itself in the human population for years to come, according to two worst-case scenarios from scientists studying the historic outbreak.
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| BUSINESS |
| Reverse mortgages must be understood to avoid regrets |
I have a long driveway at my home. Frequently, guests who are backing out in reverse drift left or right and tear up some grass.
What is it about driving in reverse that causes people to get so confused and go off track?
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| In the capital, higher gains on capital gains? |
Welcome to CapBiz A.M., your morning primer on business news with a focus on Washington.
Capital’s rate: District Mayor Vincent C. Gray has introduced legislation that would reduce the city’s capital gains tax on long-term investments in technology companies — a move he says would spur investment in the city’s emerging companies. (CAPBIZ)
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| Washington Post announces cuts to employees’ retirement benefits |
The Washington Post announced large cuts in retirement benefits on Tuesday, declaring that it would eliminate future retirement medical benefits and freeze defined-benefit pensions for nonunion employees.
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| TECHNOLOGY |
| FBI gags state and local police on capabilities of cellphone spy gear |
The FBI requires state and local police to keep quiet about the capabilities of a controversial type of surveillance gear that allows law enforcement to eavesdrop on cellphone calls and track individual people based on the signals emitted by their mobile devices, according to a bureau document released recently under a Freedom of Information Act request.
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| Facebook and OkCupid’s psychological studies were illegal under Maryland law, professor argues |
"What Facebook and OkCupid did wasn't just unethical. It was illegal."
So says James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland who's taking aim at the social media sites for conducting psychological research on its users without properly informing them. Now Grimmelmann is calling on Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler to force Facebook and OkCupid to stop conducting tests on Maryland residents.
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| The U.S. military uses some of the most sophisticated tech on the planet. Like Windows Media Player. |
America woke up Tuesday morning to learn that its military — and a number of Middle Eastern allies — haddropped bombs and cruise missiles on the Islamic State. The strikes involved some of the world's most advanced military technology, including fighters, bombers and drones. It even marked the first time the F-22 Raptor ever saw combat. But there's one technology the Pentagon can't seem to retire, even though the rest of us have long since moved on.
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| LIFESTYLE |
| Joshua Bell is playing in the Metro again. This time, maybe you won’t pass it up. |
The stunt was seven years ago, but no one will let him forget it.
Hey, did you hear about the famous violinist who played in the Metro and no one paid attention?
Yes, Joshua Bell must say. That was me.
Technically, 27 people did stop the day The Washington Post asked the Grammy-winning violinist to don a baseball cap and pose as a street performer playing for change in the Metro. It was a social experiment for a magazine article: If a world-famous musician and his $3 million fiddle brought some of history’s most beautiful music to a rush-hour crowd, would people stop and listen? “In a banal setting at an inconvenient time, would beauty transcend?,” the story wondered. The answer: 1,070 people passed Bell without paying him any attention.
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| How to keep up with Kendall Jenner? Register to vote. |
Kendall Jenner, a junior partner at the reality TV factory Kardashians Inc., is out to prove that it’s not so hard to keep up with her, after all.
The second-youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan took time out from modelling in Milan to register to vote, and filmed a short video for Rock the Vote on National Voter Registration Day encouraging other young folks to follow suit.
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| Miss America Kira Kazantsev denies being kicked out of her sorority for hazing abuse: ‘Just not true’ |
Looking to do damage control after word got out Monday that Miss America winner Kira Kazantsev was allegedly kicked out of her college sorority for hazing abuse, the pageant quickly sent Kavantsev to “Good Morning America” to clear up the rumors.
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