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Maryland panel passes gay marriage bill
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
A Maryland legislative panel has approved a same-sex marriage bill, clearing the way for a full vote as early as next week by the state Senate, which is looking increasingly likely to pass. Published 9:31 p.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
Madame Tussauds makes room for all U.S. presidents
By Brett Zongker - Associated Press
A revamped Madame Tussauds wax museum opened its $2 million presidents gallery Thursday after spending a year carefully researching the eyes, hair and other features to add 28 new commanders in chief to its collection. Published 6:50 p.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
SIMMONS: Double-dipping on feds’ food dollars
By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
Children should go hungry only when grownups are not doing what they are supposed to do. Published 6:50 p.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
“James Cameron and his team of minions may have produced the high watermark for 3D technology in the 21st century, but it seems the Nazis got there first,” writes Ben Child at the Guardian. Published 6:50 p.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
Egyptian women’s issues highlighted by Logan case
By Karin Laub and Maggie Hyde - Associated Press
For a moment, it seemed Egypt wasn’t just throwing off its political shackles. Women long suffering from the scourge of sexual harassment reported Cairo’s Tahrir Square, command central of the uprising, had become a safe zone free of the groping and leering common in their country. Published 12:30 p.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
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Obama talks jobs with Jobs, other tech leaders
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press
President Barack Obama assembled some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley to confer on jobs and innovation, trying to get leaders from companies like Google and Apple behind his push to keep spending on high-tech initiatives even as Republicans push to slash the budget. Published 1:29 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
Father of music group members pleads guilty
By JENNIFER DOBNER - Associated Press
His voice barely audible, the patriarch of the acclaimed 5 Browns classical music group said "guilty" to each charge of sexually abusing his three daughters when they were children. Published 3:56 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Louisa May Alcott'
By Priscilla S. Taylor - The Washington Times
Ever since the mid-20th century, when Madeleine Stern discovered that Louisa May Alcott had pseudonymously written a series of melodramatic thrillers to support the Alcott family in the years before she hit pay dirt with "Little Women," writers have looked for something new to say about this most famous 19th-century American female author. Published 6:21 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
House Republicans seek to block FCC Internet rules
By JOELLE TESSLER - Associated Press
House Republicans on Thursday moved to block the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing new rules that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic on their networks. Published 12:07 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
Jury to begin deliberations in Buju Banton trial
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
A federal jury in Florida will begin deliberations in the drug trial of Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton. Published 3:57 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
TV reporter speaks about speech problem at Grammys
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
A TV reporter who lapsed into gibberish during a live shot outside the Grammys said she was terrified when it happened and knew something was wrong as soon as she opened her mouth. Published 2:50 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
Sony booming in India on strong brand image
By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press
Sony is doing booming business in India, dominating in flat-panel TVs and digital cameras, and is in good shape to keep growing in coming years, a top executive said Friday. Published 2:26 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Fadeaway Girl'
By Muriel Dobbin - The Washington Times
Twelve-year-old Emma Graham has a taste for old crimes, haunted places and a ghost girl, so it seems unkind to suggest what she seems to enjoy most is mixing bizarre drinks for her 99-year-old great-aunt, Aurora Paradise. Published 6:21 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Scorecasting'
By Mark Hensch - The Washington Times
''Scorecasting" is a book that sports fans should take to their upcoming tailgates. In one fell swoop, it shatters many of the most cherished athletic cliches with hard data and headstrong argument. Published 6:21 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
BOOK REVIEW: 'Passport to Peking'
By Martin Rubin - The Washington Times
The period under discussion in British writer and broadcaster Patrick Wright's intriguing book is 1954, a year after the death of Josef Stalin, when there were high hopes in the West that there could be real changes in the communist world and an opportunity to, at the very least, reduce Cold War tensions. Published 6:21 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
Anna Nicole, the opera: She aims to sleaze
By MIKE SILVERMAN - Associated Press
Why write an opera about the sordid life and death of Anna Nicole Smith? That question doubtless leaped to the minds of many when they heard the Royal Opera had commissioned such a work. Published 3:52 a.m. February 18, 2011 - Comments
Mortgage Q&A: Refinance boat hasn't sailed yet
By Henry Savage - The Washington Times
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported recently that mortgage rates have jumped to their highest levels since April 2010. While the U.S. economy has a long way to go before it can be labeled healthy, recent positive economic reports have resulted in a sell-off in U.S. Treasury bonds, which has had a negative effect on mortgage rates. Published 9:09 a.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
House Republicans seek to block FCC Internet rules
By JOELLE TESSLER - Associated Press
House Republicans on Thursday moved to block the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing new rules that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic on their networks. Published 7:02 p.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
Platooning? Get aboard the road train, oh yeah …
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Platooning may be the new way of traveling on motorways in as little as ten years time — and the EU-financed SARTRE project has carried out the first successful demonstration of its technology at the Volvo Proving Ground close to Gothenburg, Sweden. Published 6:21 p.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
Honda FCX Clarity paves way toward zero-emissions future
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Honda FCX Clarity is a sleekly styled hydrogen fuel cell-electric-powered sedan currently available on a limited retail basis in Southern California. The FCX Clarity is a key part of Honda's efforts to successfully develop, certify and distribute zero-emissions vehicles. Published 6:08 p.m. February 17, 2011 - Comments
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Military to bolster its forces in Pacific
By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times
The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Thursday that the Pentagon is developing new battle plans for Asia that include adding Marines to better-coordinated naval and air forces in the region where China is expanding its military might. Published 8:42 p.m. February 17, 2011
Boehner, on spending, gives own ‘Read my lips’ pledge
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Making a “read-my-lips” promise, Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday that House Republicans will produce a budget this year that reins in entitlements and cuts spending, upping the ante on President Obama, who declined to tackle those long-term fiscal problems in the budget he sent to Congress on Monday. Published 7:54 p.m. February 17, 2011
Maryland panel passes gay marriage bill
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
A Maryland legislative panel has approved a same-sex marriage bill, clearing the way for a full vote as early as next week by the state Senate, which is looking increasingly likely to pass. Published 9:31 p.m. February 17, 2011
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