washingtonpost.com - PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaCommission to Study U.S. Prison Conditions- May 7, 2005 A high-level commission yesterday began a year-long examination of violence, sexual abuse, overcrowding and inhumane treatment in U.S. prisons, in an investigation provoked in part by reports of misconduct by U.S. corrections officers assigned to serve in military detention centers overseas.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64109-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/p... A Gardener of Color- May 7, 2005 Sherry Santifer is one of the few minorities in the field of horticulture.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19666-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/p... Napa Valley, Bordeaux . . . and Brookeville- May 7, 2005 No sniffing, no swishing, no spitting -- this is a Linganore wine tasting. So drink up, and don't be a snob about it.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31309-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/p... Putting a Brave Faith on GOP 'Compassion'- May 7, 2005 Give Sen. Rick Santorum credit for persistence: The Pennsylvania Republican soldiers on with President Bush's "compassion" agenda even when Bush himself retreats.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2549-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/pa NIH Agency Chiefs Criticize Federal Policy on Stem Cells- May 7, 2005 Breaking with a tradition of deference to top administration officials, several institute directors at the National Institutes of Health went public yesterday with their distaste for federal restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32390-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/p... Battle of Judicial Nominee Resumes- May 7, 2005 A new hearing on a recycled nomination has not lessened the likelihood of a dramatic Senate showdown this spring over President Bush's judicial appointees, according to key senators.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62765-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/p... Wounded Vets Tapped For New VA Program- May 7, 2005 Experimental program at the Veterans Affairs Department provides skills, work experience and the prospect of a VA job for wounded soldiers whose injuries will force their exit from the military.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13972-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Finding Life Lonely in the Center- May 7, 2005 Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is a most exotic and endangered species: a moderate in the United States Senate.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51838-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Health Insurers Allege 'Rent-a-Patient' Fraud- May 7, 2005 Twelve Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans from across the United States charged that a group of California-based surgery centers and medical management companies paid people as young as 12 to have unnecessary medical procedures.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28484-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Santorum Urges Majority Leader to Answer Critics- May 7, 2005 Sen. Rick Santorum warns Tom DeLay Sunday that he needs to "lay out what he did and why he did it" if he is going to put an end to questions about his travel and dealings with lobbyists.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42422-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |