washingtonpost.com - MassachusettsMassachusettsAtlantic Monthly to Move Down the Coast to D.C.- May 8, 2005 It has been nearly 150 years since the Atlantic Monthly magazine was born, its first offices located in Boston's Old Corner Bookstore. Now the publication founded by Emerson and Longfellow is being moved to Washington.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54880-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Frist to Participate in Anti-Filibuster Telecast- May 8, 2005 Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's decision to appear in a national telecast with prominent Christian conservatives -- who are calling for new Senate rules to seat federal judges and are assailing "the liberal, anti-Christian dogma of the left" -- drew fire yesterday from Democratic leaders.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57534-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Honoring a School-Bound Girl- May 8, 2005 Mourners were still filtering into the church half an hour after yesterday's funeral mass for Lilibeth Gomez began. By then, ushers had run out of white candles tied with pink ribbons and programs printed with a photo of the beaming 9-year-old, and the Northwest Washington church was standing room only.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10770-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... The Man in the Ivory Tower- May 8, 2005 A silver-haired woman, sitting in the gleaming glass lobby of a Harvard University science building, notes the arrival of university President Lawrence Summers. "That car," she says, and then rolls her eyes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54826-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... 2nd Child Dies After Bus Crash in N.Va.- May 8, 2005 Monday's school bus crash in Arlington claimed its second life Wednesday night, a 7-year-old boy who died after being gravely injured in the collision with a trash hauler, authorities said.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6263-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... Widened Veterans' Benefits Supported- May 8, 2005 The Senate expanded veterans benefits Wednesday as part of an emergency war spending bill, although a battle over unrelated immigration issues is threatening to delay final passage of the legislation for days.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51388-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... At Bus Stop, Holding On a Bit Tighter- May 8, 2005 Before Gisela Zuniga shepherded her 4-year-old daughter, Noelia, onto a bus heading to Arlington County's Hoffman-Boston Elementary School yesterday morning, she planted a kiss on the little girl's cheek and patted her shoulder.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2458-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... Conn. Backs Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples- May 8, 2005 Connecticut's House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would make the state the second to establish civil unions for same-sex couples, and the first to do so without being directed by a court.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51518-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Married D.C. Gay Couples Can File Jointly- May 8, 2005 The unexpected move places new pressure on Mayor Anthony A. Williams to decide whether gay unions will be recognized in Washington.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2461-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... Class Struggle- May 8, 2005 SARAH'S LONG WALK The Free Blacks of Boston and How Their Struggle for Equality Changed Americahttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7869-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... |