Survey Gives D.C. A Banner Victory- April 30, 2005 The nation's capital may not have the best schools, or the best commutes, or the best nightlife -- but it does have the best flag, according to one recent survey.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4015-2004Oct27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... Mothers Die Violently, Fade From Headlines- April 30, 2005 A year-long examination by The Washington Post documents the killings of 1,367 pregnant women and new mothers in the U.S. since 1990, though little has been said about the convergence of pregnancy and homicide.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10074-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Judicial Nominee Cleared in BLM Case- April 30, 2005 Interior Department Inspector General Earl E. Devaney absolved former department solicitor William G. Myers III of blame in a case involving a January 2003 legal settlement between the Bureau of Land Management and a Wyoming rancher.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45417-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Lockheed Must Pay for Failed Dump Cleanup- April 30, 2005 Lockheed Martin Corp. said Monday it will take a $110 million charge in the fourth quarter after losing a six-year court battle over a failed contract with the Energy Department for cleanup of a radioactive-waste dump in Idaho.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17091-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... So Much for Sunny Southern California- April 30, 2005 As the latest in a series of epic, drenching storms hovered over Southern California, meteorologists acknowledged what many here had begun to suspect: L.A. has stolen Seattle's thunder.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45375-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... WASHINGTON IN BRIEF- April 30, 2005 Senators Discuss Bill on President's Citizenship The Senate took a first step yesterday toward opening the presidency to foreign-born citizens, including a particular Austrian-born actor who is running the nation's most populous state.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9945-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/id Judicial Nominee Criticized- April 30, 2005 The Interior Department's inspector general has criticized the actions of a judicial nominee who is seen by some Republicans as the best hope of breaking Senate Democrats' long-standing resistance to some of President Bush's choices for federal judgeships.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27411-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Move to Repeal D.C.'s Gun Limits Gets a Boost- April 30, 2005 Gun rights supporters led by Idaho Sen. Larry E. Craig are seeking to get the measure passed as an amendment to its 2005 budget.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27105-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Former GOP Consultant Sentenced to Prison- April 30, 2005 A federal judge in New Hampshire sentenced the former president of an Alexandria political consulting firm on Tuesday to five months in prison, the first jail term handed out in connection with the jamming of state Democratic Party phone lines on Election Day in 2002.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9149-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/id Debate Resumes on Blocked Nominees- April 30, 2005 The Senate formally reopens the battle over President Bush's judicial nominees Tuesday, focusing on the environmental record of William G. Myers III, a nominee whom Democrats blocked last year and are threatening to stymie again.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61310-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |