washingtonpost.com - DelawareDelawareSenator Drops Amendment to Bankruptcy Bill- May 3, 2005 Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) -- bowing to pressure from fellow Republicans and to possible retaliation from Democratic Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware -- yesterday said he no longer plans to offer an amendment that threatened to stall bankruptcy legislation being debated in the U.S. Senate.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2789-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/de EPA Nominee Blocked Over 'Clear Skies' Test- May 3, 2005 President Bush's widely praised nomination of Stephen L. Johnson to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency hit a roadblock yesterday when a lone Democratic senator placed a hold on the career scientist's confirmation.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54697-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Fairchild Executives Agree to Pay Cuts- May 3, 2005 Jeffrey J. Steiner, chairman and chief executive of Fairchild Corp., has agreed to pay $1.5 million and cut his salary by 20 percent to settle a lawsuit alleging he received excessive compensation and improper payments.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8526-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/d... Washington Area Bestsellers- May 3, 2005http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7879-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/d... Laron Profit, Ready To Answer When Opportunity Knocks- May 3, 2005 Laron Profit woke up at 9 a.m. yesterday, went back to sleep, ate a late breakfast of Cap'N Crunch -- "I like to come to the game a little hungry" -- and watched an oldie-but-goodie DVD of Michael Jordan torching the Boston Celtics for 63 points. That was the education part of his morning.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28798-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/d... Washington Area Bestsellers- May 3, 2005 Paperback Fiction 1 THE KITE RUNNER (Riverhead, $14). By Khaled HosseiniAn Afghan immigrant returns to his Taliban-ruled country in the hope of atoning for a childhood betrayal.292 ANGELS &38; DEMONS (Pocket Star, $7.99)By Dan Brown. The Illuminati, a secret cabal, threatens the Vatican at the outset of a papal conclave.673 NIGHTTIME IS MY TIME (Pocket, $7.99)By Mary Higgins Clark. A serial killer using the moniker "the Owl" targets women at a high school reunion.54 R IS FOR...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24377-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Boosters Hit the Road- May 3, 2005 Members of the Nats Fan Club head by bus to Philadelphia to watch the Nationals play in the season opener Monday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26266-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/d... Malpractice Insurer Says It Can't Go It Alone- May 3, 2005 NCRIC Group Inc., a District-based medical malpractice insurance company, announced yesterday that it plans to sell itself for $69.6 million in stock to a larger Alabama-based insurer because it can no longer withstand the volatile malpractice legal climate as a free-standing firm.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61697-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |