washingtonpost.com - CaliforniaCaliforniaShtick Shift: Stand-Up's Edge No Longer Cuts- May 8, 2005 LOS ANGELES -- Like jazz, stand-up comedy is both an American invention and harder than it looks: A lone entertainer with nothing but a microphone stands before an audience and tries to make it laugh.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9491-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/c... Justices to Review Loan Offsets- May 8, 2005 The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will decide whether the federal government may force debtors who have been delinquent on their student loans for more than a decade to repay them by forfeiting Social Security benefits.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16295-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Repair Teams Try to Calm 'Computer Rage'- May 8, 2005 NOVATO, Calif. -- The young woman at the other end of the phone wept to Kelly Chessen that the world was against her. She had been in a minor car accident. A thief had stolen some things from her house. And now this: The family's computer, which contained her husband's business files, was dead.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28802-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/c... Cheese, Please- May 8, 2005 "Just a second. I'll be right back." My friend Lee Anne hopped out of the car and dashed into a Rite Aid in downtown San Francisco. I sat back in the passenger seat, enjoying the sunshine and the cloudless February sky.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9472-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/c... In Madison, Wis., the King of Quirks- May 8, 2005 The magazines and trade associations that rank cities for one thing or another constantly mention Madison, Wis. A visitors bureau handout lists 65 accolades from recent years, including "Best Places to Live in America" (Money magazine), "Best Walking Cities" (Prevention) and "Best College Sports Town" (Sports Illustrated).http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25664-2005Apr29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Woman Jailed in Wendy's Chili Case- May 8, 2005 A woman who said she bit into a severed human finger while spooning into fast-food chili at a San Jose Wendy's last month was arrested after investigators found inconsistencies in her story.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8481-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/c... Bush Plan Greeted With Caution- May 8, 2005 President Bush's embrace of Social Security benefit cuts that would hit 70 percent of future retirees received a wary reception from both parties yesterday as Congress prepared to move ahead with remedies for the retirement system's financial problems.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27143-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... The Redskins: The Team We Love to Hail- May 8, 2005 There's a very good reason the Washington Redskins' fight song begins "Hail to the Redskins."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2992-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/c... Local People Meters May Mean Sweeping Changes on TV- May 8, 2005 It's the start of another television sweeps period when local news stations reveal their more sensational side with reports on "Exploding Cell Phones!" "Deadly Drains!" "Violent Girls!" and "Cabbie Come-Ons!" as well as their more in-depth and polished reports.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21772-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Levy Family Still Hoping For Answers- May 8, 2005 Susan Levy is about to get back some of her daughter's belongings from police, small tokens from the young woman's life. But what she really wants are answers to a puzzle that police have yet to solve: Who killed Chandra Levyhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28683-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/c... |