Washington region digs out, but more snow ahead Tuesday
February 7, 2010 by The Washington Post
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In the aftermath of the weekend’s massive snowstorm, the region came to grips with the fact that digging out will take days, even as more potentially paralyzing winter weather appeared headed this way by Tuesday.
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Historic snowstorm in D.C. leaves a mess to be reckoned with
February 6, 2010 by The Washington Post
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In whiteout, many things come to standstill The Washington region was paralyzed by a blizzard that dumped more than two feet of heavy snow on the area by late Saturday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people, toppling trees and reducing many streets to pedestrian pathways.
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Historic snowstorm in D.C. leaves a mess to be reckoned with
February 6, 2010 by The Washington Post
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In whiteout, many things come to standstill The Washington region was paralyzed by a blizzard that dumped more than two feet of heavy snow on the area by late Saturday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people, toppling trees and reducing many streets to pedestrian pathways.
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February 5, 2010 by The Washington Post
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The full weight of winter bore down on the Washington region Friday night, bringing life to a near standstill in some places as a storm predicted to be one of the most powerful on record brought snow that was falling as fast as two inches an hour overnight.
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Fear of E.U. economic woes, rise in U.S. jobless claims send markets plunging
February 4, 2010 by The Washington Post
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Fears about financial crises in the wobbling economies of southern Europe and an unexpected increase in U.S. jobless claims sent global stock markets reeling Thursday, posing new challenges for the European Union and the U.S. economic recovery.
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2007 federal probe of Toyota complaints resolved nothing
February 3, 2010 by The Washington Post
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Federal regulators uncovered stark evidence that some Toyota cars accelerated unexpectedly more than two years ago. But neither the government’s safety agency nor the automaker apparently recognized at the time how broad the dangers would turn out to be.
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2007 federal probe of Toyota complaints resolved nothing
February 3, 2010 by The Washington Post
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Federal regulators uncovered stark evidence that some Toyota cars accelerated unexpectedly more than two years ago. But neither the government’s safety agency nor the automaker apparently recognized at the time how broad the dangers would turn out to be.
Sphere: Related ContentPentagon supports ending ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ law for gays in military
February 2, 2010 by The Washington Post
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The Pentagon’s top leaders declared Tuesday for the first time that — after decades of opposition and equivocation from the armed forces — they support an end to the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military.
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Pentagon supports ending ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ law for gays in military
February 2, 2010 by The Washington Post
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The Pentagon’s top leaders declared Tuesday for the first time that — after decades of opposition and equivocation from the armed forces — they support an end to the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military.
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Oscar nominees take a page from politics’ script in stumping for awards votes
February 1, 2010 by The Washington Post
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At last year’s Sundance Film Festival, when the comedian-actress Mo’Nique was first seen as the shockingly violent mother in the drama “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” her performance immediately won praise as Oscar-worthy. But as “Precious” made its way along the festival circuit,…
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