Recently added articles from The Washington Post:
Judgment? Experience?
Sep 02, 2008 ... John McCain has just shot down with one arrow his two besttalking points against Barack Obama: judgment and experience. Mr. McCain has insulted the intelligence of every woman inAmerica by thinking that he can attract their votes by selecting ashis running mate a woman who has ...
The World
Sep 02, 2008 ... Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani, right, ranked the fifth-richest man in the world by Forbes magazine, is building a home inMumbai that the magazine reports will be the world's largest, with aprice tag of about $2 billion. Some features: Twenty-seven stories, including ...
ERA Lincecum, SF ... 2.43 ...
Sep 02, 2008 ... ERA Lincecum, SF 2.43 NEXT: Today at Rockies WINS Webb, Ari. ...
Raid's Outcome May Signal a Retreat In Immigration Strategy, Critics Say
Sep 02, 2008; Spencer S Hsu - Washington Post Staff Writer ... The federal government's handling of a massive immigration raidat a Mississippi manufacturing plant last week has led critics tosuggest that the Bush administration is backpedaling from itsaggressive use of criminal charges and fast-tracked trials againstillegal immigrants caught at ...
Around the World
Sep 02, 2008 ... THAILAND Thailand's prime minister declared a state of emergency inBangkok on Tuesday after street fighting overnight betweensupporters and opponents of the government left one man dead anddozens injured. The developments came after state workers threatened to cut offwater, ...
Uncertainty After Anbar Handover; Fate of U.S.-Backed Sunni Fighters Precarious as Government Targets Force's Leaders
Sep 02, 2008; Amit R Paley - Washington Post Foreign Service ... The U.S. military on Monday handed the Iraqi government controlof security in Anbar province, the former Sunni insurgencystronghold that is now one of the safest areas in the country. President Bush and military officials hailed the transfer as asign of the growing strength of the ...
A Secondary Role for U.S. in India's Nuclear Future
Sep 02, 2008; Rama Lakshmi - Washington Post Foreign Service ... Four months before India shocked the world by conductingunderground nuclear tests in 1998, French President Jacques Chiracvisited India, bringing along 100 business leaders and meeting withIndian policymakers and industrialists. At one meeting, Chirac surprised the Indians: "He ...
Officials Quick to Praise Emergency Response
Sep 02, 2008; Spencer S Hsu - Washington Post Staff Writer ... As Hurricane Gustav ground through central Louisiana andauthorities nervously awaited damage reports, Bush administrationofficials yesterday were already applauding their performance sofar, three years after the misery of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush told reporters in Texas ...
Quotable "I'll make this eas ...
Sep 02, 2008 ... "I'll make this easy for you. We basically threw a lot of ballswhen we should've thrown strikes and we threw some strikes when weshould've thrown balls." Tigers Manager Jim Leyland, who addressed reporters for nineseconds after Detroit's 13-9 loss to the Yankees Mariners: ...
Yankees' Mike Mussina VS. Rays' Matt Garza
Sep 02, 2008 ... vs. Rays (career) BatterABHHRBBSOOBPSLGAVGBen Zobrist42000.500.500.500DionerNavarro126000.500.667.500Gabe Gross52002.400.600.400B.J.Upton165103.313.625.313Cliff Floyd257226.357.560.280CarlosPena214047.320.190.190Jason Bartlett61010.286.167.167RoccoBaldelli233012.167.174.130Eric ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Sep 02, 2008 ... BATTING Pedroia, Bos .326 YESTERDAY: 2-4 TODAY: vs. Liz 2-4, K HOME RUNS Quentin, Chi 36 YESTERDAY: 0 ...
WINS Lee, Clev ... 19-2 Y ...
Sep 02, 2008 ... WINS Lee, Clev 19-2 YESTERDAY: Win 9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 5 K GAMES PITCHED Wright, Tex ...
Lee's Turnaround Season Hits Milestone
Sep 02, 2008 ... Cliff Lee became Cleveland's first 20-game winner in 34 years,pitching a five-hitter for his second career shutout to lead theIndians to a 5-0 win over the visiting White Sox last night. Lee (20-2) is the first Indians pitcher to reach 20 wins sinceHall of Famer Gaylord Perry went ...
Bryant Will Start Again at QB, Hopes to Improve
Sep 02, 2008; Camille Powell - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Navy senior Jarod Bryant will make his second straight start atquarterback this Friday against Ball State. Senior Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, who is recovering from an injured hamstring, was in fullpads yesterday at practice and is getting closer to being ready toplay, but Coach Ken ...
Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds
Sep 02, 2008; Paul Kane - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost$27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents whileshe was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independentgovernment watchdog group. There was $500,000 for a youth shelter, $1.9 million for ...
Unranked Bruins Upend Vols
Sep 02, 2008 ... Quarterback Kevin Craft sparked UCLA's offense in the second halflast night in Pasadena, Calif., and Kai Forbath kicked a 42-yardfield goal in overtime to lift the Bruins to a 27-24 victory overNo. 18 Tennessee, making Coach Rick Neuheisel's debut a winning one. The underdog ...
Despite GOP Convention Site, Midwest Unlikely to Be Crucial
Sep 02, 2008; Juliet Eilperin - Washington Post Staff Writer ... When Republican leaders were deciding where to hold their 2008nominating convention, their final considerations came down to majorurban areas in a trio of swing states: Cleveland, Tampa-St.Petersburg and Minneapolis-St. Paul. In settling on the Twin Citiesand basing the event in St ....
In the Big Empty, a Calm After The Storm
Sep 02, 2008; David Montgomery - Washington Post Staff Writer ... The Big Easy became the Big Empty -- few people and nofloodwater, hardly, given expectations. Man, was it strange. Stringsof Mardi Gras beads from parties past flapped like pennants fromshredded awnings. But it was a good strange. Midway through Hurricane Gustav in late morning ...
Bayreuth Festival Names New Leaders
Sep 02, 2008; Anne Midgette - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Two half sisters, daughters of the same father by differentmothers, who have hardly ever met, are joined in an unexpected twistof fate: It's a familiar plot line at the Wagner opera festival atBayreuth, Germany. On stage, it applies to Wotan's daughtersSieglinde, the mother of Siegfried, ...
Using Nest Eggs Before Maturity; Despite Penalties, More Workers Are Borrowing From 401(k) Plans
Sep 02, 2008; Nancy Trejos - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Six months ago, Ivan Sanchez was optimistic about his future. Hehad recently earned a bachelor's degree in business management andwas writing a book about growing up among gangs and guns in theBronx. Then he was threatened by something else: a credit card bill,student and car ...