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Seattle Times, 12.03.10 01:28 UTC

MLS players vote to strike if no deal by March 25

Major League Soccer players voted to strike if a new labor contract isn't agreed to before the first season opener on March 25.

Toronto  Washington  mediator   Major  union Executive Director  Director   +12 more

Forbes, 12.03.10 01:06 UTC

Obama's Export Push

More financing will help, but what about those stalled free-trade agreements and the Doha round?

Washington  Export  President   trade policy analyst  United Kingdom  Canada  +11 more

WashingtonPost Politics, 12.03.10 01:04 UTC

Private companies, lobbyists seek to differentiate worthy projects from earmark requests

As lawmakers imposed another restriction Thursday on congressional earmarks, private companies and lobbyists defended their work in securing federal money for what they deemed worthy projects. The ...

Washington  Cleveland  president and chief executive of Technology Management  House Minority Leader   Ohio  John A. Boehner  +3 more

WashingtonPost Technology, 12.03.10 01:04 UTC

Without ready access to computers, students struggle

Even wealthy Fairfax is forced to contend with a digital divide

Falls Church  Washington  Fairfax County  high-speed Internet  Internet service  Lithuania  +5 more

Seattle Times, 12.03.10 00:41 UTC

Video | Garry Wills discusses his new book "Bomb Power"

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Garry Wills discusses his new book "Bomb Power" at Town Hall in Seattle.

WELLINGTON  Washington  Seattle  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian  author   Garry Wills  +3 more

Chigago Tribune, 12.03.10 00:18 UTC

Reid's wife, daughter recovering in hospital from injuries from accident

WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday for serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck, a ...

Washington  Majority Leader   spokesman   Virginia  Lana  Harry Reid  +5 more

Seattle Times, 12.03.10 00:17 UTC

Legislature shuns reform and leans on the taxpayer

Somebody, sometime, is going to make legislators reform state government. It will happen. But it didn't happen this year.

Washington  The Seattle Times  The Seattle Times  Lynn Kessler  USD 

Seattle Times, 12.03.10 00:17 UTC

Fiscal policy: real world (state governments) vs. fantasyland (federal government)

While the federal government is going deeper into debt by the minute, writes David S. Broder, governors and state legislators live in the real world, where budgets mean something more than a formula for shifting burdens to the next generation.

Washington  President   Wisconsin  China  Japan  Nicholas Johnson  +9 more

CNN Top Stories, 12.03.10 00:15 UTC

Sen. Reid's wife breaks back in wreck

Washington (CNN) -- The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were injured Thursday in a highway accident, a spokesman for the Democratic senator from Nevada said. The injuries ...

Washington  Democratic senator   spokesman   Senate Majority Leader   Nevada  Harry Reid  +4 more

Huffington Post, 11.03.10 22:45 UTC

Robert Greenwald: Come Chat With the New WH Chief of Staff, Michael Moore

When I first heard the title of Michael Moore's new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story," I laughed out loud. I already felt Michael was on to something. And then, the economy collapsed. A decade of ...

Washington  A Love Story  chief of staff   WH Chief  Washington  Michael Moore  +2 more
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Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C. , is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the Dist...
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