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Romney eyes Colorado win; Santorum bets on Missouri
The Washington Post Elections
Feb 07People are voting Tuesday in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota. Will the trio of contests shake up the GOP presidential race? Not likely. But Tuesday night’s results could shed light on the road ahead toward the nomination — and the candidates’ schedule... »
Obama to announce $100 million plan to train new educators
The Washington Post Elections
Feb 07President Obama will use the backdrop of a White House science fair Tuesday to highlight a nationwide shortage of math and science teachers and unveil a plan to invest $100 million to help train 100,000 new educators over the next decade. Read full art... »
Sulaimon Brown due in court next month on traffic charge
The Washington Post D.C. Wire
Feb 06Sulaimon Brown, the former mayoral candidate who alleges he was paid to disparage then-Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in the 2010 election, will have to return to D.C. Superior Court next month on charges of driving without a license. Read full article »
D.C. is key to YO!Sushi's expansion
Washington Business Journal
Feb 06The Washington market is a prime location in the U.S. expansion strategy of London-based conveyor belt sushi restaurant YO!Sushi. QSR Magazine takes an overarching look at the chain's growth plans for 2012, which include the opening of two locations in... »
NC judges don't dismiss map lawsuits entirely
Nation
Feb 06GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. A three-judge panel says a pair of lawsuits challenging North Carolina's new b »
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Santorum: Romney contraceptive decision 'trumped employees' religious consciences'
Politico Top 10 Blogs
Feb 07Rick Santorum has written an op-ed that firmly tethers Mitt Romney to President Obama on the issue of contraception, using a quote he attributes to the former governor from December 2005 about a requirement that the state's hospitals, "including Cathol... »
Arts Roundup: Consider the Wonk Band Edition
Arts Desk
Feb 07Country Life: The novelist Wendell Berry will give the 41st Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Kennedy Center on April 23, reports The New York Times. Berry, whose many novels, stories, and nonfiction writings center on the American rural South... »
On the Agenda: Week of February 6 – 10, 2012
Blog Rights
Feb 06The first hearing under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act continues this week. The ACLU is part of a team of lawyers representing Marcus Robinson, a black defendant convicted in the death of a white person and who received a far harsher judgment than... »
Arts Roundup: Magnited Edition
Arts Desk
Feb 06The Texting Epidemic?: In a lengthy essay, Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday says we're having a crisis of moviegoing manners, citing a couple of amusing news stories from last year—like Alamo Drafthouse's amusing "trailer" featuring a patron th... »
Best Bites Blog : Gina Chersevani Out at PS 7’s
Washingtonian Blogs
Feb 04“It’s like a divorce,” says the popular bartender. Here’s sad news for anyone who loves posting up at PS 7’s bar and sipping a creative cocktail from Gina Chersevani: The self-dubbed “mixtress” left chef Peter Smith’s Penn Quarter eatery this week. Acc... »