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Orrick settles unpaid rent case with Huntsman campaign
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Feb 07Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, which in December sued the Jon Huntsman campaign over an alleged $42,000 in unpaid rent, has reached a settlement with the campaign, The Washington Post reports. The complaint said the Huntsman campaign signed a one-y... »
D.C. United likely to remain at RFK, for now
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Feb 07D.C. United, which has drawn some interest from Baltimore about potentially relocating, looks poised to stay in the District — at least for the next year, according to a report in The Washington Post, which said the Major League Soccer franchise is clo... »
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 »
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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... »
The Dollar Store Belt?
City Desk
Feb 07Richard Florida explores the geography of dollar stores—they're proliferating, particularly in the south, and even more affluent people are taking advantage of them. But, he contends, they tend to be concentrated in areas of high rates of smoking, pove... »
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... »
Is Bill Kristol America's Most Unreliable Political Commentator?
The Atlantic Politics Channel
Feb 06His predictions are often inaccurate. And in his latest effort, he tries to explain the GOP defeat in 2006 without mentioning Iraq. »