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Navy left tackle battle still too close to call
Sophomore Graham Vickers has slight edge entering first week of the season
Morning Roundup: Aug. 30
Gray hires new chief of staff; O'Malley tours Irene damage; Ex-D.C. officials (still) calling for lottery probe; D.C. officer in transgender shooting has prior alcohol run-ins; Va. county official sent embezzled money to Nigeria; Maryland resumes wind-energy talks; Bolling: Obama's policies 'anti-business.'
PICKET: Did president's uncle benefit from 1980's Dukakis fake ID policy for illegals?
Boston radio talk show host Howie Carr brought up on his Monday's show that Onyango Obama, President Obama's long lost half uncle who was arrested by Framingham, Massachusetts police last week, charged with DUI, and found to have a warrant out on him by immigration authorities at ICE, has a valid social security number and a Massachusetts driver's license.
Still waiting on Obama health care rules
Insurers and patients are waiting to find out what types of medical services will be considered “essential benefits” by the Obama administrative and singled out for mandatory coverage.
Congressman: Obama uncle will have 'advantage' in avoiding deportation
One congressman wants to know if President Obama's half-uncle will be granted "amnesty" under new rules the Obama administration announced earlier this month designed to let lower-priority illegal immigrants remain in the country.
Maryland depth chart rundown: Defense
A look at the changes since the start of camp for Kenny Tate and Co.
Maryland depth chart rundown: Offense and special teams
Taking a look at the Terps' post-camp two-deep
Terps add much-needed size with Ukrainian Len
Addition of 7-foot-1 center provides some frontcourt depth
Mugshot: Obama's Uncle Omar in jail
The Framingham Police Department in Massachusetts just released Onyango Obama's mugshot photo to The Washington Times Water Cooler. Mr. Obama, President Obama's uncle, was arrested by Framingham police last week and charged with a DUI. He is being held by ICE authorities, as he is an illegal immigrant from Kenya.
Mac applications sales to help Vermont flood victims
Buy some Mac software today only — Aug. 29 — and all of the proceeds will help Vermont flooding victims.
McDonnell, O'Malley praised for Irene response
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley are linked once again. Both governors received high marks from the Daily Beast for their responses to Hurricane Irene thus far.
D.C. lawmaker Winter will lie in state
The body of former council member Nadine P. Winter will lie in state at the John A. Wilson Building on Thursday, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., council Chairman Kwame R. Brown said.
PICKET: Obama hits new low in Gallup daily tracking poll
Gallup posted it's daily presidential tracking poll and the numbers for the president continue to look dismal. According to Gallup, President Barack Obama's job approval rating has hit another another all time low. Only 38 percent of those polled approve of the job president is doing while a whopping 55 percent disapprove.
Morning Roundup: Aug. 29
IRENE UPDATE: Schools without electricity are closed; Outages update; Planes flying and trains running.
MILLER: Will Obama be reelected?
Stormy seas rocked the ship all day Sunday. While some got sea sick, others were immune to the waves. The discussion at the Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC) Alaska cruise centered on which Republican can weather the presidential nominatin process and ride over President Obama to take the White House in 2012.
PICKET: Liberals cry, 'you're a racist if you're not us'
There is nothing new about liberals calling conservatives or Republicans "racists" or various insults similar to that. What is a little different is that liberals are now breaking down specific pieces of Capitol Hill legislation that have no ties whatsoever to civil rights law and they call anyone who disagrees with the legislation or, perhaps political proposal, racist.
MILLER: Conservatives cruise to Alaska
Conservative leaders set sail on Saturday for a week-long cruise to Alaska. Leaving behind the dry land -- or rather wet land from hurricane Irene -- the group embarked on a Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC) at sea.
