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Terps' Weijs won't let weighty issues limit his effectiveness
Center eyes productive senior season
Pa. poll: 52% say Obama doesn't deserve re-election
Fifty-two percent of voters in the key swing state of Pennsylvania say President Obama doesn't deserve to be re-elected, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
WILD ART: Ringside seat
Inside Crawford's Training and Fitness at the Laurel Boys & Girls Club in Laurel
WILD ART: Now serving!
Outside the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park in Northwest
One screen closed at Avalon after air conditioning fails
The Avalon Theatre in Northwest announced Monday that one of its two screens is closed indefinitely because the air conditioning "failed beyond repair."
PICKET: Harkin: 'GOP holding our nation hostage'--calls GOP tactics 'blackmail'
Senator Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, accused Republicans of taking the country "hostage" over the debt ceiling issue.
Source: Terps' Palsson expected to pursue pro career in Europe
Icelandic forward played one season at Maryland
Protesters interrupt House debt debate
Protesters interrupted the debt-limit debate on the House floor Monday to demand that tax increases be put on the table.
Vote and go home
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held out the ultimate carrot to colleagues Monday: approve the debt deal and you get to go home for a month-long vacation.
College Football Countdown: Nos. 41-45
N.C. State and Georgia Tech check in as the middle-of-the-ACC scrum is further revealed
Morning Roundup, August 1
Zero tolerance for marijuana-program applicants; Virginia Assembly stalled on redistricting; Trump bids for hotel in Old Post Office Pavilion; D.C. tops U.S. in drug, alcohol abuse; Delegate Norton involved in fender bender; Alexandria installs red-light cameras (again); Twitter account for Virginia State Police was bogus.
PICKET: A framework or a debt ceiling agreement?
News reports touting that a debt ceiling resolution has been struck among Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle. On the surface this appears to be the case. However, the remarks made by House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, to his GOP caucus as well as the floor statement made by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, talk more about a "framework" to develop a deal from as a opposed to a solid deal that is in place at the moment.
PICKET: McCain - No regrets over 'hobbit' remark
Senator John McCain, Arizona Republican, found himself in hot water with tea party activists when he went to the Senate floor last Wednesday and read from a Wall Street Journal editorial that compared tea party activists to "hobbits," fictional creatures from the books of fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien.
PICKET: Reid debt plan blocked in Senate, Dem leaders regroup
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, filed cloture to bring his debt ceiling bill to the Senate floor for a vote. However, the Democratic leader failed to attain the needed 60 votes and his plan to raise the debt ceiling was blocked by the GOP 50 to 49.
What's up with that?
District officials temporarily allowing people hit with parking and moving violations before Jan. 1, 2010, to pay the original fines without late fees.
College Football Countdown: Nos. 46-50
Included: A best guess on a Maryland program working against several factors
Juan Williams earns cheers from conservatives
This weekend's Western Conservative Summit has no shortage of right-wing luminaries, but the warmest reception so far has gone to the event's most liberal speaker.
After cutting Obama out, Republicans now want Obama back in
A week after House Speaker John A. Boehner cut President Obama out of debt talks, the Senate's top Republican wants him back in.
Democrats enforce filibuster against their own debt bill
Senate Republicans want a 60-vote threshold for a debt-limit bill to pass the chamber, but it's actually Democrats who are enforcing the filibuster on their own legislation, insisting on delaying a vote until 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
College Football Countdown: Nos. 51-55
Sans Ricky Dobbs and nine defensive starters, Navy checks in on the countdown
