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CREW: Harkin's short-seller committee witness 'manipulated' education hearing process
U.S. Department of Education wants to impose on for-profit schools are knee-deep in suspicion by critics on both sides of the aisle and general political spectrum. Anne Weismann of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington spoke to me on the issue.
Gary Williams at peace with decision to retire
Coach explains departure during hour-long press conference
ROBBINS: Dog Bites Terrorist
An exclusive interview with the military working dog who took a bite out of bin Laden
Maryland to name court for Gary Williams
Move contingent on approval from university system's board of regents
Obama’s prayer for bin Laden: give him a nice house, better wife
President Obama wants everyone to understand that bin Laden’s burial was done by the book. So that’s what we must consult, since the administration refuses to give any more details. According to “Navy Military Funerals,” the manual governing sea-burial protocols, the body of a person of Muslim faith—like Osama bin Laden—must be washed, wrapped and positioned in very specific ways to meet Islamic funeral requirements. Prayers must be said as well—including one that would have asked Islam’s god to “pardon” bin Laden, “grant him security,” “provide him a nice place and spacious lodgings” and a “better” partner and family. This is hardly the petition the U.S. government should be making for a man responsible for murdering thousands of Americans.
Sulaimon Brown challenges rule on mailing subpoena
Sulaimon Brown, a key witness sought by a D.C. Council committee exploring Mayor Vincent C. Gray's hiring practices, is not happy with the method used to summon him to a hearing next Friday.
Boehner tabs Oregon priest to be next House chaplain
House Speaker John A. Boehner announced Friday he will nominate the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy to serve as the chamber's 60th chaplain. Father Conroy, a Catholic priest of the Jesuit order, would succeed the Rev. Daniel P. Coughlin, who retired last month after more than 11 years of service.
Media Research Center to host annual 'dishonors' dinner
The Media Research Center, the Alexandria, Virginia based conservative media watchdog group founded by Brent Bozell, is holding it's yearly "Dishonors" gala on Saturday at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Going into it's seventh dinner, MRC will be poking fun at some of the liberal media's lowest moments while lauding conservative commentators in the press.
Cain godfathers SC GOP debate-impresses primary voters
Herman Cain, former CEO of God Father Pizza, went from relatively anonymous among GOP primary voters to a Republican presidential candidate everyone is buzzing about following his performance at the first Republican presidential debate in South Carolina.
Teachers union prepares to endorse Obama — opponent unseen
Eighteen months out from the election and without even knowing who the Republican candidate will be, the National Education Association has already taken the first step to endorse President Obama for re-election.
Anderson on Gary Williams, pre-retirement
Athletic director addressed subject of long-time coach this week
How good is Maryland's basketball coaching job?
Make no mistake --- a top-15 job swung open Thursday
Flight limits: The lacrosse committee issue that isn't any longer (sort of)
NCAA lacrosse committee chair Dermot Coll says the organization has tweaked an evolving rule
Maryland-Colgate lacrosse moved to 3 p.m. Saturday
Terrapins' regular season finale underway two hours later than originally scheduled
Morning Roundup: May 5
Congress revisits offshore drilling in Va.; Two Md. lawmakers want re-regulation of electric companies; Montgomery Co. cracks down on take-home vehicles; D.C. mayor says he'll look into proposed, more expensive Dulles Metrorail station; Dulles Toll Road fees could hit $19. 25 to cover rail-extension project; Fifteen of the 'D.C. 41' in court today
Dept. of Ed. regulations on for profit education shrouded in shadiness
U.S. Education Department's new regulations on for profit schools has become enshrined in what could very well be a huge pay-off for hedge fund short sellers and publicly funded universities like Iowa State, a school that recently named a new public policy institute after Senator Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat.
Lacrosse bracket projection: May 4
The CAA produces a conference tournament surprise --- again
