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Riggleman is Nats' new manager
Manny Acta's bench coach will take over after All-Star break.
Tangling over Israel's foreign minister
Israel's deputy foreign minister defended his boss after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Avigdor Lieberman should not have been appointed foreign minister.
Shutout loss caps first half
The Nationals departed for the All-Star break on Sunday after a 5-0 loss to the Houston Astros. They finished their road trip 1-6 (not counting Thursday's makeup win, which we can attribute to the game's May 5 start date), and are 26-61 at the break.
Sad day in Charlottesville
Virginia lacrosse and football SID Michael Colley dies of apparent heart attack
Thru 4 1/2: Nationals trail 1-0
There's not much the Nationals have done egregiously wrong in today's game against the Astros. They just haven't cracked Houston starter Brian Moehler well enough to string together a series of hits yet, and trail 1-0.
Boxing suffers another loss on a night where UFC enjoys another victory
Former super featherweight champion Arturo Gatti was found dead in a Brazil hotel room. He might have made a great UFC fighter.
Reviewing the wall between Jerusalem and the West Bank
Ben Spier, videographer for the Jersualem Post, and I conducted interviews with folks talking about the barrier between Jerusalem and the West Bank, first constructed in 2002 despite protestations by the U.N.'s International Court of Justice that the structure is illegal.
The long road to reform in Egypt
A look at whether political reform is likely in Cairo following the succession of President Mubarak.
Eight questions for the archbishop
America's newest archbishop, J. Augustine "Gus" Di Noia was consecrated today and we have a few questions for him on his new Oregon see.
"This was a very fun game to be a part of."
We haven't heard a Nationals player say those words too much this season. But there wasn't much to find fault with in this one. Aside from the Nationals exploding for 13 runs on 21 hits, there was Craig Stammen's complete game, helped by a few smooth defensive plays by the Nationals' infield.
Thru 6: Bats explode
Tonight has turned into one of those games we haven't seen since May, when the Nationals' lineup seemed full of fire-breathing beasts capable of putting up eight runs every night. They lead 9-2 after six.
Thru 3: Tied at 2
The Nationals have come out hitting against Astros lefty Mike Hampton--they had five hits in the first three innings, which led to two runs. But they also made one of those blunders that it seems no other team can make.
A little Twitter reminder
Yes, the blog has a Twitter feed --- and it's going to be used even more with football season fast approaching
College Football Countdown: Nos. 101-105
Featuring the Greg Robinson Trophy winner for worst projected BCS conference team!
Two more ethics complaints filed against Palin after resignation
The ethics complaints against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are still rolling in after she announced she'd be stepping down from office at the end of the month.
