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Obama headed to Denver and Phoenix next week
The president will outline a plan to stem foreclosures on Wednesday in Phoenix.
Back-Pain Scans Don't Help, May Hurt
By and large, the X-rays and imaging scans for back pain that doctors so frequently order fail to improve - and may even deter - patients' healing, a recent study has showed. Click here for more information on back pain.
A few Nick Johnson leftovers
Just thought I'd pass along a few extras that didn't make the paper from my conversation with Nick Johnson on Wednesday. He arrived in Viera early to work with new hitting coach Rick Eckstein, and said that although he'll have to tape up his surgically-repaired right wrist most of the season, he isn't worried it will limit him.
Wieters likely ticketed for triple-A
It appears Orioles fans are going to have to wait at least a little longer for top prospect Matt Wieters' eagerly anticipated big league debut. In an interview published Friday by the Baltimore Sun, Orioles President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail said Wieters - Baseball America's 2008 Minor League Player of the Year - would "in all likelihood" begin the season with Baltimore's triple-A affiliate, the Norfolk Tides.
By the bye
Who has the misfortune of drawing a rested opponent more than once in the ACC in 2009? Glad you asked
After bruising first weeks, Obama refocuses
As he landed in Springfield, Ill., Thursday night, President Obama's weary visage showed early signs of the toll the presidency takes on every occupant of the office, following a bruising two weeks of failed nomination embarrassments and a bitter partisan battle over a nearly trillion dollar economic stimulus.
Report: Bush to speak in Canada
Former President Bush will give his first post-office address to a group in Calgary. His "first post-office address" sounds like mailing information.
Report: Octuplets doctor implanted 7 embryos in woman, 49
Dr. Michael Kamrava must love babies -- or, to be more precise, must love to implant embryos that lead to multiple births.
Foreign felon sues citizen who stopped his illegal entry into U.S.
It's not about trespassing. It's not about illegal immigration. It's about civil rights. Yeah.
Yeatman's take on football
It's all lacrosse for the former Notre Dame two-sport star ... for now, anyway
DC United Stadium, Some Questions
A look at a number of the things that must be answered before DC United makes a move to the suburbs
Zadzooks Video Game Minute - February 13, 2009
Washington Times reporter Joseph Szadkowski discusses the latest from the Clem Burke Drumming Project and its work with Guitar Hero World Tour, previews Atari's Ghostbusters: The Video Game and reviews Electronic Arts' The Lord of the Rings: Conquest.
Thoughts on Abraham Lincoln
Brooding, bold, controversial, hailed as the greatest -- who is Lincoln?
More reaction on Dunn
It's clear the Nationals are presenting the Adam Dunn signing as the move that vindicated their offseason. It remains to be seen whether Dunn's power will make a difference in the standings, but he certainly gives Washington the kind of bat it hasn't had before.
Another one bites the dust
Trite headline, but Gregg is fourth Obama nominee to drop out.