Recently added articles from The Washington Times (Washington, DC):
- 'A lot' pose threat if freed from Gitmo; Gates wary of home countries.(PAGE ONE)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday said a "fair number" of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison cannot be returned to their countries for fear that they might be freed when they arrive home. Mr. Gates ...
- N. Korea gives U.S. nuclear papers; Eyes removal from terror list.(PAGE ONE)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES North Korea yesterday gave the United Sates eight boxes of documents from its nuclear weapons program dating back to 1990 - a move that U.S. officials said clears the way for the North to be removed from the blacklist of state ...
- A tip to airlines: Bag fees can pinch back; Skycaps file suit for lost income.(PAGE ONE)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Tom Ramstack, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Squeezed between cash-strapped airlines and tight-fisted passengers, the nation's skycaps are feeling the pinch - and fighting back. Many passengers have stopped tipping the skycaps since the airlines imposed a $2 fee for ...
- Wheat disease threatens supplies; Spread to Iran 'worrisome'.(PAGE ONE)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A lethal variant on an ancient disease affecting wheat has spread from its base in Africa to Iran and now threatens vast fields in South Asia, the Middle East and Europe at a time of global food shortages, agricultural specialists ...
- Democrats try to sully conservative attack group.(PAGE ONE)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Democrats are trying to chase from the political playing field a new conservative group expected to spend tens of millions of dollars this year attacking liberal candidates. Using accusations of links to gambling and "forced ...
- Pro-choice politicians take papal Communion; Priest delivered sacrament directly to Kennedy.(PAGE ONE)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Despite a 2004 order from the future Pope Benedict XVI barring pro-choice Catholic politicians from the Communion table, a quintet of elected officials flouted his wishes twice during his recent six-day visit here by partaking of the ...
- Superdelegates hold back; Clinton wins not enough; Obama cheered on Hill.(PAGE ONE)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Several superdelegates from Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio are bucking the will of the people by withholding endorsements from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, staying silent even though she overwhelmingly won their districts. ...
- A move toward religion; Catholic colleges reassert faith.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Pete Vere, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Many of America's most-famous Catholic colleges have long been criticized for moving away from their historic identities. Pope Benedict XVI reminded a gathering of educators at Catholic University of America on April 17 about the ...
- Heritage roadway declared; Monticello to Gettysburg to be protected.(NATION)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A picturesque and gracious stretch of American highway just got a lot more gravitas - and security. The 175-mile corridor between Gettysburg and Monticello is officially the "Journey Through Hallowed Ground National ...
- Clinton: Michigan, Florida wins should stand; Appeals to rival after rejecting deal for 10-delegate edge.(NATION)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Sean Lengell, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday appealed directly to rival Sen. Barack Obama to let her disqualified Michigan and Florida primary victories stand, saying in a letter to the Illinois senator that to ...
- CORRECTION/CLARFICATION.(NATION)(CORRECTION/CLARFICATION)(Correction notice)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES An article in Wednesday's editions about the Indiana primary election quoted a man who ...
- Broken eggheads make no omelets.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Wesley Pruden, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Democrats invented race-baiting, making it a staple of campaigning for nearly a century. (The Republicans gave us a civil war.) Now race politics is back, and this time everyone gets to play. With Hillary dead and gone ...
- Coast Guard gets first national security cutter; Counts on 418-foot Bertholf to help Deepwater program.(NATION)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Jennifer Haberkorn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Coast Guard yesterday accepted its first national security cutter, the USCGC Bertholf, the ship the agency is hoping will set its troubled $24 billion, 25-year Deepwater program on the right track. The 418-foot ...
- Taiwan F-16s.(NATION)(INSIDE THE RING)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Taiwan F-16s The Bush administration is divided over plans to sell Taiwan advanced F-16 jets, with the State Department opposing the sale and the U.S. military favoring the transfers. Defense officials say the U.S ....
- House passes mortgage measure; Democrats snub veto threat.(NATION)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The House today approved the Democrats' plan to stanch home foreclosures with government-backed mortgage deals and buyouts of derelict homes, ignoring a Bush administration threat to veto what critics dub a bailout scheme. ...
- Camelot redux?(NATION)(INSIDE POLITICS)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Greg Pierce, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Camelot redux? "Barack Obama is going to run an aura campaign. As it has been from the start, it's going to be a speech candidacy, a rhetorical candidacy, a JFK candidacy, the promise of another Camelot," Wall Street Journal ...
- Obama accused of age jab at McCain; Said he is 'losing his bearings'.(NATION)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sen. Barack Obama yesterday accused presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain of "losing his bearings," prompting the Arizona senator's campaign to say the younger man was attacking Mr. McCain's age. Mr. Obama ...
- Final rodeo.(NATION)(INSIDE THE BELTWAY)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Final rodeo "The most robust show of excitement for the Bush family's blessed event comes in the form of a coffee mug honoring the event sold by a local tourist trap." So reports the Lone Star Iconoclast, a ...
- President endorses electric-car project; Infrastructure change needed.(WORLD)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Jay Bushinsky, THE WASHINGTON TIMES JERUSALEM - An American-Israeli entrepreneur has been given the green light to mass market electric cars, a potential environmental breakthrough with global implications that could also reduce Israel's need for imported oil. ...
- 'Right of return' still just a symbol.(WORLD)
- May 09, 2008 ... Byline: Joshua Mitnick, THE WASHINGTON TIMES AM'ARI REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank - For decades, the residents of this hardscrabble neighborhood on the outskirts of Ramallah have been nourished on "haq al-owdeh" - Arabic for "right of return" to their homes before the 1948 ...
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