The Washington Times (Washington, DC) back issues from April 2008:
TB case eyed at post office in Chantilly; Public wasn't notified.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jim McElhatton, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Fairfax County health officials are investigating why more than 30 employees at a Chantilly post office have tested positive for exposure to tuberculosis. The investigation began in January after officials learned one ...
Poker players seeking trump card in lawyers; Legal group offers aid.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tom Ramstack, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The nation's poker players are enlisting lawyers to keep them from running afoul of gambling laws. A group called the Poker Players Alliance started operating a Litigation Support Network last week. The alliance ...
GOP aims to blunt Democrats' stance on Iraq.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: S.A. Miller and Christopher Dolan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A Republican leadership strategy memo calls for an all-out attack on Democrats' "misinformation" campaign against the Iraq war as both parties refocus on the issue ahead of next week's update from Army Gen. David H ....
HUD chief steps down amid 'cloud' of probes; Democrats hail move.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso R. Jackson, who suddenly resigned yesterday effective April 18, is the subject of separate federal investigations into suspected cronyism involving his friends in multimillion-dollar HUD ...
Obama's church was founded on radical creed; Rooted in 'black power'.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The church where Sen. Barack Obama has worshipped for two decades publicly declares that its ministry is founded on a 1960s book that espouses "the destruction of the white enemy." Trinity United Church of Christ's Web site ...
Bigger role for Fed panned; Lawmakers say agency hasn't used existing clout.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patrice Hill, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A Treasury proposal yesterday would grant the Federal Reserve new powers to supervise hedge funds, investment banks and other major financial players during emergencies, but critics say the real problem is the Fed's unwillingness to use ...
Bush begins Europe tour; Faces Russian opposition on proposals for East.(NATION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES KIEV - President Bush arrived in Eastern Europe yesterday for a weeklong trip that his advisers said would highlight a U.S.-backed expansion of democracy across the region. The trip will be punctuated by the final official ...
High school graduation called 'coin toss'.(NATION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Amy Fagan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A teenager living in one of the nation's 50 largest cities has about a 50 percent chance of graduating high school, a new report finds. "Our analysis finds that graduating from high school in America's largest cities amounts, ...
Obama's past, right at him.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Wesley Pruden, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The dilemma of the Democrats is not whether the bloom is coming off the rose, but whether events will wilt it. The past that will not die commands a lot of wilting power. Demands that Hillary die at once have gone unheeded ....
Supreme Court refuses to listen to Jefferson case; Raid unconstitutional.(NATION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear an appeal by the Justice Department to overturn a court ruling saying the May 20, 2006, raid by FBI agents of Rep. William J. Jefferson's Capitol Hill office was unconstitutional. ...
RNC offers $25 million to McCain; Duncan helps deliver largest campaign sum.(NATION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ralph Z. Hallow, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The day that Sen. John McCain walked into party headquarters as the putative nominee, Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan told him the RNC had $25 million cash on hand ready for his campaign - five times what the ...
Obama salutes McCain patriotism; But lashes his Iraq war support.(NATION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES MANHEIM, Pa. - Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday that he would never question Sen. John McCain's patriotism even as he excoriated the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's position on Iraq. "The guy is a war ...
Obama and guns.(NATION)(INSIDE POLITICS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Greg Pierce, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Obama and guns "Gun owners in Pennsylvania, which has the highest per-capita National Rifle Association membership in the nation, could provide Sen. Barack Obama with a key inroad to rural white voters who have so far backed ...
TSP attracting financial planners; But managed funds bear costs for retired federal employees.(NATION)(FEDERAL REPORT)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Causey, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Private money managers have targeted the federal government's $221 billion Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) as a source of new cash investments they would love to handle - for a fee. To say they are licking their chops would not be ...
'Punk' prospers.(NATION)(INSIDE THE BELTWAY)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES 'Punk' prospers Not that he won't already feel at home when he appears for a town hall meeting today with students of Episcopal High School in Alexandria, but Sen. John McCain might be reminded that his alma mater has among ...
Racial lines split voters over pastor's impact.(NATION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Nearly half of white voters think Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's chance of winning the presidency is hurt by the racially incendiary comments of his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., a poll showed yesterday. ...
Wright letter resurfaces, Time after Times.(NATION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES It's a cautionary tale for news organizations: Some content simply refuses to die. Time magazine yesterday published online a scathing letter to the New York Times written by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, accusing the paper ...
Trial could ban Turkey's top politicians, party.(WORLD)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Andrew Borowiec, THE WASHINGTON TIMES NICOSIA, Cyprus - Turkey's highest court decided yesterday to start a potentially crisis-provoking trial that could ban the country's top officials and their party from politics on grounds of anti-secularism. Chief ...
Truly endangered species.(COMMENTARY)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Frank J. Gaffney Jr., THE WASHINGTON TIMES So Al Gore is launching a three-year, $300 million ad campaign to frighten us all into doing what he says (not what he does) to counter global warming. It is a safe bet this spectacular propaganda endeavor will feature ...
Reuniting Cyprus.(COMMENTARY)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bruce Fein, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Cyprus is perched for a voluntary and mutually beneficial reunification between Greek Cypriots in the south and Turkish Cypriots in the north after decades of division. New Greek Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and ...
Defense spending beacons.(COMMENTARY)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: John R. Guardiano, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Is America spending too much or too little on defense? That's a fair and crucial question, especially at a time of war, when U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are dying overseas. But because advocates on both ...
Collateral damage.(COMMENTARY)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alfred Tella, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Federal Reserve low interest rate policies helped to create the housing bubble that burst upon us like a thunderstorm. Now the Fed is busy sweeping up the fallout and trying to tweak the economy by lowering interest rates ...
The bubble years.(EDITORIALS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES "If we can extend a hand to banks on Wall Street," Barack Obama told a Wall Street audience in New York last week, "we can extend a hand to Americans who are struggling through no fault of their own." "Well, if the [Federal Reserve] can ...
The ministers and Musharraf.(EDITORIALS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Signs abound that the terms of the U.S.-Pakistani alliance have changed, and that these changes are likely to impede the Bush administration's prosecution of the war on terror. The unfortunate question now seems to be how extensively this ...
Doing our part on taxes.(LETTERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES I always look forward to Richard Rahn's commentaries as I have found his work to be informative, factual and well-written. His column "Tax tyrannies" (Commentary, Thursday) was typically informative and thought-provoking. What Mr. Rahn ...
No apologies for Rev. Wright.(LETTERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Rev. Joseph Evans has written an apologia for his pastoral colleague, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., which is as appalling as the prejudiced prattle that characterized Mr. Wright's pulpit for years ("Cultural complexities," Op-Ed, Friday). ...
John McCain, militarist.(LETTERS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Like most of the American electorate, I've never met John McCain and know little of him other than what I've gleaned from the news media ("McCain packages himself as family man," Fishwrap, yesterday). Although I probably am better ...
By any means necessary; Clinton's presidential quest unhindered.(OPED)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Suzanne Fields, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. Barack Obama has the audacity to hope. Hillary Clinton, well, she's proven that she'll get what she wants by any means necessary. Sure, the infamous motto was first adopted by Malcolm X ...
Larger than life; Chalabi as charlatan.(OPED)(POLITICAL BOOKS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Claude R. Marx, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES If John LeCarre were to write a comic spy novel, his main character might resemble Ahmad Chalabi. The pudgy, self-absorbed Iraqi exile has lived a colorful life and helped encourage the United States to overthrow ...
Politics of race; End the rhetoric-parsing.(OPED)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alan Nathan, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The saddest trait strangling both Democrats and Republicans is their mutual refusal to execute any capacity for self-appraisal. Worsening this shortcoming is their respective application of moveable standards whenever their ...
A 'Bout' of Russian terror; U.S. stability abroad calls for a crackdown on rogue smugglers.(OPED)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ed Royce, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Maybe Viktor Bout got complacent. Accustomed to profiting in the world's roughest places while brazenly defying law enforcement, this notorious gun runner fell three weeks ago, arrested by Thai authorities in a Drug Enforcement ...
Cuccinelli to run for attorney general.(METROPOLITAN)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Seth McLaughlin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES State Sen. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, one of Virginia's most conservative lawmakers, yesterday announced his plans to run for attorney general next year. "This is a big day for us as we have decided to proceed with an ...
Gaylord ready for its guests; First convention set for new PG hotel.(METROPOLITAN)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Timothy Warren, THE WASHINGTON TIMES With its first convention in town today, the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center is open for business. Gaylord National anchors the $2 billion National Harbor development in Prince George's County, just across the ...
Details missing from Fenty's budget proposal.(METROPOLITAN)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gary Emerling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES D.C. Council members yesterday praised Mayor Adrian M. Fenty for introducing a fiscally responsible budget proposal, though some criticized what they called a lack of transparency within the spending plan. "Streamlined it ...
Shining light on the world; Physics workshops display fun, exciting secrets in science.(LIFE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karen Goldberg Goff, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Optical illusions are science, as is studying the visible light spectrum and learning how the color white is perceived. "When you spin this color wheel, it gives you white," physics major Luke Johnson explains to a ...
Commitment to D.C. families deserves honor.(METROPOLITAN)(METROPOLITAN LIFE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Adrienne T. Washington, THE WASHINGTON TIMES One indication that Satira Streeter, a licensed clinical psychologist and founder and executive director of Ascensions Community Services (ACS), is committed to helping dysfunctional families is her refusal to accept a salary ...
Morrison keeps his word; 'Simple' CD is mix of original soul, blues and more.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(LISTENING STATION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Adam Mazmanian, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Van Morrison Keep It Simple Lost Highway The craggy, weathered head of Van Morrison stares out defiantly, almost bleakly, from the cover of this new CD. Yet the album's title, "Keep It Simple," taken ...
Fine 'dining'.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(THE HOT TICKET)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jenny Mayo, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Fine 'dining' Consider the Warehouse Theater and its Seventh Street digs the District's equivalent of off-Broadway. It's where you can expect edgy, avant-garde and emerging works. Locals can sample some of the fare tonight at ...
Another love child?(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(TAKING NAMES)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Robyn-Denise Yourse, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Another love child? One of Heath Ledger's estranged uncles claims that the late actor may have fathered a love child when he was a teenager, according to a report in Sydney's Daily Telegraph. When he was ...
'Today' gets Gifford.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(TUNING IN TO TV)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Robyn-Denise Yourse, THE WASHINGTON TIMES 'Today' gets Gifford "Today" welcomed Kathie Lee Gifford back to morning television yesterday with the on-air announcement that she will join Hoda Kotb as the co-host of the NBC show's fourth hour next Monday, April ...
A defensive collapse; Terps fall step short of Tampa.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ryan O'Halloran, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SPOKANE, Wash. - Last year, a trio of guards from Mississippi did whatever they wanted offensively and sent the higher-seeded Maryland women's basketball team home from the NCAA tournament. Last night, a pair of guards ...
Ailing Wizards fall apart vs. Jazz; Road trip ends in dismal way.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Jones, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SALT LAKE CITY - In the final stop of their five-game road trip last night, the Washington Wizards appeared doomed from the start. With Caron Butler and Antonio Daniels out after suffering injuries in Sunday's overtime loss to ...
Caps finally have something to play for.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Corey Masisak, THE WASHINGTON TIMES There was an eight-game losing streak - so long Shaone Morrisonn thought it was at least 10. Alex Ovechkin lost his friend and mentor, Dainius Zubrus, at the trade deadline and lost an iPod, smashing it to pieces after another ...
Nats stay unbeaten with late eruption.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PHILADELPHIA - It can take weeks, even months, for a ballclub to establish an identity. These things often aren't decided two days into a new season, and there remains plenty of time for the Washington Nationals to determine their ...
Milledge already able to make a difference.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Thom Loverro, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PHILADELPHIA - When Lastings Milledge beat out an infield hit to lead off the ninth inning yesterday with the score tied at 6-6, you could sense the game was about to change. Philadelphia Phillies reliever Tom Gordon ...
Goodell: League's CBA not working.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Elfin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PALM BEACH, Fla. - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is concerned the economics of the league's collective bargaining agreement with its players association, extended just two years ago, aren't working. "The thing we are starting ...
Keeping foes on their Heels; North Carolina wins with up-tempo style.(SPORTS)(COLLEGE BASKETBALL)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patrick Stevens, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Everyone at the Alamodome this weekend knows North Carolina gleefully will unleash a frenetic offense on unfamiliar opposition at the Final Four. The question remains whether anyone can slow down the Tar Heels. ...
TWT THREE: NCAA SUPER STALLIONS.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The most impressive performances in the NCAA tournament thus far: 1. Kevin Love, UCLA - Memo to Tyler Hansbrough disciples: the Bruins' big has been better in every conceivable way during the tournament, averaging more points ...
Injuries eliminate team's depth in outfield.(SPORTS)(NATIONALS NOTES)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ben Goessling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PHILADELPHIA - Elijah Dukes' absence had an immediate effect on the Washington Nationals' lineup yesterday, forcing manager Manny Acta to move Ronnie Belliard up in the batting order and insert Dukes' replacement, Willie Harris, in the ...
SEEN AND HEARD AT CITIZENS BANK PARK.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PHILADELPHIA - Lest those from the District forget, Opening Day is special around the country. It's a time not only to look ahead to unlimited possibilities but also to look back on fond memories. For the Phillies ...
There's no jazz in Birdland.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BALTIMORE - Camden Yards will be no field of dreams this spring and summer. For one thing, a brand-new and plug-ugly Hilton Hotel now towers over the fences in left and center field, destroying much of the view and ambience ...
D.C. issues 716 parking tickets.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON TIMES D.C. officials appear serious about ensuring that Nationals fans do not park illegally in the neighborhood around the team's new ballpark. The D.C. Department of Public Works towed 103 vehicles from the Southeast and Southwest ...
Web site maker on the cheap.(BUSINESS)(ON COMPUTERS)(Website overview)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mark Kellner, THE WASHINGTON TIMES You want a Web site for your small business, but you don't want to fool around with HTML coding, cascading style sheets, etc. It doesn't have to be a world-beating site, but it should cover all the bases, and at reasonable ...
Tech firms line up at U.S. visa window; Industry wants wider access to 'key' workers.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kara Rowland, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Technology firms across the nation are crossing their fingers today as the U.S. opens the annual visa application window for skilled workers. Last year, the annual cap of 65,000 was reached on the same day. Despite ...
Sunrise sets new path; Elder care provider restates income, picks new executive.(BUSINESS)(Financial report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Timothy Warren, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sunrise Senior Living Inc., working to maintain its New York Stock Exchange listing and revive its flagging share price, restated financial results for the past 10 years last week and named a new top executive on March 20. ...
Street-sweeper cameras to tackle illegal parking.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Gary Emerling, THE WASHINGTON TIMES D.C. officials have put cameras on light poles, police cars and government buildings. Now they're preparing to put them on street sweepers in the latest example of increasing surveillance of city residents. The D.C. Council ...
U.S., allies split over NATO expansion.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BUCHAREST, Romania - The looming vote tomorrow to enlarge NATO over Russian objections accelerated yesterday into a showdown between the Bush administration and some of its strongest trans-Atlantic allies, with neither side backing down. ...
Skins' Snyder says he's 'matured'; Confident in Zorn pick.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: David Elfin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PALM BEACH, Fla. - His offseason has been uncharacteristically quiet, and his newly hired coach is unusually inexperienced. Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder says, however, that despite the seemingly radical departures from ...
Pro-life groups slam Obama; 'Baby' remark spurs anger.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Pro-life activists say Sen. Barack Obama's abysmal record on abortion issues is reflected by his remark that he would not want his daughters to be "punished with a baby" if they were to make a "mistake" as teenagers. "He ...
Democrats hit Big Oil; Lament high gas prices, lack of 'clean' alternatives.(PAGE ONE)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Sean Lengell and Harrison Keely, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Capitol Hill Democrats yesterday chastised executives of five big oil companies for not doing enough to curb skyrocketing gasoline prices and investing too little in renewable energy, as pump prices hit a record high ....
Reforms urged on visa quota; High-skilled workers scarce.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Hsin-Yin Lee, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Researchers say the size of the nation's high-skilled labor force has stagnated in the past 30 years and urged the government to reform visa quotas to bring in more foreign talent to ease the workload. The Peterson Institute ...
Obama scoffs at deportations; Says 'honest' plan would be path to citizenship.(NATION)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SCRANTON, Pa. - Sen. Barack Obama told voters worried about illegal immigration yesterday that deporting 12 million people is not "realistic," calling it an "honest conversation" during one of his final stops while trying to ...
McCain won't fight platform on abortion, gays.(NATION)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Ralph Z. Hallow, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SANTA ANNA PUEBLO, N.M. - Advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential bid say he will not try to "soften" the Republican party's platform on abortion and same-sex marriage to appeal to more voters. McCain associates told ...
McDermott ordered to pay to end feud.(NATION)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES After a decade-long court battle, a federal judge yesterday ordered Rep. Jim McDermott to pay House Minority Leader John A. Boehner more than $1 million in legal costs in a bitter feud between the two lawmakers over an illegally recorded ...
Time runs short for Bush's mark on education act; Spellings races to assuage critics.(NATION)
Apr 02, 2008 ... Byline: Amy Fagan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Bush administration continues to make administrative changes to the No Child Left Behind Act as chances dwindle for Congress to overhaul the legislation for renewal this year and critics ponder their next step. The federal ...