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Gaddafi, ousted Libyan leader, is killed
Libyan fighters overran his home town of Sirte on Thursday, and officials said he was killed while trying to flee.
(By Mary Beth Sheridan)
Obama points to value of 'collective action'
President Obama's technocratic approach to governing has served him far better in foreign policy than it has in domestic politics.
(By Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung)
Senate blocks money for teachers, firefighters
Nine days after President Obama's $447 billion jobs package was blocked in the U.S. Senate, a key plank of the plan that would provide $35 billion to states to hire teachers and first responders suffered the same fate late Thursday.
(By Rosalind S. Helderman)
Rubio's compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show
Rubio's parents came to the United States more than 2½ years before Fidel Castro's forces overthrew the Cuban government.
(By Manuel Roig-Franzia)
Occupy Wall Street, unions get their activism together
The protests that began as a nebulous mix of social and economic grievances are becoming more politically organized — with help from some of the largest labor unions.
(By Peter Wallsten)
NATION
Medicare rules for coordinated care revised
The Obama administration has relaxed the rules of a program under the 2010 health-care law aimed at encouraging doctors and hospitals to coordinate care.
( by N.C. Aizenman , The Washington Post)
Researchers shed light on source of Earth's water
A European research team reported that it found a very cold water vapor reservoir that could explain where water came from.
( by Marc Kaufman , The Washington Post)
Jesus at Occupy Wall Street:'I feel like I've been here before'
What would Jesus think of the occupiers, scruffy and tattooed? The Jesus of history would love them all.
( by Lisa Miller , The Washington Post)
METRO
Senate debates public education benchmarks
A Senate panel voted 15 to 7 Thursday to reduce the role of the federal government in overseeing the nation's 100,000 public schools as part of a revamping of No Child Left Behind.
( by Lyndsey Layton , The Washington Post)
Occupy DC: The night shift
On a rainy night in McPherson Square, Occupy DC protesters occupy themselves with singing, eating, chatting and, when possible, sleeping.
( by Katie Rogers , The Washington Post)
Washington region has nation's lowest poverty rate
The census reported Thursday that 8.4 percent of people living in the Washington region were poor, the lowest rate in the nation.
( by Carol Morello and Luz Lazo , The Washington Post)
Fairfax police captain files defamation suit against chief
A Fairfax police captain, accused by Chief David Rohrer of running an unfair promotional process for detectives, responds with a highly unusual defamation suit against the chief.
( by Tom Jackman , The Washington Post)
Md.'s new district lines launch look at minorities
A Maryland redistricting plan is approved, but the court fight over whether the governor and Democrats racially gerrymandered the congressional map may just be heating up.
( by Aaron C. Davis , The Washington Post)
POLITICS
Senate blocks money for teachers, firefighters
Nine days after President Obama's $447 billion jobs package was blocked in the U.S. Senate, a key plank of the plan that would provide $35 billion to states to hire teachers and first responders suffered the same fate late Thursday.
( by Rosalind S. Helderman , The Washington Post)
John E. Bryson confirmed as commerce secretary
John E. Bryson is a former electric utility executive who co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council.
(, The Washington Post)
Mitt Romney makes a cautious return to Iowa
Mitt Romney returned to Iowa to test the waters for the first time this fall in the state where he staked his presidential ambitions four years ago only to leave politically defeated.
( by Philip Rucker , The Washington Post)
Obama points to value of 'collective action'
President Obama's technocratic approach to governing has served him far better in foreign policy than it has in domestic politics.
( by Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung , The Washington Post)
Md.'s new district lines launch look at minorities
A Maryland redistricting plan is approved, but the court fight over whether the governor and Democrats racially gerrymandered the congressional map may just be heating up.
( by Aaron C. Davis , The Washington Post)
STYLE
Singular ideas
Style Invitational Week 942: Invent a contest for which your single entry would be the only good one; plus the winning improved Edward Lear limericks from Week 938.
(, The Washington Post)
Hints From Heloise: Give towels the hook
Bathrobe hooks' many uses; inventive handicapped parking and more.
(, The Washington Post)
He's got plus-2
Her new boyfriend is hosting another woman with a potentially romantic outcome.
(, The Washington Post)
Showing the later side of Liszt
The Library of Congress launched a 10-part minifestival of Franz Liszt with a sterling recital by Louis Lortie.
( by Robert Battey , The Washington Post)
Travel discounts
What's the Deal? The week's best travel bargains on land, sea and in the air.
( by K.C. Summers , The Washington Post)
SPORTS
Rangers get even with Cardinals
GAME 2 | Texas rallies for two runs in the ninth to overtake St. Louis and knot the World Series at 1-1.
( by Dave Sheinin , The Washington Post)
Missed cutoff, lost opportunity
COLUMN | A missed cutoff throw by the Cardinals in the ninth inning gives new life to the Rangers, who rally to knot the World Series 1-1.
(, The Washington Post)
TV and radio listings: October 21
(, The Washington Post)
Scoring bursts keep Capitals undefeated
Washington tallies two goals in the final 80 seconds of the first period and three goals in less than two and half minutes early in the third period to bury Philadelphia.
( by Katie Carrera , The Washington Post)
Wildcats secure a view from the top
Mountain View wastes little time jumping all over Stafford to remain undefeated and secure the top seed in next week's Commonwealth District tournament.
( by Preston Williams , The Washington Post)
WORLD
Toddler in China hit by 2 cars, then ignored, dies
The plight of Xiao Yueyue ignites an intense round of public soul-searching in the country.
( by Keith B. Richburg , The Washington Post)
Gaddafi, ousted Libyan leader, is killed
Libyan fighters overran his home town of Sirte on Thursday, and officials said he was killed while trying to flee.
( by Mary Beth Sheridan , The Washington Post)
Clinton chides Pakistan on insurgent havens
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Pakistan on Thursday to eradicate terrorist safe havens inside its borders.
( by Joby Warrick and Karin Brulliard , The Washington Post)
Gaddafi's death swings spotlight to Syria, Yemen
The Libyan leader's bloody end served as a footnote to an already tumultuous year, rekindling revolutionary aspirations across the region.
( by Liz Sly and Leila Fadel , The Washington Post)
In Iran, a new challenge to hard-liners
Critics say pressures facing Iran should prompt the country's supreme leader to engage with outside world.
( by Thomas Erdbrink , The Washington Post)
LIVE DISCUSSIONS
Ask Boswell
Sports Columnist Tom Boswell will take your questions about baseball, the Redskins, the Wizards and more.
(, vForum)
ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri
The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.
(, vForum)
Opinion Focus with Eugene Robinson
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson discusses his recent columns and the latest news in a live Q&A.
(, vForum)
Debt Ceiling drama: Why Jonathan Capehart thinks your voice needs to be heard
In his Post-Partisan blog post today, Opinion writer Jonathan Capehart said that "Folks should be marching on the Capitol" in protest of the way the debt issue is being handled. Do you agree?
(, vForum)
Chatological Humor: Monthly with Moron
Gene Weingarten takes polls and chats about his recent columns.
(, vForum)
TECHNOLOGY
Siri works even when phones are locked
By default, Siri doesn't require a passcode to work
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
Google Plus relaxing real name rule
Google Plus is stepping back from its policy requiring users to register with their real names.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
Lytro's light field camera creates 'living pictures'
What if you had a camera whose images could be re-focused minutes, days or years after the shot, or viewed in 3D?
( by Sean Hollister , The Washington Post)
PlayStation Vita coming to U.S. in Feb.
Sony exec says the Vita's coming to the U.S. in February
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
Review Roundup: "Arkham City" expands in-game world
Arkham City lets you play in Batman's world.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
EDITORIAL
For Virginia's House of Delegates
The Post's endorsements.
( by Editorial , The Washington Post)
In Libya, 'the hard part begins'
Will the United States help?
( by Editorial , The Washington Post)
Punch-out in the desert
Romney unsettled, but it's still his race to lose.
(, The Washington Post)
A second chance for marriages
Divorce waiting periods would help possible reconciliations.
( by William J. Doherty and Leah Ward Sears , The Washington Post)
Let's talk race
Obama hasn't done nearly enough for people of color.
( by Maya Wiley , The Washington Post)
BUSINESS
Flat-tax ideas could fall flat
Thanks to Herman Cain and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the flat tax is in the spotlight. But history shows that presidential candidates who propose the tax tend to flame out.
( by Jia Lynn Yang , The Washington Post)
Nutrition rating, labeling system proposed
A symbol should be displayed on the front of every food and beverage item sold in grocery stores so shoppers can judge nutritional value at a glance, a government-sponsored report says.
( by Dina ElBoghdady , The Washington Post)
Siri works even when phones are locked
By default, Siri doesn't require a passcode to work
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
The jobs council has good ideas, but can we believe that the government can implement them?
Governments don't create jobs -- businesses create jobs.Overall, I was impressed with the thinking of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitivness and the focus of its recommendations. But I have no confidence in the government to act in a timely, effective or non-self-serving manner.
( by Rob Campbell , The Washington Post)
To create jobs, unwieldy regulations need to be tamed
There are about 180,000 federal regulations on the books costing Americans $1.7 trillion a year in compliance costs. Small businesses, the nation's primary job creators, bear a disproportionate share of this burden.
( by Tom Collamore , The Washington Post)
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