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Steep market drop stokes fears
Fears of worsening conditions in the U.S. and Europe triggered a broad-based retreat on global markets.
(By Michael A. Fletcher)
Ezra Klein: Stabilizing into a crisis
No one knows where the recovery will come from, and as one hopeful hypothesis after another is dashed, the markets are beginning to panic.
(By Ezra Klein)
Agreement on stopgap FAA funding
It's uncertain whether Congress will restore back pay to furloughed FAA workers.
(By Ashley Halsey III)
Aid plan for Pakistan under scrutiny
A civilian aid program for Pakistan has not met expectations, and it could be cut back by Congress.
(By Karin Brulliard)
NFL to blood test for HGH; labor deal is ratified
NFL will become first U.S. team sport to blood test for human growth hormone with union consent as players ratify 10-year collective bargaining agreement.
(By Mark Maske)
POLITICS
Toy giant Mattel weighing options after $309 million judgment
SANTA ANA, Calif. — The first salvo was fired years ago when toy giant Mattel Inc. sued MGA Entertainment Inc. over ownership of the hugely popular Bratz fashion doll line. The turbulent legal chapter has now ended with a federal judge ordering Mattel to pay its rival more than $309 million.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Senate poised to approve legislation ending partial FAA shutdown and returning workers to jobs
WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to pass legislation ending a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that has cost the government about $400 million in uncollected airline ticket taxes and idled thousands of workers.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
State regulations on raw milk tighten as local food movement spurs demand
PANOCHE VALLEY, Calif. — On a stretch of California grassland, workers milk 70 Jersey cows and bottle several hundred gallons of milk into quart glass bottles topped with bright yellow caps — without heating the milk to pasteurize it.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Ex-Microsoft exec VanRoekel named U.S. technology chief
Former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel has been named the nation's top technology chief, the White House announced Thursday.
( by Shyamantha Asokan , The Washington Post)
Huntsman addresses report of strife
Jon Huntsman Jr. defends strategist John Weaver against a story about campaign feuding.
( by Karen Tumulty and Nia-Malika Henderson , The Washington Post)
STYLE
Puzzle maker crafts one-of-a-kind musical desk that reveals its secret _ only with right tune
DENVER — Denver woodworker Kagen Schaefer drew mazes as a kindergartner to stump his dad. He was building 3-D puzzles out of cardboard by the time he was 11.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Hints From Heloise: New lives for TV armoires
Heloise asked, and you answered: Clever ideas for repurposing TV armoires.
(, King)
Ask Amy: Canoodling son is a serious buzz kill for dad
An unexpected stop at a bar gives dad an eyeful: His 45-year-old son being lovey-dovey with a woman who is definitely not his wife.
(, The Washington Post)
Engaged to uncertainty
A woman's family warns her of suspicions that her fiance is gay.
(, The Washington Post)
TV review: On 'Whisker Wars,' a crisis of manhood
In IFC's new reality show, competitive beard-growers hit the road in seek of international facail-hair fame, turning into a bunch of divas.
( by Hank Stuever , The Washington Post)
SPORTS
Thursday's Sports in Brief
WASHINGTON — NFL players ratified a new, 10-year collective bargaining agreement Thursday, hours after it was finalized, and two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press the contract allows the NFL to become the first major U.S. professional sports league to use blood testing for human growth hormone.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
China expels 4-time Olympic gold medallist Wang Meng from speed skating team for drunken brawl
BEIJING — China's most decorated Winter Olympics athlete, Wang Meng, has been expelled from the national team for a drunken brawl with an official, throwing the successful short track speed skating program into disarray.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Iowa State QB Jerome Tiller hopes to win starting role over Jantz, Barnett
AMES, Iowa — This fall was always supposed to be the time Jerome Tiller took over as Iowa State's quarterback.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Minnesota opens preseason practice under new coach Jerry Kill with much uncertainty
MINNEAPOLIS — Heading into his first fall practice, new Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill is making no promises.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
A week into camp, Seahawks free agents finally get to work
RENTON, Wash. — Sidney Rice thought the Seattle Seahawks had unwittingly become the subject of a practical joke as he stood on the sideline and watched them practice without him for yet another day.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
WORLD
Myanmar says ethnic Kachin rebels ambush car near hydropower project, killing 7
YANGON, Myanmar — Rebels in northern Myanmar ambushed a car carrying workers from a Chinese-backed hydroelectric project, killing seven people, state media reported Friday.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Resident: Syrian troops shell neighborhoods in flashpoint Hama city ahead of Friday protests
BEIRUT — A resident of the besieged Syrian city of Hama says troops have shelled several neighborhoods overnight and are preventing food supplies from entering residential areas.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Asian, European markets plummet
The prospect of a double-dip global recession drives Tokyo's index to its lowest point in five months.
( by Chico Harlan and Anthony Faiola , The Washington Post)
Philippine president meets Muslim rebel chief in Japan to speed up peace talks
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Benigno Aquino III held unprecedented talks with the chief of the country's main Muslim rebel group in an attempt to boost negotiations on ending its decades-long insurgency, officials said Friday.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Reports: Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson recovering in hospital after crashing supercar in UK
LONDON — British media say actor Rowan Atkinson, famed for his "Mr. Bean" television shows and films, is recovering in hospital after crashing his supercar.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
LIVE DISCUSSIONS
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)
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)
TECHNOLOGY
Summary Box: Apple and Samsung smartphones outsell Nokia's for first time in second quarter
THE TOP SPOTS: Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. zoomed to the top of the list of global smartphone makers in the second quarter, according to IDC. It jumped past Nokia Corp. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Apple and Samsung smartphones outsell Nokia's for first time in second quarter
NEW YORK — Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. zoomed to the top of the list of global smartphone makers in the second quarter, blowing past Nokia Corp. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., according to research firm IDC.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Apple Takes Lead In Smartphone Numbers, But Samsung Is On Its Heels
( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)
LinkedIn Now Adding Two New Members Every Second
( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)
LinkedIn Share Buttons Now On More Than 100,000 Sites
( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)
BUSINESS
British bank RBS reports loss as it writes down Greek debt
LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC swung to a second-quarter loss Friday as it wrote down the value of its Greek bond holdings by a massive 733 million pounds ($842 million).
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Navajo Nation settles lawsuit alleging a coal company cheated it out of millions in royalties
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation has settled its allegations that a coal mining company conspired with others to cheat the tribe out of hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Spain's central bank says GDP rose 0.2 percent in 2nd quarter, down from 0.3 p.c in Q1
MADRID — Spain's central bank says the country's economy rose 0.2 percent in the second quarter, down modestly from the 0.3 percent growth recorded in the previous three month period.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Merkel, Sarkozy to hold debt crisis phone conference as stock markets tumble around the world
FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe's debt crisis and fears over the U.S economy battered markets once again Friday challenging vacationing European leaders to come up with a way to keep the turmoil from pushing Spain and Italy to financial collapse.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Asian stock markets tumble after Wall Street slide
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average slid 3.4 percent to 9,328.74 points and Hong Kong's Hang Seng dived 4.4 percent to 20,912.60. China's Shanghai Composite Index lost 2.1 percent to 2,626.80.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
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