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Hints of Obama regulation strategy
President Obama's decision to suspend new anti-smog standards offered hints of how the White House will navigate explosive battles with congressional Republicans.
(By Juliet Eilperin and Peter Wallsten)
Dan Balz: The 2012 race begins this month
Obama's jobs speech to Congress and three GOP debates will better define the country's choices.
(By Dan Balz)
Brought together by catastrophe
THIRD IN A SERIES | He survived the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. He never imagined that day of tragedy could be responsible for bringing to him the love of his life.
(By Krissah Thompson)
Reining in Libyan rebel commanders
Libya's new civilian leaders rein in military commanders, a move to curb Islamist influence and paper over internal tensions.
(By Simon Denyer)
College rankings denounced, not ignored
The annual release of U.S. News & World Report's college rankings may be denounced and dismissed, but it is a marquee event in higher education.
(By Daniel de Vise)
POLITICS
A weird and disastrous US weather year: tornadoes, drought, flooding, Irene, blizzard, quakes
WASHINGTON — Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Heading to Iraq for a 12-month deployment, with their exit in limbo
The tours are complicated by the fact that all U.S. forces are suppose to leave Iraq in four months.
( by Aaron C. Davis , The Washington Post)
Montgomery police to target jaywalking
At monthly intervals, teams of police officers will be stationed at eight streets designated as having pedestrian safety problems.
( by Victor Zapana , The Washington Post)
Hints of Obama regulation strategy
President Obama's decision to suspend new anti-smog standards offered hints of how the White House will navigate explosive battles with congressional Republicans.
( by Juliet Eilperin and Peter Wallsten , The Washington Post)
In Iowa, Palin lays out economic ideas, touts herself as GOP outsider as campaign clock ticks
INDIANOLA, Iowa — Sarah Palin struck a populist tone and assailed corporate favoritism Saturday in a campaign-style speech to tea party activists. The Republican star visited the state that kicks off the GOP presidential race as the clock ticks down on her self-imposed deadline to enter it.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
STYLE
On eggshells dealing with a super-sensitive relative
A reader has a sister-in-law who gets upset at benign statements, texts or e-mails and keeps her agitation to herself for weeks.
(, The Washington Post)
Pentagon Memorial offers lesson for the living
The memorial honoring the lives lost there pushes visitors to work to figure it out — and how to relate to it.
( by Manuel Roig-Franzia , The Washington Post)
Japan is open for business
Q&A | Six months after the quake and nuclear disaster, nation is ready to welcome back tourists.
(, The Washington Post)
@Work Advice Contest
( Coming soon: We're launching a contest to find the person with the smartest, liveliest advice on navigating the workspace culture. Finalists will participate in four rounds of face-offs, with winners selected by readers and a panel of judges, including advice guru Carolyn Hax. The last columnist standing could get a four-week column published in The Washington Post Magazine. Come back to this page on Wednesday, Sept. 7 to fill out an application and read complete contest rules. , The Washington Post)
Mark Morris's 'L'Allegro'
The combines the attributes of a painter, sculptor, architect and epic poet.
(, The Washington Post)
SPORTS
Moore leads Boise State over Georgia
ATLANTA — As Boise State celebrated yet another opening victory over a marquee opponent, a blue-clad fan wandered through the mostly empty stands at the Georgia Dome, screaming to no one in particular.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Texas freshman receiver Shipley scores in debut as Longhorns beat Rice 34-9
AUSTIN, Texas — Freshman Jaxon Shipley caught a touchdown pass on a trick play and Fozzy Whittaker scored twice in the fourth quarter as Texas shook off a slow start for a 34-9 season-opening win over Rice on Saturday night.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Washington area football roundup
( Associated Press , The Washington Post)
Jones-to-Broyles connection leads No. 1 Sooners to 47-14 rout of Tulsa
NORMAN, Okla. — Tom Wort held back his tears and charged out onto Owen Field with the kind of reckless abandon his friend, Austin Box, always had when he played the game.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Northern Illinois QB Chandler Harnish throws 5 TD passes, Huskies top Army 49-26
DEKALB, Ill. — Chandler Harnish helped give new Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren a win in his debut.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
WORLD
Cuban defense minister and revolutionary dies
HAVANA — Gen. Julio Casas Regueiro, who oversaw the Cuban military's lucrative economic enterprises for years before replacing Raul Castro as defense minister, died Saturday of heart failure, state television reported. He was 75.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake shakes Vanuatu; no tsunami alert
NEW YORK — A magnitude-7.0 earthquake shook the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Plane with shipment of US emergency aid arrives in flood-stricken North Korea
PYONGYANG, North Korea — The United States has provided a small yet symbolic shipment of emergency relief items to flood-hit North Korea, in the latest sign of thawing ties between the wartime foes.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Typhoon Talas causes landslides, kills at least 15
Heavy rains and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas killed at least 15 people in Japan as the storm moved northward past the country Sunday. At least 43 others are missing, local media said.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
China seizes 13 million illegal video, music and print products in copyright crackdown
BEIJING — China says it seized about 13 million illegal video, music and print products over the past year in a campaign to tackle fakes and copyright theft.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
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
Can Municipal Waste Power Our Cars?
( by TechCrunch.com , TechCrunch.com)
BUSINESS
Who's been hurt and helped by Apple
COLUMN | Ignored in the avalanche of Steve Jobs coverage is the crushing effect his firm has had on competitors.
(, The Washington Post)
Industries face coming wave of retirement
In the past decade, the number of seniors in the labor force has grown nearly 60 percent.
( by Jason Alcorn and Jason Tomassini News21 , The Washington Post)
Stocks slip amid a wave of bad news
U.S. stocks fell last week as the Standard & Poor's 500 Index posted its biggest monthly decline in more than a year and a report showing employment stagnated in August fueled concern that the economy may slip into a recession.
(, The Washington Post)
Wal-Mart starts to turn heads in the tech world
Retail goliath's new venture might be the biggest Silicon Valley start-up you've never heard of
( by Dominic Basulto , The Washington Post)
Feds warn of small airplane terror threats just days before 9/11 anniversary
WASHINGTON — The FBI and Homeland Security have issued a nationwide warning about al-Qaida threats to small airplanes, just days before the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
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