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Obama gains a victory on free-trade agreements
Congress approved long-stalled trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, the most significant expansion of trade relations in nearly two decades.
(By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Lori Montgomery)
Romney seen as the 'inevitable candidate'
People across the GOP grow more accepting of Mitt Romney as the party's standard-bearer.
(By Philip Rucker and Perry Bacon Jr.)
Smuggled Libyan weapons flood into Egypt
Authorities say surface-to-air missiles are among the Libyan arms turning up in the Sinai peninsula.
(By Leila Fadel)
Rife with foreclosures, banks turn to demolition
Some of the largest financial firms are giving away abandoned properties so they can be destroyed.
(By Brady Dennis)
Naked mole rat genome may point way to long, healthy life
Researchers have unraveled the genome of the naked mole rat, a weird, long-lived creature whose most unusual feature is its resistance to cancer.
(By David Brown)
NATION
An uncharacteristically clumsy plot
U.S. officials owned up to their own early doubts about an Iranian role in an alleged assassination scheme as they sought to counter wider skepticism.
( by Joby Warrick and Thomas Erdbrink , The Washington Post)
Greener medical products demanded
Hospitals and health systems are organizing the industry's vast purchasing power to push for greener medical products.
( by Lena H. Sun , The Washington Post)
Plot suspect recalled as upbeat about finances
An old friend remembers Mansour Arbabsiar — the man accused of conspiring to kill the Saudi ambassador — with lots of cash in hand, the picture of optimism, during an August encounter in Iran's Kurdistan province.
( by Peter Finn and Julie Tate , The Washington Post)
Guilty plea in underwear bomb plot
Nigerian man tried to bring down an international flight over Detroit in '09.
( by Ed White , The Washington Post)
Nominee wants normal trade status for Russia
Mike McFaul, the nominee for ambassador to Russia, says Congress must terminate a law that prevents full and normalized trade relations with Moscow.
(, The Washington Post)
METRO
D.C., Md., VA. health code violations
Food establishments that were closed because of health code violations
(, The Washington Post)
Alexandria and Arlington animal watch
Cases handled Sept. 26-28 by the Animal Welfare leagues of Alexandria and Arlington County.
(, The Washington Post)
Things to do in Arlington and Alexandria
Pumpkin sale, scary movie festival, exhibits and other events Oct. 13-20 in Alexandria and Arlington.
(, The Washington Post)
Crime report for Alexandria and Arlington
Incidents occurring Sept. 18-Oct. 6 reported by police in Northern Virginia.
(, The Washington Post)
Healthy things to do Oct. 13-20
Discussion about Crohn's disease; walking groups; lymphedema awareness lecture; and other physical activities for the Arlington and Alexandria area.
(, The Washington Post)
POLITICS
Tax preparers brace for new IRS rules, fees
The tax-preparation industry will have to meet new requirements for preparers, who currently require no licensing or other certification..
( by Patrick Temple-West , The Washington Post)
Romney seen as the 'inevitable candidate'
People across the GOP grow more accepting of Mitt Romney as the party's standard-bearer.
( by Philip Rucker and Perry Bacon Jr. , The Washington Post)
D.C. Council questions reinterpretation of tax
The District has forgone about $15 million in property taxes since 2007, when the city finance office quietly reinterpreted a law.
( by Mike DeBonis , The Washington Post)
Justices weigh strip-searches v. privacy rights
The Supreme Court had trouble drawing a boundary for how intimately corrections officials may search those entering a jail without violating constitutional rights of privacy.
( by Robert Barnes , The Washington Post)
Landscaper's offer to D.C. sparks dispute
A landscaping firm has offered to settle with the District, but the city administration found the offer inappropriate and forwarded it to the city's Attorney General's Office.
( by Nikita Stewart , The Washington Post)
STYLE
An uneasy housing arrangement
A woman is wondering how to live together with her husband's grown daughter.
(, The Washington Post)
Bolshoi buffed for reopening
After a long, expensive and painstaking renovation, the Bolshoi Theatre is about to reopen in Moscow.
( by Kathy Lally , The Washington Post)
Coming over to America's table
State dinner gives us a chance to show the world that we get it.
( by Monica Hesse , The Washington Post)
Up close with spiders and snakes
In South Africa, a festival lets kids and adults explore the world of animals.
(, The Washington Post)
TV: 'Last Man Standing' has last laugh on critics
Tim Allen's new "manly man" sitcom is the biggest hit of the new season, contrary to the expectations of TV critics.
(, The Washington Post)
SPORTS
Cardinals outlast Brewers in Game 3
St. Louis jumps to a four-run lead in the first inning, escapes several jams and emerges with a 2-1 lead over Milwaukee in the NLCS.
( by Dave Sheinin , The Washington Post)
Rangers push Tigers to the brink
Nelson Cruz and Mike Napoli extinguish the Tigers in the 11th inning of Game 4 of the ALCS to put Texas one win away from the World Series.
( by Adam Kilgore , The Washington Post)
TV and radio listings: October 13
(, The Washington Post)
Grossman won't let critics sack him
After years of handling detractors he knows how to deal with criticism and focus on his goals.
( by Rick Maese , The Washington Post)
Uncertainty for Maryland as season nears
Days before the official start of practice, Coach Mark Turgeon and Maryland still don't know whether Alex Len, the 7-foot-1 Ukrainian center whose signing represented such promise, will be eligible.
( by Liz Clarke , The Washington Post)
WORLD
An uncharacteristically clumsy plot
U.S. officials owned up to their own early doubts about an Iranian role in an alleged assassination scheme as they sought to counter wider skepticism.
( by Joby Warrick and Thomas Erdbrink , The Washington Post)
Bhutan's modern 'Dragon King' weds his longtime girlfriend
Bhutan's "Dragon King," its charming, American- and British-educated and immensely popular monarch, marries his longtime girlfriend, kicking off three days of celebration.
( by Simon Denyer , The Washington Post)
Alleged plot stirs old Mideast rivalries
The alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington serves as a stark reminder that old Middle East rivalries and conspiracies are very much alive.
( by Liz Sly , The Washington Post)
Guilty plea in underwear bomb plot
Nigerian man tried to bring down an international flight over Detroit in '09.
( by Ed White , The Washington Post)
Smuggled Libyan weapons flood into Egypt
Authorities say surface-to-air missiles are among the Libyan arms turning up in the Sinai peninsula.
( by Leila Fadel , 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
iPhone's Siri shows off her sense of humor
Reviewers love the iPhone 4S's smart personal assistant.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
BlackBerry outages spread to the U.S.
Research in Motion's BlackBerry outages have spread to the U.S.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
iOS 5 goes live, servers creaking
Apple's servers are trying to keep up with demand for its software upgrades.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
Sony faces security breach, TV recalls
Approximately 93,000 customers on the PlayStation Network, Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment may have had their accounts accessed by an outside party.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
Linear Technology Tops Apple in Most Profitable Company Ranking
Forget Apple Inc. The most profitable large company in the U.S. is Linear Technology Corp.
( by Xu Wang Bloomberg News , Bloomberg)
EDITORIAL
The Keystone Iranians
Why such a crude assassination plot?
(, The Washington Post)
Europe needs a growth agenda
Solving current crisis won't resolve core problems.
(, The Washington Post)
Enter Occupy Wall St.
Conservatives should hope this protest expands.
(, The Washington Post)
The threat from Iran
The U.S. should respond firmly to a credible, diabolical plot.
( by Editorial , The Washington Post)
Cain's deceptive tax plan
Good for the wealthy, bad for the poor.
( by Editorial , The Washington Post)
BUSINESS
Fed divided on policy direction
Fed officials are deeply divided over the direction of U.S. monetary policy, according to minutes of the central bank's last policy meeting.
( by Neil Irwin , The Washington Post)
Obama gains a victory on free-trade agreements
Congress approved long-stalled trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, the most significant expansion of trade relations in nearly two decades.
( by Zachary A. Goldfarb and Lori Montgomery , The Washington Post)
SEC reviews plan for 'swaps' regulation
The seemingly mundane proposal raises questions about the way the Securities and Exchange Commission will execute its mission to overhaul Wall Street.
( by David S. Hilzenrath , The Washington Post)
Harrisburg, Pa., files for bankruptcy
Mayor refused to sign the filing and called it illegal after the papers were signed by a member of the city council instead.
( by Michael A. Fletcher , The Washington Post)
Rife with foreclosures, banks turn to demolition
Some of the largest financial firms are giving away abandoned properties so they can be destroyed.
( by Brady Dennis in Cleveland , The Washington Post)
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