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Obama gains over Romney in Post-ABC News poll
President Obama has an edge over Mitt Romney in a hypothetical general election matchup, boosted by improved public confidence in Obama's economic stewardship.
(By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen)
Super Bowl 2012: Giants beat Patriots 21-17
Eli Manning orchestrates another winning drive in fourth quarter, New York stops New England quarterback Tom Brady in the final seconds to secure title.
(By Mark Maske)
For Romney, question time is over
Mitt Romney's campaign has pivoted from town hall meetings to 15-minute stump speeches at made-for-TV rallies as the candidate begins to claim the mantle of presumptive nominee.
(By Philip Rucker)
Explosion at Wash. home kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 young sons
Authorities say it appears Josh Powell deliberately blew up a house after a social worker brought his two young sons for visitation, killing them all.
(By Associated Press)
K Street: Route of all evil, or just the main drag?
K Street may no longer actually be the heart of Washington's influence-peddling industry, but it's still holds a central (if dull) place in D.C.'s landscape.
(By Dan Zak)
NATION
Diesel report's publication delayed as industry demands to see documents first
Publication of a landmark government study probing whether diesel engine exhaust causes lung cancer in miners — already 20 years in the making — has been delayed by industry and congressional insistence on seeing study data and documents before the public does.
( by Jim Morris , The Washington Post)
Obama may pick Lute for European command
Retired general who serves as 'war czar' could get plum assignment; but selection could ruffle feathers at the Pentagon.
( by Greg Jaffe , The Washington Post)
Virginia county says no to more gas drilling
The rejection in Rockingham County was yet another hard knock against companies trying to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale closest to Washington.
( by Darryl Fears In BERGTON, Va. , The Washington Post)
U.S. weighs shift of tactics in Afghanistan
The U.S. military plans a greater role for Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts its emphasis to training Afghan forces and raids to kill insurgent leaders.
( by Greg Jaffe , The Washington Post)
The Afghanistan endgame's bumpy start
As efforts leading to a U.S. withdrawal begin, revelations about plans already in motion have marred efforts to build a coherent plan.
( by Karen DeYoung , The Washington Post)
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METRO
Jerry Gray, WAMU bluegrass host, is dead at 78
Gerald Poulsen, the twangy WAMU-FM radio host known on air as Jerry Gray, whose popular shows helped make the Washington station one of the nation's principal broadcast outlets for bluegrass music over three decades, died Feb. 2 at a hospice facility in Roanoke.
( by Emily Langer , The Washington Post)
At Freedom Plaza, a different dynamic
U.S. Park Police swept through the Occupy D.C. camp at Freedom Plaza on Sunday and made one arrest in a scene that was far less contentious than the raid the day before on McPherson Square.
( by Katherine Driessen , The Washington Post)
Va. man is highest-ranking officer to die in Afghanistan
Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner of Fairfax County on Friday became the highest ranking officer to die in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said.
( by Michael Alison Chandler , The Washington Post)
Misprints that amuse and amaze
Hide your dictionaries. It's time for another typo roundup.
(, The Washington Post)
Fairfax County supervisors holding retreat
Board members say they are looking forward to informal discussions of issues brought up by the county's growth.
( by Fredrick Kunkle , The Washington Post)
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POLITICS
Obama gains over Romney in Post-ABC News poll
President Obama has an edge over Mitt Romney in a hypothetical general election matchup, boosted by improved public confidence in Obama's economic stewardship.
( by Dan Balz and Jon Cohen , The Washington Post)
Rare 1961 tape shows how Malcolm X's views evolved
The audiotape of the address might never have surfaced at all if a Brown University student hadn't stumbled across a reference to it in an old student newspaper.
( by David Klepper , The Washington Post)
For Romney, question time is over
Mitt Romney's campaign has pivoted from town hall meetings to 15-minute stump speeches at made-for-TV rallies as the candidate begins to claim the mantle of presumptive nominee.
( by Philip Rucker , The Washington Post)
Fairfax County supervisors holding retreat
Board members say they are looking forward to informal discussions of issues brought up by the county's growth.
( by Fredrick Kunkle , The Washington Post)
For GOP candidates, February lull a time to regroup
The GOP race for the presidential nomination is entering a quieter phase — until Super Tuesday — unlikely to carry the twists and turns of early winter.
( by Sandhya Somashekhar , The Washington Post)
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STYLE
Carolyn Hax: Stepmother ignores husband's children
Sisters say their father's wife won't even acknowledge their presence when in the same room.
(, The Washington Post)
When it comes to online dating, you can click and click, and not click
A new analysis of 400 academic studies shows that romantic chemistry isn't an exact science.
( by Ellen McCarthy , The Washington Post)
Music from refined hearts
Passionate and refined are words that perfectly characterized the playing of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Wolf Trap.
( by Joan Reinthaler , The Washington Post)
K Street: Route of all evil, or just the main drag?
K Street may no longer actually be the heart of Washington's influence-peddling industry, but it's still holds a central (if dull) place in D.C.'s landscape.
( by Dan Zak , The Washington Post)
Music Review
The Tchaikovsky St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra performance at George Mason on Saturday proved it to be a decent mid-level orchestra.
( by Joan Reinthaler , The Washington Post)
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SPORTS
TV and radio listings: Feb. 6
(, The Washington Post)
Manning, Coughlin do it again
They do not get the accolades of Bill Belichick, Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, but they have won two Super Bowls together in remarkable fashion.
(, The Washington Post)
The Couch Slouch Super Bowl journal
Live from his sofa, Norman Chad takes you minute-by-minute from the start of the pregame show to the final play.
(, The Washington Post)
Super Bowl 2012: Giants beat Patriots 21-17
Eli Manning orchestrates another winning drive in fourth quarter, New York stops New England quarterback Tom Brady in the final seconds to secure title.
( by Mark Maske , The Washington Post)
Central's Morgan finds a way to score
MORE THAN A GAME | Central senior Kendeedra Morgan leads the area in scoring at 26.8 points per game despite face plenty of attention from defenses.
( by Toni L. Sandys , The Washington Post)
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WORLD
Obama may pick Lute for European command
Retired general who serves as 'war czar' could get plum assignment; but selection could ruffle feathers at the Pentagon.
( by Greg Jaffe , The Washington Post)
In birthplace of Syria's uprising, a fragile military control
Residents of Daraa, in southern Syria, are muted but undeterred by the heavy government security presence.
( by Alice Fordham , The Washington Post)
Expats lured by Brazil's booming economy
Brazil has become South America's economic heart, and young foreigners are making the leap.
( by Juan Forero , The Washington Post)
U.S. weighs shift of tactics in Afghanistan
The U.S. military plans a greater role for Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts its emphasis to training Afghan forces and raids to kill insurgent leaders.
( by Greg Jaffe , The Washington Post)
The Afghanistan endgame's bumpy start
As efforts leading to a U.S. withdrawal begin, revelations about plans already in motion have marred efforts to build a coherent plan.
( by Karen DeYoung , The Washington Post)
More World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post
EDITORIAL
Preparedness is not cheap
Cuts would put the U.S. on a dangerous path.
( by Gordon England , The Washington Post)
Silencing the opposition
Turkey's judicial system is being subverted.
( by Kemal Kılıçdaroglu , The Washington Post)
The court's catastrophe
Justices did not think through 'Citizens United.'
(, The Washington Post)
Uncharted territory
Crises harder to resolve in new global economy.
(, The Washington Post)
'Back of the line'? What line?
In the debate over illegal immigration, a convenient fiction obscures the truth.
(, The Washington Post)
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BUSINESS
Start-up guru aims to build investment fund
A serial entrepreneur is building a consulting and investment venture that would connect local, early-stage technology firms to investors.
( by J.D. Harrison , The Washington Post)
For black women, a commitment to aid family
Across the country, black women bear a heavier responsibility for family and friends than their white counterparts, even as they struggle to emerge from an economic downturn that has hit them harder.
( by Ylan Q. Mui and Chris L. Jenkins , The Washington Post)
Get the growth, then the debt reduction
Congress faces a stark choice between growth and deficits. Lawmakers can do nothing and watch the deficit mostly vanish. Or they can act and watch the debt mount. Happily, the situation is not quite so dire.
(, The Washington Post)
U.S. deals favoring blind draw scrutiny as rivals struggle
Angela Meredith, who is legally blind, says she owes her job to a U.S. government program that reserves contracts for disabled workers.
( by David Lerman and Nick Taborek , The Washington Post)
Building a business built on intelligence
There's a lot of start-ups like Thermopylae around Washington, but the interesting part of this story is Clark's career path before going into business for himself, parts of which sound like something straight out of a Tom Clancy novel.
(, The Washington Post)
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