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Record heat index? You don't want to be there
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:“Capt. Jack” writes: “I saw a heat index of 126 for Iowa… Is that a record? What’s the heat index record high for this part of the country?” According to Wikipedia, a report from Dhahran,...Tags: Iowa, Amy Davis
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Why Is Gas So Expensive?
KickingTiresGas prices hit the $4-per-gallon mark in Southern California and Chicago this weekend, and the national average price for a gallon regular unleaded breached the $3.50 mark, according to AAA. Prices for 2011 were already supposed to be some of......Tags: Facebook, Commodity Markets, Manufacturing and Engineering, Trips and Vacations, Minor League Baseball
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Sarah Palin: 'Cap and tax dead end'
The Swampby Mark Silva Here's a newspaper that Sarah Palin might like to read: Palin, the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in 2008 who wasn't immediately able to name any of the newspapers that she read during a campaign television interview......Tags: Alaska, Republican Party, Natural Resources, Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Policy
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Obama's Cairo address: Writer-in-chief
The Swampby Christi Parsons He sat with his legs crossed in an armchair in the Oval Office, his brow furrowed. Aides clustered on the couches around him. They could see black scratch marks all over their proposal for the most sensitive......Tags: White House, Heads of State, Qur'an, Civil Unrest, Religious Texts
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Obama's Ramadan dinner: Big crowd
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 9:40 pm EDT President Barack Obama's White House seder was a small affair for family and friends. Tonight's Ramadan dinner was a big one: Cabinet members -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Attorney General......Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, White House, Diplomacy, Lawyers, Indiana
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Travel, Obama, travel: GOP's postcards
The Swampby Mark Silva As the president prepares for another international trip, while pressing for passage of a "cap and trade'' energy bill back home, the Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee are preparing to send some postcards. No stamps......Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Republican Party, Diplomacy, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Massachusetts
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Kia's New Sedan Debuts in Saudi Arabia
KickingTiresDubbed the Cadenza, Kia???s future sedan, which replaces the Amanti in the U.S. in late 2010 as a 2011 model, will debut at the Riyadh Motor Show in Saudi Arabia next month. In the video above, which is not available......Tags: Auto Shows, Passenger Cars, New York, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
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Nobel laureate's lint remover: First lady
The Swampby Mark Silva Behind every successful man (In Saudi Arabia and Japan, perhaps), there stands a successful woman. But she stands in front of the man (from the United States, in this case) when there's lint on the lapel of......Tags: Norway, Government, Awards and Prizes, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama
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Global war, no, failed states, yes
The Swampby Mark Silva There is no "global war on terrorism.'' That's the first thing that Anthony Cordesman, a seasoned expert on national security, has to say about the failed Christmas Day bomb-attempt on a U.S.-bound airliner. Inasmuch as we've had......Tags: Jon Stewart, Wetlands, Civil Unrest, Europe, Diplomacy
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9/11 Comm. leader: 'Flaws' need fixing
The Swampby Mark Silva Lee Hamilton, vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission that spawned a new organization for U.S. intelligence-gathering, says the failure to detect a known threat boarding a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day with explosives is a sign of......Tags: White House, Lyndon B. Johnson, Indiana, Air and Space Accidents, Pakistan
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May, we remember, here in The Swamp
The Swampby Mark Silva May we remember. It was May 1, 2006, when our good friend and erstwhile teammate Frank James, who forever will deserve credit as the father of The Swamp, posted in these e-pages on the Whte House Correspondents'......Tags: White House, Iowa, Wetlands, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mike Huckabee
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Could Afghanistan Become a 'Saudi Arabia' for EVs?
KickingTiresThe Pentagon and the government of Afghanistan are trumpeting the discovery of vast, untapped mineral deposits that could provide an economic backbone for the impoverished, war-torn country. Dry salt lakes in western Afghanistan may also be home to one...Tags: Heads of State, Vehicles, Economy, Business and Finance, Metal and Mineral, The New York Times
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