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On Thursday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said he expects criminal charges will be brought in an investigation of misconduct by a state lab chemist who admitted faking drug sample results, forging signatures and skipping proper procedures.
On Thursday, the two presidential candidates campaigned in the same state for the third straight day, this time in Virginia, a critical battleground. Mitt Romney appeared near Washington, while President Obama spoke in Virginia Beach.
Flashing a diagram showing the progress Iran has made, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was getting "late, very late" to stop Iran.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya was a terrorist attack. Panetta says now the investigation is focused on exactly who was behind the violence that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Scientists say NASA's newest Mars rover has found signs that a stream once flowed across the surface near the site where it landed.
During his speech at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb by next summer and urged the world the draw a clear "red line" to stop it in its tracks.
The NFL's regular officiating crews are back, and Commissioner Roger Goodell has apologized to the fans who fretted about the replacements the last three weeks. “You never want to see a game end on a controversial play,” Goodell said of the call that ended the Seattle-Green Bay game Monday night.
Speaking in Virginia Beach, Va., President Obama said during a campaign rally that he will fight to create jobs and better schools for all Americans, not just those who vote for him.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month is "a very exciting new product" and "a very big deal" for the world's largest software maker.
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Romney slams Obama on proposed military cuts
British bookshops opened their doors early on Thursday for the U.K. launch of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling's long-anticipated first book for adults, "The Casual Vacancy."
Those political ads bombarding local TV airwaves do not land there without careful screening. The president and general manager of WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Va. breaks down how political spots make it to air. And why he watches every one.
Lil Wayne returned to New Orleans, his hometown, for the opening of the Trukstop skate park in the Lower 9th Ward, one of the most devastated sections of the city after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
British Prime Minister David Cameron says he can get along well with Republicans and Democrats. Cameron, who's in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, appeared on Late Show with David Letterman.
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Capitals star Alex Ovechkin recorded an assist and shootout goal to propel KHL’s Dynamo Moscow to a 3-2 win over Ak Bars Kazan on Wednesday. Ovechkin will play for Dynamo Moscow during the NHL lockout.
The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe reports from Ohio where he is winding down his tour of five congressional districts in five days.
At a gala screening of “The Perks of Being A Wallflower” in London, actress Emma Watson talks about her first major film role since leaving the “Harry Potter” franchise.
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The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe reports from Ohio where he is winding down his tour of five congressional districts in five days.
Violinist Bill Hassay, Jr. of Baltimore, Md. has been playing at the corner of Wisconsin and M streets NW on and off since 1978. According to him, the neighborhood has barely changed in the intervening years.
The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe reports from Pennsylvania where he’s observing the presidential campaigns’ ground games in the battleground state.
The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe reports from the road in Pennsylvania where his trip through five congressional districts in five days has begun.
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The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake presents four of the stand-out ads of the 2012 campaign cycle.
The Washington Post’s Felicia Sonmez reports on the latest presidential race poll numbers in Ohio.
The Washington Post’s Felicia Sonmez reports on how Paul Ryan’s signage changes from place to place, but his stump speech remains the same.
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The Fact Checker gives four Pinocchiosto to the Romney campaign for a line of attack against Obama this week.
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Artist JoJo Fekwa paints and sells his work on different street corners in Washington, D.C. He wants to bring the vibe of Paris to D.C. through public art.
The Washington Post’s Sean Sullivan looks at two key numbers for the Obama and Rommey campaigns’ efforts to capture the Latino vote. Both candidates will appear (separately) in a Univision forum this week.
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