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    Koran burning canceled after pastor, imam talk
    Church leader says Florida imam led him to believe construction of N.Y. Islamic center would stop if Koran burning event was canceled.
    U.S. blundered into 9/11 snare
    | Goal of terrorist attacks is to goad a vastly more powerful enemy into an excessive response.
    A quandary in corruption fight
    U.S. effort to increase Afghan capacity to combat corruption has had unintended consequences.
    Mexico wary of Calif. pot vote
    Embattled authorities worry about effect that legalization would have on their side of drug war.
    It's time for the Senate to vote on New START
    The Senate should promptly vote to approve the new START treaty.
    A way past the terrorist detention gridlock
    Now is the right time to resolve our terrorist detention quandry.
    Judge in California rules on military's ban on openly gay service members
    A federal judge in California said Thursday that the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members violates the Constitution, the most recent in a string of court rulings overturning restrictions on the rights of the country's gay men and lesbians.
    Calif. to vote on legalizing marijuana
    OAKLAND, CALIF. - For those who have long argued that smoking marijuana should not be a crime, a potentially historic turning point is just weeks away.
    U.S. wants to buy 1st printing of reservist's memoir
    The Defense Department is attempting to buy the entire first printing - 10,000 copies - of a memoir by a controversial former Defense Intelligence Agency officer so that the book can be destroyed, according to military and other sources.
    Government agencies make plans to reduce federal carbon footprint in next decade
    The Pentagon says it will design energy-efficient weapons systems -- and the Navy will build a carrier strike group of nuclear ships powered by biofuel.
    D.C. wires the Mall with free WiFi access
    Visitors to the Mall can power up their computers for the first time, now that outdoor "hotspots" cover the area from Third Street on the east side to 14th Street on the west. The Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art also are connected.
    The Federal Coach: Maximizing learning opportunities helps young, veteran employees
    The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post's On Leadership site jointly produce the Federal Coach, hosted by Tom Fox, director of the partnership's Center for Government Leadership. The goal is to "engage, inspire and learn from you, the federal worker, whether you are a...
    U.S. effort to help Afghanistan fight corruption has complicated ties
    In the span of several months, U.S.-backed investigative teams have assembled alarming evidence of rampant corruption in Afghanistan and the extent to which it reaches the highest ranks of that nation's government.
    Racked by drug violence, Mexico wary of Calif. vote on legalizing marijuana
    TIJUANA, MEXICO - To embattled authorities here, where heavily armed soldiers patrol the streets and more than 500 people have been killed this year, marijuana is a poisonous weed that enriches death-dealing cartel bosses who earn huge profits smuggling the product north.
    4 Iraqi detainees escape from U.S. custody in Baghdad
    BAGHDAD - In an embarrassing and potentially dangerous foul-up, four Iraqi detainees with alleged links to the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq escaped from U.S. custody at a Baghdad detention facility lateWednesday.
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    Lawmakers from Virginia vow to fight Defense Department cuts
    Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and members of Virginia's congressional delegation vowed Thursday to fight Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates's decisions to shutter the Joint Forces Command, a military installation in Hampton Roads, and to slash the Pentagon's military contracting budget by 10 percent a...
    Apple finally lays out App Store rules - and makes clear it's still in charge
    Apple is still keeping tight control over the universe of programs for the iPhone. But at least it's shedding a little more light on why some apps make it and others get left out.
    Obama should call a truce with Wall Street
    We need to call a truce between Main Street and Wall Street.
    Steelworkers union targets China on green-energy exports
    The United Steelworkers union launched a broad challenge Thursday against what it alleges is illegal support for China's growing dominance in the renewable energy industry. The move targets China's practices in a sector that President Obama has said is central to U.S. economic renewal.
    Republican Voinovich of Ohio to back small-business incentives in Senate bill
    Retiring Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) said he plans to help push a package of small-business incentives through the Senate next week, a move that would give President Obama and congressional Democrats a key victory on the economy in the final weeks before the November midterm elections.
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    Will gay marriage decision cost Iowa justices their jobs?
    Judicial elections have a long history of being expensive and combative affairs in states that hold head-to-head races. Iowa is not one of them. It appoints its judges. That’s what makes a political battle over three state Supreme Court seats this year so unusual.
    The buying and selling of legal marijuana
    Of the 14 states with medical marijuana laws on the books, half of them leave unresolved the question of how patients are supposed to get the seeds to grow their plants. Some state governments, which once were reticent to allow dispensaries, have started to reconsider.
    Should hunting, fishing be constitutional rights?
    TODAY'S TAKE: Four states have measures on the ballot this year that would enshrine the right to fish and hunt in their state constitutions. Some question whether the proposals are necessary.
    VT: Democratic recount wraps up today; Shumlin maintains lead
    With 12 counties — all but Chittenden and Windsor — reporting results from a recount of the Democratic gubernatorial primary ballots, Doug Racine has yet to see enough change in vote tallies to overtake Peter Shumlin and reverse the outcome of the election.
    OH: The most important governor's race? Why top politicians are flocking to Ohio
    HANOVERTON, Ohio -- The party that controls the Ohio governor's mansion can have an impact on presidential elections, so the race is seeing a jolt of high-profile endorsements as the candidates try to place blame over the state's job losses.
    NM: GOP group gives $500K to Martinez campaign
    The Republican Governors Association has pumped $500,000 into the campaign of the New Mexico GOP's gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez's campaign — a contribution that could be interpreted as the national GOP's belief they have a good chance of winning here in November.
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