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  • Swaying to Hispanic beat on the Mall

    By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

    Maru Montero left for the United States from her home in Oaxaca, Mexico, with just one pair of dance shoes. It was a sacrifice. But now she has her own dance company and directs the National Cinco de Mayo Festival, which took place on the Mall on Sunday. Published May 5, 2013 Comments

  • HAGELIN: When the IRS targets anyone, America loses

    By Rebecca Hagelin - Special to The Washington Times

    Who knew that I would be a victim of the oppressive attacks of the IRS on people of conservative values and Christian faith. But I have, and it is a personal stinging reminder of how terribly close we are to losing all of our freedoms. Published May 19, 2013 Comments

  • American actress and activist Jane Fonda is surrounded by soldiers and reporters as she sings an anti-war song near Hanoi during the Vietnam War in July 1972. (Photograph by Associated Press)

    Communists, tyrants and rogues — and the stars who play to them

    By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

    From Hanoi Jane to Havana Jay-Z, the celebrity culture’s coziness with communists, tyrants and rogues has been at odds with U.S. foreign policy for a half-century. Published April 9, 2013 Comments

  • Where Are They Now?: Obama Girl

    By Patrick Hruby - The Washington Times

    Model and actress Amber Lee Ettinger became a national sensation when her 2007 YouTube video “Crush on Obama” tallied nearly 25 million hits, eventually landing the 29-year-old New Yorker on “Saturday Night Live.” Published October 3, 2012 Comments

  • British adventurer Felicity Aston skis across Iceland during a pre-expedition training trip. Ms. Aston plans to ski by herself across Antarctica. If she manages to complete this journey of more than 1,000 miles in late January, she'll become the first person to cross Antarctica alone under her own power. (Kaspersky One Trans-Antartic Expedition via Associated Press)

    British woman plans 70-day, 1,000-mile trek across Antartica

    By Michael Warren - Associated Press

    Reaching the end of the Earth has become almost routine these days: One hundred years after Norway’s Roald Amundsen beat Britain’s R.F. Scott to the South Pole, more than 30 teams are trying for it this year. Published November 20, 2011 Comments

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  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'Angel's Share' a crowd-pleasing heist comedy

    By The Washington Times

    The latest film from firebrand social realist Ken Loach, the story of a rare whiskey heist pulled off by a gang of Glaswegian castoffs, shows the director mellowing with age, while retaining his essential bite. Published May 18, 2013

  • Horoscopes

    By The Washington Times

    TODAY'S BIRTHDAY. You'll be near your favorite people this year, and they inspire you to be your best. You have a goal in June. You'll reduce the unknown factors in your life and find a path that's highly likely (if not guaranteed) to get you from point A to point B. August sees you celebrating a personal victory. September pays you for your talent. Virgo and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 4, 33, 39 and 4. Published May 17, 2013

  • MUSIC MAN

    By The Washington Times

    Published May 17, 2013

  • Composer John Adams making old musical forms new

    By Matthew Dicker - Special to The Washington Times

    John Adams has been one of the best known and most admired composers of the past several decades. His famously minimalist yet emotionally maximalist music has served as an aggressive repudiation of the common stereotype that classical music is a form hopelessly stuck in a past in which wealthy patrons sit silently in lavishly appointed concert halls listening to the works of composers who lived centuries ago. Published May 17, 2013

  • Get Out: The week's pocket picks in DC

    By Samantha Sault - Special to the Washington Times

    Horse Racing: 138th Preakness Stakes Exhibit: Portraits by Boris Chaliapin Festival: Dragon Boat Festival Lecture: Khaled Hosseini Fundraiser: Ryan Zimmerman's Night at the Park Published May 17, 2013

  • MOVIE REVIEW: 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

    By Peter Suderman - Special to The Washington Times

    The final frontier? Forget it. This soulless sequel to a reboot is only too happy to go where every generic sci-fi blockbuster has gone before, and not so boldly either. Published May 16, 2013

  • Burn, Barbie, burn!

    By Daniel Wattenberg - The Washington Times

    Topless German feminists on Thursday crucified and burned Barbie in a protest outside the Barbie Dreamhouse in Berlin. Published May 16, 2013

  • UPDATE: O.J. Simpson on the stand in bid for retrial

    By Linda Deutsch and Ken Ritter - Associated Press

    No longer the glamorous celebrity in an expensive suit, O.J. Simpson wore a drab prison uniform during Wednesday’s court appearance. But he ignored the impediments of leg shackles and handcuffs, settled back in the witness chair and talked his heart out for five hours trying to convince a judge he had been wrongly convicted. Published May 15, 2013

  • Astronaut covers David Bowie classic 'Space Oddity' ... from International Space Station

    By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

    In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” It’s believed to be the first music video made in space, according to NASA. Published May 13, 2013

  • Networks hope to repeat success of 'The Bible' with lavish new miniseries, including '24' reboot

    By Daniel Wattenberg - The Washington Times

    The networks, in their wisdom, have determined that the reason the five-part compilation of Bible stories from erstwhile reality TV mogul Mark Burnett (“Survivor,” “The Apprentice”) was a historic smash for cable network History was — but of course! — its miniseries format. Published May 13, 2013

  • Present in spirit: A daughter's Mother's Day reflections on an eternal bond

    By Kristin Clark Taylor - Special to the Washington Times

    Mother's Day, for me, while still poignant and bittersweet, is a powerful reminder of the fact that our moms don't ever really leave us — even after they've left us. They stick around and watch us grow, and they smile from somewhere (happy in heaven, I'm sure) when we bring more children into the world. Published May 10, 2013

  • GET OUT: The week's pocket picks in D.C.

    By Samantha Sault - Special to the Washington Times

    HORSE RACING: Secretariat film screening and benefit COCKTAILS: D.C. toasts the Black Mixology Club HORTICULTURE: World Bonsai Day CONCERT: Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival GALA: ZooFari Published May 10, 2013

  • Aging O.J. Simpson set to testify in open court in bid for retrial

    By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

    O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case. Simpson’s testimony in open court will offer a first look at the aging 65-year-old former football star since he was handcuffed and sent to prison more than four years ago. Published May 10, 2013

  • Muslim group sues to ban Christian Action Network book, quash claims of terror training

    By Michael Virtanen - Associated Press

    A Muslim group is accusing a Christian organization of defamation for publishing a book that accuses the Muslim collective of holding terrorist training in its enclaves. The Christian Action Network refuses to back down, challenging Muslims of America Inc. to prove the allegations wrong in an upstate New York court. Published May 10, 2013

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