Topic - Labor Day (Us)

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  7th season of 'Mother' reveals ... something

  The mysteries that surround the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" extend to co-creator Craig Thomas' office on the Fox studio lot.

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  Va. Senate panel kills repeal of 'Kings Dominion' law

  A bill to repeal a mandate that Virginia schools open after Labor Day failed to make it out of Senate committee Thursday morning.

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  Va. House advances repeal of HPV mandate

  The Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a bill repealing a mandate that young girls receive a vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is known to cause cervical cancer, before they enter the sixth grade.

• Inside Politics

  The House Republican campaign chairman, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, has been notified that he received a discounted mortgage from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp.

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  City State: Morning Roundup

  Md. assembly session likely busy, defining for O'Malley; Metro proposes fare increases; D.C. eliminating free handicap parking; Md. assembly again will address death penalty issue; O'Malley to propose record school construction spending; McDonnell wants school to start before Labor Day; McDonnell urges Bolling, Cuccinelli to talk; No absentee ballots until judge rules on Perry suit.

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  Virginia governor highlights education initiatives

  Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's education initiatives for kindergarten though 12th grade are likely to draw some bipartisan support in the coming General Assembly session — but they also have given out-of-power Democrats a toehold for their new role as the effective minority party.

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  Bachmann defies poll forecasts

  If Michele Bachmann's campaign is running on fumes, as the polls seem to suggest, you'd never know it from the crowd of supporters and journalists that filled four shops in West Des Moines Monday afternoon to catch a glimpse of her.

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  No rest for the weary as post-Christmas rush to stores begins

  Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the crunch time of last-minute Christmas shopping are past, but retailers say they anticipate an equally busy Monday as shoppers take advantage of the three-day holiday weekend.

• New polls find uptick in Obama approval

  President Obama's job-approval rating has improved in several polls released this week, coinciding with his push for policies that he says will help the middle class.

• Movie audiences shrink below post-Sept. 11 level

  Hollywood's holidays are off to a dreadful start: Fewer people went to the movies the last two weekends than during the box-office hush that followed the Sept. 11 attacks 10 years ago.

• Hollywood's holidays start glumly with bad weekend

  The holiday spirit is eluding Hollywood, which has stumbled through its worst two weekends of 2011 at a time when business usually starts to pick up as big year-end releases approach.

• Suspensions open the door for others to land new roles with Redskins

  Willie Smith has been on the Washington Redskins' 53-man roster since final cuts Labor Day weekend, though you'd never know it from watching their games.

• AP: Baltimore may drop Grand Prix contract

  Officials threatened Monday to terminate the city's five-year contract with organizers of the Baltimore Grand Prix if the group doesn't restructure and pay its debts to the city and vendors.

• Andy Rooney: Each Sunday he looked at the everyday

  It would be interesting to know what Andy Rooney would say now about the great beyond.

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  Terps see season of promise slipping away

  The end of October was a welcome time for the Maryland football program at this time a year ago. The drudgery of a woebegone 2-10 season was seemingly shoved into the past for good as the Terrapins celebrated bowl eligibility and the possibility of good times ahead.

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