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  • Inside Politics: Scalia critics say Justice too political last term

    Justice Antonin Scalia drew unusually critical attention during this past Supreme Court term for comments he made in court and in his writing that seemed to some more political than judicial.


  • Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg reacts after giving up three runs to the Atlanta Braves in the third inning of their game on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at Turner Field in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

    Sun burns Strasburg, Nationals

    The red jersey on Stephen Strasburg's back was practically maroon, drenched in sweat as soon as he took the mound. His movements were laborious, his breath heavy between each pitch.


  • Police: Rapper Lil Phat fatally shot near Atlanta

    Police have identified the 19-year-old man who was fatally shot outside a suburban Atlanta hospital as a rapper known as Lil Phat.


  • Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin disputes any pundit  or press claims that the tea party movement is dead or irrelevant. (Image from Jenny Beth Martin)

    Inside the Beltway: Tea party glee

    Cynical pundits who insist that the tea party is dead or irrelevant must rethink their message now that Richard Mourdock publicly credited "thousands" of devoted tea party volunteers for ensuring his defeat of Sen. Richard G. Lugar in the Indiana Republican primary Tuesday. Declarations of the grass-roots movement's demise appear premature.


  • Blaze hits backlot at Tyler Perry Atlanta studios

    The cause of a fire that ripped through a simulated streetscape at the studios of Atlanta filmmaker Tyler Perry may never be known, Atlanta fire officials said Wednesday.


  • Structure OK after blaze at Tyler Perry's studios

    The structure of a large building at filmmaker Tyler Perry's studio is fine after part of it caught fire, sending flames into the night sky, authorities said.


  • Atlanta firefighters extinguish a 4-alarm blaze at Tyler Perry Studios in southwest Atlanta on May 1, 2012. (Associated Press/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Tyler Perry: Blaze hits backlot at actor-director's Atlanta studios

    Investigators were trying Wednesday to find the cause of a fire that ripped through a simulated streetscape at Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios, sending flames soaring into the night sky.


  • The designer of a new T-shirt memorializing Andrew Breitbart says all sales profits will go to Mr. Breitbart's kin. (Photo courtesy Anthem Studios)

    Inside the Beltway: Wear Breitbart

    Now available: a new memorial T-shirt for conservative publisher and provocateur Andrew Breitbart, who died suddenly on Thursday. The "Breitbart is Here" T-shirt features his image and an additional wish: "Keep Andrew's spirit alive and help support his family."


  • Column: Why the rush to expand baseball playoffs?

    Baseball has decided that expanding the postseason is such a good idea it's going to happen a year ahead of schedule.


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