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  • Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire in surprise move

    Intel CEO Paul Otellini dropped a bombshell on the company's board of directors last week, telling them in private that he plans to retire from the world's largest maker of microprocessors in May. Otellini's move comes at a time when Intel faces a shaky economy and a mobile gadget craze that is eating away at demand for its PC chips _and it gives the company just six months to find a new leader.


  • Illustration: Fedzilla by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    NUGENT: Our financial house is a disaster

    One of my greatest pleasures is causing the noggins of fuzzy-headed simpletons to spin 'round and 'round. It is the definition of efficiency, as it simply takes a statement of truth and logic to set them off.


  • Sen. Jamie Raskin, Montgomery Democrat, speaks during a debate on possible amendments to a gay marriage bill in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Senate approved the bill Thursday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

    Wedding planners in Maryland await calls from same-sex couples

    The marriage proposal in August from his longtime partner was a surprise for Harford County resident Stephen Formwalt. Tuesday's affirmation of the law giving gay Marylanders the right to marry was just the icing on the wedding cake.


  • Michael Savage

    DECKER: 5 Questions with Michael Savage

    Michael Savage is one of the most influential conservative voices in America. His groundbreaking radio show, "The Savage Nation," is the third-largest program in the country with over 10 million listeners.


  • **FILE** President Obama (left) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walk past each other onstage Oct. 22, 2012, at the end of the final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. (Associated Press)

    Leaning left or right, red or blue? Answer may be in your genes

    That vote you're about to cast may have been set in motion long ago — going all the way back to your birth and early years, when your genes and your developing brain helped determine whether you leaned conservative or liberal and how strongly you tilted that way.


  • Crash kills Suicide Silence singer Mitchell Lucker

    Mitchell Lucker, frontman for the death-metal band rising star Suicide Silence, died Thursday of injuries in a Southern California motorcycle crash. He was 28.


  • Voters line up at the Downtown West location in Knoxville, Tenn., to cast their early voting ballot on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Early voting in Tennessee ends on Thursday with the general election occurring on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Bruce Carillon)

    Campaigns lawyered up for election overtime chance

    Legions of lawyers are ready to enter the fray in case Election Day turns on a legal challenge. One nightmare scenario would be for the results in a battleground state like Florida or Ohio to be too close to call, with thousands of absentee or provisional ballots yet to be counted.


  • Vietnam refugees share their stories

    The knock came at night more than 30 years ago. Hugo Van, then a young man, had a chance to flee newly communist Vietnam and walk to freedom.


  • California Gov. Jerry Brown makes a point while speaking in support of Proposition 30 at an elementary school Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, in San Diego. Proposition 30 would boost the state sales tax by a quarter cent for four years and raise income taxes for seven years on those who make more than $250,000 annually. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

    California governor takes risk with proposal to raise taxes

    There's something cruel yet comical in the way that California voters continually elect Democrats and then forbid them from raising taxes.


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