Man nabbed smuggling endangered baby Bengal tiger across U.S.-Mexico border
Two men tried to smuggle a Bengal tiger cub into the U.S. from Mexico this week, claiming it was just a house cat.
Republicans are convinced that voters could be excited about the GOP-passed tax cuts, if only they would focus on them.
SharesAn Aug. 3 editorial titled “The tax woman cometh” misattributed an analysis of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax plan. The analysis should have been attributed to the Tax Foundation.
SharesTwo men tried to smuggle a Bengal tiger cub into the U.S. from Mexico this week, claiming it was just a house cat.
SharesThe recent fiscal crisis has opened a major rift between the tea party wing of the Republican Party and business groups that traditionally have backed Republicans, with many business leaders now vowing to counter insurgent candidates.
SharesA media campaign is underway to malign a cleaner, cheaper challenger to gasoline's virtual monopoly on transportation fuel. If it succeeds, this campaign will deprive American drivers of the next generation of high-octane, energy-efficient vehicles, and subject all of us to ever increasing levels of toxic air pollution.
SharesStocks and the euro are falling as worries about Europe dragged down financial markets. Energy companies fell hard as the price of crude oil plunged 5 percent. Gold fell below $1,600 for the first time in more than two months.
SharesTrying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion on Monday promised BlackBerry users free premium apps and a month of technical support.
SharesThe crisis response to a recent detention facility escape and beating of a corrections officer by a ward of the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) was led by interim Director Neil Stanley, who faces tough questioning this week from a D.C. Council oversight panel about his ability to lead the troubled agency.
SharesThe number of people requesting unemployment benefits last week plunged to a nearly three-year low, bolstering likelihood that companies will increase the pace of hiring this year.
SharesHomebuilders' confidence in the housing market has sunk to the lowest level in more than a year, more evidence that the economic recovery is slowing.
SharesPresident Obama will not "draw a line in the sand" during the health care debate as he attempts to pass sweeping health and climate legislation this year, his top political adviser said Sunday.
SharesUtah's liquor laws are set to relax July 1, bringing them more in line with those of the rest of the nation, but don't expect Salt Lake City to morph into Sin City any time soon.
SharesAn article in Monday's editions mistakenly said the Leadership Conference of Women Religious took out two New York Times ads in the mid-1980s. The ads were taken out by a group of nuns acting independently.
SharesBecause of an editing error, a quote in Wednesday's editions was wrongly attributed. It was Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, who said, "For an administration that uses word games to downplay the threat of foreign terrorists, and regularly accuses others of promoting the 'politics of fear,' they're awfully willing to paint law-abiding Americans, including war veterans, as 'extremists.' "
SharesVirginia Republicans and the largest tobacco company in the country Wednesday said Gov. Tim Kaine's plans to help close the state's budget shortfall by raising the cigarette tax is ill-timed during a national recession and could harm employment in the state.
SharesThe industry as they know it is sure to come undone. "They're anxious, frustrated, scared and angry," says Brian Fredline, a United Auto Workers Local 602 president who has worked for General Motors Corp. for 23 years. He was describing the mood of his 3,000 members who assemble crossover sport utility vehicles like the Acadia at GM's sprawling Delta Township plant near Lansing.
SharesBecause of an editing error, a story in Wednesday's some early editions incorrectly spelled several names. Jim Oakes is the vice chairman of the Anglican District of Virginia, Steffen Johnson is an attorney for the Anglican District of Virginia and Russ Randle is an attorney with Patton Boggs LLP.
SharesAn article in Monday's newspaper about the Tiger Woods Learning Center incorrectly stated the number of employees. The center has 30 full-time staff members.
SharesThe Washington Times on Sunday ran the wrong photograph with the Metro section's quote of the day. The man pictured was Virginia Delegate Robert G. Marshall, Prince William County Republican.
SharesThe correct spelling for the name of the spokesman for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, mentioned Sunday in the "Stairway to Heaven" religion column, is Henry D.W. Burt.
SharesA caption in Wednesday's Economy section misidentified Mark Cooper, director of research at the Consumer Federation of America.
SharesAn editorial in our June 1 editions, "Clintons' campaign blunders," incorrectly reported comments by former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro. The sentence should have read: Geraldine Ferraro set off a furor when she stated that Mr. Obama would not be in the race if he were a white man. In fact, California's Daily Breeze newspaper quoted Mrs. Ferraro, a Clinton supporter, as saying: "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman he would not be in this position."
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