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Governors, state school superintendents to propose common academic standards

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Nick Anderson

The nation's governors and state school chiefs will propose standards Wednesday for what students should learn in English and math, from kindergarten through high school, a crucial step in President Obama's campaign to raise academic standards across the country.
JihadJane, an American woman, faces terrorism charges

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Carrie Johnson

A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause, as federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges that could send her to prison for life.
Massa investigated for allegedly groping staffers

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Carol D. Leonnig

Not long after Eric Massa joined Congress in January 2009, several male staff members began to feel uncomfortable with the sexually loaded language their boss routinely used, according to accounts relayed to the House ethics committee.
Gay marriages expected to create wedding-related jobs in D.C.

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Ylan Q. Mui

Georgetown residents Christopher Cahill and Richard Marshall consider the $75,000 wedding that they're planning for June to be their own "personal stimulus package" for the District economy. And local businesses are already seeing the dollar signs.
Dispute over candidate disqualifications could mar Iraqi vote's legitimacy

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Ernesto LondoÃ±o and Leila Fadel

BAGHDAD -- A controversy over the disqualification of candidates threatened Tuesday to undermine the legitimacy of Iraq's recent elections and inflame supporters of a coalition seeking to topple the alliance led by the prime minister.
700 jobs Legalization of same-sex marriages expected ...

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Post

700 jobs Legalization of same-sex marriages expected to create in District.
House Democrats seek to limit earmarks to show commitment to ethics

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Paul Kane

Seeking to reclaim the reform mantle amid a series of scandals, House Democratic leaders are advocating a move that would shake up the multibillion-dollar practice of awarding no-bid contracts known as congressional earmarks.
Massa flirts with the right, but Beck isn't tickled

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Dana Milbank

Just seven minutes into Glenn Beck's hour-long interview of Eric Massa on Tuesday evening, things had already gone very wrong.
On health-care reform, Republicans target Democrats' division over reconciliation

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Shailagh Murray

As Republicans work to prevent a health-care bill from reaching President Obama, they are scrambling to exploit divisions between Democrats in the House and the Senate.
Thousands rally to support health-care reform in downtown Washington

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Nicole Norfleet

Amid a sea of brightly colored T-shirts and wave after wave of protest signs, Regina Holliday's homemade banner still stuck out as she marched Tuesday in support of health-care reform.
FDA says Basic Food Flavors knew plant was contaminated with salmonella

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Lyndsey Layton

The company at the heart of a growing recall of processed foods knew that its plant was contaminated with salmonella but continued to make a flavoring and sell it to foodmakers around the country, according to inspectors at the Food and Drug Administration.
Senate jobs bill moves toward final vote

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Post

The Senate's latest jobs bill cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday, with the chamber voting to limit debate on a $150 billion package of tax-break extensions and aid for the unemployed.
House Ways and Means Chairman Levin says job creation will be top priority

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Lori Montgomery

As he takes the reins of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Sander M. Levin is vowing to raise the profile of a once-powerful panel that, in recent years, has been overshadowed by the ethics troubles of its previous chairman, Rep. Charles B. Rangel.
Napolitano says suicide plane crash wasn't related to domestic terrorism

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Spencer S. Hsu

A suicide plane crash that killed the pilot and an Internal Revenue Service worker at an office building in Austin on Feb. 18 was not a case of domestic terrorism, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday in a radio interview.
Excerpts from National Governors and states proposal on education standards

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Post

Excerpts from the proposal by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers:
Lawmakers insist shower run-ins like the one Massa alleges are far from norm

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Philip Rucker

It's no secret that members of Congress broker deals on the treadmill or in the weight room of the House and Senate gyms. But former congressman Eric Massa's accusation that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once berated him in the gym's shower over his vote against President Obama's budget...
Chief Justice John Roberts found State of the Union scene 'troubling'

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, ALA. -- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Tuesday that the scene at President Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech has "degenerated to a political pep rally."
U.S. condemns Israel's plans to build housing in east Jerusalem

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Janine Zacharia

JERUSALEM -- After spending most of Tuesday celebrating what he called the "unshakable" bond between the United States and Israel, Vice President Biden ended the day strongly condemning the longtime U.S. ally for approving 1,600 new housing units in disputed east Jerusalem -- an awkwardly timed ...
Defense Secretary Gates greets troops, tours Afghan 'city that had been dead'

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Greg Jaffe

NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN -- This southern Afghan city has been touted as a symbol of the progress U.S. troops have made in recent weeks. But when Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates swung through the main market Tuesday, it seemed mostly to be a symbol of the work that remains to be done.
Israel seeks a stronger stance on Iran from U.N. Security Council and U.S.

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Post

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon will meet with senior U.S. officials this week to emphasize Israel's growing displeasure with the slow pace of diplomacy on Iran at the U.N. Security Council, according to a senior Israeli official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of...
New Burmese election law bars pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi from running

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Post

A new election law issued by Burma's ruling military has barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday.
Iran blocking foreign, domestic Web sites to curb anti-government activists

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Thomas Erdbrink and Kay Armin Serjoie

TEHRAN -- The bearded blogger stood before an effigy of an Islamic warrior towering over the letters "WWW."
Ex-British spy chief: U.S. misled Britain about treatment of terrorism suspects

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by associated press

LONDON -- U.S. intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of terrorism suspects, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.
Haitian president moves to shore up aid, new future

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Mary Beth Sheridan and William Booth

With his country's economy stalled, crops unplanted and a million people without homes, Haitian President RenÃ© PrÃ©val began a visit to Washington Tuesday to focus on how U.S. and international donors can help the beleaguered nation recover from a devastating earthquake.
Saddam Hussein weighed nuclear 'package' deal in 1990, documents show

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Joby Warrick

As troops massed on his border near the start of the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein weighed the purchase of a $150 million nuclear "package" deal that included not only weapons designs but also production plants and foreign experts to supervise the building of a nuclear bomb, ac...
China, India give nod to Copenhagen climate change accord

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Associated Press

AMSTERDAM -- China joined India on Tuesday in giving qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord calling for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
India's upper house passes bill reserving a third of legislative seats for women

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Rama Lakshmi

NEW DELHI -- Indian lawmakers approved a historic bill Tuesday that would set aside one-third of all legislative seats for women, a move aimed at overturning six decades of male-dominated decision-making in this country.
Obama's plans for NASA changes met with harsh criticism

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Joel Achenbach

Harrison Schmitt's credentials as a space policy analyst include several days of walking on the moon. The Apollo 17 astronaut, who is also a former U.S. senator, is aghast at what President Obama is doing to the space program.
Clinton-era Filegate appears to have closed, 14 years on

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Al Kamen

Filegate, one of the many "-gates" of the Clinton administration, looks to be over -- after a 14-year run. It began after congressional Republicans found out in 1996 that the Clinton White House had sought the FBI file of Billy Ray Dale, who was fired as head of the White House travel office in the...
Corrections

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00am EST by Post

-- The headline on a March 9 Economy & Business item misidentified the agency conducting reviews of some campuses of Kaplan, the education company owned by The Washington Post Co. It is the Education Department, not the Securities and Exchange Commission. The item also incorrectly included the...