PHILADELPHIA — Gio Gonzalez heard the question frequently in the days between when the Washington Nationals traded for him and he first appeared in his new uniform. He had become an all-star and piled up victories, sure, but that came in the American League and Oakland’s cavernous stadium. How, then, would he handle a new league and the cozier dimensions at Nationals Park and bandboxes like Citizens Bank Park? Read full article > >

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President Obama defended his campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney ’s record as a private-equity executive at Bain Capital, telling reporters Monday that Romney’s history is fair game. The president’s remarks came in the face of criticism, some from within his own party, that the attacks were inappropriate. Read full article > >

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President Obama defends his attacks on Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital

Three Drug Enforcement Administration agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, a congressional source confirms to CNN.

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A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Bulgaria on Tuesday, about 14 miles outside the capital of Sofia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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For all of Mitt Romney’s talk of what he would do on Day One in the White House — Bomb Iran? Or was it Planned Parenthood? — there’s just as good a chance he would be tacking up two pictures on the wall. One would be of George H.W. Bush and the other of Jimmy Carter. They both became one-term presidents after they were challenged in the primaries. This is a lesson for Romney. Read full article > >

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The Romney you see is the one you’d get

In a blowout presidential election, a few large issues dominate. In a tight election, a range of smaller concerns — important to strategic constituencies in battleground states — can end up being crucial. Read full article > >

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Catholics won’t go quietly

The Air Force said Monday that it had fined the former commander of the Dover Air Force Base mortuary $7,000 and suspended his top deputy for 20 days without pay for retaliating against whistleblowers, but it allowed both men to keep their jobs. Read full article > >

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Dover mortuary officials punished for retaliating against whistleblowers

MIAMI – LeBron James didn’t hesitate. He didn’t massage his answer. Asked after a workout Monday whether he and Dwyane Wade could continue to serve up the otherwordly excellence they offered in the third quarter of Sunday’s series-salvaging defeat of the Indiana Pacers , he said . . . well, heck no. Read full article > >

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NBA playoffs: Can LeBron James and Dwyane Wade carry the load for the Miami Heat?

Parents need to do more to stop children spending too much time in front of televisions, computers and smartphones, according to a psychologist.

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Warning over child ‘screen time’

“American Idol” Mentor-in-Chief Jimmy Iovine insists that Phil Phillips — this season’s Safely Scruffy White Guy With Guitar/Inevitable Winner — is vastly superior to the SSWGWG’s who have won the Fox singing competition the past several seasons. Read full article > >

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Click, click, click. That’s the precision with which practically every jubilant act of irreverence registers in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s deliriously happy-making version of Carlo Goldoni’s “The Servant of Two Masters.” Read full article > >

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At Shakespeare Theatre, a true master of its comic domain

China can now buy U.S. debt directly from the government, in what is the Treasury Department’s first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government.

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Over the past half-century, the amount of time college students actually study — read, write and otherwise prepare for class — has dwindled from 24 hours a week to about 15, survey data show. And that invites a question: Has college become too easy? Read full article > >

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Is college too easy? As study time falls, debate rises

The Carlyle Group is leading a $100 million investment into Avail-TVN, which will allow the Reston-based video company to fuel its international growth, the firms announced Monday. Avail-TVN’s investors already include Columbia Capital, Valhalla Partners and Novak Biddle, which are Washington-area venture capital firms. Read full article > >

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Says “this is part of the debate.”

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