The “Sex and the City” author Candace Bushnell and Ginia Bellafante respond to your comments about Dawn Powell’s “A Time to Be Born’’ today, from 1 to 4 p.m.

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City Room: Big City Book Club: Discussing Dawn Powell With Candace Bushnell

The battle for the Republican presidential nomination heads into a potentially decisive phase over the next two weeks with contests in 13 states that could finally answer some of the questions that have defined the race. Read full article > >

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As Super Tuesday looms, Republican primary heads into potentially decisive phase

For two decades, the hilltop house overlooking Alexandria’s Belle Haven Country Club provided a proper traditional setting for the politically well connected. The 1936 home was formerly owned by Margaret and Marvin Bush, the youngest brother of President George W. Bush and co-founder of Winston Partners, an investment firm based in Arlington. Read full article > >

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An old-Washington home in Alexandria gets a youthful makeover

Former Bush official helped hire top messaging strategist.

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Ari Fleischer Led Komen Strategy

Former Bush official helped hire top messaging strategist.

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Ari Fleischer Led Komen Strategy

While Jeb Bush refuses to endorse. 

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Romney Widens Lead

A man is arrested in connection with a “well-orchestrated armed ambush” that led to a prisoner escaping from a van in Worcestershire.

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Man held after prison van ambush

A prisoner charged with murder over a fatal shooting escaped after a “well-orchestrated armed ambush”, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke says.

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Prisoner escapes after van ambush

Anguished cries of “My son, my son,” could be heard after the early-morning fire in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

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City Room: Blaze Kills Boy in Brooklyn

Olympic medallist Louis Smith gives the BBC’s Mike Bushell a taste of the gruelling pommel routine.

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Don't get too riled up over tonight's results. Since 1976, only three people who won the Iowa caucuses ended up winning the nomination: Gerald Ford, Bob Dole, and George W. Bush.

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Notes on Iowa Caucuses Past

If you thought all the political action is in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, think again: The race is heating up here in Washington social circles. No drama for Democrats officially rallying together to re-elect President Obama . More interesting to watch: D.C.’s prominent Republicans who are trying to cozy up to the party’s nominee. Back the right horse early enough and you get four years hanging out with the winner. Pick the loser and . . .well, you picked the loser: After George W. Bush prevailed in the 2000 GOP primaries, early backers of John McCain were quietly snubbed by Bush insiders. Read full article > >

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GOP primary divides Washington socialites

BEIRUT — The Syrian army battled military defectors and armed opponents of the government for a second day Tuesday, in a sharp increase in violence that human rights groups say has killed as many as 150 people over two days, with some citing a much higher figure. The fighting has centered on villages near the northwestern city of Idlib, said Wissam Tarif, an activist with the rights group Avaaz. He said that he had spoken to local activists and medical groups who put the death toll in that area Tuesday at 269 — 97 security forces and nine civilians, with the rest defected soldiers who had staged ambushes against the army. Read full article > >

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Violence in Syria leaves at least 150 dead over two days

NEW YORK — A woman burned to death in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building Saturday after a man ambushed her, sprayed her with liquid and set her afire with a Molotov cocktail, police said. The unidentified man was waiting for 64-year-old Doris Gillespie, when the elevator doors opened to her floor of the Prospect Heights building. The man sprayed her with an accelerant and set her on fire, New York City police spokesman Paul Browne said. Read full article > >

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The Washington Wizards made Jan Vesely their top choice in the draft partly because of the speed and relentless aggression with which he attacked the rim for momentum-swinging dunks while playing in Europe. In the past week, the challenges of adapting to the NBA have been ambushing Vesely in similarly overwhelming fashion. Read full article > >

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Wizards draft choice Jan Vesely is adjusting on the fly