An increasingly organized underground network is providing food and medicine to people trapped by the offensive of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

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Syria Aid Movement Defies Assad Government

PITTSBURGH — Thursday afternoon, before batting practice, Davey Johnson gathered the Washington Nationals in their clubhouse at PNC Park. The manager told his players he remained behind them , that he trusted them to pull out of their offensive tailspin and a three-game losing streak. Johnson wanted to ease their minds, and he had chosen a surefire moment for building confidence. In a few hours, he would send Stephen Strasburg to the mound. Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Pirates: Stephen Strasburg strikes out 13 to snap Washington out of slump

For the first time in a series of debates, Mitt Romney was on the offensive. He aggressively tore into Newt Gingrich’s time as House speaker and the ensuing years, when he advised companies like Freddie Mac.

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Romney Unleashes Attack With Gingrich Sole Target

As players boarded a chartered flight that would return the Redskins to the Washington area following one of their worst losses in recent memory, Kyle Shanahan had no doubt a lot of work lay ahead. “I know it starts with me,” the offensive coordinator would later say. He had never been shut out before as a football coach. Neither had his father, Coach Mike Shanahan. Read full article > >

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Redskins’ offense lacks the talent to compete in the NFL, analysts say

SIRTE, Libya — Libyan revolutionary forces claimed to have captured parts of a sprawling convention center that loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi have used as their main base in the ousted leader’s hometown and were shelling the city to try to rout snipers from rooftops in their offensive aimed at crushing this key bastion of the old regime. Read full article > >

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Libyan forces battle snipers, claim progress in assault on Gadhafi hometown

Fresh shelling is heard in the Libyan city of Sirte as interim authority forces prepare to renew their offensive in the face of fierce resistance.

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Libya troops renew Sirte assault

Rick Santorum has taken the offensive against rival social conservative candidates in the Republican presidential field.

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Santorum Fights to Be Heard Amid Republican Din

The Washington Redskins improved to 2-0 on the season on Sunday with a 22-21 victory over the Arizona Cardinals that came despite their offensive struggles on third down and in the red zone. With some late-game heroics by their defense and place kicker Graham Gano , the Redskins scored nine points in the final 10 minutes to pull off the victory in front of a FedEx Field crowd announced at 76,330. Read full article > >

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UK jets bomb a bunker in Col Gaddafi’s birthplace of Sirte as Libyan rebels prepare to launch their offensive on the town.

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I t’s two weeks into Redskins training camp and in the competitive furor over Rex vs. Becks one salient point has fallen through the cracks: Because neither guy is headed to Canton any time soon, what might matter more than who starts at quarterback is who is in front of Rex Grossman and John Beck . What matters is whether or not the offensive line is pushed aside like rag dolls by defensive ogres such as Pittsburgh’s James Harrison , who is coming to town Friday night to lay a lick on someone behind center. Read full article > >

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Washington Redskins offensive line remains a question mark

The freshman representative stood in front of a throng of puzzled-looking Republican congressmen. Their leader, John Boehner , had surprised the newcomer moments earlier by asking him to address a 2009 party retreat on how he had knocked off a Republican congressman in a primary . The freshman, a hard-charging Utah conservative named Jason Chaffetz , looked out at his new colleagues and said the first thing that came to his mind. “I am your worst nightmare.” He might as well have been speaking to the leader himself. Boehner already was feeling the heat from relatively young conservatives such as Chaffetz who wanted to push their agenda harder and faster, inspired by a passionate trio of Republican stars known as the Young Guns . Then-Republican Whip Eric Cantor , his deputy whip, Kevin McCarthy , and Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan all had captivated House conservatives with their aggressive messages and tactics. Cantor especially had made a name for himself by arguing that the party should go on the offensive more against House Democrats. Privately, some Republicans said they would vote for Cantor over Boehner in a leadership fight. Now, increasingly, as the Young Guns’ popularity grew, Boehner sought to bring fledgling congressmen like Chaffetz into his fold. Read full article > >

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Is the biggest threat to Speaker of the House John Boehner the ‘Young Guns’ in his own party?

Pakistani Police officials say that a suicide attack on Friday that killed more than 80 paramilitary cadets was most likely retaliation for an army offensive in Pakistan’s tribal areas-not the killing of Osama bin Laden. Though the Pakistani Taliban…

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Pakistan Bombing Not for Osama

At first, I dismissed the comments. I figured Washington Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan was just doing his misdirection thing again recently when he intimated inexperienced quarterback John Beck could be the team’s starter next season. But then people at Redskins Park informed me otherwise. They reminded me how much the Shanahans, Mike and his offensive coordinator son Kyle, believe in Beck, which was part of the reason the Redskins did not draft a quarterback.  They told me that although the team hopes to re-sign Rex Grossman , Beck really is the Shanahans’ first option at the game’s most important position . And unlike last year when they were split on acquiring quarterback Donovan McNabb (Kyle was strongly against it), the Shanahans are united behind Beck, who has started just four NFL regular season games and none since 2007. Read full article > >

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John Beck as Redskins’ starting quarterback would be quite a gamble

Japanese fishermen have taken the offensive in their fight against the owner of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant, angrily calling the utility’s actions insulting, incompetent and “unforgivable” over the course of the weeks-long nuclear crisis.

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Fishermen: Actions ‘unforgivable’

Muammar Gaddafi continues to attack Libyan rebels with air strikes, but he may be feeling significantly less confident than the offensive would indicate: Opposition officials confirm to CNN reports that Gaddafi has offered to step down if they will…

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Gaddafi Seeks to Strike a Deal