My column, In the Loop, has been afflicting official Washington since 1993 in the pages of The Washington Post. Today we launch the In the Loop blog to intensify the pain. The blog, with new posts each day, will enable us to broaden the scope of the column and to get you the news more quickly. Emily Heil, who wrote the Heard on the Hill column for Roll Call, has joined the Loop team to help expand our coverage. Other Washington Post colleagues will be contributing from time to time. Read full article > >

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Relatives of murder victims Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan tell of the pain of believing for years that their loved ones had killed themselves.

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Families tell of years of pain

As Florida and the Southwest have begun to stabilize, the pain has moved to economically diverse cities where the boom was relatively restrained, like Seattle, Atlanta and Minneapolis.

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Housing Crash Is Hitting Cities Thought to Be Stable

Alastair Cook says the pain of enduring a poor summer for England helped him produce his remarkable run of form against Australia in the Ashes.

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Cook glad to end ‘lonely’ summer

I know exactly what President Obama was getting at when he chastised his critics on the left last week for being “purist” and ” sanctimonious .” Okay, so winning the title of America’s Next Great Pundit isn’t quite like being president. But I understand from The Post’s pundit contest how wearying it…

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Homeowners feel the pain of government cuts

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