The spokesman for Syria’s Foreign Ministry posted an article on his Facebook page that quoted him as denying the report that senior government figures, including the brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad, had been killed.
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Syrian Officials’ Deaths Reported, and Denied
Greek officials say Germany’s Chancellor Merkel has suggested a euro referendum, but Berlin denies the report, as world leaders gather in the US for a G8 summit meeting.
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Merkel ‘suggests Greek euro vote’
Click to watch video The popularity of the mint julep is rooted as much in the nation's capital as it is in Louisville. Karin Caifa has the report. Trot on over to our other Kentucky Derby coverage: Mint juleps, bourbon slush, benedictine and burgoo with just a smidge of squirrel Mint juleps, five ways for Derby Day Derby Day delights
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The mint julep’s muddled history
Sallie James was born in Australia on July 4, 1976, which suggests that Providence planned what happened 30 years later: She moved to Washington. She studies trade policy at the libertarian Cato Institute, and her report “ Time to X Out the Ex-Im Bank ” illustrates how corporate welfare metastasizes as government tries to rectify the inevitable inequities of its constantly multiplying favoritisms. And while picking American winners, the Export-Import Bank creates American losers. Read full article > >
Home Secretary Theresa May is to make a statement to MPs unveiling the report into the row over UK border checks being relaxed last summer.
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About one in four grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington may contain discrepancies, a US Army report to Congress finds.
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Errors riddle Arlington cemetery
Income inequality is increasing across much of the developed world, a trend that will continue unless governments move aggressively to arrest it, according to a report released Monday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The widening gap between rich and poor is being driven in part by a growing disparity in wages, as skilled workers command a disproportionate share of the bounty made possible by technological progress, the report said. Read full article > >
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OECD report cites rising income inequality
Loyal readers of The Federal Eye regularly complain about the long lines and grumpy postal workers working at the neighborhood post office. But visits to the local post office are way down, if you believe a new watchdog report. There were 59 million fewer visits to post offices in 2010 than in 2009, and visits are down 21 percent over the last decade, according to a new Government Accountability Office report . (Ironically — despite searching high and low for a number — the report doesn’t actually say how many visits were recorded in 2010.) Read full article > >
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How bad is it at the post office? Here are the numbers.
People who invest in hybrid cars are significantly less likely to be injured in an accident because their heavy batteries make the vehicles safer than traditional cars, according to an insurance industry report released Thursday. The average hybrid is 10 percent heavier than a traditional car of the same size, and the extra heft reduces the odds of being hurt in a crash by 25 percent, the report says. Read full article > >
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Report says hybrids are safer for occupants than traditional cars
The Internal Revenue Service was prepared for and adequately responded to the February 2010 plane crash at its Austin offices that killed one worker, according to a new watchdog report. Among other things, the report by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration (TIGTA) said the IRS properly protected its workers, secured taxpayer data after the crash and quickly resumed business operations at the site. Read full article > >
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Report: IRS Austin plane crash handled appropriately
Nearly one in three low-income young adults without a four-year college degree in the District was unemployed and not in school in 2009, far higher than the national rate, according to a report released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution . Using census data, the report examined 28,000 low-income 16-to-24-year-olds in Washington who had not earned a bachelor’s degree. Of those, nearly 9,000 were unemployed and not in school. Read full article > >
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D.C. youth unemployment exceeds national rate
Fed up with government waste and abuse? Eager for an example of taxpayer dollars being put to good use? We may have found one. The federal government’s five dozen inspectors general — tasked with rooting out government mismanagement everywhere from the Pentagon to the Postal Service — collectively identified $43.3 billion in potential savings in fiscal 2009, according to a report published last week by the Government Accountability Office. Given their 2009 budget authority of $2.3 billion, taxpayers would earn an $18 return on every dollar invested in inspectors general if the potential savings were fully enacted, the report said. Read full article > >
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Federal watchdogs a good bargain, report says
Dish Networks and Blockbuster introduced a new media bundle of services, CNET reported , that will let Dish subscribers access to streaming movies, and DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and games by mail, for $10 additional per month. Called Movie Pass, the report said, the new service will be available to Dish subscribers from Oct. 1, and new customers who opt for Dish’s $40 per month America’s Top 200 package will get a year of free access. An all-in-one package is likely to be popular among consumers looking for convenience. Read full article > >
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Dish, Blockbuster introduce Movie Pass
Education writers rarely examine high school sports, but something is happening there that might help pull our schools out of the doldrums. In the last school year, a new national survey found that 7.7 million boys and girls took part in high school sports. This is 55.5 percent of all students, according to the report from the National Federation of State High School Associations, and the 22nd straight year that participation had increased. Read full article > >
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Education writers rarely examine high school sports, but something is happening there that might help pull our schools out of the doldrums. In the last school year, a new national survey found that 7.7 million boys and girls took part in high school sports. This is 55.5 percent of all students, according to the report from the National Federation of State High School Associations, and the 22nd straight year that participation had increased. Read full article > >
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How high school sports save our schools
Report says hybrids are safer for occupants than traditional cars
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