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Secret Service to receive ethics training at Hopkins
About 100 U.S. Secret Service agents will take part in a two-day ethics training this week to be overseen by professors at the Johns Hopkins University — a response to the widening prostitution scandal that began in Colombia, agency and university...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Law Enforcement, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Secret Service, Ethics
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Secrets of the Service
We have learned a secret of the Secret Service: At least a few of those tight-lipped tough guys are not quite as straight-laced and serious as they appear to be. In fact, they apparently love to party like frat boys. Three Secret Service agents have...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Republican Party, U.S. Secret Service, Testosterone
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Change the World Bank needs
Few people on the street may be familiar with the World Bank. Yet, it plays a critical role in the U.S. effort to engage the world through its contribution to economic development in poor and post-conflict societies. As current World Bank President...Tags: Robert Zoellick, Morgan State University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Being a woman is hard work
Well. I know I speak for many women when I say, "Thank heaven that's settled."
Women like me have been struggling with our identities as working mothers for decades, but thanks to Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney and Hillary Clinton, we now have some clarity....Tags: Hillary Clinton, Entertainment Events, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Dance
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What happens in Cartagena …
Many of us who labor in journalism inevitably have contact with U.S. Secret Service agentsand encounter men and women as devoted to their task, as serious of purpose, and as professional as any of the finest in law enforcement. So it is nothing short of...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, White House, U.S. Secret Service, Mark J. Sullivan
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Colombian orphans will never forget day on the Chesapeake
It will be hard to leave the pizza, the pool and the ice cream when Wednesday rolls around for Andres and Duvan, two orphans from Colombia who spent a month soaking up the things we take for granted.
But they'll always have the Chesapeake Bay, which...Tags: Labor Day, Foods and Beverages, Ice Cream, Steve Allan, Fishing
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Escape plan: Smithsonian Folklife Festival
If you're planning on catching the fireworks in D.C. today, you might want to get there a few hours early. While the fireworks aren't until nightfall, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival runs all day on the National Mall. Every year, the 10-day festival...Tags: Salsa (genre), Dancing, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber, Forests
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The case against the Colombian free trade pact
I just returned from a 10-day human rights delegation to Colombia sponsored by Witness for Peace. While we were in the midst of our intensive meetings in Valle del Cauca, Northern Cauca, and Bogota, we discovered that a high profile-American delegation...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Activism, Labor Legislation, Trade Dispute, Steny H. Hoyer
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Thursday morning talkers: Congress' parking problems and a corpse at a soccer game
On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. National • Congress members have...Tags: The Washington Post, Minority Groups, Philosophy, Sarah Palin, Mass Media
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Baltimore architectural firm in demand for overseas projects
While many architectural and planning firms have seen a drop-off in design work as a result of the recession and the slow recovery, one Baltimore-based company has remained busy by finding work in other countries.
Development Design Group has carved...Tags: Iran, Cincinnati (Hamilton, Ohio), Pakistan, Employers, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Foreign tourism offices
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at 212-963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or delegation....Tags: Fiji, Pakistan, Czech Republic, France, Guinea
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UPDATE 3-Tennis-Li through, Schiavone out at French Open
Reuters(Updates with Nadal's next opponent) By Clare Fallon PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) - Last year's finalists Francesca Schiavone and Li Na headed in opposite directions at the French Open on Saturday when the Italian was knocked out in the third round and the...Tags: Philippe Chatrier, French Open, David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet, Juan Monaco
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