Feds Allow Workers to T...

With snow expected today and officials nervous of what it could do to the evening commute, the Office of Personnel Management announced this morning that federal workers could take unscheduled leave or work from home. [ more › ] View original here:  Feds Allow Workers to Take Leave,...

That’s Not How Yo...

I almost didn’t believe it this morning when TBD’s Ryan Kearney, rounding up the post-Super Bowl front pages of local newspapers, spotted this clunker of a subhead in the Examiner. An attempted slight toward Giants fans, or just lazy copyediting? [ more › ] Read the...

Double Dipping: Not Coo...

Double dipping at a party might get you some nasty looks, but doing it when you work for the District’s government will get you fired and prosecuted. [ more › ] Read the original: Double Dipping: Not Cool at Super Bowl Party or at...

Saturday Morning Post...

Wake up sleepy heads, news is already breaking this Saturday morning and we were up early to make sure you’d be able to read it with your morning coffee. Featuring Occupy, food trucks, hunger strikes and other news of the day. [ more › ] Read the rest here: Saturday Morning...

Police Move Against Occ...

Early this morning U.S. Park Police moved into the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square and removed the “Tent of Dreams,” a tarp that had hung from the statue of Gen. James McPherson since Monday. They also set up barricades and told protesters that they would be...

1.2 Million Fall Out of...

Rick Santelli, CNBC You know what I said at 8:30 Eastern? We want a million jobs an hour. That's what we want. What we got looked like a good report. I said, 'Let's get the calculator out,' and I did. And so did a boatload of my sources and big blogs that many people...

Jobs Report Makes It a ...

John Cassidy, New Yorker If you think you heard a loud cheer around 8:30 E.T. this morning, you were right. It came from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where Super Bowl weekend started early—at just about the moment when the Labor Department announced that the unemployment rate fell...

National Archives Now i...

David Rubenstein, the billionaire venture capitalist and philanthropist, unveiled at the National Archives this morning his copy of the Magna Carta, the 13th-century English document that set the groundwork for our system of common law. [ more › ] The rest is here:  National...

Romney’s Stunning...

John McCormack, Weekly Standard Hot Topics: Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you.Fresh off his big win in Florida Tuesday night, Mitt Romney made the most stunningly stupid remark of his campaign. "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We...

Sunday Morning Post...

Happy Chinese New Year, D.C. Welcome to the year of the dragon, a particularly auspicious year that will supposedly provide protection, heavenly blessings and a Chinese baby boom. [ more › ] Go here to read the rest:  Sunday Morning...

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