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Hard-throwing Verlander, Darvish downplay pitching duel

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:48:32 MDT

Hard-throwing Verlander, Darvish downplay pitching duel

The Associated Press

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48PM MDT

Arlington, Texas • Justin Verlander says it’s May. Yu Darvish says it’s not the first great opposing pitcher he’s faced, and won’t be his last. True on all counts. These showdowns don’t come along every day, though. And this one — the AL’s strikeout king against his potential heir — is as enticing as they come. The hard-throwing right-handers from Detroit and Texas will meet Thursday night (6:05 p.m. MT) in a billing that really hasn’t been matched in Arlington since Nolan Ryan and Roger Cle...

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Body found in southwestern Utah park, suicide suspected

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:58:27 MDT

Body found in southwestern Utah park, suicide suspected

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 02:58PM MDT

Authorities suspect suicide in the death of a 24-year-old man whose body was found Wednesday evening at a park in southwestern Utah’s Washington City. A public safety dispatcher said police were notified about 5:30 p.m. that a body had been discovered behind the rest rooms building at Pineview Park. Washington City police said the death remained under investigation Thursday, but it appeared the man had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The man, whose name was not released, reportedly had...

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Obama: IRS acting commissioner being ousted

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:41:05 MDT

Obama: IRS acting commissioner being ousted

By JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 05:41PM MDT

Washington • President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the ouster of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following disclosures that the agency targeted conservative political groups. Obama, who has been criticized for appearing passive in his response to the matter, declared, “I am angry about it” and said the American people had a right to be angry as well. Before announcing the departure of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, Obama conferred with top officials from the Trea...

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Parker: Not such strange bedfellows

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

Parker: Not such strange bedfellows

By Kathleen Parker The Washington Post

Updated May 15, 2013 01:01AM MDT

WASHINGTON — Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt — the benighted Mainstream Media. Or as the tea party queen and former Alaska governor likes to put it, the “lamestream media.” In a twist of irony, the two groups have coalesced around a common enemy: the U.S. government. Revelations the past few days that the Internal Revenue Service has been giving special attention to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt ...

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Washington Post: GOP’s new low of dysfunction

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

Washington Post: GOP’s new low of dysfunction

By The Washington Post

Updated May 14, 2013 01:01AM MDT

The following editorial appeared in Monday’s Washington Post: It’s no surprise that Senate Republicans grouse about Obama administration policies on enforcing civil rights laws or limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. They are entitled to their policy views. It’s a different matter for Republican leaders to manifest their views by blocking confirmation to Cabinet positions of the officials in charge of those policies. By doing so, on absurdly flimsy pretexts, Republicans not only impede the pres...

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Will: Forgetting Watergate’s lessons

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:33:03 MDT

Will: Forgetting Watergate’s lessons

By George F. Will The Washington Post

Updated May 13, 2013 11:33AM MDT

“He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to ... cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.” — Article 2, Section 1, Articles of Impeachment, adopted by the House Judiciary Committee, July 29, 1974 WASHINGTON — The burglary occurred in 1972, the climax came in 1974, but 40 years ago this week — May 17, 1973 — the Senate Watergate ...

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Kragthorpe: Chad Cordero hoping for homecoming with Angels

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:16:40 MDT

Kragthorpe: Chad Cordero hoping for homecoming with Angels

By kurt kragthorpe Tribune Columnist

Updated May 11, 2013 12:16AM MDT

Holding the baseball in his glove, preparing to deliver another pitch, Chad Cordero brings his arms together. His right arm once made him a National League All-Star. His left arm features the face of his infant daughter. They’re the arms of Angels. That’s how this story is designed to play out, anyway, with Cordero’s performance as a Salt Lake Bees reliever taking him to his hometown Los Angeles Angels. Cordero once tried to honor his daughter’s memory with a triumphant return to the major leag...

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NHL playoffs: Capitals beat Rangers in OT to take 3-2 series lead

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:08:42 MDT

NHL playoffs: Capitals beat Rangers in OT to take 3-2 series lead

The Associated Press

Updated May 11, 2013 11:08AM MDT

Washington • The Washington Capitals were right on pace for another playoff collapse. They’d already blown a two-game lead. They gave up a goal in the first minute of pivotal Game 5. They couldn’t stay out of the penalty box. But they shut out the New York Rangers the rest of the night. They got a goal from Joel Ward to tie the game. They kept peppering Henrik Lundqvist, who denied league MVP candidate Alex Ovechkin nine times. Then, at 9:24 of overtime, Mike Ribeiro scored his first playoff goa...

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Polygamous properties spared from auction after tax debt paid

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:28:37 MDT

Polygamous properties spared from auction after tax debt paid

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 10, 2013 09:28AM MDT

A flood of recent tax payments has spared more than three dozen polygamist-controlled properties in southern Utah from an auction later this month. According to Washington County Treasurer David Whitehead, payments totally more than $1.1 million were completed Wednesday. The money went toward five years of unpaid property taxes on 38 parcels in Washington County. The parcels are part of the United Effort Plan, a now state-run polygamous trust created by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Chris...

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House passes bill to prioritize U.S. debt payments

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:54:13 MDT

House passes bill to prioritize U.S. debt payments

By ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press

Updated May 9, 2013 08:54PM MDT

Washington • The GOP-controlled House voted Thursday to make sure U.S. bondholders and people on Social Security get paid if the government hits its borrowing limit. The move comes as Republicans grapple with the hot-potato issue of raising the government’s borrowing limit later this year, one of the few must-do items on a dysfunctional Washington’s agenda. The legislation is a nonstarter with Democrats controlling the rest of Washington and is likely to be an afterthought when the debt limit d...

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Washington Post: Tax reform on the table

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:26:04 MDT

Washington Post: Tax reform on the table

By The Washington Post

Updated May 8, 2013 04:26PM MDT

The following editorial appeared in Wednesday’s Washington Post: Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Finance Committee, announced last month that he wants to spend the rest of his final term in office reforming the tax code, and there are signs that Republicans want an overhaul this year, too. Good. The tax code is an unruly, inefficient monstrosity that only tax attorneys could like. Congress has used it as a vehicle for interest-group giveaways and other forms of wasteful, underhanded...

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Pac-12: Washington State still lacks depth

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:47:02 MDT

Pac-12: Washington State still lacks depth

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 10:47AM MDT

Washington State coach Mike Leach famously questioned the toughness of his offensive linemen after a loss at Utah last November, while forcing each of them to attend a postgame news conference. Leach now is pointing to previous recruiting deficiencies as the issue, as he said this week during the Pac-12's media teleconference wrapping up spring football. "We're still thin and we're still small," Leach said, observing that four of the five projected starters were originally walk-ons. In Leach's s...

Washington Post: Concocting a cure

Wed, 08 May 2013 01:01:05 MDT

Washington Post: Concocting a cure

By The Washington Post

Updated May 8, 2013 01:01AM MDT

When a doctor sticks a needle in you, you expect that the drugs it carries won’t be tainted. But, possibly owing to a strange gray area in federal law, thousands of patients last October got injections for back pain that contained highly dangerous fungal meningitis, and dozens of them died. Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are now seeking to fix the government’s oversight of the obscure world of compounding pharmacies. The reforms they want are overdue. Drug...

Tigers, Nationals postponed by rain

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:05:12 MDT

Tigers, Nationals postponed by rain

The Associated Press

Updated May 8, 2013 12:05AM MDT

Washington • The Detroit Tigers at Washington Nationals game has been postponed because of rain. The game will be made up Thursday at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday’s scheduled starters, Anibal Sanchez (3-2, 1.82) for Detroit and Washington’s Jordan Zimmermann (5-1, 1.64), will start Wednesday’s game.

Rubin: Israel steps up to the plate

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

Rubin: Israel steps up to the plate

By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post

Updated May 7, 2013 01:01AM MDT

By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post The Washington Post reports: “Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike against a shipment of sophisticated missiles bound for the Lebanese political and military organization Hezbollah, officials in Washington, Lebanon and Israel told reporters Saturday. . . . Lebanese authorities and residents had already reported unusually intense Israeli overflights during the previous 48 hours, suggesting the warplanes may have struck their target from Lebanese air...

Woman, 83, missing after arrival at DC airport

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:41:03 MDT

Woman, 83, missing after arrival at DC airport

The Associated Press

Updated May 6, 2013 10:41AM MDT

WASHINGTON • An 83-year-old woman is missing after arriving at a Washington airport on a flight from Barbados. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police say Victoria Kong was last seen Friday evening at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. She was walking north along a paved trail for hikers and bicycles. Kong’s family says they were waiting for her to be escorted off the flight by wheelchair, but she never showed up. Granddaughter Alexandria Anderson says Kong is showing some earl...