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Caps skilled in social networking - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00pm - With the team in the midst of a franchise-record winning streak, push is to reach young audience.



House GOP may skip summit - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00pm - 44 | Leading House Republicans raise prospect unless existing reform bills are scrapped.



Rep. John Murtha dies at 77 - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00pm -
Pa. Democrat staunchly supported military spending and became a master of pork-barrel politics.



Fed plots careful exit strategy - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00pm - Central bank begins to explain how -- and when -- it will undo aggressive growth-supporting steps.



Toyota recalls hybrids worldwide - 9 Feb 2010 at 2:19am - Toyota announces recall of about 437,000 Prius, other hybrid cars worldwide to fix brake problems.



Va. Senate passes anti-discrimination bill for state workers - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - RICHMOND The Virginia Senate passed a bill Monday that would make it illegal to discriminate in the state workforce, including on the basis of sexual orientation, marking the first time such legislation has passed either chamber of the Virginia General Assembly.




McDonnell directing more education money to N.Va. - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - RICHMOND -- In one of his first decisions on the state's two-year budget, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell sided with Northern Virginia, the vote-rich region that helped him secure his landslide victory in November, by sending it more school dollars.



In Congress, it's decision time on long-term unemployment benefits - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - As the Senate this week considers a "jobs bill" to reduce unemployment, lawmakers will have to decide whether to continue an unprecedented change in how the country treats people who are out of work, which was quietly approved last year.



Republicans may opt out of Obama's health-care summit - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Leading House Republicans raised the prospect Monday night that they may decline to participate in President Obama's proposed health-care summit if the White House chooses not to scrap the existing reform bills and start over.



Earthquake-response doctors in Haiti can't save everyone seeking emergency care - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - We have three tents for our "triage emergency department." Two tents stand out: the "Jiffy Pop" (look that up, those of you born in the microwave era) and the Blue Tent.



Geriatrics experts discuss the upside of growing older - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - If you think that getting older is the beginning of the end, think again. Sure, skin loses some elasticity and joints get creaky, and maybe you can't keep your eyes open past 9:30 p.m. But even people well into their 80s are going to yoga and Pilates classes, volunteering, having sex and taking c...



(no title) - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Q. Does your office encourage telework? What would be the effect on the workforce and its productivity level if the federal government allowed more telework? Send your answers to federaleye@washingtonpost.com, and we'll publish some answers on this page. Send us suggested questions, too.




Daniel Weinberg, the man behind the nation's census - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Assistant director American Community Survey and Decennial Census, U.S. Census Bureau



Limited bus and rail service tests Metro and its users - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Metrorail service will be extended Tuesday to some aboveground stations, although the time between trains will continue to be 30 minutes, Metro said Monday night. Rail and a modified bus service will start at 5 a.m., but service could be stopped if a predicted snowstorm develops.



Criminal probe is launched in Connecticut power plant blast - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction launched a criminal investigation Monday, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence as the cause.




Federal Reserve hopes clear exit strategy will boost market confidence - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - When you've flooded the economy with trillions of dollars, mopping up is no easy task.



U.S. proposes new climate service - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - The Obama administration proposed a new climate service on Monday that would provide Americans with predictions on how global warming will affect everything from drought to sea levels.



In southern Afghanistan, even the small gains get noticed - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - ZARI, AFGHANISTAN -- Four of the Army's hulking mine-resistant armored vehicles had just been bombed into submission.




World Digest: International observers say Ukrainian election was free and fair - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Ukraine International monitors on Monday described Ukraine's presidential election as free and fair, putting pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat despite a tight vote count and charges of irregularities.



Analysis: Iranian plan will put nation a step closer to having material for bomb - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Iran's formal notification Monday to a United Nations nuclear watchdog that it will begin producing higher-grade enriched uranium marks a new and potentially dangerous turn in Tehran's confrontation with the West over its nuclear ambitions.



Jenny and Silda's statements of strength - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - From time to time, I come across Silda and Eliot Spitzer. He is the former New York governor who had to leave office because of a sex scandal, and she is the wife who was roundly criticized at the time (2008) for publicly standing by her man after he was accused of seeing a prostitute in Washington. The Spitzers remain a couple.


Kidnapping of Haitian children was no act of charity - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Anyone sitting in a dank, fetid Haitian jail for any reason probably deserves at least a measure of sympathy, so in that sense I feel sorry for the Baptist missionaries from Idaho charged with kidnapping 33 "orphans" and trying to take them out of the country. But what the do-gooders allegedly did was not just misguided. It could be criminal, and Haitian authorities are right to hold them accountable.

Toyota's plan to repair its public image - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - More than 70 years ago, Toyota entered the auto business based on a simple, but powerful, principle: that Toyota would build the highest-quality, safest and most reliable automobiles in the world. The company has always put the needs of our customers first and made the constant improvement of our vehicles a top priority. That is why 80 percent of all Toyotas sold in the United States over the past 20 years are still on the road today.

Ukraine's democratic evolution, on hold for now - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Every revolution sparks a counterrevolution. The French revolution in 1789 was followed by Napoleon and the restoration of the monarchy. After the Russian revolution, the czar's forces regrouped and fought a bloody civil war.

'Village' groups help seniors remain in their homes as they grow older - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Nearly three years ago, Harry Rosenberg and his wife, Barbara Filner, met with nine of their neighbors about starting an aging-in-place "village" in the Burning Tree community of Bethesda. The idea: If neighbors could help one another with basic services such as transportation and simple home...



Memory lapses are common and increase with age; when do they signal Alzheimer's? - 9 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Where did I park my car? What is that lady's name? Where are my glasses? Some call these "senior moments" or "tip-of-the-tongue" experiences. They're mundane for many elderly (and not-so-elderly) adults, but when do they become something more serious? How does one know when it's time to get scree...



Legion Academy gives Afghans a crash course in fighting war - 8 Feb 2010 at 6:25pm - FORWARD OPERATING BASE RAMROD -- Staff Sgt. Jacob Moss surveyed the desolate expanse of dust, razor wire and dirt-filled Hesco barriers, and proclaimed: "This is my baby."



Calif. insurer's rate increases draw attention of federal government - 8 Feb 2010 at 4:55pm - President Obama's secretary of health and human services fired off a sharply worded letter to a California insurer Monday, demanding to know why it is raising rates for individual policyholders by as much as 39 percent.



A year later, where did the hopes for Obama go? - 8 Feb 2010 at 2:35pm - A year ago, Barack Obama's true believers were euphoric. The huge and jubilant gathering in Chicago's Grant Park on election night 2008 gave way to almost 2 million people on the Mall for the president's inauguration.



The Fix: White House moves to make the filibuster a campaign issue - 8 Feb 2010 at 10:57am - Over the past week, President Obama and his senior aides have repeatedly cited Republicans' filibuster threats as the primary reason for the lack of progress on big ticket legislative items, an early sign that Democrats will seek to use this bit of legislative arcana against the GOP in the coming...



In a comeback, Yanukovych leads Tymoshenko in bid for Ukraine president - 8 Feb 2010 at 10:17am - MOSCOW -- A delegation of international observers on Monday described Ukraine's presidential elections as "professional, transparent and honest," putting pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat despite a tight vote count and her campaign's charges of irregularities.



Ex-Alaska governor Sarah Palin doesn't rule out run for the White House in 2012 - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin did not discount a 2012 presidential campaign on Sunday.



Anti-terrorism chief rebukes politicians who use cases as talking points - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser on Sunday criticized politicians for using terrorism situations such as the Detroit bombing case as a "political football."



David Plouffe advising White House on 2010 midterm elections - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Ask David Plouffe how Democrats can recover from their electoral setbacks over the past few months and he has a simple answer: Republicans.




NRA, onetime ally feud over next big guns case to go before Supreme Court - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - The National Rifle Association was on the outside looking in when the Supreme Court handed gun rights activists a landmark victory in 2008.




Mass. wind farm that Obama administration might support meets strong resistance - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - ABOARD THE IDA LEWIS -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar journeyed out into Nantucket Sound on a Coast Guard vessel last week to signal the Obama administration's readiness to put some muscle behind wind energy. To do that, Salazar has to resolve a battle over building a wind farm on 25 square mile...



INSIDER TRANSACTIONS - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - -- Thomson Financial



APPOINTMENTS - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic of Bethesda named Mark Lapidus , former director of marketing, vice president of digital media.



Local events - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - TUESDAY Recordkeeping and Accounting. Workshop explains accounting principles, financial statements, general business, taxes and management accounting. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., American Bar Association Building, 740 15th St. NW, third floor, Washington. Sponsor: Service Corps of Retired Executives....




5 workers killed in explosion at Middleton, Conn., power plant - 8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am - CONNECTICUT An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out the walls of an unfinished power plant in Connecticut and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers, injuring a dozen or more, and leaving crews picking through debris for more possible...