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House OKs aviation bill despite Democratic flak
By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
The House passed a sweeping overhaul of aviation regulations Friday, pushing aside Democratic complaints that the bill doesn’t do enough to protect airline passengers or keep tired pilots from flying. Published 5:00 p.m. April 1, 2011
Gray introduces ‘very difficult’ budget
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray on Friday announced plans to levy higher taxes on the city’s wealthiest residents while steeply cutting human services programs in a fiscal 2012 budget proposal that favors education and keeps public safety funding steady. Published 6:23 p.m. April 1, 2011
DHS: Illegal immigrant students not a target for deportation
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday that illegal immigrant students and young adults who meet the criteria in last year’s failed legalization bill in Congress are not a “priority” for her department’s law enforcement efforts. Published 12:16 p.m. April 1, 2011
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Nationals drop season opener to Braves, 2-0
The Washington Nationals opened the 2011 MLB season with a 2-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
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VCU off to first Final Four
The VCU men's basketball team's departs Richmond, Va,for their first appearance in the NCAA Final Four being held in Houston, Tex.
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Cherry Blossom Festival
The National Cherry Blossom Festival opened Saturday, and potentially damaging snow and sleet turned into just a cold Sunday.
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Top-seeded Pittsburgh, UConn and Cincinnati will bring a Big East presence to NCAA tournament games at the Verizon Center.
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A congressional briefing on the bullying of children with special needs included Lauren Potter, an actress on "Glee" who has Down syndrome.
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In this March 4, 2011, photo, Heba Mostafa hands her resume to Sean Martin, a representative of Buckeye International, at the 32nd Annual Spring Career Fair at Cleveland State University. The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March, and companies added workers at the fastest two-month pace since before the recession began. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Unemployment falls to two-year low of 8.8 percent; 216K jobs added

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

The U.S. job market maintained solid growth in the face of global turmoil last month, with enough jobs created to draw the unemployment rate down to a two-year low of 8.8 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday morning. Published 9:48 a.m. April 1, 2011

'I'M NO EXPERT': Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill of the $550 million price tag for the conflict in Libya. (Associated Press)

Gates grilled on price of ‘illegal war’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Skeptical lawmakers from both parties cross-examined Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates for hours Thursday in tense House and Senate hearings on U.S. strikes against Libya, which one angry Republican called “an unconstitutional and illegal war.” Published 9:12 p.m. March 31, 2011

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, with a fellow Republican, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, to his right, addresses a tea party

At Hill rally, tea partyers turn up heat on Boehner

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner praised tea partyers Thursday morning, and then members of the grass-roots movement assailed him in the afternoon, saying the Ohio Republican shouldn’t give in to Democrats’ demands in the spending battle in Congress, even if that results in a government shutdown. Published 8:41 p.m. March 31, 2011

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DiGenova’s role in Hinckley case doesn’t hold up

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Prominent D.C. lawyer Joseph E. diGenova has billed himself as a battle-tested former prosecutor who supervised the high-profile prosecution of John W. Hinckley Jr., who tried to kill President Reagan. But Mr. diGenova had no role in the prosecution or the trial, according to court records and those who did prosecute the case. Published 7:34 p.m. March 31, 2011

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House OKs aviation bill despite Democratic flak

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The House passed a sweeping overhaul of aviation regulations Friday, pushing aside Democratic complaints that the bill doesn’t do enough to protect airline passengers or keep tired pilots from flying. Published 5:00 p.m. April 1, 2011

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** FILE ** Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano speaks in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, March 24, 2011. Napolitano says security on the southern U.S. border is better than ever and that violence from neighbor Mexico hasn't spilled over in a serious way. Secretary Napolitano was joined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Alan Bersin and Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez. (AP Photo/The El Paso Times, Ruben R. Ramirez)

DHS: Illegal immigrant students not a target for deportation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday that illegal immigrant students and young adults who meet the criteria in last year’s failed legalization bill in Congress are not a “priority” for her department’s law enforcement efforts. Published 12:16 p.m. April 1, 2011

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Afghans carrying a man, who got wounded following an attack on U.N.'s office during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a Florida pastor, in Mazar-i- Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, April. 1, 2011. An Afghan official says seven people have been killed at a U.N. office in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif when a Quran burning protest turned violent. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)

Afghanistan: 8 killed in protest at U.N. office

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Eight foreigners were killed Friday after demonstrators protesting a reported burning of the Muslim holy book stormed a U.N. office in northern Afghanistan, opening fire on guards and setting fires inside the compound, a top Afghan police official said. Published 11:16 a.m. April 1, 2011