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The 94-year-old nun says she has been married to Christ for 75 years.
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The band played with a university ensemble.
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A Hispanic heritage celebration was held in Washington
D.C.
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The Post’s Michael S. Williamson documents his year-long cross-country journey.
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Elijah Alfred Alexander Jr. aims to live apart from civilization.
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Elections, Day of the Skulls, “Medvedev’s Girls,” Saturn’s moon and more.
Nicki Minaj, Elton John, Shakira, Lynda Carter, Seth Meyers and other celebrities.
Sharon Bialek joins list of people who have accused a known figure of sexual harassment.
Paterno plans to finish out his 46th season with the Nittany Lions.
Mark Maske assesses the league’s top teams.
More of Washington’s powerful institutions have female leaders.
Washington suffers its fourth straight loss.
Jerry Sandusky arrested; school officials charged with failure to report.
Muslims around the world celebrate the four-day Festival of the Sacrifice.
She helped to get Bank of America to back off charging a debit-card fee.
Matthew VanDyke, a journalist working in Libya, disappeared, alarming his loved ones.
Trying to change the racial makeup of a gifted program.
The Blackwells love one another, but religion is a source of tension.
Public clocks are enjoying a burst of popularity.
The 94-year-old nun says she has been married to Christ for 75 years.
National
Photos | We’ve taken a look at some of the nation’s big givers. Some of them you may know — others you may not.
Voters are considering a law limiting the collective-bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio and the so-called personhood amendment in Mississippi. Voters also chose governors in Mississippi and Kentucky.
The military has long borne a sacred obligation: to treat its fallen members and their families with utmost levels of dignity and honor.
In 2011, big studios and small developers fought for players in an increasingly crowded market.
Many world leaders have been caught making statements not intended for the public.
Sharon Bialek is the first to come forward publicly.
Innovation is happening all the time, but here are 11 trends worth keeping your eye on.
More of Washington’s powerful institutions have female leaders.
Oklahoma residents were shaken by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake Saturday.
Here are some gift ideas for the readers, gamers, travelers and homebodies in your life.
Antiabortion groups hope to define a fertilized egg as a person through a statewide vote Tuesday.
Six volunteer astronauts end their 520-day simulated mission to Mars.
Members of federal unions support the Occupy movement.
Internet companies from Groupon and Zynga to Facebook are lining up to go public.
Benjamin Whetstone Schmidt, 24, was accidentally killed by a fellow Marine in Afghanistan.
World
Guantanamo Bay prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is charged with allegedly orchestrating the 2000 attack on the USS Cole.
On an empty spit of shadeless sand a few miles north of Mexico’s Cabo Pulmo marine reserve, a Spanish development conglomerate plans to erect a mega-resort. Environmentalists are appalled at the prospect of another Cancun so close to the northernmost coral reef in the world.
As Italy grappled with a mounting debt crisis Tuesday, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi agreed to step down after Parliament passes a key budget bill that includes provisions demanded by fellow members of the European Union.
The military has long borne a sacred obligation: to treat its fallen members and their families with utmost levels of dignity and honor.
Kamer Hashim was born into war and began to take photos in kindergarten.
Burmese opposition says China is “only concerned with its own energy needs.”
Intelligence shows that Iran received foreign assistance to overcome key hurdles in acquiring a nuclear weapon.
The Afghans continue to go about their daily lives in the war-torn country.
Muslims around the world celebrate the four-day Festival of the Sacrifice.
Hundreds search for scrap metal in contaminated water.
The violence in Hama, Syria,seems to signal a transformational moment.
Mayanda Abud crossed Syria’s border with Israel to marry.
Benjamin Whetstone Schmidt, 24, was accidentally killed by a fellow Marine in Afghanistan.
Pakistan granted its longtime rival “most-favored nation” status Wednesday.
The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2.5 million visitors each year.
Local
Surgery took place in Richmond, Va.
Low turnout was expected on Election Day.
She helped to get Bank of America to back off charging a debit-card fee.
Trying to change the racial makeup of a gifted program.
Three sisters — Inez Dade, Margaret Harris and Vanilla Beane — gathered with friends and relatives to celebrate Dade’s 99th birthday.
The Blackwells love one another, but religion is a source of tension.
Buy a week’s groceries using the $31.50 allowance.
A Hispanic heritage celebration was held in Washington
D.C.
The 63-year-old is the military’s longest-serving active-duty general.
Middle-class and more affluent students are enrolling in community colleges because it is a good value.
Students at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, displaced from their residence halls.
Unison receives historical recognition for its Civil War ties.
Mayor Vincent Gray called a string of shootings “troubling.”
The D.C. program has concluded five years of intensive policing — and controversy.
The county defies the area’s trend toward more diversity.
Politics
Voters are considering a law limiting the collective-bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio and the so-called personhood amendment in Mississippi. Voters also chose governors in Mississippi and Kentucky.
Sharon Bialek is the first to come forward publicly.
Antiabortion groups hope to define a fertilized egg as a person through a statewide vote Tuesday.
Members of federal unions support the Occupy movement.
Indiana’s 9th Congressional District has flipped from Democrat to Republican three times since 2000.
The remarkable descent of the former Goldman Sachs CEO and governor.
The Republican presidential candidate came to promote Republican contenders ahead of the state’s upcoming legislative elections.
The Florida senator had a stunning tea-party propelled victory in 2010 and is considered a prospective 2012 Republican vice presidential candidate and a possible future presidential contender.
The teleprompter: Helpful tool or symbol of ineptitude?
Candidates debate in Las Vegas.
The president takes a three-day bus tour of North Carolina and Virginia.
President Obama welcomed Lee Myung-bak on Thursday.
The Senate’s top two leaders have spent months clashing.
The 2012 Republican presidential candidates discussed the economy at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
Washington Post reporters and staff used Instagram to capture candidates on the campaign trail.
Sports
With 11/11/11 rapidly approaching, here’s a look at the greatest athletes to have donned that number on their jerseys.
South County improves its overall season record to 19-5
The Capitals drop their second consecutive game and fourth in six contests.
Mark Maske assesses the league’s top teams.
Joe Frazier, a former heavyweight champion, died Nov. 7 after a fight with liver cancer. He was 67.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase defeats Dulaney 2-1 and Severna Park defeats Springbrook 4-1 to advance to the state finals.
Fifteen-year NHL veteran Mike Knuble spends most of his time at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, where he juggles the hectic schedule of being both a professional athlete and a hockey parent.
The best of Sunday’s pro football action in photos.
DeMatha improves its spotless overall season record to 20-0.
Senior Shannon Collins scores the game-winning goal off a corner kick.
Jerry Sandusky arrested; school officials charged with failure to report.
Washington suffers its fourth straight loss.
Potomac School rallies from 14 points down.
The Terrapins see their faint postseason hopes extinguished.
Dunbar running back Olu Izegwire scored three touchdowns, including one in overtime, and ran in the game-winning two-point conversion to help the Crimson Tide clinch the DCIAA West title.
Entertainment
The brand threw a giant party on the Hudson in honor of their new affordable line for H&M Tuesday night.
These entertainers will likely look back on the past year with fondness.
Sharon Bialek joins list of people who have accused a known figure of sexual harassment.
The high-profile attorney who has built her reputation as a women’s rights advocate has counseled her clients on the art of demure dressing.
Winners included Jennifer Lopez and Laura Bush.
The lomography movement has established a small hold in D.C.
Nicki Minaj, Elton John, Shakira, Lynda Carter, Seth Meyers and other celebrities.
Veteran broadcaster Andy Rooney has died, CBS reports.
The film showcase has arrived at the American Film Institute in Silver Spring.
A former star of the Bolshoi and American Ballet Theater, Nina Ananiashvili has returned to her native Georgia to remake a company that was in post-Soviet-era tatters.
Zombies, werewolves and dismembered corpses are just a day at the office for makeup and special effects artist Andre Freitas.
Stars bring stunning tour to Verizon Center.
Public clocks are enjoying a burst of popularity.
Up-and-coming classical musicians.
Drew Porterfield and Ralph Brabham wed nearly seven years after they met.
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Special reports
A Post investigation breaks years of secrecy on where the region’s crime guns are sold.
Meet three soldiers and two Marines with traumatic brain injury.
Our seventh annual installment showcases the most striking visual content produced in 2010.
Photographer Nikki Kahn spent four weeks on location in rural Alaska.
The first Earth Day was organized by a group of activists in Dupont Circle.
The Washington Post’s Alexandra Garcia hits the streets to find out what’s hip around D.C.
Ordinary voters address their thoughts on government and the midterm campaign season.
The government has built a system so big, no one really knows if it’s keeping its citizens safe.
