Same old problems plague Redskins

Ryan O'Halloran

Somehow within striking distance of the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday at the Georgia Dome, the old problems resurfaced for the Washington Redskins in a 31-17 ...

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• Officials: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding

  3 PM Diego Mendez ASSOCIATED PRESS

  

  UPDATED: Three days of heavy rains in El Salvador touched off floods and slides that have killed at least 91 people, the government said Sunday. Continue reading »

• Dalai Lama's Himalayan trip angers China

  3 PM Muneeza Naqvi ASSOCIATED PRESS

  

  Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town in which he first set foot five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet -- a rare trip close ... Continue reading »

• Obama: It's Senate's turn on health care

  2 PM Sean Lengell

  

  President Obama on Sunday congratulated the House for its "historic" vote for health care reform and urged the Senate to follow suit. Continue reading »

• Iraqi parliament passes key election law

  1 PM Qassim Abdul-Zahra ASSOCIATED PRESS

  

  Iraq's parliament Sunday night passed a long-delayed law necessary to hold nationwide elections, in a process that has been intensely watched over fears the holdup could delay the January contests and possibly delay the planned ... Continue reading »

• Army chief wary of backlash against Muslim soldiers

  1 PM Sean Lengell

  

  The Army chief of staff said Sunday that he is concerned that speculation about the Muslim faith and the motives of the accused Fort Hood gunman could spark retaliation against Muslin soldiers and hurt diversity ... Continue reading »

• Karzai vows to fight corruption

  12 PM Robert H. Reid ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Embattled Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration -- a demand made by Washington and its international partners Continue reading »

• Chief: Army taking a hard look at itself

  11 AM ASSOCIATED PRESS

  

  Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the U.S. Army's chief of staff, said Sunday that the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen ... Continue reading »

• Suicide bomber kills anti-Taliban mayor

  11 AM Riaz Khan ASSOCIATED PRESS

  

  A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan, killing 12 people, including an anti-Taliban mayor who had formed a militia to fight the militants, officials said. Continue reading »

• Jindal declares state of emergency ahead of Ida

  10 AM ASSOCIATED PRESS

  

  UPDATED: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Sunday as the Gulf Coast braced for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across the Gulf of Mexico as a Category ... Continue reading »

• Fort Hood killings evoke bad memory

  5 AM Steve Miller THE WASHINGTON TIMES

  

  The town that has for years been newsworthy for its violence is again in crisis. Continue reading »

• Sunshine vitamin stirs new debate

  5 AM Ann Geracimos

  

  Remember all the advice we've heard about skin cancer -- stay out of the sun, cover up, wear sunblock? Now some doctors are saying that it has resulted in a new health problem, vitamin D ... Continue reading »

• Looking to 2010, GOP focuses on fiscal restraint

  5 AM Ralph Z. Hallow and Donald Lambro THE WASHINGTON TIMES

  

  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele is working behind the scenes to unify state GOP leaders around an anti-spending, small-government theme for the 2010 midterm elections, seeking to shunt family values to second-tier status ... Continue reading »

• Israelis unsure of U.S. support

  5 AM Joshua Mitnick

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in the United States this week, but he might not see President Obama. Continue reading »

• Parents buying homes for kids at college

  5 AM Tim Devaney THE WASHINGTON TIMES

  

  A growing number of families across the nation are buying homes for their children to cope with the ever-climbing costs of a college education. Continue reading »

• Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces

  2 PM Deb Riechmann ASSOCIATED PRESS

  

  U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of ... Continue reading »