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Largely unnoticed, the most demanding proven program for a high school ever seen in the Disrict is applying for charter school status. The unanswered question: Can a school that requires students to pass six AP exams survive in the nation's capital?

Mr. Obama hasn't overstepped on Libya, but he could do more to clarify the U.S. mission.

A group of 64 offers support for serious action on reducing the national debt.

The bonds of the European Union are tested as wealthier nations come to the aid of smaller, struggling states.

The District brought this on itself, but a House probe seems hasty when D.C. officials are trying to investigate.

Now Virginia needs to offer the wrongly convicted man total exoneration.

There is worry about what's ahead, but the vote may have been the fairest in its history.

Hawks used to look out to watch over for this piece of farmland for trouble. Soon, it will be parents and umpires monitoring kids pounding cleats on the land Nick Maravell once tilled. The change in land use tells a more complex story about school development, particularly at a time when open space

Better, but not better enough, for schools in Maryland.

Hawks used to look out to watch over for this piece of farmland for trouble. Soon, it will be parents and umpires monitoring kids pounding cleats on the land Nick Maravell once tilled. The change in land use tells a more complex story about school development, particularly at a time when open space

"SIMPLY UNSUSTAINABLE." That is Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates's assessment of the spiraling cost of the health-care system for military personnel, retirees and their families. Mr. Gates is correct - and he is correct to press for modest increases in premiums paid by those covered by the system,...

AFTER MAKING an arrest, a law enforcement agency typically runs a suspect's name through a national database to check if he is wanted for another crime or in another jurisdiction. Makes sense. So why are states and municipalities balking at checking an alleged offender's immigration status through...

JUST DAYS after President Obama issued an executive order to govern long-term detentions at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Republican members of the House and Senate shot back by offering their own, strikingly different proposals.

President Obama is right to support 'all necessary measures' against Gaddafi.

It's puzzling why a twice-fallen president would come home only two days before a big election.

The president shouldn't be afraid of the sensible measures he endorsed as a candidate.

A nation already weakened by man-made problems can still recover.

The UDC president's record entitles him to a fair hearing.

Despite Japan's disaster, atomic energy can't be writtenoff.

Did Prince George's officials bend personnel rules for the county executive's son?