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Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy are reportedly broken up 26 Oct 2012 | 12:52 am
The blossoming romance between Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy — a country-pop-meets-Camelot-family union that gave us many cute pictures of the pair kissing and a super-overblown story about them cras...
Emeka Okafor finding role on young Washington Wizards team 26 Oct 2012 | 12:09 am
At a glance, Emeka Okafor is not like the others. “He’s a Renaissance man,” said Ernie Grunfeld, the Washington Wizards’ team president The Wizards big man estimates he read 20 books before training ...
Alexandra Petri: The necessary weirdness of Obama appearing on Leno 25 Oct 2012 | 10:48 pm
Kings had it easy. All they had to do was cure scrofula with their touch. The presidency makes more unreasonable demands. It’s not simply the hours of jet travel, the endless strings of babies being ...
CEOs make the case for a grand bargain 25 Oct 2012 | 10:44 pm
A group of high-profile business leaders sounded the alarm about the deficit on Thursday morning—this time quite literally. Top executives from Honeywell, JPMorgan and Express Scripts rang the opening...
David Stern will step down as NBA commissioner in 2014 25 Oct 2012 | 10:35 pm
Video: NBA commissioner David Stern announces he will retire on Feb. 1, 2014. David Stern will step down as commissioner of the NBA, effective Feb. 1, 2014. Stern, 70, is the longest-tenured active ...
Holiday cease-fire announced in Syria 25 Oct 2012 | 10:12 pm
BEIRUT — The Syrian government and the rebel Free Syrian Army said Thursday they would observe a four-day cease-fire to coincide with a major Muslim holiday, amid reports of significant rebel gains in...
Russian opposition says activist kidnapped, as Putin government steps up pressure 25 Oct 2012 | 10:02 pm
MOSCOW — Russian authorities are dramatically escalating the pressure on the opposition that emerged on the streets last December, going so far as to abduct an asylum-seeker in Ukraine in order to for...
Pierre Garcon has a tear in his foot 25 Oct 2012 | 09:30 pm
Washington Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon said Thursday that he has a torn ligament in his right foot that could require surgery. Garcon, who has missed four of the Redskins’ seven games this s...
Microsoft kicks off Windows 8, Surface 25 Oct 2012 | 09:27 pm
Microsoft held a big party for itself in New York City on Thursday ahead of the U.S. launch of its Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet. The event, which the company opted to stream over the...
Editorial Board: Washington Post endorsement: Four more years for President Obama 25 Oct 2012 | 09:02 pm
MUCH OF THE 2012 presidential campaign has dwelt on the past, but the key questions are who could better lead the country during the next four years — and, most urgently, who is likelier to put the go...
