http://washington.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for washington en Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:38:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045970 unknown@Netscape.com University of Washington is working on something rather startling. Studies that Einstein described as "spooky". The Denzel Washington Movie Deja Vu maybe closer to fact than fiction. This is one more thing that is making science fiction harder to come by. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:38:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045970TimetravelEinsteinuniversityofwashingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2044905 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration proposes cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:42:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044905SpottedOwlnorthwestwashingtonbushadministrationenvironmentconservationFortlewisOregonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2029139 unknown@Netscape.com Breaking a 211-year media silence, retired Army Gen. George Washington appeared on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday to speak out against many aspects of the way the Iraq war has been waged. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:42:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2029139bushGeorgewashingtoniraqwarMeetThepressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031124 unknown@Netscape.com Breaking a 211-year media silence, retired Army Gen. George Washington appeared on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday to speak out against many aspects of the way the Iraq war has been waged. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:42:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031124bushGeorgewashingtoniraqwarMeetThepressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025205 unknown@Netscape.com For the first two years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iran's leaders and diplomats sought to persuade all Iraqi Shiite Islamist factions in Iraq to work together through a US-led political process, but the Bush administration scuttled those efforts, the Congressional Research Service reported last week. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:15:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025205pressescwashingtonbushiraniraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2014704 unknown@Netscape.com The push to impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney is gaining a hearing in some parts of the country, but not in Washington. More than 70 cities and 14 state Democratic parties have urged impeachment or investigations that could lead to impeachment. Tue, 29 May 2007 08:19:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014704bushadministrationdemocratsimpeachmentPoliticsD.C.washingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2012409 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush has declared that the 3.5% pay raise for the troops proposed by Democrats as being "unnecessary" but requested the legislature to make the President's tax cuts for the rich permanent, actions that have earned the administration the wrath of unions. Mon, 28 May 2007 07:15:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2012409bushadminwhitehousewashingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1955656 unknown@Netscape.com In addition to making whiskey and farming different crops on his Mount Vernon acreage, George Washington also grew hemp (cannabis), like many people of his time. A replica of his whiskey distillery has been built, and Mount Vernon officials say they may produce some for special occasions and might try to get approval to bottle and sell it. Sat, 19 May 2007 06:35:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1955656whiskeyhempdistilleryGeorgewashingtonfarmingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1939693 unknown@Netscape.com The plan would create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals to the U.S and a separate program to cover agricultural workers. Skills and education-level would for the first time be weighted over family connections in deciding whether future immigrants should get permanent legal status. New high-tech employment verification measures also w Fri, 18 May 2007 05:40:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1939693msnbcImmigrationillegalswashingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1941286 unknown@Netscape.com WASHINGTON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair paid a farewell visit Wednesday to President Bush, an opportunity for close allies to showcase their unity on the war in Iraq and hammer out differences on climate change and trade. Fri, 18 May 2007 05:34:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1941286washingtonmsnbcBlairbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1739560 unknown@Netscape.com Several military personnel have worked as independent contractors for a California woman who federal prosecutors say ran a prostitution ring in the Washington, D.C., area for more than 13 years, according to the woman's lawyer. A Naval Academy instructor was among those working for the "D.C. madam," Montgomery Blair Sibley said. Fri, 04 May 2007 05:50:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1739560washingtondcprostitutionringDeborahJeanePalfreypentagonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1665525 unknown@Netscape.com ABC News' Brian Ross revealed tonight that the list of customers of an alleged Washington-based prostitution service includes White House and Pentagon officials as well as prominent attorneys. "There are thousands of names, tens of thousands of phone numbers," Ross said. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:02:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1665525dcMadamshockandawewashingtonclientsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1538676 unknown@Netscape.com For the first time, the city of Seattle has earned a spot in the $1,000 club. That means it now costs at least $1,000 per month to rent an average apartment in the city. Only seven other West Coast cities have earned spots in the $1,000 club, and they're all in California. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:33:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1538676seattlewashingtonapartmentsRealestatekingCountyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1339479 unknown@Netscape.com The Washington Post published an editorial attacking Speaker Pelosi's bipartisan delegation trip to the Middle East. In a telling sign, the poisonous editorial contradicts the Post's own reporting on the Speaker's visit to Syria. Speaker Pelosi accurately relayed a message given to her by Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to Syrian President Assad. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:48:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1339479nancypelosisyriawashingtonpostIsraelrepublicansNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1289519 unknown@Netscape.com The FBI used a secret intelligence unit to detain war protesters in Washington and interrogate them about their political and religious views, according to police logs that have recently surfaced in a civil lawsuit filed by 20 demonstrators who were arrested by D.C. police in 2002 during rallies on the mall. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:18:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1289519FBIlieswarprotestswashingtondcarrestsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1175521 unknown@Netscape.com Mount St. Helens may be following the example of Kilauea in Hawaii with magma being replaced from a reservoir beneath the volcano as fast as it emerges as lava at the surface, scientists say. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:14:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1175521mountSt.HelensvolcanoSciencewashingtonstateMagmalavaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1160416 unknown@Netscape.com One of the eight former U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush administration said yesterday that White House officials questioned his performance in highly partisan political terms at a meeting in Washington in September, three months before his dismissal. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:47:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1160416johnmckayU.S.attorneyPoliticsbushadministrationwashingtonstateNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1137271 unknown@Netscape.com IN one of the most depressing pieces of news to come along in years, the organization that presides over high school sports in Washington State is considering a ban on booing at sporting events. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:11:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1137271washingtonstatecosidersbanonbooingsportingeventsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1073702 unknown@Netscape.com About one-third of the people living in the national's capital are functionally illiterate, compared with about one-fifth nationally, according to a report on the District of Columbia. Adults are considered functionally illiterate if they have trouble doing such things as comprehending bus schedules, reading maps and filling out job applications. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:36:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1073702washingtondcIlliteratesDistrictofcolumbiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1043599 unknown@Netscape.com Alexander Semin scored a goal and added two assists to lead the lowly Washington Capitals to a 5-1 home romp over the listless Leafs on Friday night. Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:45:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1043599nhlhockeyMapleLeafsCapitalstorontowashingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/928122 unknown@Netscape.com Video shot by Joseph La Sac shows an officer demanding the student turn off his camera. La Sac was there to document the controversial onloading of Stryker military equipment to a ship bound for the Iraq war. [via Lost Remote] Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:31:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/928122seattlestrykertacomayoutubewashingtoncitizenjournalismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/871537 unknown@Netscape.com But here we are - four years from Mission Unaccomplished with most of America sick to death of this stupid, pointless war. Do you really want to wait until the clock runs out before we get rid of Bush? Busloads of activists will travel to Washington as they bring their anti-war demands directly to Shock and Awe Headquarters. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:36:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/871537AntiwaractivistsiraqwarwashingtonprotestGeorgewbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/620216 unknown@Netscape.com More than 2 days after an inflammatory quote used by a regular Washington Times columnist was shown to be fabricated, the newspaper still hasn't removed it from the article, or carried a correction. That's one reason Don Young (R-AK) cited the quote on the floor of the House in the debate over the Iraq war "surge." He took it to be true. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:22:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/620216washingtontimesfakelincolnquoteDonyoungrepublicanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/597152 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:40:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/597152SitesToppopularvideosVideomurthaTroopsanti-wariraqhehedemocratswar in iraqIraq Warhouse democratsiraq conflictbushmazziedemocratic leadershiptroopjohn p. murthasenate democratsPoliticslegislative strategyjohn murthaanti-war organizationstramservizimetroromeItalystradaribuses in rometrams in romebaghdadStallswashingtonvendorscapitalinsurgentspolicecampaignexplosioniranaudiotwin bombingsjobssecond-hand clothesshiite muslimsreligious festivalakronsunni muslimlocal http://web2announcer.com/go/345902 unknown@Netscape.com 400,000 protesters converged on the Nation's Capitol Sat. to oppose the Iraq War and its escalation. Among many groups, thousands of veterans were well represented. "This one is a war of choice and a war for profit against a culture and people we don't understand," said a 54-year-old carpenter from Prairie Village, Kansas. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:23:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/345902peacemarchDemontrationProtestorsiraqwarwashingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/339873 unknown@Netscape.com Maybe it's the weird winter weather, or the newly Democratic Congress. Maybe it's the news reports about starving polar bears, or the Oscar nomination for Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." Whatever the reason, years of resistance to the reality of climate change are suddenly melting away like the soon-to-be-history snows of Kilimanjaro. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:54:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/339873PoliticsglobalwarmingbushwashingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/332081 unknown@Netscape.com Tens of thousands of demonstrators are set to arrive in the capital this weekend for a major antiwar march, staging the first of several protests intended to persuade the new Democratic-controlled Congress to do more than simply speak against President Bush's Iraq policy. Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:17:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/332081peacemarchDemostratorsProtestorswashingtoniraqwarbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/304092 unknown@Netscape.com A convicted murderer's statements to the FBI about the deaths of two young girls in Washington are not sufficient to bring criminal charges in the deaths, though the man remains "a viable person of interest" in the slayings, investigators said Wednesday. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:28:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/304092NewsKillersStatementwontleadTochargeswashington http://web2announcer.com/go/290931 unknown@Netscape.com Plot your itinerary now. George Bush's newly announced intent to send an additional 21,500 troops into the burgeoning civil war-his so-called "surge" plan-has given this particular march on Washington unexpected momentum. Help mobilize for the big march in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, January 27. Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:04:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/290931marchonwashingtonantiwarsurgeiraqprotestbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/277467 unknown@Netscape.com A visit to Washington state, which has the highest minimum wage in the country, reveals a booming economy with none of the problems Big Business had been warning about. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:30:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/277467minimumwagewashingtonstateMoneybusinessEconomyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/265084 unknown@Netscape.com Washington's envoy to North Korean nuclear talks said on Monday he saw a basis for progress, saying the Chinese government could announce a date soon for a resumption of six-party negotiations that broke off in December. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:10:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/265084usENVOYwashingtonnKoreanegotiationsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/222996 unknown@Netscape.com Washington and New Hampshire are the only states that currently provide for official hanging as a means of execution. But there has been no hanging since 1996 in this country. Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:18:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/222996deathpenaltyhangingwashingtonnewhampshirecapitalpunishmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5645 unknown@Netscape.com NCTC: Up to 70 Terrorist Plots Each Day WASHINGTON -- Every weekday morning at 7, Vice Admiral John Scott Redd, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center in northern Virginia, picks up the "Read Book" that lists as many as 60 or 70 potential terrorist threats against the United States. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:31:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5645Newsterrorismthreatswashingtondailyadmiral http://web2announcer.com/go/5582 unknown@Netscape.com Michael Tomasky: "The Redskins are historically the most racist franchise in professional football." Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:18:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5582SportswashingtonredskinsracistsnameNFLNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4868 unknown@Netscape.com More than two months after new civil rights protections for gay men and lesbians went into effect, Washington state officials have spent more time answering questions than launching investigations Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:36:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4868Gay & Lesbiangaycivil rightswashingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1848 unknown@Netscape.com WashingtonWatch is a site that breaks down the costs behind proposed U.S. federal legislation and regulation, and then asks your direct feedback in the form of comments and a simple yes/no poll. Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:22:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1848PoliticswashingtongovernmentbudgetaccountabilitylegislationNews