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Hopefuls court tea party at South Carolina forum Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised Monday to support repeal of a full range of financial-regulation legislation enacted over the past few decades as he sought to woo conservative and tea party voters in South Carolina, and pledged that his vice-presidential pick would be pro-life. After winning key right, gays press for more from military With the official end of the U.S. military's ban two weeks away, gay-rights activists are pressing the Pentagon for more than just the right to serve openly. Remnants of twin towers find role in London 9/11 memorial The grass-carpeted grove of trees just inside the Rosary Gate of Battersea Park is known as the American Ground. When the park was created in the 1850s, it was planted with North American trees and shrubs. For House, budget cuts hit close to home The House of Representatives that returns Tuesday is 10 percent leaner than a year prior - the result of a pair of mandates requiring largely symbolic cuts to the way it goes about its business enacted since John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, assumed the speaker's gavel in January. Edsall leads Terrapins to victory in debut Maryland was far from perfect Monday night. The same could not be said of its result. The Terrapins, debuting a new coaching staff and an up-tempo offense (and, yes, difficult-to-miss new uniforms) before a packed Byrd Stadium, outlasted Miami 32-24 to collect a solid victory in coach Randy Edsall's debut. Strasburg set for first start since having elbow surgery The pitch was a changeup, no different than 178 other changeups Stephen Strasburg had thrown for the Washington Nationals. Bachmann's campaign chief stepping down The campaign chief and deputy campaign manager for Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann are leaving in a campaign shake-up. Fish market restored following disaster surviving and thriving As she drives a forklift, Shoko Tada - one of the few women working among the blood and guts of the local fish market - has a smile on her face. Maryland company builds library empire Cash-strapped cities and local governments across the country, having privatized services such as trash collection and prison operations in efforts to make up budget shortfalls, are increasingly eyeing another service as a prime candidate for outsourcing: the neighborhood library. Grossman gets nod to be Redskins' starting QB The Washington Redskins have named Rex Grossman their starting quarterback over John Beck, according to reports by the NFL Network and ESPN. FAA funding back before Congress; deadline Sept. 16 As Congress returns to Washington this week after a monthlong break, lawmakers are preparing for another heated partisan battle to fund the Federal Aviation Administration, with a temporary deal set to expire in less than two weeks and no compromise in sight. Obama punches in at union rally in Detroit President Obama on Labor Day Monday rallied his waning base of union supporters, telling a crowd in Detroit that the working men and women of America are the key to turning the economy around. Words from grave wanted as evidence Crystal Washington was fatally shot more than two years ago, but her words still could loom large in an upcoming federal conspiracy trial. Virginia Senate losing its GOP moderates In 2004, Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat, pushed a historic $1.4 billion tax-increase package through the General Assembly with help from such moderate Republicans as Sens. John H. Chichester and Kenneth W. Stolle. Franchot raises the profile of state comptroller's duties Maryland Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot made clear before taking office in 2007 that he would expand the job description beyond collecting taxes, paying the state's bills and auditing its agencies, and he is living up to that promise. Race for Weiner's seat close but margin is up for debate The race for the U.S. House seat vacated by disgraced New York Rep. Anthony D. Weiner - once thought to be a lock for Democrats - continues to be closer than expected. Just how close depends on who's counting. Commentary WHALEN: And now a word from a job creator … As a job-creating entrepreneur out here in the hinterlands, I am amazed at the Keynesian priests in Washington calling for more stimulus fueled by debt. KAHLILI: Michael Moore, rethink your trip to Iran American filmmaker Michael Moore has asked for permission to travel to Iran to attend Cinema Verite, an Iranian international festival for documentary films, according to Mehr News, the mouthpiece news agency of Iran's Islamic regime. KNIGHT: Can Perry summon courage of true convictions? The modern-day faith in science makes the most fanatical fundamentalist look indifferent by comparison. Ever since Charles Darwin proposed his theory of macroevolution, which even he admitted had scant evidence to support it, the intelligentsia have pushed science as the Final Decider of All Things. If you think this is harmless, see how Alfred C. Kinsey's cooked surveys on sex in the 1940s helped launch and justify the still-disastrous sexual revolution. And look at how junk science is littering Supreme Court opinions. EDITORIAL: Beware: Obama's executive fiat It's official: President Obama is presiding over the worst era of unemployment in U.S. history since this nation was embroiled in World War II. On Friday, it was announced zero net jobs were created nationwide in the whole month of August. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis stammered, "I do believe that we're going in the right direction, but we need cooperation and it begins with members of the House and the Senate agreeing to do something now." Going in the right direction? It's a perfect admission of the cluelessness of this White House that the head of the Labor Department thinks zero new jobs and a permanent unemployment rate above 9 percent mean the country is headed the right way. MILLER: Obama's Libyan mistakes Donald Rumsfeld may have left Washington, but his keen eye on world affairs remains instructive. President George W. Bush's defense secretary believes the Obama administration's missteps in Syria and Libya stem from a lack of leadership, absence of a clear mission and faulty coalition building. 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