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Joe Biden picks up fire logs, pie at Costco
Jenny Rogers
Updated: Thu, Nov 29, 2012
Vice President Joe Biden has joined the ranks of celebrities and public figures who have made headlines with a trip to Costco. The members-only warehouse club chain hosted the VP at its newest location, a 154,000-square-foot store in the D.C. neighborhood of Fort Lincoln on Thursday morning.
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Animal activists ding Pelosi over veal
Jenny Rogers
Published: Thu, Nov 29, 2012
Nancy Pelosi has drawn the ire of one animal rights group over menu items at several of the restaurants the California Democrat is invested in. In Defense of Animals has sent a letter to Pelosi urging her to adopt a no-veal policy at four eateries owned by the Moana Restaurant Group. IDA...
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Grassley is king of the visual aids, and other lessons from the Floor Charts blog
Jenny Rogers
Updated: Wed, Nov 28, 2012
Two weeks ago, a social media-minded C-SPAN employee saw a suggestion on Twitter that someone should blog about all the charts on the Senate floor. William Gray, a producer at the network, waited for someone to bite. When no one did, he birthed Senate Floor Charts, a log of the visual aids used...
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Speakeasy: Arne Duncan more likely to be a stripper than a diplomat
Jenny Rogers
Updated: Wed, Nov 28, 2012
"Last week, the Onion said I was going to become a male stripper. The Onion is probably more accurate than Tom Friedman." -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan, joking about New York Times columnist Tom Friedman's suggestion that Duncan is most qualified to be the next secretary of state. The...
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Sleep next to power during Inauguration weekend
Jenny Rogers
Updated: Tue, Nov 27, 2012
Inauguration is still weeks away, but Craigslist is already flush with rental options from enterprising Washingtonians looking to make $1,000 off their spare bedrooms. Hot commodities include access to a "collection of philosophy, economics, and English literature books" in Fairfax, Va. and "hot...
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Chelsea Clinton enters Twitter Q&A, only answers the dull questions
Jenny Rogers
Updated: Tue, Nov 27, 2012
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton bravely submitted herself to a Q&A session with the public on Tuesday, asking folks to tweet at her with the hashtag #askchelsea. Unbravely, she only answered the boring ones. The ever-careful Clinton answered just six questions, including queries...
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By the numbers: The People's Tree arrives at the Capitol
Jenny Rogers
Published: Mon, Nov 26, 2012
A modest crowd gathered on the west lawn of the Capitol Monday morning to receive the 2012 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree, a 73-foot Engelmann Spruce from White River National Forest in Colorado. The forest's wildlife biologist Natasha Goedert was on the scene after making the trek with the tree to...
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Bush daughter to write for Southern Living
Jenny Rogers
Published: Mon, Nov 26, 2012
Jenna Bush Hager, Today show correspondent and former first daughter, is engaging in a little carpetbagging -- the New York resident has been named editor at large for Southern Living magazine. She'll contribute a monthly column and write for the magazine's The Daily South blog, the New York...
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