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...sport where it typically takes several years to reach a competitive level, Hong has made amazing progress since he started riding during his senior year at Gilman High School in Baltimore...
...problem of DC’s lack of representation, whether by granting the nation’s capitol statehood or by abolishing the current rules granting Congress the authority to veto DC’s laws. In the meantime, however, Congress should stay on the sidelines and let the progress of equal rights continue unimpeded in Washington...
...gloomy skepticism descended on Washington in the days after the Geneva meeting, with many suggesting that Iran was simply playing for time and not with open cards. The deeper reality, though, is that even if Iran cooperates, it won't necessarily do so on Western terms. The progress made in Geneva, for example, skirted the primary demand that the U.S. and its European allies have pressed since 2006: that Iran freeze and eventually give up its uranium-enrichment program in exchange for a package of political and economic incentives. (See pictures of IAEA director Mohamed ElBaradei...
...British-born lawyer David Mills to lie on his behalf during an earlier corruption trial. Mills, the husband of Britain's Olympics Minister, Tessa Jowell, has already been convicted in the case. Both Mills, who is appealing the verdict, and Berlusconi, deny the charges. (Read "London 2012: An Olympics Progress Report...
...gets tired real quick," says his father. "But he has a great attitude." The son says, "It's been hard for my parents and family. It's almost been easier for me because I have a little bit of control." When Wilhite gets discouraged about his progress, he pulls a picture out of his wallet showing him in the steel halo. "That picture reminds me of how far I've come," he says, adding, "I feel an obligation to spread the word on drinking and driving for Nick, Henry and Courtney. I feel like I could...