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Round-trip flights raised up to $60
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Airlines ratcheted up the pressure on fliers ahead of the holiday weekend, significantly raising ticket prices to offset the runaway cost of fuel. The three biggest carriers each boosted most domestic fares by up to $60 for a round trip, while budget airline AirTran Airways raised its leisure fares by $30 round trip. Published 12:30 a.m. May 24, 2008 - Comments
DESIGN: Porcelains with a French accent
By Deborah K. Dietsch
Along with Faberge eggs and Aubusson rugs, cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post collected Sevres porcelains, not all of them completely authentic. A gilded ice pail displayed inside the Hillwood estate, Post's home-turned-museum, turns out to be an English interpretation of the French ceramics. Published 5:45 a.m. December 13, 2009 - Comments
D.C. museum wants to add rooftop 'bubble'
By Joseph Weber
The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., wants to add to the building a temporary, inflatable bubble that squeezes through its rooftop -- a modern concept in a city known worldwide for its classical architecture. Published 3:43 p.m. December 18, 2009 - Comments
ART: Matisse's ideas reframed through works on paper
By Deborah K. Dietsch
Henri Matisse, the French painter known for his vivid colors, is being represented in black and white for two more weeks at the Baltimore Museum of Art. This comprehensive exhibition of 170 works refreshes the typical view of Matisse through one of the least known sides of the artist's career, his printmaking. Published 5:45 a.m. December 20, 2009 - Comments
D.C. digs out from record snowstorm
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Washington-area commuters returned to work Monday morning with few problems, following the weekend storm that brought roughly 16 inches of snow to the region. Published 5:45 a.m. December 21, 2009 - Comments
White House chefs check lists twice
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Christmas at the White House isn't for sissies. Take quantities that might work in a private home -- guests, cookies, parties, cards, whatever -- and add some extra zeros to get a feel for a White House-sized holiday season. Published 5:45 a.m. December 22, 2009 - Comments
DINING: Zentan a restaurant to watch
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Zentan, the restaurant in the Donovan House hotel at Thomas Circle, is full of surprises, beginning with its name. The hotel, which replaces the Holiday Inn at the corner of 14th Street and Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, is named for William "Wild Bill" Donovan, the father of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II spy-and-special-operations predecessor of the CIA. "Zentan" is the Mandarin word for "spy." Published 5:45 a.m. December 30, 2009 - Comments
'Staycationers' boost museum attendance
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More museum visitors opted for affordable "staycations" rather than expensive trips last year, according to a study by the American Association of Museums (AAM). Published 4:00 a.m. March 18, 2010 - Comments
Artists view Christ's pain
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Rare depictions of Jesus Christ's suffering on the cross are at the National Gallery of Art, which presents its first comparison of painting and sculpture from the Roman Catholic Church. Published 4:00 a.m. March 18, 2010 - Comments
DIETSCH: Hirshhorn widens collection
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Kerry Brougher, the acting director and chief curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, appears to be a happy man. A piece of what he calls "the most important collection of contemporary art in the world" now belongs to the Hirshhorn and has just been put on exhibit. Published 4:45 a.m. November 2, 2008 - Comments
FROM THE VAULTS: National Gallery of Art focuses on Sternberg
By Gary Arnold
Has Josef von Sternberg slipped into another cycle of neglect and underestimation? Published 4:45 a.m. November 2, 2008 - Comments
Violence comes to memorial to genocide victims
By Stephanie Green
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is known for commemorating the murders of 6 million Jews during World War II, but its broader objective is to educate leaders and average citizens about racial prejudices and the hate crimes they can create. Published 3:05 p.m. June 10, 2009 - Comments
ART: Kremlin treasures are meant to impress
By Deborah K. Dietsch
The iPod recently given by President Obama to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II seems trifling compared to the lavish diplomatic gifts now on view at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Published 4:45 a.m. June 14, 2009 - Comments
First lady lauds service
By Stephanie Green
Sensing a new "ethic of service" in the country, first lady Michelle Obama says community service and volunteer organizations can thrive and, with mutual support, rise to meet the challenges they face during hard economic times. Published 4:45 a.m. June 17, 2009 - Comments
American Indian variations at cafe
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Squash, corn and beans - the three sisters - are obvious mainstays of American Indian food. But frog legs? Lobster? Turkey? Published 4:10 a.m. July 30, 2008 - Comments

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Recovery loses speed as consumers turn cautious
By Jeannine Aversa - Associated Press
updated 29 minutes ago
The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment. Published 8:33 a.m. July 30, 2010
Rangel hit with 13 ethics charges
By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
The House ethics committee officially lodged charges against Rep. Charles B. Rangel, including that he used his office to raise $8 million for a college public policy center named after him and didn't file taxes while he was Congress' chief tax writer. Published 8:56 p.m. July 29, 2010
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