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Google Said to Face New Antitrust Probe Over Display-Ad Market - Washington Post
The fresh inquiry, which follows the FTC's decision to close a review of Google's search business in January without taking action, is in the preliminary stages and may not expand into a larger probe, said the people, who asked not to be named because ...
ANALYSIS: Can gay Catholics find a home in the Catholic Church? - Washington Post
According to a number of priests, most of whom spoke on background to avoid publicity that could spark protests, the inevitability of such clashes is a growing concern. “The fact is that it is going to get worse,” said the pastor of a large Midwest ...
Kerry shuttles between Jerusalem, Ramallah in effort to relaunch peace talks - Washington Post
Kerry outlined some of the economic development plans he has for the West Bank, and stressed that those would not take the place of negotiations toward a separate, independent Palestinian state, said the official said., who requested anonymity in order ...
'PBS NewsHour' driver killed by off-duty deputy, police say - Washington Post
A neighbor who declined to give her name because she feared for her safety said she heard Dawkins talking casually with someone outside her home about 12:30 a.m. She said that the conversation soon grew louder and that someone told Dawkins, “I been ...
Push on corporate tax rules goes global - Washington Post
It is legal under current international tax laws and treaties but “far from the spirit of what the law is,” said an OECD official who was not authorized to speak on the record. Tax treaties were written “to avoid double taxation, not to allow double ...
US court rejects Arizona law imposing new curbs on abortion - Washington Post
Toxicology tests on the body of the Newtown school shooter did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday. Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot 20 children and six educators at Sandy ...
President Obama says journalists should not be prosecuted for soliciting ... - Washington Post
A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. declined to comment because the phone numbers are partially redacted under court order. A government official, who asked not to be named because of the ongoing case, said the Justice Department did ...
UN says it sees a major drop in number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan ... - Washington Post
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record due to military regulations. On Wednesday, an international group known as the Friends of Syria is due to meet in Amman. The closed-door meeting among ...
Chinese hackers who breached Google gained access to sensitive data, US ... - Washington Post
“Knowing that you were subjects of an investigation allows them to take steps to destroy information, get people out of the country,” said one former official, who like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss ...
Rebels attack Central African Republic towns, killing at least 8 in continuing ... - Washington Post
In Bouca, residents who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisals, say four vehicles full of armed gunmen entered the village on Friday, where they shot dead six people. The town is located 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of the capital of Bangui ...
Activists bristle as India cracks down on foreign funding of NGOs - Washington Post
A government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject, said the government is not against criticism. But when an NGO uses foreign donations to criticize Indian policies, “things get complicated, and ...
In Iran, opponents use age to attack Rafsanjani campaign - Washington Post
“Conservatives had been very comfortable with their prospects before Rafsanjani entered the race,” said one local analyst who, like others interviewed for this article, declined to give his name because of the sensitivity of the election. “They face a ...
Obama speech to address counterterrorism measures - Washington Post
A White House official, speaking Saturday on the condition of anonymity to describe the speech in advance, said Obama will “discuss our broad counterterrorism policy, including our military, diplomatic, intelligence and legal efforts.” More from ...
Carjacker who sought victims in parking lots in Montgomery County gets 60 years - Washington Post
The man, who requested anonymity because of concerns about his privacy, spoke in court Friday. He recalled his service in the U.S. Army about 50 years ago and told Greenberg about making his way through Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin and coming within ...
European Commission predicts Greek recession to end in 2014 but ... - Washington Post
The official did not elaborate and asked not to be named due to his direct involvement in confidential negotiations with Greece. Stringent budget austerity measures — including relentless pay and benefit cuts — have slashed high deficits but also ...
At Cincinnati IRS office, surprise over claims of partisan villainy - Washington Post
The staff member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of losing his job, said that the determinations unit is competent and without bias, that it grouped together conservative applications “for consistency's sake” — so one application did ...
FBI seeks source of prostitution, corruption allegations against Sen. Robert ... - Washington Post
They, among others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an open investigation and private discussions. So far, the original source of the allegations is a mystery. It is a whodunit that has so roiled politics that Alfy Fanjul, for instance ...
Mueller defends FBI in Boston bombing, but acknowledges slip-up on suspect's ... - Washington Post
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said the writing could be used as evidence against Dzhokhar. Questions have been raised about whether the FBI should have responded more aggressively to the ...
JPMorgan asks Bloomberg for logs of employees checking on client log-in and ... - Washington Post
A person familiar with the matter says a formal letter was sent this week. The person wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Multimedia. Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson has just exited the Skylab extravehicular ...
Palestinians curb Israeli reporters' access to occupied territories - Washington Post
“These are journalists fighting for their press freedom by denying us press freedom,” said a veteran Israeli journalist, fluent in Arabic, who has covered the West Bank daily for a decade and spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ...
Lawmakers raise concerns about subpoenas to AP for telephone records - Washington Post
The White House threw its support behind the legislation, said a White House official, who was not authorized to speak on the record about the topic and demanded anonymity. Ed Pagano, President Barack Obama's liaison to the Senate, placed a call ...
White House releases Benghazi emails; Petraeus email objected to final ... - Washington Post
The officials spoke on a condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the emails on the record. Critics have highlighted an email by then-State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland that expressed concern that any mention of ...
Syrian rebels launch assault on prison in attempt to free prisoners; Internet ... - Washington Post
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give official statements. He did not say what caused the cut. Syrian authorities have shut off phone and Internet service in select areas in the past to disrupt rebel ...
Frustrated with diplomacy, some in Congress seek total ban on Iran's oil - Washington Post
The aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal Senate deliberations, described “strong interest, on a bipartisan level,” in the plan. Among those who have been looking at ways to dramatically lower Iran's oil exports are Sen ...
Egypt arrests 3 suspected al-Qaeda militants - Washington Post
They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The interior minister said authorities seized 22 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient in homemade explosives. Security officials also discovered ...