Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) is due in federal court in Washington tomorrow for arraignment on seven counts of failing to disclose gifts from an Alaska oil firm.
The 84-year-old senator is scheduled to appear at 1 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who was appointed by President Clinton in 1994.
Stevens was ordered to contact [...]

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Article here, quoted below:
Espresso, Extra Bitter
Man’s Tiff With Barista Spills Onto Internet
By Joe Heim
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 17, 2008; B01

Who knew a cup of coffee could create such a tempest in a teapot?
Not Jeff Simmermon, whose request for a triple shot of espresso over ice at Murky Coffee in Arlington County turned into a [...]

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I posted at length about this story yesterday. It was first posted on BoingBoing & Metafilter. Now the Consumerist picks it up. Other notable Washington DC area blogs, DCist and The DCeiver are also covering it. It’s a hot topic on Twitter. Also, a commenter on DCist had found this old post about how the [...]

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Get a good look. Within a day or so he will deny up and down on every news channel that he never said it.

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