From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 4:34 PM

On the same day that a funeral was held for a fan who fell over a railing to his death while reaching for a baseball in the Texas Rangers stadium, another fan nearly had a similar fall at the Home Run Derby in Phoenix. (July 12)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 4:34 PM

Republican Ron Paul is calling it quits - from Congress that is. The 75-year-old from Texas is running for president and says he will retire from Congress when his term runs out in 2012.

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 4:34 PM

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) proposed a "back-up plan" that would allow Congress to raise the debt ceiling with just a one-third of votes.

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:24 PM

The Washington Post’s Jason Reid joins LaVar Arrington, Dan Steinberg and host Jonathan Forsythe to discuss the next Redskins quarterback, the Nationals at the All-Star break and the Capitals' goalies.

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

A 16-pound baby born in Longview, Texas holds the new hospital record. JaMichael Brown is more than twice the weight of the average baby--which is about seven pounds.

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

Officials say a bodyguard has killed the powerful half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Ahmed Wali Karzai died in his home in Kandahar. (July 12)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

Sgt. Scott Moore scored a date with Mila Kunis when he posted a video online, asking her to accompany him to the Marine Corps Ball. Lucky for him, she agreed.

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

A Chinese toddler who fell 10 stories from her family apartment and was caught by a passerby has woken up from a coma, doctors in Hangzhou said Tuesday. (July 12)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

More than a dozen armed men abducted a naturalized American, her teenage son and Filipino nephew before dawn Tuesday from a southern Philippine island near a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked militants. (July 12)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers, seemingly trapped in inflexible bargaining positions, remain far apart on a deal to avert a first-ever default on the country’s financial obligations. (July 12)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:22 PM

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accuses Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers of employing criminals to obtain confidential information about his family, his private financial affairs and the lives of ordinary people. (July 12)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 10:20 AM

The stars of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" walk the red carpet for the film’s U.S. premiere in New York. (July 11)

From: Washington Post on Tue, Jul 12 2011 10:20 AM

Robinson Cano of the Yankees outslugged Boston’s Adrian Gonzalez to win the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night in Phoenix. Cano defeated Gonzalez 12-11 in the finals, after they each hit 20 home runs through two rounds. (July 12)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 11 2011 5:24 PM

Speaker John Boehner says he agrees with President Barack Obama that the nation’s borrowing limit must be raised to avoid a government default but insists that House Republicans won't back any deal with tax increases. (July 11)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 11 2011 2:08 PM

In a White House news conference on Monday, President Barack Obama says he will not sign any temporary spending resolution, and that leaders must come up with a long-term solution to the debt and deficit. (July 11)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 11 2011 2:08 PM

Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy’s visit to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said. (July 11)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 11 2011 10:54 AM

Newly-installed Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visited troops at Camp Dwyer in Afghanistan. Panetta is on his way to Iraq on Monday to speak with leaders about the U.S. presence there. (July 11)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 11 2011 10:54 AM

The doors and part of the lobby were smashed at the Ed Sullivan Theater, home of the "Late Show with David Letterman." David Letterman will tape his upcoming show on time despite the break-in.

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 11 2011 10:54 AM

CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from London on the end of the "News of the World" and the scramble that is going on within the Rupert Murdoch empire to control the toxic fallout from the hacking scandal that took down the paper. (July 11)

From: Washington Post on Mon, Jul 11 2011 10:54 AM

Hopes were fading that more survivors would be found following the sinking of a Volga River cruise boat in Russia. Midday Monday, the toll stood at 9 confirmed dead and more than 90 missing. (July 11)