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Public-option art? Just don't tell Yosi Sergant

An entry by Amy Martin to the Public Option Please art contest. Urging artists to promote health-care legislation -- isn't that what got the NEA in trouble a couple of months ago? This time, though, the push is coming...

This just in: Alexandra Kerry, Charlene Lugar arrested for DUI

Alexandra Kerry at a New York City film premiere in 2007. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) Two political families have been hit by DUI arrests. The wife of Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) was arrested Wednesday after her car allegedly struck a...

Love, etc.: New baby for Mary Cheney, Heather Poe

Cheney and Poe at the 2004 Republican convention. (Charlie Neibergall/AP) Born: A daughter, Sarah Lynne Cheney, to Mary Cheney, 40, and her longtime partner Heather Poe, 48, at Sibley Hospital in D.C. Wednesday morning. Six pounds 14 ounces, the...

Obama's first state dinner guest: India

Back for more: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attended a 2005 state dinner at the White House as the guest of President George W. Bush. (Ken Cedeno, pool/Getty Images) How great is it to be Kalpen Modi this year?...

The familiar face of Bob McDonnell

Bob McDonnell (Left: AP/Jacquelyn Martin; center and right: AP/Steve Helber.) Virginia, meet your new governor! But it feels like you've somehow always known him, doesn't it? That's because with his crinkly-eyed smile and great hair, Bob McDonnell has an...

Ladies who've got game, too

At left: Melody Barnes plays golf with President Obama on Sunday. Kathleen Sebelius (top right) and Susan Rice (bottom right) both played basketball in their student years. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst; Richard A. Lipski/The Washington Post; Reuters/Larry Downing) That didn't take...