SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Breaking a silence of 30 years, former FBI official W. Mark Felt stepped forward Tuesday as Deep Throat, the secret Washington Post source that helped bring down President Nixon during the Watergate scandal. ithin hours, the paper confirmed his claim.

Visitors to our nation’s capital can now see personally what until now they could only imagine metaphorically — Congress pouring money down a hole.

WASHINGTON — There is a brandnew attraction on the edge of the Mall, a 3-acre celebration of American horticulture called the National Garden. A more fitting name, perhaps, might be the jack-in-the-box garden — it appears to have sprung from nowhere.

Katie Burkhart of Arizona State fanned 15 batters as the Sun Devils edged Washington 1-0 in Pac-10 softball action Friday afternoon at Seattle.

Katie Burkhart of Arizona State fanned 15 batters as the Sun Devils edged Washington 1-0 in Pac-10 softball action Friday afternoon at Seattle.

MIAMI - After playing a nearly perfect game, the Chandler Hamilton football team could only laugh about one noticeable post-game blunder: The championship trophy broke. A minor mishap, as the Huskies defeated Miami Booker T. Washington, 37-19, in the Miami Sports Kickoff Classic Friday at Traz Powell Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

LOS ANGELES - Isaiah Washington's Dr. Preston Burke packed his bags on the season finale of "Grey's Anatomy" but that doesn't mean the actor is being dumped by the show, his publicist said Friday.

Last March, when Washington’s Brandon Roy was lighting up Illinois and Gonzaga’s Adam Morrison was lying on the floor crying over a Sweet 16 loss, Washington State players were licking their wounds from a last-place finish in the Pac-10.

Rep. John Shadegg entered the race for House majority leader on Friday with a promise to implement meaningful reforms and give Republicans "a clean break from the scandals of the recent past."

Rep. John Shadegg entered the race for House majority leader on Friday with a promise to implement meaningful reforms and give Republicans "a clean break from the scandals of the recent past."

Arizona Corporation Commissioner Marc Spitzer is reported to be a leading candidate for President Bush to fill the GOP slot on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission vacated by Commissioner Nora Brownell.

WASHINGTON - In a surprise move, former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik abruptly withdrew his nomination as President Bush’s choice to be homeland security secretary Friday night, saying questions have arisen about the immigration status of a housekeeper and nanny he employed.

The cry was heard far and wide throughout the election season (no one who draws breath could have avoided it, it seems): It is time for change and a departure from the old ways in Washington.

April 28, 2005

The collapse of Washington Mutual may be the largest bank failure in U.S. history, but federal regulators are advising customers to stay calm and asserting that business will go on as usual.

The so-called "immigration" issue is really a metaphor, a proxy for power plays by various factions where problem solving is the least of the concerns.

The Tyrone Willingham Watch is still very much in effect, even though the Washington football coach has already resigned effective at the end of the season.

WASHINGTON - The Navy has begun a criminal investigation after Social Security numbers and other personal data for 28,000 sailors and family members were found on a civilian Web site.

Even one of Gov. Janet Napolitano's harshest and most outspoken critics is praising President-elect Barack Obama's apparent choice to make her Homeland Security chief.

WASHINGTON - The productivity of American workers slowed in the spring while wage pressures increased. The Labor Department said that productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the April-June quarter, was slightly better than the 1.1 percent increase estimated a month ago but down from a 4.3 percent growth rate in the January-March period.

Last year, it was former Mountain View quarterback Max Hall to wind his way from Toro Nation to the NFL, a cup-of-coffee stint with the Arizona Cardinals.

Senior Bill Rhinehart made his final regularseason game at Jerry Kindall Field a memorable one by hitting for the cycle in a series-sweeping 17-8 Arizona win over Washington (27-26, 9-12 Pac-10) on Sunday at Tucson.