Story Lab: July 4, 2010 - July 10, 2010

Pick of the day: LeBron at 18

Miami. Yeah, I know. Do I care? Not a bit. But all day, I was semi-conscious of live shots outside Madison Square Garden on the television by my desk featuring a perky correspondent whose job, I assume, was to channel...

By Annys Shin  | July 9, 2010; 9:24 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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Story pick: The bus doctor

What would summer in Washington be without frequent sightings of mammoth motor coaches parked along the Mall or trundling down narrow city streets? Anyone could be sitting behind all that tinted glass: a Kiwanis Club from Cleveland, tourists from China,...

By Annys Shin  | July 8, 2010; 10:08 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Inside story: Obama's nighthawks

On the Fourth of July, while most people were thinking about fireworks, cookouts, and sunscreen, The Washington Post ran a remarkable story about what the nation's top security officials are up to in the wee hours of the morning. The...

By Annys Shin  | July 7, 2010; 2:07 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Story pick: Knocking on America's doors

I always thought the most interesting thing about the Census is the data it produces, the cold, objective view it offers of what is actually going on out there. Most of the stories about the actual collecting of the data...

By Annys Shin  | July 6, 2010; 9:32 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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