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THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times has won 20 awards from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association for stories, photographs, designs and artwork that appeared in the paper during 2004. Features writer Christian Toto received best-in-show in both the arts/entertainment and education categories for stories titled "Online Blogging" and "Lights, Camera ... Action?" which judges praised for their originality. Mr. Toto also was awarded first place in both categories for the stories. Click to learn more... Assistant Managing Editor Maria Stainer and designer Greg Groesch were awarded best-in-show for informational graphics featured in "World War II," a section devoted to the conflict's...

A long-overdue debate has been ignited thanks to a recent article by Washington Times reporter Julia Duin posted on Poynter Online. In it Duin asserted that too many newspapers, TV news stations and networks are failing to cover religion, and those that do have been failing to hire journalists who truly understand religion.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Washington Times newspaper is receiving criticism for disqualifying Patricia Heaton, an Emmy-award winning actress and Feminists for Life's honorary chairman, from winning a new annual award. In December, the newspaper took votes from readers for its first annual "Nobles and Knaves" contest, to celebrate and bemoan the best and worst people of the year. Feminists for Life was pleased to see that Heaton, a star on the hit comedy series "Everybody Loves Raymond," was one of the nominees for Noble of the Year. The pro-life organization receives hundreds of emails each time Heaton stands up...

Thursday, October 23, 2003 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Interview with Washington Times, Editorial Board Q: First of all we want to thank you very much for this. Short notice or not, we're always happy to come over and talk to you. We got a copy here of a memo, General Myers -- Rumsfeld: Yes, indeed. Q: You're familiar with this. Rumsfeld: Yes, I am. Q: I want to ask you about it, needless to say. I saw the press conference today, the comments you made since this thing was published. You talked about largely that you were raising questions...

<p>Carol Herman, assistant books editor of The Washington Times, has been appointed editor of the books pages, succeeding Colin Walters, who filled that position for 21 years until his death on Aug. 24.</p> <p>Mrs. Herman, 51, a member of The Times' staff for four years, was a contributing book reviewer for several years before Mr. Walters invited her to join him as deputy. She holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Tulane University in New Orleans and a master's degree from the University of Chicago. She was born in Pittsburgh and has lived in the Washington area since the late 1970s.</p>

The Alameda County coroner's office is investigating the case of an 18- year-old East Bay woman who died Wednesday, days after reportedly taking the abortion pill RU-486. The victim's father told The Chronicle that his 18-year-old daughter had gotten a prescription for RU-486 at a Planned Parenthood office in Hayward on Sept. 10 to end her seven-week pregnancy [euphamism for "Kill the Baby]. Planned Parenthood issued a statement Thursday night that it was working with the young woman's family to look into the cause of death. [Yeah, right! More like to tyr and avoid a lawsuit] "A patient who recently...

<p>A letter to the editor of The Washington Times, purported to be from a senior U.S. diplomat with scathing criticism of the Foreign Service for lack of loyalty to the Bush administration, was exposed yesterday as a forgery.</p> <p>Wesley Pruden, the editor in chief of The Times, said the newspaper learned "from the highest level at the State Department" that the letter was a hoax and the newspaper fully accepts "as true that the ambassador was not the author of this letter."</p>