Recently added articles from The Washington Post:
An Iraqi Holiday; There's reason for celebration and also for worry. Neither seems to be on the White House's agenda.
Jul 01, 2009 ... IRAQIS BOISTEROUSLY celebrated a new national holiday -- National Sovereignty Day -- to mark the withdrawal of most U.S.troops from their cities yesterday. Though the observance wasorchestrated by the government of Nouri al-Maliki for its ownpolitical purposes, there was, in fact, ...
Mr. Kaine's Travels; Virginians deserve to know where their governor is.
Jul 01, 2009 ... MARK SANFORD he's not. Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) isn'ttaking phantom hikes through the Appalachians. He's not jetting offto Argentina (as far as we know). Rather, Mr. Kaine's sin is arelatively minor omission: He's been less than forthright aboutdisclosing his travels as ...
Best in Class; The Obama administration, the unions and rewarding teachers who teach
Jul 01, 2009 ... THERE ARE basically two ways a teacher today can earn a biggerpaycheck: collect graduate credits or wait on seniority. It's asystem that is indifferent to teacher effectiveness or studentachievement. That's why Education Secretary Arne Duncan is right towant to encourage schools to ...
AT&T National
Jul 01, 2009 ... When: Tomorrow-Sunday. Where: ...
Around the Horn
Jul 01, 2009 ... Today's game to watch: Giants at Cardinals, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Orioles: Sent RHP Koji Uehara for a test on his ailing rightelbow yesterday, and it's still uncertain how long he will remain onthe 15-day disabled list. Uehara hasn't picked up a baseball sincehis last start on June ...
Pirates Trade Hinske to Yanks
Jul 01, 2009 ... The last-place Pirates traded former AL rookie of the year EricHinske to the Yankees yesterday for a pair of minor leaguers,putting Hinske in position for a postseason run. "He's a pro. He's been through the trenches in the AL East,"Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said ....
While I'm away, readers give ...
Jul 01, 2009; ... While I'm away, readers give the advice. On ambivalence about parenthood: I have an odd but maybe useful perspective. I'm over 40 and don'thave children -- but friends do. I can't tell you how many of themhave cried to me about how guilty they felt because they ...
Escape Keys Getting There B ...
Jul 01, 2009 ... Getting There Berlin is about 130 miles from the Capital Beltway.Go east on Route 50 to Route 113 south. Turn right on Bay Street anddrive about a half-mile. Where to Stay The Atlantic Hotel (2 N. Main St., 410-641-3589,www.atlantichotel.com), with 17 rooms, an apartment and a ...
In Berlin, Md., Old Hotel Lives Anew
Jul 01, 2009; ... Angela Reynolds might as well be showing off her own home as sheleads a tour of the newly reopened Victorian-era Atlantic Hotel inthe historic town of Berlin, Md. She fluffs already fluffed pillows,straightens barely crooked drapes and refolds not-quite-perfectly-folded towels ....
Officer Wounds Teen In Car Break-In Call
Jul 01, 2009; ... An Anne Arundel County police officer shot and wounded an unarmedHyattsville teenager yesterday after the teenager twice ran into himwith an SUV, according to police and a witness. The incident began just before 3 a.m., when a resident of anapartment complex in the 3400 block of ...
Bill Asserts Control Over Cable Channel After Clash With Fenty
Jul 01, 2009; ... The D.C. Council approved emergency legislation yesterday toclarify its control over what is televised on cable Channel 13 aftera dispute with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) over the airing of a tapeddeposition on the donation of a used fire truck and ambulance to atown in the Dominican ...
After Call From Senator's Office, Small Hawaii Bank Got U.S. Aid
Jul 01, 2009; ... Sen. Daniel K. Inouye's staff contacted federal regulators lastfall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bankthat he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulkof his personal wealth. The bank, Central Pacific Financial, was an unlikely ...
Freedom at Red Stars
Jul 01, 2009 ... Where: Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Ill. When: 8:30 p.m. Live Video: www.chicagoredstars.com Records: Washington 4-4-4, Chicago 2-6-5. Outlook: It's a crucial week for the Freedom, which is in a tightrace for a Women's Professional Soccer playoff berth and must ...
Iraq's 'Milestone' Day Marred by Fatal Blast; Car Bombing Kills at Least 34 in Kirkuk As U.S. Combat Troops Pull Out of Cities
Jul 01, 2009; ... At least 34 people were killed in a car bombing Tuesday in thenorthern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, marring a national holiday declaredto celebrate the departure of U.S. combat troops from the country'scities. Also Tuesday, the U.S. military announced the deaths of foursoldiers Monday ...
Judge Declines to Stay Law on Gay Marriage
Jul 01, 2009; ... A Superior Court judge decided yesterday not to delay enactmentof a law stipulating that the D.C. government will recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. Judge Judith E. Retchin ruled that she would not a grant a staypreventing the law from taking effect ...
2 Men Are Injured in Separate Incidents at Stations
Jul 01, 2009; ... A man in his 60s was pushed into the side of an arriving trainduring a dispute in a District Metro station yesterday. In anunrelated incident in another station, a man in a wheelchair rolledoff the platform onto the track bed, authorities said. In the first incident, which ...
The year 1899 brims with first ...
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE By Jacqueline Kelly Henry Holt. $16.99. Ages 9-14 The year 1899 brims with firsts for11-year-old Calpurnia Virginia "Callie Vee" Tate: There's the firsttelephone, first sip of Coca-Cola, first glimpse through amicroscope. The only girl among ...
Such Sweet, Sweet Longing; Old friends miss many opportunities for love
Jul 01, 2009; ... APRIL & OLIVER By Tess Callahan Grand Central. 326 pp. $23.99 Tess Callahan's first novel,"April & Oliver," offers up young lovers who are all bad timing andbotched encounters and smoldering passion. Childhood friends, thetwo are separated by time and an unhappy shared ...
The Chaotic Scraps of a Monster's Remorse; Mary Shelley's novel radically reimagined.
Jul 01, 2009; ... A MONSTER'S NOTES By Laurie Sheck Knopf. 530 pp. $30The rallying cry against big publishers is thatnew artists can't be nourished by an industry obsessed withbestsellers. But before grabbing our pitchforks and torching theHouse of Bertelsmann, consider the inexplicable ...
Literary Calendar 7.5 {vbar ...
Jul 01, 2009 ... 7.5 | REIF LARSEN reads from and signs his new illustrated novel,"The Selected Works ...