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O's Markakis Delivers A Victory for Cabrera

Apr 25, 2008; Marc Carig - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Orioles 3, Mariners 2 Reprinted from washingtonpost.com The typically unflappable Nick Markakis came to the brink ofejection in the fourth inning, when Seattle Mariners starter CarlosSilva fired a two-strike fastball over the outer edge of the platethat home plate umpire ...

Jury Faults Pr. George's In Church Bias Suit

Apr 25, 2008; Ruben Castaneda - Washington Post Staff Writer ... A federal civil jury awarded more than $3.7 million yesterday toa Seventh-day Adventist church after finding that the PrinceGeorge's County government discriminated against the church byblocking its efforts to build a sanctuary in Laurel. At U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, the ...

Eagle Bancorp Inc.Ticker: EGB ...

Apr 25, 2008 ... Eagle Bancorp Inc.Ticker: EGBN Headquarters: BethesdaFirstQuarterYear to DateFiscal year20082007% Chg20082007%ChgAssets$899.5$776.2+15.9 -- -- -- Profit$1.65$1.68-1.8 -- -- -- Earnings per share$0.17$0.170 -- -- -- NOTE: Quarterended March 31. Friedman, ...

NFL Draft

Apr 25, 2008 ... When: Tomorrow and Sunday. Tomorrow's TV: ESPN (3 p.m.), ...

DHS Between Administrations

Apr 25, 2008 ... The Department of Homeland Security has seven main operatingunits. Here is a summary of how the presidential transition willaffect their leadership, as Acting Deputy Secretary Paul A.Schneider told a House committee Wednesday. Coast Guard and Secret Service: No political ...

Clinton's Hopes May Lie With N.C.; Loss Would Shake Her Big-State Claims

Apr 25, 2008; Perry Bacon Jr - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday emphasized her plans toremove combat troops from Iraq and challenged Sen. Barack Obama to adebate in North Carolina, as she turned her attention to a statethat could upend her hopes of a comeback. Standing with a group of military supporters, ...

Practical Democracy

Apr 25, 2008 ... Presidential promises come and go, but local real estate andwater policy issues are forever. Will the new mortgage assistance proposals reach the consumerswho need help most? And what about water policy -- once primarily a Western concernbut now, thanks to rapid population ...

Jimmy Fallon May Get NBC's 'Late Night' Gig

Apr 25, 2008 ... Jimmy Fallon appears to be inching closer to Conan O'Brien's"Late Night" chair. For months, Fallon has been widely considered the top choice tosucceed O'Brien when he steps down next year. On Thursday, publishedreports said Fallon has signed, or soon will sign, a deal with ...

WINS Matsuzaka, Bos ... 4-0 ...

Apr 25, 2008 ... WINS Matsuzaka, Bos 4-0 NEXT: To Be Announced ERA Lee, Clev ...

British Court Views Video Of Bomber And Child

Apr 25, 2008; Kevin Sullivan - Washington Post Foreign Service ... On the home video, a young father, on his way to a war where heknows he will die, bounces his baby daughter on his knee, showersher with kisses and laments that he will never see her grow up. "Sweetheart, not long to go now. And I'm going to really, reallymiss you a lot," the ...

CORRECTIONS

Apr 25, 2008 ... An April 24 Business article about the proposed Delta-Northwestmerger inaccurately described American Airlines' fleet. American has34 Airbus A300s in its 655-jet fleet. The rest were made by Boeingor McDonnell Douglas, which merged with Boeing. In some editions, an April 23 ...

Fannie, Freddie Get Relief On Affordable-Loan Quotas

Apr 25, 2008; David S Hilzenrath - Washington Post Staff Writer ... The government yesterday said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac willface no penalty for failing to meet certain federal affordable-housing quotas in 2007 because market conditions made thoserequirements unattainable. The two federally chartered mortgage-finance companies, whoseties to ...

Around the Nation

Apr 25, 2008 ... The Justice Department said yesterday that it will add 64prosecutors in U.S. attorney's offices along the southwest border tobetter combat immigration offenses, human trafficking, drugsmuggling and money laundering. Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip, visiting law ...

LEGAL Two Cleared of Fraud C ...

Apr 25, 2008 ... LEGAL A jury in Washington cleared Kent Wakeford, a former executivedirector at AOL's business affairs unit, and Michael Kennedy, whowas chief technology officer at defunct Las Vegas software companyPurchasePro, of civil fraud charges brought by federal regulatorswho accused them ...

LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games

Apr 25, 2008 ... HOME RUNS Utley, Phil 10 YESTERDAY: 0 HR TODAY: vs. Duke 3-7, 1 strikeout ON-BASE PCT. Pujols, StL .500 Y'DAY: 2-2, 2 ...

Bush Plan To Contract Federal Jobs Falls Short; Scope and Savings Have Not Met Goals

Apr 25, 2008; Christopher Lee - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Joseph Wassmann thought he had a secure position producing videosfor the U.S. Military Academy, but not long ago he found his job onthe line because of a Bush administration plan to inject moreefficiency into the federal bureaucracy. Wassmann, 40, was among a group of information ...

QUOTABLE "We knew this was ...

Apr 25, 2008 ... "We knew this was going to be a good lineup. Now we're gettingsome big hits from the top of the order, and we're also getting alot from the bottom guys." Tigers Manager Jim Leyland, after Detroit's sweep of Texas Athletics: Placed OF Travis Buck on the 15-day disabled ...

Texas Coverup Is Latest FAA Black Eye; Controllers' Errors Were Pinned on Pilots

Apr 25, 2008; Del Quentin Wilber - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Federal Aviation Administration managers covered up mistakes byair traffic controllers at a Texas facility, making it moredifficult for authorities to detect safety hazards in some of thenation's busiest airspace, FAA officials disclosed yesterday. In revealing the results of a ...

Who'll Cover the Checks?; The Democratic candidates' tax and spending plans are costly and ambitious -- and probably short on fiscal realism.

Apr 25, 2008 ... THE DEMOCRATIC presidential candidates have some big plans -- with big price tags attached. By our calculations, using figuressupplied by the campaigns, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) hasproposed new spending and tax breaks that would amount to almost$265 billion a year when ...

Bridge

Apr 25, 2008; Frank Stewart ... "I thought I was on the right track when I started the diamonds,"today's declarer sighed. "Even if you were," North muttered, wanting to kick his partner'scaboose, "you might be on the wrong train." South won the first spade with the queen and led a diamond. Westplayed low, ...