The Washington Post back issues from Tuesday, August 28:
MEDIA Post, CBS Sites to Sha ...
Aug 28, 2007 ... MEDIA CBS News and The Washington Post plan to share news resources fortheir online outlets, CBSNews.com and washingtonpost.com, during the2008 presidential campaign. The companies plan to announce thearrangement today and begin sharing video and stories about thepresidential ...
Fair Oaks Mall Seeks Permission to Expand by 34%
Aug 28, 2007; ... The owner of Fair Oaks Mall has filed plans with Fairfax Countyto expand by 540,000 square feet, increasing its size by about athird. The preliminary proposal, which requires county approval, wouldallow for two new restaurants, a 125,000-square-foot office buildingand 400,000 ...
A U-Turn on Driving Fees
Aug 28, 2007 ... It's quite a spectacle to see Virginia's politicians running awayfrom the abusive driver fees that they so recently championed["Prompt Change Urged in Va. Fees," Metro, Aug. 24]. I wasparticularly amused by the quote from House of Delegates candidateDave Hunt saying he would sponsor ...
Markets That Go Up . . .
Aug 28, 2007 ... It angers me to read self-serving articles such as mutual fundexecutive William H. Gross's Aug. 24 op-ed, "Why We Need a HousingRescue." I wonder whether I live in a dream world, where housing pricesare allowed to gallop upward by 100 to 200 percent on a speculativefrenzy, very ...
Mr. Edwards for Public Financing; The presidential candidate joins an effort to preserve federal campaign funding.
Aug 28, 2007 ... "I AM also a strong supporter of public financing, and when I amthe Democratic nominee for president, if the Republican nomineeagrees, I will accept public financing of my campaign." So saidNorth Carolina Democrat John Edwards in a welcome, if somewhatoverdue, statement the other ...
A Slush Fund's Cleanup; Deodorizing a $3.5 million grant program in Prince George's
Aug 28, 2007 ... ASLUSH FUND formerly run by friends of Prince George's CountyExecutive Jack B. Johnson (D) has apparently been cleaned up, whichis good news. But questions remain about what happened to some ofthe $700,000 in grants already distributed and whether anyone willbe prosecuted for the ...
An Unlamented Exit; From the start, Alberto Gonzales was the wrong man for the job.
Aug 28, 2007 ... HIS STATEMENT was as brief as it was bland. No mea culpa, noexplanation, only the barest of facts. It was, in short, an exitbefitting Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales. In announcing yesterday that he will relinquish his JusticeDepartment post on Sept. 17, Mr. Gonzales is ...
LEGAL Bear Stearns Funds Shi ...
Aug 28, 2007 ... LEGAL Investors were barred for 10 days from seizing the assets of twoBear Stearns hedge funds that were hurt by investments in securitiesbacked by subprime mortgages. The judge said he had not reached adecision on the funds' request for cross-border Chapter 15protection, which ...
Dewey Ballantine, LeBoeuf Agree to Merge Law Firms
Aug 28, 2007; ... The law firms Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRaeagreed to merge to create a combined firm of 1,300 attorneys withmore than $900 million in revenue. The merger needs the approval of partners at both New York lawfirms. The new firm, to be called Dewey & LeBoeuf, ...
Crack, a Rift in Society; Two Decades After Its Arrival, Menacing Drug Shows No Signs of Moving On
Aug 28, 2007; ... If Crack had a face, what would it look like? If Crack had a child, what would it name him? If Crack drove a car, what kind of car would it be? She was in court the other day in an orange jumpsuit, the womanwho drove her Volvo station wagon into a crowd at a street ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Aug 28, 2007 ... Attorney General Alberto Gonzales yesterday announced hisresignation, effective Sept. 17. Gonzales, 52, gave no reason for his departure as the country'stop law enforcement officer. But he has been the subject of monthsof criticism over the firings of nine U.S. attorneys, who ...
Sign Me Up, Stat!
Aug 28, 2007 ... Camp Med is over for this year, but next summer there will besessions for students going into grades six through nine. Applications will be available ...
Camp Med: A Bloody Good Time
Aug 28, 2007 ... We have come upon a crime scene, two victims down in the plaza.We check on the injuries: One victim has been stabbed in the side,the other hit on the head with a fist-size rock. There is lots ofblood. The emergency medical technicians (EMTs) quickly put ongloves and go to ...
FIBA Americas Championship
Aug 28, 2007 ... At stake: Automatic Olympic berths in men's basketball for thetop two finishers. When: Through Sunday. Where: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas. YESTERDAY'S GAMES Canada 95, Uruguay 88 Argentina 98, Venezuela ...
Today's Horoscope
Aug 28, 2007; ... ARIES (March 21-April 19. You're a hard worker. Make "no wastedeffort" your motto. Not all jobs are worthy of your attention. Tasksthat are both torturous and terrific have high enough stakes tomerit your energy. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Everything is connected. Because ofthis, ...
Bridge
Aug 28, 2007; ... One often-quoted explanation for why many people prefer beinglazy to working hard: Hard work may pay off eventually, but lazinesspays off now. In today's deal, West led the eight of spades against South's3NT. Dummy played low, and East went for instant gratification: Hewon with ...
A Documentary With New Bite; Dogfighting Scandal Brings Attention to Local Filmmaker's 2005 Work on a Cruel Sport
Aug 28, 2007; ... Way before Michael Vick got popped and became the scorned symbolof organized dogfighting, Bobby Brown spent years penetrating thesecret society Vick inhabited. With cameras that resembled pagersand a microphone fastened to his zipper, Brown made a remarkabledocumentary on this ...
Cavs' Hall Starred at QB; Now He's on the Defensive
Aug 28, 2007; ... -- Vic Hall is a cornerback now, which is still difficult tofathom for the thousands who watched him play quarterback in highschool. They watched him become a star -- and later, a legend -- at Gretna Senior High, skittering around tacklers and chuckingpasses as no one ever had in ...
Police Feel Wartime Pinch on Ammo; Target Practice Cut To Conserve Bullets
Aug 28, 2007; ... The U.S. military's soaring demand for small-arms ammunition,fueled by two wars abroad, has left domestic police agencies lessable to quickly replenish their supplies, leading some to conserverounds by cutting back on weapons training, police officials said. To varying degrees, ...
Sarkozy Says Military Confron ...
Aug 28, 2007 ... PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned that it wouldbe "catastrophic" to resort to military force in confronting Iranover its suspected nuclear program. "For me, Iran having a nuclear weapon is unacceptable," Sarkozysaid in his first foreign policy address, but he ...
Ravens Cut Olson, Keep Smith at QB
Aug 28, 2007 ... The Baltimore Ravens cut former UCLA standout Drew Olsonyesterday, which leaves Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith as the onlyquarterback on the depth chart behind starter Steve McNair andbackup Kyle Boller. "Decisions have to be made," Coach Brian Billick said. "Drew waswith us ...
Indiana Advances With the Largest Comeback in WNBA History
Aug 28, 2007 ... Tamika Catchings had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and the IndianaFever made the biggest comeback in WNBA playoff history to defeatthe visiting Connecticut Sun, 93-88, in overtime and advance to theEastern Conference finals. The Fever overcame a 39-17, second-quarter deficit to win ...
Angry Latinos Launch Boycott Over Immigrant Crackdown; Pr. William's Resolution Leads Opponents to Shop Beyond County's Borders
Aug 28, 2007; ... Maria Rivera, a hotel maid from Woodbridge, drove her twodaughters to Lorton last weekend to buy school supplies. JuanPadilla, who owns a tropical-themed restaurant in Manassas,purchased all his cooking ingredients yesterday in Fairfax County. On the first day of a one-week ...
Latinos Launch Economic Boycott; Resolution Leads Many to Shop Outside County
Aug 28, 2007; ... Maria Rivera, a hotel maid from Woodbridge, drove her twodaughters to Lorton last weekend to buy school supplies. JuanPadilla, who owns a tropical-themed restaurant in Manassas,purchased all his cooking ingredients yesterday in Fairfax County. On the first day of a one-week ...
The Unauthorized Katie Couric: Smiling Ambition
Aug 28, 2007; ... KATIE The Real Story By Edward Klein Crown. 278 pp. $25.95 Katie Couric is bad. She's conniving and self-absorbed and ungrateful. And shallow.And into younger men. And older men. She makes too much money, andshe yelled at her husband. And she's had ...
Toll From Wind-Driven Greek Fires Reaches 63
Aug 28, 2007; ... Thousands of Greeks threatened by towering walls of fire fledtheir homes Monday as strong winds fanned blazes that have killed 63people in four days. Helicopters winched trapped people out of blazing hamlets,impossible to reach by land, while firefighters battled to stop ...
New in Guitar Lines: The Nasty, Evil Look; Death-Metal Scene Fuels a Subgenre
Aug 28, 2007; ... There aren't too many mean-looking things in Cupertino, thissleepy Silicon Valley haunt of Apple employees and overachievingmiddle-schoolers. But there's something gruesome growing in one corner of town:Halo Custom Guitars Inc. Fueled by a resurgence in heavy-metal music and ...
Cormac McCarthy's 'Road' Leads to British Literary Prize
Aug 28, 2007 ... Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy has been awardedone of Britain's oldest literary honors for his tale of a father andson's travels through a post-apocalyptic America. The University of Edinburgh announced over the weekend thatMcCarthy won this year's James Tait Black ...
First Book Receives $1 Million Gift
Aug 28, 2007 ... Random House Inc. said Monday that it is donating $1 million toFirst Book, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that has givenmillions of books to needy children since its founding in 1992. "As publishing professionals who spend our days surrounded by andimmersed in books, it ...
In First, Woman to Lead Top Med School
Aug 28, 2007 ... Duke University on Monday named a Harvard researcher as the firstwoman to lead its medical school, making her the only womanpermanently at the helm of one of the nation's top 10 medicalschools. "The fact that in 2007 there are still firsts for what women cando in medicine says ...
A Comedic Class Act From Rep Stage; A.R. Gurney's 2004 Play 'Mrs. Farnsworth' Remains Politically Potent
Aug 28, 2007; ... Salacious behavior, despicable coverup -- there's nothingjuicier than a big-time political scandal. And the prim titlecharacter of A.R. Gurney's slick comedy "Mrs. Farnsworth" brings adoozy of one into her nighttime creative-writing class. Helen Hedman's adorably well-mannered ...
After Tour of Duty in Iraq, Graham Backs 'Surge'; Senator Cautions Against Withdrawal Of Troops This Year
Aug 28, 2007; ... After serving two weeks of reserve duty in Iraq, Sen. Lindsey O.Graham (R-S.C.) yesterday called for continuation of the "surge" ofU.S. troops in Iraq and warned that any decision to mandate awithdrawal this year would undercut critical gains made in recentmonths. Graham's ...
GOP Senator Pleaded Guilty After Restroom Arrest; Idaho's Craig Denies 'Inappropriate Conduct,' Says He Regrets Entering Plea
Aug 28, 2007; ... Sen. Larry E. Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month tomisdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges stemming from his June arrestby an undercover police officer in a men's restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, a court spokeswoman and thesenator's office said ...
At Bruce-Monroe in NW, Heralds of Transformation
Aug 28, 2007; ... Bruce-Monroe Elementary in Columbia Heights opened its doors tostudents yesterday with huge, colorful "Bienvenidos" and "Welcome"banners and a new wing that had been in the works for more than fouryears. This month, the wing was completed under the D.C. public schools'facilities ...
Immigrant Laws Tread Uncharted Legal Path; With Local, Federal Powers Not Fully Defined, Officials Look to the Courts
Aug 28, 2007; ... As officials in places such as Prince William County increasinglyrespond to public discontent over illegal immigration by passingordinances, law scholars say a key question remains: Are localregulations legal? The validity of the measures, designed to regulate an area ...
Man in the Middle; During Crisis, Head of N.Y. Fed Bridges Washington, Wall St.
Aug 28, 2007; ... For years, Timothy F. Geithner has worked behind the scenes as apolicymaker during times of financial chaos. As a senior official inthe Treasury Department, he helped shape the Clintonadministration's response to the Asian markets' collapse. But now, Geithner, 46, president of the ...
CORRECTIONS
Aug 28, 2007 ... An Aug. 26 A-section article about California's efforts tooverhaul its health-care system incorrectly said that the StateChildren's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) provides Medicaidcoverage for uninsured children in low-income working families. Thetwo programs are different. Medicaid ...
Ratings Firms Defend Assessment of Loan Securities
Aug 28, 2007; ... For months, securities backed by risky mortgage loans have beenin trouble. Now, the credit-rating agencies that once blessed thosesecurities as safe investments are in trouble, too. The stock of Moody's Investors Service, one of the major raters,is down about 40 percent from its ...
PC Maker in Taiwan to Acquire Gateway
Aug 28, 2007; ... Computer maker Acer of Taiwan announced yesterday that it wouldacquire Gateway, the third-biggest U.S. personal-computer company,for about $710 million in cash. This deal, the latest investment in a U.S. company by a foreignfirm, gives Acer the well-known Gateway brand, and more ...
Timothy F. Geithner
Aug 28, 2007 ... Born: August 18, 1961 Education 1985: MA, economics, Johns Hopkins School of AdvancedInternational Studies 1983: BA, government and Asian studies, Dartmouth College Career Highlights 2003 - present: President and chief executive, Federal ReserveBank of ...
Mariners 3W: Padilla (4-9) L ...
Aug 28, 2007 ... Mariners 3W: Padilla (4-9) L: Washburn (9-11)Rangers 5 Sammy Sosa's 605th career home run was his first in a month, andVicente Padilla allowed only one run pitching into the seventhinning for Texas. Padilla won for the first time since June 15,retiring 18 of 19 batters after ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Aug 28, 2007 ... POLICE HISTORY The D.C. police department is promoting its 146-year history byposting photographs from various eras at facilities across the city. Chief Cathy L. Lanier promoted Project Pride yesterday bydisplaying a small collection at the 1st Police District substationat ...
As Mortgage Mess Unravels, Some Investors Clean Up; Market Turmoil Opens Opportunities for Bargain-Hunters
Aug 28, 2007; ... Joe Robert watched his real estate investment firm's stock tumbleto five-year lows this month as Wall Street punished any companylinked to the mortgage mess. But where others panicked, Robert sawopportunity. From Aug. 9 to 16, he scooped up about $8 million worthof his firm's shares ....
Sales Fall Again for Existing Homes; Slump May Worsen In Coming Months
Aug 28, 2007; ... Sales of existing U.S. homes fell in July for the fifthconsecutive month, prices continued to erode and the supply ofsingle-family homes rose to a 16-year high by one key measure,according to the National Association of Realtors. The housing figures, released yesterday, showed that ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Aug 28, 2007 ... ROMANIA Rompetrol Group, Romania's second-largest oil company, sold 75percent of its shares to Kazakhstan's state-owned energy company,KazMunaiGaz. The deal, signed Friday in Kazakhstan, would double theKazakh company's refinery capacity and give it 630 gas stations inseven ...
Educators Emphasize Middle School Initiatives
Aug 28, 2007; ... Montgomery County School Superintendent Jerry D. Weast marcheddown a hallway on the first day of classes in the newly modernizedParkland Magnet Middle School in the Rockville area, trailed by aretinue of students. Then he stopped and asked, "Who's takingalgebra?" Three hands went ...
NATION IN BRIEF
Aug 28, 2007 ... NEW YORK -- Three senior fire officials responsible forinspecting the condemned skyscraper where two firefighters died werestripped of their commands and reassigned Monday, and the New YorkFire Department ordered intensive inspections of buildings underdemolition. According to ...
Sporadic Raids South Of Baghdad Yield Little
Aug 28, 2007; ... The man had just finished explaining to U.S. soldiers that he hadno connection to insurgents when his cellphone rang. An Armyinterpreter picked up, pretending to be the phone's owner. "Are the Americans still there?" the man on the other end askedbreathlessly. Yes, the interpreter ...
In Las Vegas, Anthony Lights It Up for the U.S.; Nuggets All-Star Leads Team in Scoring in Preliminary Round
Aug 28, 2007; ... As players gathered in front of the USA Basketball office tocatch the team bus for the FIBA Americas Championship openingceremonies last week, Carmelo Anthony strutted down the hotel'slobby wearing fancy sunglasses. Tayshaun Prince and Tyson Chandlergave Anthony a hard time about his ...
ACLU Settles Suit on Illegal-Immigrant Holding Facility
Aug 28, 2007; ... The federal government yesterday announced the settlement of alawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union againstconditions at a government detention center for illegal immigrantchildren and families in Taylor, Tex. The deal averted a trial set to open in U.S. District ...
Md., Va. Diverted Bridge Money; Funds Were Used To Widen Roads, Fix Streetlights
Aug 28, 2007; ... Virginia and Maryland officials used more than $30 million fromthe federal government's main bridge repair and replacement fund onprojects that weren't bridges, according to interviews andgovernment documents tracking spending over the past four years. The federal bridge money was ...
Iraq War Deaths Total number ...
Aug 28, 2007 ... Total number of U.S. military deaths and names of the U.S. troopskilled recently in the Iraq war, as announced by the Pentagon: 3,728 Fatalities In hostile actions: 3,055 In non-hostile ...
In the End, Realities Trumped Loyalty
Aug 28, 2007; ... Few attributes are more highly prized in President Bush's WhiteHouse than loyalty -- and few have exacted a higher toll on thepresident and his political standing. Yesterday's resignationannouncement by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales underscoredonce again the damage that can be ...
U.S. Lets Up a Bit, But Still Romps; Anthony Leads Way With 28
Aug 28, 2007; ... United States 127, Mexico 100 The ever-present focus and intensity that defined the UnitedStates men's basketball team as it steamrolled through thepreliminary round of the FIBA Americas Championship was evident onlyin spurts Monday against Mexico. The Americans ...
Twins 3W: Byrd (13-5) L: C. ...
Aug 28, 2007 ... Twins 3W: Byrd (13-5) L: C. Silva (10-13)Indians 8 Paul Byrd beat Minnesota once again, Victor Martinez homered andCleveland turned a triple play to slow the Twins' climb in the ALCentral. Byrd allowed three runs in six innings to move to 4-0 this seasonand 10-3 in ...
Bush Loyalist Helped Shape Signature Anti-Terror Policies
Aug 28, 2007; ... The resignation of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales ends oneof President Bush's closest and longest professional relationships,one in which an unflappable son of migrant workers served thepresident loyally through a period of escalating controversy overthe legality of U.S. policies ...
A Conservative Insider More at Home in the Law Than in Policy
Aug 28, 2007; ... Solicitor General Paul D. Clement has the rock-solid conservativecredentials to be President Bush's choice yesterday as actingattorney general but is more steeped in the world of law thanpolicymaking. He has been mentioned more often as a future SupremeCourt justice than as a member of a ...
Slumping Astros Clean House, Fire Garner and Purpura
Aug 28, 2007 ... Less than two years ago, the Astros were celebrating their firstNational League pennant. Yesterday, they were starting over. Manager Phil Garner and GM Tim Purpura were fired by ownerDrayton McLane, who said the franchise "needed a fresh start" aftera plunge to the bottom of the NL ...
Personnel Dept. Pirates: Sen ...
Aug 28, 2007 ... Pirates: Sent minor league RHP Steve MacFarland to the Giants tocomplete last month's trade for RHP Matt Morris. The Giants also gotOF Rajai Davis. 3 Players who played a key role in the 1978 playoff game betweenthe Red Sox and Yankees who share a birthday ...
TODAY'S PITCHING PROBABLES ...
Aug 28, 2007 ... TODAY'S ...
A Steadfast Force in Dislodging Money From Politics
Aug 28, 2007; ... Fred Wertheimer is not what you would call laid-back. Earlierthis year, the veteran government reformer canceled a two-weekvacation to Sicily so he could attend oral arguments before theSupreme Court in an important campaign finance case -- even thoughhe was not making the arguments ...
The Big Push Begins; As Students Return, Md. Suburbs Stress Need to Improve Middle Schools
Aug 28, 2007; ... Montgomery County School Superintendent Jerry D. Weast marcheddown a hallway on the first day of classes in the newly modernizedParkland Magnet Middle School in the Rockville area, trailed by aretinue of students. Then he stopped and asked, "Who's takingalgebra?" Three hands went ...
Three Reasons to Cheer for Rhee's Fast Start
Aug 28, 2007; ... As D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee made her way around townin meetings large and small ahead of yesterday's opening of theschool year, she was greeted with enthusiastic applause and actualyelps of encouragement. What are folks cheering about? Rhee has been here for about 15 ...
Embattled Gonzales Resigns; Attorney General Was Criticized for Terrorism Policy, Prosecutor Firings
Aug 28, 2007; ... Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, one of President Bush'sclosest confidants and a key architect of his controversialcounterterrorism policies, announced yesterday that he is quittingafter seven months of bitter confrontation with Congress over hishonesty and his competence to run the ...
Costs of Illegal Immigration
Aug 28, 2007 ... Regarding the Aug. 23 letter "It's Not Immigrants, JustPopulation": While overpopulation has put a strain on this region'sinfrastructure, as letter writer A.L. Swiggard suggested, that isnot the main problem with illegal aliens. Illegal aliens cost U.S. taxpayers billions ...