The Washington Post back issues from Monday, October 22:
For Dice-K, Game 7 Is the One
Oct 22, 2007; ... In the aftermath of Daisuke Matsuzaka's loss last week in Game 4of the American League Championship Series, a parade of Boston RedSox teammates stopped to console him and promise they would give hima chance to redeem himself later in the series. That time was Sunday night, as ...
Indians 2W: Schilling (1-0) ...
Oct 22, 2007 ... Indians 2W: Schilling (1-0) L: Carmona (0-1)Red Sox 12 ClevelandABRHBIBBSOAVGTotals3126205 -- Sizemorecf400000.208ACabrera 2b400000.240Hafner dh400002.130VMartinezc412101.348Garko 1b411001.300JhPeralta ss200101.261Loftonlf300000.217Nixon ...
Bullpen Strategy Works Out Fine for Boston
Oct 22, 2007; ... At different points Sunday night, the following men rose andthrew in the Boston Red Sox bullpen: Josh Beckett, Hideki Okajima,Mike Timlin, Beckett again, and then Jonathan Papelbon. Beckett andTimlin never appeared on the field, Okajima and Papelbon combined torecord 12 momentous outs, ...
Hoping Someone Else Fixes Everyone's Problem
Oct 22, 2007; ... Let's say there are 10 houses on your street and a giant potholedevelops right in the middle of the block. Everyone benefits if thepothole gets fixed, but that might require multiple calls tomunicipal authorities and a lot of hassle. Since every residentbenefits even if he or she does ...
After Forgettable Summer, Drew Slugs Memorable Homer
Oct 22, 2007; ... Reprinted from yesterday's late editions There was a list of unlikely chants that might have arisen fromFenway Park on Saturday night, "Let's Go Yankees!" foremost amongthem. But in the bottom of the first inning in a game the Boston RedSox had to win came a preposterous noise ...
Indians' Byrd Admits HGH Use
Oct 22, 2007; ... A little more than two hours before the first pitch of Game 7 ofthe American League Championship Series, a game in which he waspreparing to pitch in relief, Cleveland Indians veteran right-hander Paul Byrd stood in a dingy walkway in the bowels of FenwayPark and in composed, measured ...
Spiritual Leaders Call for Understanding; At Emory University, Dalai Lama Says Tolerance Is 'Essential' in Today's World
Oct 22, 2007; ... The Dalai Lama and other spiritual leaders called Sunday forfollowers of the world's religions to work toward understanding eachother rather than bickering over differences. The panel, which included Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson ofMohandas Gandhi, stressed affection for others, ...
The Jets Bungle Against Bengals, and Lose Again
Oct 22, 2007; ... Don't blame Chad Pennington solely for this one. He had a lot ofhelp. Kenny Watson ran for 130 yards and three touchdowns in the bestperformance of his career, and the Cincinnati Bengals turned the NewYork Jets' second-half meltdown into a 38-31 victory Sunday. Hardly a drive ...
Valerie Plame, Telling the (Edited) Inside Story
Oct 22, 2007; ... FAIR GAME My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House By Valerie Plame Wilson Simon & Schuster. 411 pp. $26 Mothers who are spies, it turns out, face the same juggling actas other working moms. After a year at home following the birth of twins, ...
Cheney: U.S., Other Nations Won't Let Iran Get Nuclear Arms
Oct 22, 2007; ... The United States and other nations will not allow Iran to obtaina nuclear weapon, Vice President Cheney said yesterday. "Our country, and the entire international community, cannotstand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its grandestambitions," Cheney said in a speech at a ...
As Search for Aviator Slows, Friends Start One More Attempt; Jet Flies With High-Definition Cameras
Oct 22, 2007; ... Mark Rebholz had flown across the North Atlantic in an open-cockpit biplane with Steve Fossett. So when the more famousadventure pilot was reported missing in a stunt plane over the drymountain terrain southeast of Reno on Sept. 3, Rebholz felt as muchamused interest as real concern ....
Bolton Book Cites Effort to Halt Powell's Iran Initiative
Oct 22, 2007; ... On the eve of the 2004 presidential elections, then-Secretary ofState Colin L. Powell secretly attempted to shift U.S. policy onIran by telling key allies he wanted to offer "carrots" to theIslamic Republic to halt its nuclear ambitions, former U.N.ambassador John R. Bolton writes in his ...
The Tale of the Dog; Twelve-Year-Old Creates Adventures and Awareness
Oct 22, 2007 ... Shea Megale didn't understand just what she had achieved untilthe boxes of books started arriving at her Centreville home. Insidewere thousands of copies of "Marvelous Mercer." At the age of 12, Shea had become a published author. Shesuddenly felt "very accomplished." Her ...
Climate Change on Capitol Hill; With Sens. Lieberman and Warner on board, maybe Congress will try something new: action.
Oct 22, 2007 ... THE AMERICA'S Climate Security Act, introduced Thursday by Sens.Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John W. Warner (R-Va.), offers theUnited States a chance to finally move off the sidelines and startcombating global warming. Five climate-change bills have beenfloated, reflecting a growing ...
Bridge
Oct 22, 2007; ... As has become common, many top seeds in this year's SpingoldTeams comprised an affluent amateur and pros (many from overseas).The final pitted Nick Nickell's paladins against Andrew GROMOV, anall-expert Russia-Poland squad. NICKELL trailed early. In today's deal NICKELL's ...
Today's Horoscope
Oct 22, 2007; ... ARIES (March 21-April 19). You're honoring the people you grew upwith, whether or not you think they deserve it. What you do for loveof family is inspired, joyful, painful and exuberant in each state. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you know what you want (like youdo today), almost ...
Rising Above Competition, Lasek Wins Dew Vert Final
Oct 22, 2007 ... Bucky Lasek won his first skateboard vert final, and Daniel Dherstook the BMX Park Dew Cup with a victory Sunday in the AST DewTour's season-ending PlayStation Pro at Amway Arena. The 34-year-old Lasek, from Baltimore, pulled six 540s in hissecond run to earn the highest score of ...
Raikkonen Prevails in Brazil to Win F1 Title
Oct 22, 2007 ... Kimi Raikkonen won the Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday in SaoPaulo to capture the Formula One title in the tightest race for thechampionship in 21 years. The Ferrari driver rallied from third place in the pointsstandings for his first F1 crown, taking advantage of LewisHamilton's ...
Redskins vs. Patriots
Oct 22, 2007 ... When: Sunday, 4:15 p.m. Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, ...
Immunity for Telecoms May Set Bad Precedent, Legal Scholars Say; Retroactive Protection Could Create Problems in the Future
Oct 22, 2007; ... When previous Republican administrations were accused ofillegality in the FBI and CIA spying abuses of the 1970s or the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s, Democrats in Congress launchedinvestigations or pushed for legislative reforms. But last week, faced with admissions by several ...
NATION IN BRIEF
Oct 22, 2007 ... KENNER, La. -- Rep. Bobby Jindal (R), Louisiana's new governor-elect, said Sunday that one of his first acts will be to call aspecial legislative session to reform ethics laws, striking at thestate's reputation for cronyism and corruption. "If I go down as one of the more boring ...
At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate [Correction 10/31/ 07]
Oct 22, 2007; ... Fourth in a monthly series For scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its openingscenes set at the poles of Earth. The epic already has started. Andit's not fiction. The scenes are playing, at the start, in slow motion: Therelentless grip of the Arctic Ocean that ...
Care Critical for Homeless; Lack of Treatment for Chronic Diseases Sends Lives Spiraling
Oct 22, 2007; ... Vaughn Bell had a job, a good job, working at a rehab center forteens. He had an apartment, nice clothes, a good life in New York. Not bad for a guy who, after a difficult youth, lost a few yearsto drug addiction and prison. The climb back was rough, but he hadfinally won ...
Redskins-Pats Matchup Looks a Bit Different This Time Around
Oct 22, 2007 ... Next up for the Washington Redskins? The New England Patriots.Among the questions you undoubtedly are asking yourself: Whathappened the last time these teams played each other in the regularseason? Glad you asked. The Redskins won, 20-17, and, while pastperformance is no guarantee of ...
SCENE AND HEARD
Oct 22, 2007 ... Life is composed of accidental moments. They are glimpses of whowe are and where we live. Middle age and menopause have been hard on me -- okay, thechocolate, bread and ice cream don't help. I pushed myself throughall the gowns at the local upscale department store looking ...
U.S. Planners See Shiite Militias as Rising Threat
Oct 22, 2007; ... Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker haveconcluded that Shiite extremists pose a rising threat to the U.S.effort in Iraq, as the relative influence of Sunni insurgent groupssuch as al-Qaeda in Iraq has diminished drastically because ofongoing U.S ....
STEELERS70714 -- 28BRONCOS714 ...
Oct 22, 2007 ... STEELERS70714 -- 28BRONCOS71473 -- 31 Denver took the city's minds off the Colorado Rockies for a fewhours, beating Pittsburgh on Jason Elam's 49-yard field goal as timeexpired. Rookie Tim Crowder had a 50-yard fumble recovery for a touchdownand Jay Cutler threw three ...
ACC Media Poll
Oct 22, 2007 ... TeamPts.1North Carolina (64)7682Duke6533North CarolinaState6414Clemson5145Virginia4926Maryland4477Georgia Tech3898BostonCollege3329Florida State28410Virginia Tech16211WakeForest15712Miami153 First-place votes in parentheses Preseason All-Conference Team Tyler ...
Bowl Championship Series Standings
Oct 22, 2007 ... HARRIS POLLCOACHES' POLLCPU RANKBCSRk.TeamW-LRk.Pts.Pct.Rk.Pts.Pct.Rk.Pct.Pct.Pv. 1Ohio State8-012847.998911498.99873.930.9761 2Boston College7-022676.938921412.94131.970.9503 3LSU7-132550.894731319.87932.960.9114 4Arizona State7-082003.702871089.72604.860.7638 ...
Maryland Loses Another Starting Guard for Season
Oct 22, 2007 ... Maryland junior left guard Jaimie Thomas will undergo season-ending surgery after suffering a broken leg against Virginia onSaturday. "Hopefully, we can get him to have a full recovery and gethim back for spring practice," Coach Ralph Friedgen said. "He wasplaying very, very ...
Dishwashers for Clinton; Once again, a zeal for campaign cash trumps common sense.
Oct 22, 2007 ... DONORS WHOSE addresses turn out to be tenements. Dishwashers andwaiters who write $1,000 checks. Immigrants who ante up because theyhave been instructed to by powerful neighborhood associations, or,as one said, "They informed us to go, so I went." Others who saythey never made the ...
Leaders for Fairfax Schools; Our choices for the Nov. 6 School Board election
Oct 22, 2007 ... THE JUSTIFIABLE pride Fairfax County residents have in theirpublic schools is tinged with nervousness. A stagnant housing marketthreatens tax revenue, students who don't speak English presentchallenges and a demanding world requires more of schools inreadying students to compete. The 12 ...
Sunday's GamesWashington a ...
Oct 22, 2007 ... Sunday's Games Washington at New England 4:15 Detroit at Chicago 1 Oakland at Tennessee 1 N.Y. Giants vs. Miami at Wembley England, 1 Cleveland at St. Louis 1 Philadelphia at Minnesota 1 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati ...
Red Sox Roll, Make Date With the Rockies; Pedroia's 5 RBI Help Complete Comeback From 2-Game Deficit
Oct 22, 2007; ... Red Sox 11, Indians 2 They will tell the story of 2007 for generations in New England,along with all the others, the great Game 7s in Boston Red Sox lore -- 2004, 1986, 1975, 1967 and on down the line, some wins, mostlosses. They will tell of the way Fenway Park bulged and ...
Rising to the Occasion How Boston's four rookies performed in Games 1-6 and in Game 7, when each played a pivotal role in the Red Sox' 11-2 victory.
Oct 22, 2007 ... GamesW-LIPHBBSOERA ...
CORRECTIONS
Oct 22, 2007 ... Thomas Boswell's column in the Oct. 19 Sports section incorrectlysaid that only one Cleveland Indian hit better than .285 this yearand that none had more than 24 home runs. Three members of the teamhit over .285, and Victor Martinez had 25 home runs. A football score list in the ...
AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Oct 22, 2007 ... Game WhenResults 1Oct. 12Boston 10, Cleveland 3 (W: JoshBeckett; L: C.C. Sabathia) 2Oct. 13Cleveland 13, Boston 6, 11 inn.(W: Tom Mastny; L: Eric Gagne) 3MondayCleveland 4, Boston 2 (W:Jake Westbrook; L: Daisuke Matsuzaka; S: Joe Borowski) 4TuesdayCleveland 7, Boston 3 (W: Paul Byrd; ...
Attacks Sharpen Among Party's Principal Rivals
Oct 22, 2007; ... The leading Republican presidential candidates staged their mostcontentious and personal debate of the long campaign season hereSunday night, clashing sharply over abortion, immigration, tortreform and their readiness to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton(D-N.Y.) in a general ...
Kurds From Iraq Kill 17 Soldiers in Turkey; U.S. Reports 49 Fighters Dead in Sadr City Raid; Residents, Officials Say Victims Are All Civilians
Oct 22, 2007; ... An audacious cross-border ambush by Kurdish rebels based innorthern Iraq killed at least 17 Turkish soldiers Sunday, ratchetingup pressure on the Turkish government to launch a military offensiveinto Iraq. The pre-dawn attack took place as the U.S. military said itstroops killed ...
Girl, 2, Dies After Man Hits Car, Runs; Motorist Flees Police, Drives Through Light, Then Strikes Vehicle
Oct 22, 2007; ... A toddler died and three adults were critically injured earlyyesterday when a man who had fled a traffic stop minutes earliersmashed into their car at a Northwest Washington intersection,police said. Two-year-old Brandi McComb died when the Plymouth Neon wasstruck, hit a light ...
Near Collapse The Redskins had a 21-6 lead with 5:47 left in the third quarter, before they helped Arizona rally. A look at the Cardinals' key drives:
Oct 22, 2007 ... 4:14 3rd and 7 Cardinals 31 LaRon Landry unnecessary roughness, first down Cardinals 1:52 3rd and 8 Redskins 31 London Fletcher unsportsmanlike conduct, first down Cardinals 15:00 3rd and 8 Redskins 10 Kurt ...
YESTERDAY'S LEADERS
Oct 22, 2007 ... Passing YardsCmp-AttYds.TD1.Tom Brady, NE21-2535462.Brian Griese,Chi.27-4132213.Jeff Garcia, TB37-4531624.B. Rothlisberger, Pit.24-3529045.Sage Rosenfels, Hou.22-3529046.Kurt Warner, Ari.27-4128227.Kerry Collins, Ten.25-4228008.Tony Romo, Dal.31-3927719.C.Pennington, NYJ20-31272310.Jay ...
Red Sox Catch Up With Their Past
Oct 22, 2007; ... Red Sox 12, Indians 2 Reprinted from yesterday's late editions The Boston Red Sox have gone to great lengths in recent days inan attempt to recapture the magic of their exalted 2004 forebears,the ones who staged the epic comeback, the ones who calledthemselves "Idiots," the ...
It's All Up in the Air
Oct 22, 2007; ... Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald began leaping on the sideline asthe Arizona Cardinals' field goal attempt sailed toward the goalpost, throwing his arms over his head and running onto the field tocelebrate what he was certain would be a come-from-behind victoryover the Washington Redskins, ...
The world junior championship ...
Oct 22, 2007 ... The world junior championship is one of the most unpredictablecompetitions in chess. It began in 1951, and some of its previouswinners, including Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov andVishy Anand, went on to become world champions. But many juniortitleholders are long ...
Harry Potter & the Surprise Outing: Dumbledore
Oct 22, 2007; ... With author J.K. Rowling's revelation that master wizard AlbusDumbledore is gay, some passages about the Hogwarts headmaster andrival wizard Gellert Grindelwald have taken on a new and clearermeaning. The British author stunned her fans at Carnegie Hall on Fridaynight when she ...
Adapted from a recent online ...
Oct 22, 2007; ... Adapted from a recent online discussion. Carolyn: I'm four months pregnant with our first baby, something myhusband and I both wanted. Last night after he got home from work, Imentioned how much our lives were going to change, and all of asudden it was like something inside ...
Brady's Bunch of TDs
Oct 22, 2007 ... Tom Brady's six touchdown passes is a feat that has been achievednumerous times in the NFL. It's one shy of the record seven held byfive players: QuarterbackTeam and OpponentDateSid Luckman ...
Top 10 Films; Here are the top movie ticket sales Friday through Sunday, with estimated weekend receipts, and total receipts since the movie opened. The number of weeks opened is in parentheses.
Oct 22, 2007 ... WeekendTotalin millions of dollars1.30 Days of Night(1)16.016.02.Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married (2)12.138.93.TheGame Plan (4) 8.169.24.Michael Clayton (3) 7.121.95.Gone Baby Gone(1) 6.0 6.06.The ...
Hannah Montana And Her 'Sisters'; TV Character Wins Over Tweens, and Parents' Wallets
Oct 22, 2007; ... The frenzy has gone on for three weeks now. The I-can't-believe-she's-coming squeals, the stampede fortickets, the it's-sold-out panic. And, of course, the scalpinginvestigations, launched in three states, and the Ticketmasterlawsuit. Washington parents are still feeling the ...
It's Time To Channel His Thinking
Oct 22, 2007; ... These are 23 (more) facts, tried and true, about the wideningworld of sports television: 1. I would watch red ants crawling over a week-old banana peelbefore I would watch Mark Cuban on "Dancing With the Stars." 2. Fox's Jillian Barberie is now Fox's Jillian Reynolds. This ...
Knowing State Tests' 'Cut' Scores
Oct 22, 2007; ... Charonda Godette and her mother are staring at a sheaf of black-and-white test reports in their kitchen, frustrated by a bluntindictment repeated over and over: "Fail/Does Not Meet." In herfirst three years at Potomac Senior High School in Prince WilliamCounty, the 17-year-old has ...
Can Students Cut It?
Oct 22, 2007 ... Below are the latest reading and math passing, or "cut," scoresfor the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System and the VirginiaStandards of Learning exams. School officials say their cut scoresmight differ by one or two points this school year. Marylanddeclined to release its cut scores ....
Rising Scores Might Say More About the Exam Than Student Achievement, Report Concludes
Oct 22, 2007 ... A new report from an education think tank in Washington contendsthat states are creating a false impression of academic successthrough, among other tactics, manipulation of passing, or "cut,"scores on standardized tests. Backers of the federal No Child Left Behind law say that ...
Warner Plays Through the Pain; Both Teams Praise Arizona Quarterback for Gutsy Effort in Loss
Oct 22, 2007; ... All week long, the question about whether Kurt Warner would beable to start at quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals yesterdaylingered. Warner had torn a ligament in the elbow of his left, non-throwing arm last week and, even if he decided he could play, therewas no telling how ...
Brady Shows a Sixth Sense; Patriots' QB Tosses for Five TDs as a Starter, Then Comes Back for One More for 7-0 Team
Oct 22, 2007; ... Patriots 49, Dolphins 28 -- Tom Brady was flawless at the start and off the bench, too. With his team winning easily, Brady came out of the game early inthe fourth quarter Sunday, then re-entered to throw a team-recordsixth touchdown pass, capping unbeaten New England's 49-28 ...
6-1 Cowboys Like to Play With Blocks
Oct 22, 2007; ... Cowboys 24, Vikings 14 -- Scoring a first-quarter touchdown wasn't the spark the DallasCowboys thought it would be. Returning a blocked field goal for a touchdown for the first timesince 1983? That did the trick. Chris Canty swatted a potential go-ahead kick by ...
Barbara Cook, Spring Fresh at 79
Oct 22, 2007; ... So how come Barbara Cook doesn't act her age? Closing in on her80th birthday (this Thursday), she scats and shimmies on a stage asif the clock had no claim on her. "I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing," she sings near the start of"Barbara Cook's Spotlight," the dizzyingly enthralling ...
Celluloid Tale of Rio's Drug War, Told From Police Perspective, Is the Talk of Brazil [Correction 10/31/07]
Oct 22, 2007; ... After taking a phone call last week, director Jose Padilhastepped onto the patio of his studio and told a business partnerthat the intense discussion provoked by his latest film had spreadto yet another sphere of Brazilian society. "Now they're going to speak about it in ...
Looking for a Candidate to Call Their Own; Choices Lamented at Values Voter Gathering
Oct 22, 2007; ... To travel down the escalators of the Hilton Washington thisweekend was to enter a secure sanctuary, a world protected frominterlopers and would-be haters, from those who would destroyAmerica's Christian culture. Those who came to the Family ResearchCouncil's Washington Briefing 2007: ...
WORLD IN BRIEF
Oct 22, 2007 ... IRAN A Foreign Ministry official said Sunday that Iran's formernuclear negotiator, considered a relative moderate, would attendtalks in Rome this week even though he has left his post. Officials on Saturday announced that Ali Larijani had resigned asIran's top nuclear ...
China Ushers Into Position Its Next Era Of Leaders
Oct 22, 2007; ... Xi Jinping, the son of a Chinese guerrilla leader who rosethrough the ranks to become Communist Party chief in business-friendly Shanghai, was designated Monday as the most likelysuccessor to President Hu Jintao as leader of the world's mostpopulous nation. Xi, 54, a Ph. D. in ...
Down by Four, Bears Go the Distance to Overcome Philadelphia
Oct 22, 2007; ... Bears 19, Eagles 16 The Chicago Bears aren't exactly known as an offensive dynamo.But they crafted one magnificent drive when it mattered Sunday atLincoln Financial Field, going 97 yards in the final two minutes tobeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 19-16, on a touchdown pass ...
Contract Tightens Rules of Engagement; -
Oct 22, 2007; ... A new contract proposal put forward last week by the JointContracting Command-Iraq shows that the U.S. military believes thereis going to be a continuing need for private, armed, securityservices such as Blackwater USA in that country for years to come. The one-year contract, with ...
A Battle Over Freedom
Oct 22, 2007; ... Halloween could turn out to be scarier than usual for some inBushworld. Larry Klayman, the government watchdog who haunted theClinton administration, has a little trick-or-treat planned for thisone, too. Klayman has sued supporters of President Bush for using Freedom'sWatch as ...