The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, December 5:
CORRECTIONS
Dec 05, 2007 ... A Dec. 4 Page One article on the funeral of Washington Redskinssafety Sean Taylor implied that about 100 members of theorganization attended. The number was about 300. Jeffrey H. Birnbaum's On K Street column in the Dec. 4 A-sectionincorrectly ...
Bush May Visit Israel, Palestinian Territories; Middle East Trip Is Part of Busy Diplomatic Schedule for Final Year in Office
Dec 05, 2007; ... President Bush plans to visit the Middle East in January, theWhite House announced yesterday, as he kicks off a busy schedule ofinternational diplomacy in his final year in office. The White House declined to offer any details beyond confirmingthe trip to the region, but the visit, ...
Georgetown vs. Alabama
Dec 05, 2007 ... When: 7 p.m. Where: Birmingham Jefferson Civic ...
Iraq Urges Refugees To Stay Put; Cabinet Endorses Another Year for U.S.-Led Mission
Dec 05, 2007; ... The Iraqi government on Tuesday urged some refugees not to goback to their homes yet, saying the country was unprepared toaccommodate their return. "The reality is that we cannot handle a huge influx of people,"Abdul Samad al-Sultan, the minister of displacement and ...
Court Hears La. Jury Bias Case; Prosecutor in '95 Trial Referenced O.J. Simpson, Excluded Blacks
Dec 05, 2007; ... Late in the Louisiana night, Allen Snyder surprised his estrangedwife and her lover as they returned from a date, viciously attackingthem with a knife, killing him. Snyder retreated to his home andcalled police in a suicidal funk. The 1995 killings reminded Jefferson Parish ...
Yesterday's Results Detroit ...
Dec 05, 2007 ... Yesterday's Results Detroit 106 at Atlanta 95 Phoenix 121 at Indiana 117 New Jersey 100 at Cleveland 79 L.A. Lakers 116 at Minnesota 95 at Sacramento 117 Utah 107 Milwaukee 87 at Clippers 78 Today's Games Cleveland at Washington ...
SEEING THE SHOW: The Radio Ci ...
Dec 05, 2007 ... SEEING THE SHOW: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular runsthrough Dec. 30 at Radio City Music Hall ...
U.S. Targets Bribery Overseas; Globalization, Reforms Give Rise to Spike in Prosecutions [Correction 1/15/08]
Dec 05, 2007; ... Prosecutors and stock market regulators on the hunt for fraudincreasingly are targeting companies paying foreign governmentofficials in a bid to secure contracts, according to JusticeDepartment and Securities and Exchange Commission officials. This year the U.S. government has ...
It's Kitschmas Time in the City; After 75 Years, the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show Is Still Kicking
Dec 05, 2007; ... Even as a kid growing up on the West Coast, I've always had somevague notion that New York's Rockefeller Center, with its 84-footlighted Christmas tree and famous ice rink filled with kids in elfcaps, was the commercial capital of Christmas in America. Now that Iactually work at ...
Another Christmas On Mountain Time
Dec 05, 2007 ... We once trekked into the woods to cut down a Christmas tree. Citynerds, we didn't realize that growing on a hillside made its trunkcrooked. In the tree stand, it looked like a missile angled forblastoff, and we had to hook it to the ceiling or risk disaster. Ourcats were ...
Gladstone Capital Corp. Ticke ...
Dec 05, 2007 ... Gladstone Capital Corp. Ticker: GLAD Headquarters: McLean FourthQuarterYear to DateFiscal year20072006% Chg20072006% ChgAssets -- --...
China Ordains Bishop Loyal to Vatican; 2nd Such Elevation in 4 Days Signals Thaw in Relations
Dec 05, 2007; ... China on Tuesday ordained as a bishop a 43-year-old priest whohas publicly declared his fidelity to the pope, four days afterconsecrating another Vatican-approved bishop. The ordination of Joseph Gan Junqiu as bishop of the southerndiocese of Guangzhou and Friday's promotion of ...
Council Approves Measure Requiring Home Sellers to Disclose Tax Increase
Dec 05, 2007; ... Anyone trying to sell a house in Montgomery County will have todisclose the likely increase in property taxes that will occur oncethe property changes hands, under legislation unanimously approvedyesterday by the County Council. The new taxes are often thousands of dollars higher ...
The Love Song of Dennis J. Kucinich; No Wonder the Candidate Saw a UFO. He's Been Up There on Cloud Nine.
Dec 05, 2007; ... ne day last spring, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Democrat andlong-shot presidential candidate, and his young British wife,Elizabeth, were sitting in an Italian restaurant in Dupont Circle. They were by the window. They were holding hands. ElizabethKucinich was looking lovely, as ...
Justices Weigh Courts' Role in Detainee Cases
Dec 05, 2007; ... When the Supreme Court hears arguments today about the rights ofsuspects held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the role of thecourts in the fight against terrorism will be as much an issue asthe fate of the prisoners. The president and Congress have already made their ...
Pollution Rising In Tributaries of Bay, Data Show; Scientists Cite Suburbs' Growth As a Likely Cause of Backslide
Dec 05, 2007; ... The massive government effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay isnot just falling short of its goals. Now the bay's pollution mightactually be taking a turn for the worse. New federal research indicates that pollution has crept up insome of the Chesapeake's biggest tributaries this ...
H&R Block Scraps Mortgage Arm; $800 Million Deal to Sell Option One to Cerberus Collapses
Dec 05, 2007; ... H&R Block said a deal to sell its troubled mortgage-lending armhas fallen through, forcing it to scrap most of the $1 billionbusiness. The Kansas City tax preparer and Cerberus Capital Management saidthey have terminated their agreement, announced in April, for aCerberus ...
GERMANY T-Mobile Wins Right ...
Dec 05, 2007 ... GERMANY T-Mobile can sell Apple's sought-after iPhone exclusively lockedto its own service, a German court ruled, reversing an injunctionrequiring the company to sell an unlocked version in Europe'sbiggest economy. The Hamburg District Court said T-Mobile, part ofDeutsche ...
Laing's Second Chance Gets Off to a Good Start
Dec 05, 2007; ... Almost four years had passed since Quintin Laing's last stint inthe NHL, and at 28, the checking-line winger had begun to wonderwhether another opportunity would come along. Then the Hershey Bears captain's cellphone rang last Thursdayafternoon. A couple of Capitals had suffered ...
Nats Get Their Man in Dukes. So Now What?
Dec 05, 2007; ... For seven months, since Elijah Dukes's reputation hit rock bottomafter his infamous "You dead, dawg. . . . Your kids, too" message onhis estranged wife's voice mail, the Washington Nationals' frontoffice has been fascinated, almost obsessed, with acquiring the 6-foot-2, 250-pound, ...
Making His Mark
Dec 05, 2007 ... When Jonathan Wallace came to Georgetown as a freshman walk-on,Coach John Thompson III warned him he might never play. Wallace willgraduate with his name featured prominently in the program's recordbook. Where he stands on several career lists: 2nd 181 (8 behind ...
NATION IN BRIEF
Dec 05, 2007 ... MIAMI -- Attorneys for convicted terrorism conspirator JosePadilla say he was so badly mistreated by the government during 31/2 years in military custody that he deserves far less than the lifeprison sentence sought by federal prosecutors. A sentencing hearing set to begin this ...
Japanese Pitchers Attracting Interest
Dec 05, 2007; ... Though the Washington Nationals aren't in discussions with theagents for top free agents at baseball's winter meetings, they areinvolved in conversations with two Japanese pitchers who could helptheir staff. Sources with knowledge of the Nationals' discussions said theyhave ...
Virginia vs. Syracuse
Dec 05, 2007 ... When: 7:30 p.m. TV: ...
Power Companies See Re-Regulation Hazards; Inflexibility Could Lift Rates, They Say
Dec 05, 2007; ... Power companies said yesterday that a proposal to re-regulateMaryland's electricity market could hurt customers rather than lowertheir bills by locking utilities into long-term contracts that donot respond to changes in energy prices. A spokesman for Constellation Energy Group, ...
Storm Exits a Drenched Northwest; Deadly Flooding Has Washed Out Services, Interstate Travel
Dec 05, 2007; ... A storm that battered the Northwest for two days moved onTuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-outroads, including the region's largest interstate highway, which wascovered with 10 feet of muddy water. The storm, which killed at least five people, lashed ...
Above and Beyond; Hoyas' Wallace Dispels Doubts in Becoming a Big- Time College Star
Dec 05, 2007; ... Jonathan Wallace has grown somewhat weary of recounting how hefound his way from tiny Harvest, Ala., to the back court of fifth-ranked Georgetown. But tonight's game brings the tale full circle,as the Hoyas face Alabama at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Centeras part of the inaugural Big ...
Chugging After 'Trane
Dec 05, 2007; ... COLTRANE The Story of a Sound By Ben Ratliff Farrar Straus Giroux. 250 pp. $24 No jazz musician ever worked harder to master his craft than JohnColtrane. When appearing in nightclubs, he retreated to his dressingroom to practice between sets. He played his ...
MEDIA Satellite Radio Royalt ...
Dec 05, 2007 ... MEDIA XM and Sirius, the two satellite radio companies, will payroyalty rates of 6 to 8 percent over a six-year term for musicplayed on their channels, based on fees set by the Copyright RoyaltyBoard. Revenue from music will be subject to the 6 percent rate forthis year and 2008, ...
Va. Coalition To Focus On Illegal Immigration
Dec 05, 2007; ... County and city leaders from several Virginia jurisdictions haveformed a group to push for tougher measures against illegalimmigrants, the latest sign that local governments in the state willlook for ways to act while immigration reform remains stalled inCongress. The Coalition ...
Capitals' Next Three
Dec 05, 2007 ... TimeOpponentTVFriday7 p.m.at New JerseyCSN+Saturday7 ...
Tigers Acquire Cabrera, Willis; Santana May Be Dealt to Red Sox
Dec 05, 2007; ... A day and a half of paralyzing inertia at baseball's wintermeetings gave way Tuesday evening to the juiciest sort ofblockbuster trade, when the Detroit Tigers reached a preliminaryagreement to acquire star third baseman Miguel Cabrera and talentedleft-hander Dontrelle Willis from the ...
DeMatha Fends Off Coolidge; Run of 11-0 in 3rd Quarter Carries Stags to Victory
Dec 05, 2007; ... Maybe there is hope for the City Title Game. Even though it was the season opener for both teams, DeMatha andCoolidge showed, this year, at least, that there may not be such adisparity between the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference's andthe D.C. Interscholastic Athletic ...
Senate Aide Arrested for Attempted Exploitation [Correction 12/11/ 07]
Dec 05, 2007; ... A U.S. Senate aide was arrested in a sting operation after heallegedly tried to arrange a sexual encounter in the District withsomeone he thought was a 13-year-old boy, according to chargingpapers. James Michael McHaney, 28, was arrested Friday after he allegedlytried to meet the ...
'Jena 6' Victim Sues School And Suspects
Dec 05, 2007 ... The victim in the "Jena Six" case and his family have sued theadults accused of beating him, the families of the juvenilesallegedly involved and the board of the school where the attackoccurred. Justin Barker and his parents, David and Kelli, also accuse aseventh, uncharged ...
Waxman Asks Mukasey for Libby Papers
Dec 05, 2007; ... House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) isasking new Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey to releasetranscripts of interviews of President Bush, Vice President Cheneyand other senior officials from the now-completed CIA leakinvestigation. Waxman, who has been ...
Clinton Rivals Hammer Her Iran Vote During Iowa Radio Debate
Dec 05, 2007; ... One day after a new U.S. intelligence report said that Iran hadhalted work on its nuclear program, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) faced repeated criticism in a debate here Tuesday forsupporting a Senate resolution that her rivals said encouraged saber-rattling rhetoric from ...
More Recruits, U.S. Arms Planned for Afghan Military; Gates Voices Concern Over 'Growing Level of Violence'
Dec 05, 2007; ... The United States and Afghanistan plan to expand the Afghan armyby up to 12,000 soldiers and accelerate shipments of tens ofthousands of U.S. M-16 rifles, armored Humvees and other weaponry bythe spring to counter a growing threat from Taliban insurgents andal-Qaeda fighters, U.S. and ...
Today's Horoscope
Dec 05, 2007; ... ARIES (March 21-April 19). What you do for those dear to you maybe unappreciated at first, but give them time to comprehend it. Ofthis you can be sure: There are big gestures of gratitude in yourfuture. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You observe not only the scene beforeyou but the ...
Bridge
Dec 05, 2007; ... Edgar Kaplan (1925-1997) was a towering figure in the evolutionof bridge. He excelled as a player, teacher, writer, theorist andadministrator. Kaplan was declarer at five clubs doubled in a Life Master Pairsand seemed to have a spade and two diamonds to lose. When West ledthe ...
The tree's lit, the windows a ...
Dec 05, 2007 ... The tree's lit, the windows are animated, the horses bewreathed.But what to do if you're short on time in Manhattan during theholidays? We asked New York native Anne McDonough to ruthlessly ratefive holly jolly cliches to help you get the most out of your visit. ROCKEFELLER CENTER ....
REGULATORS FCC Denies Veriz ...
Dec 05, 2007 ... REGULATORS The Federal Communications Commission unanimously rejectedVerizon's petition to change the rates it charges smaller phonecompanies to lease capacity on its network in six major markets,including Virginia Beach, Boston, Philadelphia and New York City.The FCC said these ...
A 'Spamalot' Sidekick's Moment to Shine; Jeff Dumas Sees (and Sings) 'The Bright Side of Life'
Dec 05, 2007; ... Sure, he wants to sell tickets, but when Jeff Dumas saysWashington audiences are awesome, he sounds like he means it. Theactor won a Helen Hayes Award as a supporting performer for his 2006appearance in "Monty Python's Spamalot" at the National Theatre -- a house he loves for being the ...
United's 2008 Opener Set For March at Kansas City
Dec 05, 2007 ... For the third time in four years, D.C. United will open the MLSregular season on the road. The club announced yesterday that United will play its 2008opener March 29 at Kansas City. Because of renovations at ArrowheadStadium, the Wizards' home matches will be held at ...
Favre Is Named SI Sportsman of the Year
Dec 05, 2007 ... Brett Favre's standout season for the resurgent Green Bay Packershas earned him the title of 2007 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of theYear, making him the fourth quarterback to win the award in its 53-year history. Favre, 38, joins fellow quarterbacks Terry Bradshaw (1979), ...
The Bald Truth About Romario's Drug Test
Dec 05, 2007 ... Brazilian soccer star Romario attributed his failed drug test toa substance found in anti-balding medication. The 41-year-old striker for Vasco da Gama said yesterday in RioDe Janeiro he tested positive for the banned substance finasteridein October. He said he had been using the ...
Council, Federal Probes Won't Clash, Lawyer Says
Dec 05, 2007; ... The lawyer who will oversee the D.C. Council's probe into thescandal at the Office of Tax and Revenue said he does not expect thework to interfere with the federal criminal investigation. William R. McLucas, known for his work on high-profile corporateinvestigations such as the ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Dec 05, 2007 ... ZONING BOARD The D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment agreed yesterday that a two-story building being constructed by a U.S. Buddhist association onMassachusetts Avenue NW is a place of worship. A group of residents who live near the Naval Observatory askedthe city to appeal a ...
Wizards Deliver an Early Christmas Gift
Dec 05, 2007; ... Nearly a year ago, Patricia Scales's former boyfriend doused herwith gasoline and set her on fire in front of her two children intheir Southeast Washington apartment. While she recovered with burns over 40 percent of her body, aMaryland-based mortgage company came to her rescue, ...
OTHER NEWS
Dec 05, 2007 ... Tweety Bird, Mickey Mouse and Daisy and Donald Duck have beenordered by an Italian court to testify against a man accused ofcounterfeiting Disney and Warner Bros. products. A clerical error isbeing blamed, so the toons won't be in court after all. Too bad: Wewere hoping Tweety would take ...
Fannie Mae to Issue $7 Billion In Stock to Help Steady Itself
Dec 05, 2007; ... Fannie Mae, weakened by deterioration in the housing market, saidyesterday that it planned to raise $7 billion of new capital to helpit stay on solid financial footing. The federally chartered investor in home mortgages said it wouldalso reduce the quarterly dividend it pays ...
Geeking Out on Dinosaurs; 'The Coolest Thing Ever,' Says Maryland Scientist
Dec 05, 2007 ... Thomas Holtz can't remember a time when he wasn't obsessed withdinosaurs. When he was very young, he told his parents he knew exactly whathe wanted to be when he grew up: a Tyrannosaurus rex. It didn't quite work out that way, but Holtz thinks he figuredout the next best ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Dec 05, 2007 ... Two report cards are out this week, and neither is anything tobrag about. U.S. teens are behind their peers from many other countries inscience and math, according to a major international exam. In a test given last year to 15-year-olds in 30 developednations, the average ...
Learn More
Dec 05, 2007 ... After digesting the more than 420 pages of Thomas Holtz's"Dinosaurs" book, you'll know almost as much about these wildlypopular creatures as he does. Luis Rey's dramatic illustrations, which decorate nearly everypage, are amazing. He's drawn some pretty mean-looking dudes, manyof ...
In Montrose Christian's Sky, 3 Stars Are Perfectly Aligned; Armwood, Spurlock, Vinson Play as One
Dec 05, 2007; ... Isaiah Armwood, Tristan Spurlock and Terrell Vinson all considerthemselves small forwards. They are ranked among the nation's tophigh school basketball players. Each holds scholarship offers frommultiple elite college teams. Yet all play for the same high school team, and they're ...
Boys' Top 20 Last year's record in parentheses.
Dec 05, 2007 ... 1. Montrose Christian (21-3) Trio of talented juniors has Mustangs at the top of the list onceagain. 2. Gonzaga (20-9) Not big on star power, but plenty of talent as Eagles seek firstWCAC title since 2003. 3. O'Connell (16-14) Georgetown recruit Jason ...
OFFENSEYardsRushPassDallas . ...
Dec 05, 2007 ... OFFENSEYardsRushPassDallas390.9121.4269.5Green Bay 378.485.3293.1Philadelphia356.8120.5236.3New Orleans 343.986.0257.9Seattle342.998.7244.3Minnesota 341.3176.8164.5New York331.5127.5204.0Arizona 331.291.4239.8Washington330.0120.9209.1Detroit ...
Jethro Tull at Strathmore, Living Unabashedly in the Past
Dec 05, 2007 ... Most material from the '70s heyday of progressive rock doesn'tsound too progressive anymore. Listening to vintage prog nowadays,in fact, can be similar to watching a first-generation sciencefiction movie, one where the strings guiding the cardboard rocketships toward the moon are plain ...
Florida to Reopen Public Fund, but Limits to Be Added
Dec 05, 2007; ... A Florida-run investment pool for local governments will reopenthis week to give investors critical access to their cash, but thehead of the agency managing the fund resigned Tuesday as questionsabout its troubles swirled. The State Board of Administration voted unanimously to ...
Pentagon Says 200,000 Workers Could Receive Pink Slips for Christmas
Dec 05, 2007; ... Federal employees who work for the Army may get layoff noticesbefore Christmas if Congress and the White House do not reach anaccord on funding for the Iraq war, the Pentagon said yesterday. The warning, posted near the top of the Defense Department's Website, was the latest in a ...
Group Urges Swift Dispatch of U.N.-African Force to Darfur
Dec 05, 2007; ... Thirteen former world leaders and present-day activists led byNelson Mandela called yesterday for the swift supplying and dispatchof a 26,000-member U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force to bringsecurity to the western Sudanese region of Darfur and end thekilling, rape and pillaging ...
Gorbachev Applauds Putin's Achievements; Ex-Leader Cites Russian 'Resurgence'
Dec 05, 2007; ... Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Tuesday thatPresident Vladimir Putin "has pulled Russia out of chaos" and is"assured a place in history," despite Western criticisms that he hasthrottled democracy. Gorbachev's endorsement of Putin, who won broad support in ...
Carolyn: Any thoughts on ho ...
Dec 05, 2007; ... Carolyn: Any thoughts on how to get through to a guy that he really needsto grow up, now that his wife is expecting? Is it too much to askthat he put dirty laundry in the hamper and dishes in the sink?She's not even asking him to do laundry or dishes -- just notleave them on ...
Progress on Bay Is Threatened; Rising Pollution Found in Rivers
Dec 05, 2007; ... The massive government effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay isnot just falling short of its goals. Now the bay's pollution mightactually be taking a turn for the worse. New federal research indicates that pollution has crept up insome of the Chesapeake's biggest tributaries this ...
Teacher Returns After Ordeal in Sudan
Dec 05, 2007 ... BURMA Burma's military government has granted amnesty to 8,585prisoners as a gesture to the United Nations and to celebrateprogress on its long-awaited constitution, state media reportedTuesday. It was unclear, however, whether any of the prisoners releasedwere among those ...