The Washington Post back issues from Saturday, March 29:
The Accused
Mar 29, 2008 ... The Marine Corps charged four enlisted Marines in December 2006with murder for the deaths of numerous civilians in Haditha, Iraq,on Nov. 19, 2005. The case has since boiled down to charges ofvoluntary manslaughter against one of the shooters. Sgt. Sanick P. Dela Cruz: Charges were ...
Arizona Lefty Davis Has Cancer
Mar 29, 2008 ... Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Doug Davis has thyroid cancer. "We don't know much, other than he does have thyroid cancer,"team president Derrick Hall said yesterday. "It's saddening. It wasa complete surprise to the entire organization, and to him." Hall said Davis, 32, ...
Tuscany Apartments
Mar 29, 2008 ... 260 Yoakum Pkwy., No. 2101 Alexandria, Va. 22304 703-212-6959 www.thetuscanyapts.com APPLICATION FEE: $32 per applicant SECURITY DEPOSIT: $200 AMENITIES FEE: $150, non-refundable LEASE TERM: 12 months UTILITIES: None ...
Today's Horoscope
Mar 29, 2008; ... ARIES (March 21-April 19). We are all programmed to believe in acertain order of things. One of your many talents is in breakingthat programming and liberating new options. You're sailing high onfreedom feelings. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Praise is a gift. Save it and care forit ...
Prevention as a Weapon Against Dust
Mar 29, 2008; ... Q I love my apartment, but it seems to collect an inordinateamount of dust. In one week, huge billows of dust will collect incorners and under the bed and even up the wall. I have to vacuumonce a week just to keep it under control. I have asked the buildingmanager to clean the filters; ...
Yesterday's Results Wash. 11 ...
Mar 29, 2008 ... Yesterday's Results Wash. 114 at Sacramento 108 at Toronto 103 New York 95 at Indiana 123 New Jersey 115 Phoenix 108 at Philadlphia 93 at Atlanta 106 Chicago 103 at Boston 112 New Orleans 92 Orlando 103 at Milwaukee ...
Designed as Condos, With Perks to Spare; Service Praised at Alexandria Complex
Mar 29, 2008; ... The Old World touches at the Tuscany Apartments in Alexandria gobeyond the Italian names of the floor plans. The Tuscany's 104 units are divided among two four-storybuildings that wrap around a brick courtyard with a limestonefountain and dramatic pillars. European ...
White House Staffer Resigns Amid Probe
Mar 29, 2008; ... A mid-level White House staff member has resigned after informingofficials of allegations that he misused federal grant money forpersonal gain before he joined the government, a White Houseofficial said yesterday. Felipe Sixto quit as special assistant to President Bush on ...
'Bad Dates': All Dressed Up, No Place to Go
Mar 29, 2008; ... Can solo shows compete for costume awards? "Bad Dates" makes youwonder. Melissa Flaim shimmies into a kaleidoscope of outfits at theOlney Theatre Center, where her character waxes about being a singlemom in modern Manhattan. And, well, the shoes alone are spectacular. The ...
Gordon Easily Tops Hamlin for Pole at Martinsville
Mar 29, 2008 ... Jeff Gordon laughs at the notion that sitting 14th in the pointstandings after five races means he's off to a slow start, and heshowed he's doing just fine yesterday by winning the pole atMartinsville Speedway. "Yes, turn things around. It has been a terrible year," Gordonsaid in ...
In Md., Teed About Principal's Golf Cart; Some Question Need, Expense
Mar 29, 2008; ... The redesigned $87 million Richard Montgomery High School,flagship of the Montgomery County school system, occupies a buildingthat's as long as two football fields. So Moreno Carrasco, theprincipal, decided to purchase a golf cart to help him get around. This has not gone over well ...
'Golden Child' and Cards Make It Through Crucible
Mar 29, 2008; ... His teammates call him the "Golden Child" because David Padgettdoesn't have to practice as much as everyone else on the Louisvilleroster. And when he speaks in that heavy baritone, whether in thelocker room or on the court, everyone listens. Even Coach P, which is how the ...
'Rutlemania': Musical Mystery Tour Proves You Can Kid a Kidder
Mar 29, 2008; ... You could call it a concert by a band re-creating the music of afake band that satirized the songs of a real band. Or maybe it's areenactment by four men of four men farcically reenacting the livesof four other men. Or maybe it's a new genre of rock: heavy meta. However you ...
CORRECTIONS
Mar 29, 2008 ... A March 28 Weekend article gave an incorrect phone number for theRound House Theatre in Bethesda. It is 240-644-1100. A March 27 Page One article incorrectly said that the KuwaitInvestment Authority is managed by the country's finance ministry.It is an independent, completely ...
Teen Killings Tied To Sexual Orientation
Mar 29, 2008 ... A few weeks after the death of Lawrence King, daytime talk-showhost Ellen DeGeneres opened her show with a message about King."When the message out there is so horrible that to be gay you canget killed for it, we need to change the message," she said. King's death is just one of ...
Sharks Circling Federer; Slump Has Rivals Smelling Blood, but Swiss Isn't Panicking
Mar 29, 2008; ... Roger Federer strolled into the interview room Thursday as neatlytailored as ever, wearing crisp white trousers and a collared whiteshirt two days before his opening match Saturday at the SonyEricsson Open. Near the back of the room his longtime girlfriend,Mirka Vavrinec, watched from ...
Proposal To Boost Housing In Fairfax; County Would Buy Foreclosures to Sell As Affordable Units
Mar 29, 2008; ... Gerald E. Connolly, chairman of the Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors, proposed last night using county funds to buyforeclosed properties and then sell them at below-market prices toworking families. Doing so would not only create affordable housing in one of thenation's most ...
BUSINESS BRIEFING
Mar 29, 2008 ... AIRLINES Northwest Airlines has proposed to Delta that the two airlinesmove ahead with their combination without a prearranged deal withpilots, a person with knowledge of the situation told the AssociatedPress. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because ofthe ...
Candidates With Real Chutzpah
Mar 29, 2008 ... From my perspective as an American and a Jew, Dana Milbank'smocking column ["The Audacity of Chutzpah," March 18] on BarackObama's adviser Dan Kurtzer, a former ambassador to Israel, did adisservice to Obama and Kurtzer and to much of the American Jewishcommunity. Milbank ...
Not Everyone Is Straight
Mar 29, 2008 ... A certain strain of heterosexism -- a belief that everyone isor ought to be heterosexual -- was alive and well in "Let's TalkAbout Sex," on the March 27 In the Loop page. "Every last one" ofthe male interns in Congress "will probably be" at an appearance by"Grey's Anatomy" TV star ...
Woman Assaulted in Trash Receptacle
Mar 29, 2008 ... A woman was sexually assaulted inside a large trash receptacle inPrince George's County late Thursday, police said yesterday. The attack occurred about 10 p.m. in the 5500 block of KenilworthAvenue in the town of Riverdale Park. Police said the woman was walking toward a bus ...
Clinton Resists Calls To Drop Out; Dean Says Nomination Should Be Set by July
Mar 29, 2008; ... Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed back hard yesterday againstcalls for her to withdraw from the presidential race, with aidessaying she remains more determined than ever to remain in thecontest until the end of the primary season. Allies of Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) have sought to ...
Policing Congress; A new office will toughen House ethics enforcement, finally.
Mar 29, 2008 ... THE STRONGEST ethics rules in the world don't mean much withoutan effective way to enforce them. That's especially clear when itcomes to Congress, whose enforcement process is designed to creategridlock and has too often performed accordingly. This month theHouse adopted an important ...
Bridge
Mar 29, 2008; ... When I watched today's deal at the club, North was Rose, whosegenerosity toward partners and opponents is so admirable. At 3NT South took the ace of spades, thought hard, led a heart todummy and let the jack of clubs ride. West won and led anotherspade. Dummy played low, but when ...
President Drops a Digit but Gets Help From a Homeowner
Mar 29, 2008; ... Here's a tip: If you need a phone number, call information, notthe president. President Bush visited a credit counseling service here Friday topromote his administration's efforts to help homeowners crunched bythe mortgage crisis. "I want my fellow citizens, if you're ...
Louisville's 'Golden Child' Makes It Through Crucible, Along With Team
Mar 29, 2008; ... His teammates call him the "Golden Child" because David Padgettdoesn't have to practice as much as everyone else on the Louisvilleroster. And when he speaks in that heavy baritone, whether in thelocker room or on the court, everyone listens. Even Coach P, which is how the ...
Ex-Governor Leaves Prison on Bond
Mar 29, 2008 ... Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman (D) left a federal prisonon appeal bond Friday, saying that he remained upbeat as he headedback to his Birmingham home after nine months in custody. "I may have lost my freedom for a while, but I never lost faith,"Siegelman told ...
CAPITALS REPORT
Mar 29, 2008 ... TimeOpponentTVTonight7 p.m.at FloridaCSNTuesday7 p.m.vs.CarolinaCSNThursday7 p.m.vs. Tampa BayCSN ALL GAMES ON WWWT (107.7 FM, 1500 AM) The Capitals signed 2006 draft choice Mathieu Perreault (sixthround, 177th overall) to a three-year, ...
Caps' Playoff Drive Is a Gas for Fedorov
Mar 29, 2008; ... On the day Sergei Fedorov was acquired last month, WashingtonCapitals General Manager George McPhee said he hoped the three-timeStanley Cup champion had "one good fight left in him." Fourteen games later, there's no doubt about it. Fedorov hasplenty of fight left. Whether it's ...
A Pipeline From Northern Virginia; Augusta State of Georgia Reaches Division II Title Game Loaded With Area Talent
Mar 29, 2008; ... Daniel Dixon is the kind of player around whom Augusta StateCoach Darren "Dip" Metress has built his program. In high school, Dixon, a 5-foot-9, 150-pound, speedy point guard,led Marshall to the 2006 Virginia AAA state semifinals. Yet hestruggled to catch the eye of college ...
Not Quite Free; Mr. Gaddafi might seem rehabilitated, but Libya is still a work in progress.
Mar 29, 2008 ... ONCE A PARIAH because of his support for terrorism, Libyandictator Moammar Gaddafi now enjoys full diplomatic relations withthe United States. The turning point came in 2003, when Mr. Gaddafirenounced terrorism and agreed to dismantle his nuclear, chemicaland biological weapons programs ....
Key Vote in Prince George's; Adam Ortiz for County Council
Mar 29, 2008 ... WITH SOMETHING approaching unanimity, politicians in PrinceGeorge's County are fond of lamenting its lack of a vibrantcommercial and business sector that could provide jobs and badlyneeded tax revenue. Most trace the problem, correctly, to ailingschools and rampant crime. Fewer also ...
Jolt of Energy Since leaving the Columbus Blue Jackets, Sergei Fedorov has had more ice time (TOI), and his average points per game has improved.
Mar 29, 2008 ... CBJWSHGames 50 14 DatesOct. 5 - Feb. 23Feb. 29 - ...
In Faith's Pawprints, an Abiding Hope; A Walking 2-Legged Dog Inspires Awe on Va. Visit
Mar 29, 2008; ... Faith was curled up on the carpet beside her agent, Mike Maguire,who kept reaching down to hand her pieces of his chicken sandwich,when their waitress gave him an easy one. "What kind of dog is that?" asked Alicia Weedon, 16. With a flair honed in scores of such encounters, ...
Kentucky Derby Contenders Grade I $1 million Florida Derby; Grade II $2 million UAE Derby; Grade III $150,000 Transylvania (turf).
Mar 29, 2008 ... HorseSireTrainerNext Race1. PyroPulpit Steve AsmussenBlue GrassStakesInherited top billing after War Pass melted down in Tampa.Experienced introductory breeze this week at Keeneland.2. GeorgieBoyTribal RuleKathy WalshSanta Anita Derby Displayed unmistakableaggression winning two-turn San ...
Big Brown Sparks Big-Time Hype; Colt Is the Favorite in Today's Florida Derby Despite Only Two Previous Starts
Mar 29, 2008; ... No one in racing would ever call trainer Richard Dutrow Jr.conservative or politically correct. Audacious and impertinent aremore likely for the in-your-face New York horseman with a genius forfinding the winner's circle with low-level claimers and championsalike. Big Brown, by ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Mar 29, 2008 ... SUPERIOR COURT Four District men were each sentenced yesterday to 30 years inprison for the 2006 robbery and shooting death of a 16-year-old boy. D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick H. Weisberg sentenced CoreyReid, 23; Floyd Tomlinson, 21; Deon Collins, 20; and Anthony ...
Larry Coryell, Inviting Timeless Classics to This Party
Mar 29, 2008 ... Guitarist Larry Coryell will celebrate his 65th birthday a fewdays early tomorrow night at Blues Alley -- cake, candles and all.Fittingly, he opened his Power Trio's engagement at the Georgetownclub on Thursday with a performance inspired by some of his earlycompositions and ...
Around the Nation
Mar 29, 2008 ... OAKDALE, La. -- Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman (D) lefta federal prison on appeal bond Friday, saying that he remainedupbeat as he headed back to his Birmingham home after nine months incustody. "I may have lost my freedom for a while, but I never lostfaith," Siegelman ...
Cuba Lifts Restrictions On Personal Cellphones; Devices Offer New Conduit For Exchange of Information
Mar 29, 2008; ... Cuban President Raul Castro lifted much-loathed restrictions onpersonal cellphone ownership Friday, a move that could increase theflow of political ideas and news to the isolated and information-starved island nation. The decision, announced in an understated manner on Page 2 of ...
Malone Suit Vs. Diller Is Dismissed
Mar 29, 2008; ... In the throwdown between media tycoons Barry Diller and JohnMalone, score the latest round for Diller, chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp. The Delaware Chancery Court yesterday dismissed a lawsuit broughtby Malone that aimed to oust Diller and six directors from his owncompany ....
[1] North Carolina Tar Heels vs. [3] Louisville Cardinals East Region, 9:05, WUSA-9, WJZ-13
Mar 29, 2008 ... With two teams that love to run battling for the right to advanceto the Final Four, it ought to be the sort of game that players livefor: full of fast breaks, alley-oop passes and slam dunks. But ifLouisville hopes to hang with North Carolina, which has beaten itsfirst three tournament ...
Now Blooming: Digital Models; 2 Students Offer Futuristic Alternatives To Traditional Peak Blossom Forecasts
Mar 29, 2008; ... Every year Rob DeFeo consults nature to figure out whenWashington's cherry blossoms will bloom. The National Park Servicechief horticulturalist, who has rough hands and wears a batteredleather jacket, studies plants and trees, ponders seasons past andtaps instincts born of decades ...
'Economy's Main Engine' Now in Idle; Consumer Spending Stagnates, Increasing Likelihood of a Recession
Mar 29, 2008; ... Wary of a shaky economy and rising fuel prices, U.S. consumerskept their wallets in their pockets in February, resulting in theslowest growth in personal spending in more than a year. Personal spending increased by 0.1 percent in February but wasflat when adjusted for inflation, ...
How the War Is Played, in Print and on Screen
Mar 29, 2008 ... It seems to me that the March 24 front page and big pictureshould have been devoted to a story that you relegated to a singleline in the index and then tucked away on Page A9: "U.S. Deaths inIraq War Reach 4,000; Green Zone Is Shelled." Georgetown University's loss in the NCAA ...
Fish Story (Cont'd)
Mar 29, 2008 ... Donald Polk [Free for All, March 22] would have found hiscalculations even easier if the United States had joined the rest ofthe world and used the metric system. Given the instructions to cook the fish in boiling water weighingthree to ...
Party Favors
Mar 29, 2008 ... Party Favors It is entertaining sport to find how far down The Post, in anarticle about a public official's alleged corruption, will bury theofficial's party affiliation if he is a Democrat. Congratulations to Carrie Johnson and Matthew Mosk in their March28 front-page ...
Focus on a Different Arena
Mar 29, 2008 ... What's wrong with you? Led by Antawn Jamison's 24 points and 12rebounds, the Washington Wizards defeated the Detroit Pistons, thesecond-best team in the NBA's Eastern Conference, for their eighthwin in 10 games, and the March 24 headline in my paper read:"Doctors Upset Arenas, Keep Guard ...
Either Democrat Is Worthy
Mar 29, 2008 ... DeNeen L. Brown ["A Vote of Allegiance? In the Obama-ClintonBattle, Race & Gender Pose Two Great Divides for Black Women,"Style, March 24] assumes I am urging black women to vote gender overrace and think racism and sexism can or should be ranked. I write to cite my public record ...
City Tries to Cut Down on Unnecessary Ambulance Calls
Mar 29, 2008; ... The ambulances come screaming down city streets, rushing on callsto burst boils, clip hangnails and check on smelly body parts. Atthe cost of $700 a visit. Meanwhile, the District's ambulances are unavailable to help inreal 911 emergencies, a problem the city's Fire and ...
A Preference for Pianists Who Aren't Dragons
Mar 29, 2008 ... What is it with your music critics? I'd like to join the chorusof readers who've objected to their work lately. I attended the concert by the Annapolis Symphony Orchestrareviewed March 24 ["Annapolis Orchestra's Pleasant Pastorals; KusterPremiere Is Easy on the Ears," Style]. The ...
Around the World
Mar 29, 2008 ... SOMALIA Somalis uprooted by fighting in Mogadishu looted trucks carryingU.N. food aid Friday, peacekeepers said, highlighting what reliefagencies warn is a quickly worsening humanitarian catastrophe. Somalia has 1 million internal refugees, aid workers say, andabout 20,000 ...
Restless Soul; A Sense of Peace Eludes Gospel Giant Kirk Franklin
Mar 29, 2008; ... The best-selling gospel artist of the modern era is sitting in aposh suite in one of the poshest hotels in Gotham, the St. Regis.Central Park is six floors below, shifting patterns of light andshadow, sunshine and clouds. Kirk Franklin is wearing designerjeans, a Dolce & Gabbana ...
Boy Stabbed, Officer Injured In Disturbance Outside School
Mar 29, 2008; ... A teenage boy was stabbed and a Prince William County policeofficer was injured in a melee that broke out last night outside acounty high school, the county police said. The disturbance occurred about 9:30 p.m. in a parking lot at Gar-Field High School, where a basketball ...
The District
Mar 29, 2008 ... FOR FAMILIES Smithsonian Kite Festival The day of communal kite-flying, one of the kickoff events of the National Cherry BlossomFestival, features demonstrations by Chinese kite masters, kitegiveaways, booths to make your own kites and the annual homemadekite competition. Free. 10 a.m.-4 ...
A Jazzin' Month at the Smithsonian
Mar 29, 2008 ... The Smithsonian's Jazz Appreciation Month returns for the seventhyear next week with a slew of talks about the American music formand its legacy, performances and even a family day. Some of what's coming up in the next couple of weeks: It all starts Wednesday with National ...
THE SCENE 20th Annual Potoma ...
Mar 29, 2008 ... THE SCENE 20th Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup Dosomething for the environment and spend part of your Saturday nextweek outdoors by cleaning up the areas where water drains into thePotomac River. There are 250 or so separate cleanup efforts in theregion, so pick the one closest ...
Maryland
Mar 29, 2008 ... FOR FAMILIES Hitting the Bunny Trail With Easter comfortablybehind us, consider this a perfectly nondenominational weekend withthe kids as Butler's Orchard wraps up its month of "Bunnyland"activities for children, including egg hunts, visits with the farm's"country bunny," tractor rides, ...
Grocery Union Makes Push for Public Support; Contract Expires Tonight
Mar 29, 2008; ... The labor contract for Giant Food and Safeway employees expirestonight, and the workers union has spent the past week rallyingpublic support as negotiations continue with the region's twolargest supermarket chains. Community groups have handed out leaflets in front of about ...
Northern Virginia
Mar 29, 2008 ... CONCERT Bluegrass at Old Lucketts The schoolhouse turnedcommunity center is home to a series of concerts on Saturdays fromthe fall till the end of April. This weekend, Gold Heart performswith Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass. Look for Gold Heart, threelocal baby-faced sisters who take ...
Third Marine Is Cleared of Charges, Given Immunity
Mar 29, 2008; ... The Marine Corps yesterday dismissed all charges against one ofthe Marines accused of killing women and children in the Iraqi townof Haditha in late 2005, the third time a Marine linked to theslayings has been exonerated after one of the most notoriousepisodes of the war. Lance ...
While I'm away, I'm letting ...
Mar 29, 2008; ... While I'm away, I'm letting you give the advice. The followingare readers' opinions on issues they've seen in the column: On impressing the ladies: I am 44 and happily married for five years. I searched for theright lady for eight years. I used to send roses, gifts and my ...
D.C. Plan Could Aid Uninsured; New Taxes Would Help Pay for Care
Mar 29, 2008; ... A D.C. Council member will propose a sweeping plan next week tomandate health-care coverage for all District residents by offeringa city-subsidized program for the uninsured that would be fundedthrough new taxes on health companies and cigarettes. David A. Catania (I-At Large), ...
Young U.S. Capitol Aides Climb the Hill to Success; Competition Stiff for Committee Posts
Mar 29, 2008; ... The meeting was a 30-minute tete-a-tete with John F. Kerry,former candidate for president and, at this moment, a veryinquisitive chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Businessand Entrepreneurship. Jeremy Marcus, 26 -- who was 2 when Kerry (D-Mass.) was electedto the ...
GAME OF THE DAY [1] NORTH C ...
Mar 29, 2008 ... [1] NORTH CAROLINA vs. [3] LOUISVILLE 9:05 p.m. East Region, Charlotte The Tar Heels are chasing a record 17th Final Four appearance.Still, Louisville has plenty of confidence after winning 12 of 14games to return to the region final for the first time since ...