The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, April 2:
The War Comes Home; Two Iraq Documentaries Attempt to Reengage Us In a Now-Distant Conflict
Apr 02, 2008; ... Two years ago, a young writer named Chris Bachelder published"U.S.!," a novel that centered on a gothic and arresting image: Insome dystopian version of our own crazy world, the body of the greatmuckraking novelist Upton Sinclair is repeatedly unearthed andresurrected, only to be ...
Bristol Is Down, Far From Out; Chantilly Star Roughed Up, but Returns to Set Up Goal in Tie
Apr 02, 2008; ... Chantilly junior Cortlyn Bristol's first two possessions in lastnight's 1-1 tie with visiting South County ended with the All-Metlying facedown in the grass after absorbing a body check and a slidetackle from the Stallions' defense. That's the kind of aggressive treatment the ...
West Springfield, which moved ...
Apr 02, 2008 ... West Springfield, which moved into the top spot this week,benefited the most from Stone Bridge's 1-0 victory over Robinson onFriday. The Spartans defeated Stone Bridge, 3-2, in the teams'season opener on March 13. The Bulldogs were missing five keyplayers during that game because ...
Push Is On to Give Chamberlain a Stamp
Apr 02, 2008 ... Wilt Chamberlain's next enduring stamp on basketball is likely tocome on the upper right-hand corner of an envelope. Wilt the Stilt could become Wilt the Stamp if a grass-rootseffort to get the Hall of Famer and the only NBA player to score 100points in a game on a commemorative ...
Transfer Is Giving Herndon a Spark
Apr 02, 2008; ... When junior Sean Murnane transferred to Herndon from Westfield,many coaches felt the Hornets were getting the offensive threat theyneeded: a pure goal-scorer who could complete an already talentedteam. After three games, all wins, No. 3 Herndon has scored 11 goalswith Murnane ...
Hunt for GAO Chief Is Complicated Gridlock, Job's Unique Demands
Apr 02, 2008; ... Finding a successor to David M. Walker, the former comptrollergeneral and head of the Government Accountability Office whoresigned abruptly in February, may be more difficult than it seemsbecause of a complicated process that requires agreement between thelegislative and executive ...
page three : Random Acts
Apr 02, 2008 ... It's all too easy to grow cynical and wary in this urbanenvironment, but the outpouring of letters and e-mails we'vereceived reveals a heartwarming level of honesty, compassion andhumanity. Maybe we're a more gentle species than city life suggests? Pulling out of Mount Vernon Plaza ...
Trial to Open in Alleged British Bomb Plot That Prompted Tighter Security at Airports
Apr 02, 2008; ... The trial of eight British Muslims, charged in an allegedterrorist plot that led to permanent changes in air travel forhundreds of millions of people, begins this week in a Londoncourtroom. The men, most of them in their 20s and of Pakistani heritage,face charges of conspiracy to ...
The Dotted Line
Apr 02, 2008 ... Buffalo Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen was activated off theinjury-suspended list and cleared to play yesterday, more than sixmonths after the 39-year-old ...
Indiana Will Hire Crean as Its Basketball Coach
Apr 02, 2008 ... Indiana University will hire Marquette's Tom Crean as its men'sbasketball coach and is expected to introduce him at a newsconference today in Bloomington, Ind. University trustee Philip Eskew confirmed the hiring. Eskew said Crean had signed a letter-of-intent with ...
Senators Agree to Make Deal On Housing; Compromise Could End Republican Resistance
Apr 02, 2008; ... Under pressure from voters to address the nation's housingcrisis, Senate Republicans agreed yesterday to work with Democratson a compromise plan to stimulate sagging home sales and helpdistressed homeowners avoid foreclosure. The agreement calls for Senate Banking, Housing and ...
Airlines, FAA Under Fire on the Hill; Lawmaker Links Safety Lapses to 'Cozy Relationship,' Will Hold Hearing
Apr 02, 2008; ... Crossed wiring led two United Airlines jets to skid off runways. Federal inspectors blew the whistle on Southwest Airlines forflying planes after learning that critical safety checks had notbeen conducted on schedule. A 20-square-foot piece of wing broke off a US Airways jet ...
WORLD IN BRIEF
Apr 02, 2008 ... cuba Communist Cuba is opening up unused land to private farmers andcooperatives as part of a broad effort to step up agriculturalproduction. According to government television Tuesday, 51 percent of arableland is underused or fallow, and officials are transferring some ...
Ulman Allots Funding for Mount Hebron Renovation
Apr 02, 2008; ... Howard County Executive Ken Ulman proposed a capital budgetyesterday for 2009 that includes partial funding for a $57 millionrenovation of a high school, thought to be one of the county'scostliest construction projects ever. The funding for the work at Mount Hebron High School is ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Apr 02, 2008 ... SPENDING ON YOUNG PEOPLE Spending for D.C. children and youths would increase by $181million in the proposed 2009 budget, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty saidyesterday. "We're making sure the money we're spending for children isgetting to them and getting to them in a coordinated way," ...
Sorting the Three Types of Iraq War Movies
Apr 02, 2008 ... In a paper she published last year, American University's PatAufderheide estimated that there have been dozens of Iraqdocumentaries released since the war began in 2003. To make sense ofthis production, she defined three categories into which most of thefilms fall. Michael ...
Assets and Liabilities
Apr 02, 2008 ... Phil Gramm is a longtime friend and confidant who helped rescueMcCain's campaign last summer when it was bankrupt and left fordead. Now vice chairman of UBS, Gramm was a staunch advocate ofderegulation during 17 years as a senator from Texas. He and hiswife, Wendy, a member of the Enron ...
Mets' Martinez Departs With a Strained Hamstring
Apr 02, 2008 ... Mets starter Pedro Martinez left New York's game with the Marlinsafter 57 pitches last night in Miami with what the team said was astrained left hamstring. He retired Florida C Matt Treanor on a groundout for the firstout of the fourth inning, then immediately began grabbing his ...
For India, Tibet Poses Some Delicate Issues
Apr 02, 2008; ... Angry Tibetans in India chanted all kinds of anti-China sloganslast month when they gathered to protest the crackdown in theirhomeland. But one chant, in particular, seemed to be an ominouswarning to the government in New Delhi: "China-India brotherhood isa Chinese deception!" the ...
Safeway, Giant Workers Ratify New Contract; Health Care Was Main Concern
Apr 02, 2008; ... Safeway and Giant Food workers yesterday voted to approve a newlabor contract that includes wage increases for the next four yearsbut will require some employees to pay weekly insurance premiums andhigher health-care deductibles. In meetings at the D.C. Armory, about 6,000 workers ...
Man Is Denied Bail in Deaths Of 3 Children; Judge Orders Suicide Evaluation After Father's Behavior Detailed
Apr 02, 2008; ... The Montgomery County man accused of drowning his three youngchildren in the bathtub of a Baltimore hotel room was denied bailTuesday and remained at a jail hospital after a court hearing duringwhich officials said he was a suicide risk. District Court Judge Nathan Braverman ...
A 'Death' Is Noticed
Apr 02, 2008 ... An "in memoriam" ad about a former U.S. ambassador that wasplaced as an April Fools' Day joke backfired yesterday. A photo of Edward M. Gabriel, a very much alive internationalbusiness consultant who was the U.S. ambassador to Morocco from 1997to 2001, topped an ad on Page B8 in ...
Lanes to Be Closed for Ramp Work; Overhaul Aims to Boost Branch Avenue Bridge's Capacity
Apr 02, 2008; ... Major work on the Capital Beltway this weekend will probablycause huge backups and delays around Branch Avenue and Andrews AirForce Base, officials said yesterday. The work is aimed at increasing capacity on the Branch Avenueramp, which often backs up onto the Beltway. "This ...
Pain Can't Stop Parker, Lady Vols; U-Conn. Reaches First Final Four Since '04
Apr 02, 2008 ... Even with an injured shoulder, Candace Parker was still able tolift Tennessee into another Final Four. Parker scored 26 points and returned after dislocating her leftshoulder to lead the Lady Vols out of a second-half deficit for a 53-45 win over Texas A&M in the Oklahoma City ...
Obama Changes Approach to Reach Blue-Collar Voters in Pennsylvania
Apr 02, 2008; ... When Sen. Barack Obama's bus rolls to a stop Wednesday inPhiladelphia, he will have spent six days on the road and $3 millionin television ads trying to bolster his chances in a state wherepolls show him running well behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton(N.Y.). A health nut, Obama ...
Surge in Caseload Has Put Agency in 'Crisis,' Court Told
Apr 02, 2008; ... The District's Child and Family Services Agency is awash inbacklogged cases and is in "crisis" after thousands of new reportsflooded the agency in recent months, a children's rights lawyer saidyesterday. The influx of calls has created "clearly a dangerous situation"that might ...
Council Approves Benefits for Officers' Survivors
Apr 02, 2008; ... Following the tearful testimony of the widows of two countypolice officers, the Prince George's County Council unanimouslyagreed yesterday to pay retirement benefits to the survivors ofofficers killed in the line of duty. County leaders said they did not realize that Prince ...
Providence Speaks To Mason's Larranaga
Apr 02, 2008 ... George Mason Athletic Director Tom O'Connor said yesterday thatthe school had granted Providence permission to speak with men'sbasketball coach Jim Larranaga about its vacancy and that the twosides have met. Larranaga, who just completed his 12th season at George Mason, isa 1971 ...
RESULTS
Apr 02, 2008 ... BASEBALL DeMatha 10, Gonzaga 0 Paint Branch 10, Rockville 0 South County 11, West Potomac 7 St. Stephen's/St. Agnes 13, Episcopal 2 Stone Bridge 6, Jefferson 2 Wootton 8, B-CC 3 BOYS' LACROSSE MARYLAND Centennial 14, Atholton ...
The World
Apr 02, 2008 ... PAINTINGS GONE WALKABOUT Seven Aboriginal paintings valued by officials at more than$460,000 were stolen yesterday from a museum in Darwin, Australia.Several hours later, police found them undamaged in a nearby park; aman was detained ...
Tiny Party Shows Large Clout on Settlements
Apr 02, 2008; ... Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Israel on Monday havingfailed to persuade leaders here to halt settlement construction onoccupied Palestinian land. But the setback for Rice was a victoryfor Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, the spiritual leader of the ultra-OrthodoxShas party. Within ...
China Says Arrest Links Dalai Lama To Lhasa Rioting; Officials Assert Connection to Dalai Lama
Apr 02, 2008; ... Chinese officials said Tuesday that police have captured the headof an underground network that officials accuse of staging a deadlyriot in the Tibetan capital last month. They also said Tibetanindependence forces were planning to organize suicide squads tolaunch attacks aimed at ...
What the new contract means f ...
Apr 02, 2008 ... What the new contract means for individual health-care benefits:* If Hired . . . Then You Pay . . . Before 2004Annual deductible of$300, up from $200, and no premium.After 2004Annual deductible of$300, same as ...
Sunny Australia Sure Beats a Senate Hearing
Apr 02, 2008; ... Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who chairs the Environment andPublic Works Committee, is quite put out these days withEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson.Seems Boxer had been working for several weeks to have Johnson -- no stranger to being hauled before her ...
Sizing Up Government Tenures
Apr 02, 2008 ... David M. Walker, former head of the Government AccountabilityOffice, left last month with nearly half of his 15-year termremaining. The GAO chief's term is not the lifetime appointment thatmost federal judges receive, but it is at the top of the charts forappointed government officials ....
CAPITALS REPORT
Apr 02, 2008 ... TimeOpponentTVTomorrow7 p.m.vs. Tampa BayCSNSaturday7 p.m.vs.Florida CSN ALL GAMES ON WWWT (107.7 FM, 1500 AM) RW Chris Clark (groin tendon), D Brian Pothier (concussion) and CDavid Steckel (broken finger) were out. Steckel skated on his ownyesterday ...
At Hearing, Real and Virtual Worlds Collide; Forget C-SPAN: Congress Goes Interactive
Apr 02, 2008 ... A Linden Labs worker put on her nicest black suit and her mostformal pair of wings this morning, to help run a congressionalsubcommittee hearing about online virtual worlds that was broadcastsimultaneously in the company's own virtual world, Second Life. This might be a little ...
Today's Horoscope
Apr 02, 2008; ... ARIES (March 21-April 19). Why save your dollars for a rainy day?It's so much more fun to spend money on a sunny one! Anyhow, rain orshine, you're due for a splurge. You reinforce your belief inabundance by spending bigger. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A team project that was going so ...
Bridge
Apr 02, 2008; ... A problem for many of us is that by the time we're old enough toknow better than to do something, we're also too old to care muchabout doing it. Today's declarer had been around long enough to know better thanto play without thinking. Maybe he had grown lazy since he playedlow ...
Good Golly, It's Dolly, And She, Um, Nails It
Apr 02, 2008; ... Well, forge our pigeon, it's Dolly Parton night on "AmericanIdol"! How much weirder can this show get? The answer is "a lot," if you count the spine-freezingdemonstration the country star gives the Idolettes of her ability toplay "9 to 5" sans guitar by clicking her acrylic ...
Antiabortion Ballot Initiative Appears Likely
Apr 02, 2008; ... Abortion opponents in South Dakota filed petitions this week thatare likely to put an initiative on November's ballot calling for anear-ban on abortion, renewing a contentious fight over a similarproposal in 2006. The group VoteYesForLife.com said Tuesday that it turned in ...
An April 1 A-sectio ...
Apr 02, 2008 ... An April 1 A-section article incorrectly reported that Sen. JohnMcCain would speak today at the U.S. Naval Academy. The speech willbe at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. The March 31 Reliable Source column in Style incorrectly saidthat sportscaster James Brown ...
Honoring a 'True American Patriot'
Apr 02, 2008 ... This week's American Legion conference in Washington has had noshortage of high-profile guests. The organization's 1,400 attendeeshave heard from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), HouseMinority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), Army Secretary Pete Gerenand Veterans Affairs Secretary ...
Trend Does Not Extend to District
Apr 02, 2008 ... In January, four students from Ballou High School in SoutheastWashington were injured in a drive-by shooting shortly afterdismissal, in an attack police believe was spurred by neighborhoodrivalries. Last month, a 23-year-old man was shot to death on thesteps outside Truesdell Elementary ...
'In the Heights': Beats With a Latino Pulse
Apr 02, 2008; ... The welcome news out of Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre isall about Lin-Manuel Miranda, the energetic multi-talent behind theendearing new musical "In the Heights." Miranda wrote the music and the lyrics for this upbeat and up-tempo valentine to Upper Manhattan. Oh yeah: He's ...
QUOTABLE "It was a big night ...
Apr 02, 2008 ... "It was a big night. This one is huge." Jason Giambi, after his Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 3-2, in the final Opening Day at Yankee Stadium Phillies: RHP Rudy Seanez agreed to a contract. He was releasedby the Dodgers last week after spending parts of three seasons ...
TODAY'S PITCHING PROBABLES ...
Apr 02, 2008 ... TODAY'S ...
Brundred Driven by a Love of the Game
Apr 02, 2008; ... Over the last 20 years, it was never all that difficult to findBen Brundred, the longtime tournament director for Washington'sannual PGA Tour event. If you needed him between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., he was almost alwaysat his desk in his clubhouse office overlooking the 18th green ...
Jefferson atoned for its 3-0 ...
Apr 02, 2008 ... Jefferson atoned for its 3-0 loss to then-No. 5 Herndon with a 1-0, double-overtime victory Monday night against then- No. 2Yorktown. . . . Robinson played Stone Bridge strong in a 3-2 losslast week despite being without two of its captains, and the Ramswill be bolstered by the players' ...
Left Out in Lacrosse; In a State With Deep Ties to the Game, Affluent Pr. George's and Charles Lack Varsity Teams. Parents and Coaches Are Crying Foul.
Apr 02, 2008; ... Sitting on a divot-filled lacrosse field that doubles as a soccerfield, Riley Fink began to ponder what might have been. "I'm really happy to get to play here," Riley, 16, said ofEleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt. "But it might have beennice to have uniforms and a locker ...
Capitals Are Standing Tall; Streaking Team Routs Carolina to Pull Even Atop Their Division
Apr 02, 2008; ... Capitals 4, Hurricanes 1 It was, without question, the franchise's most significant gamein five years. And from Alex Ovechkin to Matt Cooke, the WashingtonCapitals treated it as such. In a contest that featured all of the intensity of a playoffgame, the Capitals seized ...
Computer Modernization Is Making Pension Payments EZ
Apr 02, 2008; ... RetireEZ seems to be living up to its name, based on earlyreturns. The computer system, which began operating in February, isallowing the Office of Personnel Management to pay full pensionbenefits on time, instead of only partial benefits to new retirees,the office said ...
Dear Carolyn: I have been da ...
Apr 02, 2008; ... Dear Carolyn: I have been dating my boyfriend for about a year and a half. Heis Asian and I am white. For whatever reason, he still hasn't toldhis parents about me. We argued about it over Christmas but he saidhe didn't want to tell them. After several arguments, we finally seta ...
ASIA Growth May Slow, World B ...
Apr 02, 2008 ... ASIA In a half-yearly report on Asian economies, the World Bank saidthat East Asian nations must act promptly to ease the burden ofmounting food and fuel prices on the region's poor. The bank saidgrowth in developing East Asian economies could slip by 1 to 2percentage points this ...
France Considers Insider-Trading Charges Over EADS Share Sales
Apr 02, 2008; ... French regulators said Tuesday that they were readying chargesand broadening a probe into the parent company of Airbus afterinvestigators said they found evidence of insider trading. The regulator is investigating whether executives of EuropeanAeronautic Defence and Space and its ...
Hurricanes010 -- 1Capitals211 ...
Apr 02, 2008 ... Hurricanes010 -- 1Capitals211 -- 4 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Washington, Cooke 10 (Green, Fedorov), 15:00. 2,Washington, Laich 21 (Fleischmann, Kozlov), 19:01 (pp). Penalties:Whitney, Car (hooking), 17:03. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 3, Carolina, Walker 13 (Hedican, ...
Economic Slump Underlines Concerns About McCain Advisers
Apr 02, 2008; ... One of them helped deregulate the financial services industriesin the 1990s, and now sits in the corporate suites of Swiss bankinggiant UBS, which yesterday announced $19 billion in investmentlosses tied to the crumbling U.S. real estate market. The other pushed one of the most ...
Bush Pressing NATO to Set Membership Path for Ukraine, Georgia
Apr 02, 2008; ... President Bush challenged NATO on Tuesday to expand its frontiersdeep into the heart of what was once the Soviet Union, daringEuropean allies to defy Kremlin saber-rattling and provoking adebate within an organization still trying to define its post-ColdWar mission. Arriving here ...
Attacks on U.S. Forces Soared at End of March; Government Assault On Shiite Militias Drew Americans In
Apr 02, 2008; ... Attacks against U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces soaredacross Baghdad in the last week of March to the highest levels sincethe deployment of additional U.S. troops here reached full strengthlast June, according to U.S. military data and analysis. The sharp spike in attacks, in ...
Centers Tap Into Personal Databases; State Groups Were Formed After 9/11
Apr 02, 2008; ... Intelligence centers run by states across the country have accessto personal information about millions of Americans, includingunlisted cellphone numbers, insurance claims, driver's licensephotographs and credit reports, according to a document obtained byThe Washington Post. One ...
Beacon or Boondoggle? New Lights For the Capitol; Update Would Conserve Energy, Democrats Say
Apr 02, 2008; ... The warm white glow of the Capitol dome may soon go green, partof an effort by Democratic congressional leaders to save energy andmodernize the District's nocturnal landscape. But like so many issues on Capitol Hill, the plan to update thebuilding's 18-year-old exterior lighting ...
Seeing the Light
Apr 02, 2008 ... Updating the lighting of national landmarks has changed the waythey look -- for a price. Jefferson Memorial Relighting The memorial is 129 feet tall. Its relighting involved theinstallation of 17,000 light-emitting diode units and theillumination of the 19-foot statue of ...
defining the boundaries for interrogators
Apr 02, 2008 ... Excerpts from the Justice Department's 2003 memo on interrogationrules: "Customary international law is not federal law and . . . thepresident is free to override it at his discretion." For the use of drugs to be illegal, "they must produce an extremeeffect." To ...
Ignoring the Supreme Court; The Bush administration punts on greenhouse emissions.
Apr 02, 2008 ... THE BUSH administration never had any intention of doing what theSupreme Court commanded it to do a year ago today: regulategreenhouse gas emissions. We infer this because, even thoughPresident Bush ordered his agencies last May to work together tomeet the court's directive, and even ...
Mr. Paulson's Starting Point; It's not so far from Barack Obama's.
Apr 02, 2008 ... THE FOLLOWING quotation from a recent speech neatly summarizesTreasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.'s rationale for overhaulingfederal financial regulation: "We need to streamline a framework ofoverlapping and competing regulatory agencies. Reshufflingbureaucracies should not be an end ...