The Washington Post back issues from Thursday, May 15:
LOCAL BRIEFING
May 15, 2008 ... INVESTING The Carlyle Group announced an agreement to stimulate trade anddevelopment in China's Shandong province, an industrial and tradecenter with annual economic growth surpassing 14 percent. District-based Carlyle will invest capital and expertise to develop long-term ...
Sick-Leave Abuse Prompts Calls to Compensate for Unused Time
May 15, 2008; ... At the Internal Revenue Service, one employee over a two-yearperiod took sick leave on 13 of the 14 Tuesdays after a Mondayholiday. That's an extreme case of sick-leave abuse, but the IRS employeehad plenty of co-workers who also liked to take Tuesdays off, areport by the ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
May 15, 2008 ... DEVELOPMENT Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) announced yesterday that the city isseeking bids for a master developer for the 50-acre site next to RFKStadium known as Hill East, which includes the defunct D.C. GeneralHospital campus. Administration officials said they are seeking amix of ...
Hopes for Calm in Battered Indian City; Toll in Jaipur Blasts Rises to 80, but Officials Expect to Avert Religious Strife
May 15, 2008; ... With a dawn-to-dusk curfew stopping everything but funerals a dayafter seven bombs exploded in this ancient walled city, police andcommunity leaders were hopeful they could prevent an outbreak ofcommunal violence between the local Hindu majority and Muslimminority. The toll rose ...
Burma to Allow 160 Asian Aid Workers; As Visas Come Through, Flow of Aid Picks Up With 5 U.S. Planes Delivering Supplies
May 15, 2008; ... Burmese military authorities have agreed to let 160 aid workersfrom four Asian countries assist its struggling cyclone reliefeffort, aid officials said Wednesday, the government's firstacknowledgment that it needs foreign expertise. Thailand's Ministry of Public Health confirmed ...
House Passes Bill That Would Add Money for Bay Cleanup
May 15, 2008; ... The House of Representatives passed a version of the farm billyesterday that would double the federal government's funding forcleanup of the Chesapeake Bay, adding about $440 million over fiveyears, congressional officials said. The $290 billion farm bill, which covers items that ...
The World
May 15, 2008 ... A Swiss pilot flew above the Alps yesterday strapped to a jet-powered wing. Yves Rossy, 48, demonstrated figure eights and ...
CORRECTIONS
May 15, 2008 ... A photo caption with a May 13 article on Obama campaign workers'encounters with racism incorrectly identified a vandalized office inVincennes, Ind., as the headquarters of Farmers for Obama. It was alocal office for Obama's presidential campaign. The Reliable Source column in the ...
Food Costs Jump Most in 18 Years; Prices of Other Goods Rose Less Than Forecast in April
May 15, 2008; ... Rising global grain prices helped spark the largest increase inmonthly food costs in nearly 20 years, as consumers paid more inApril for cereals and baked goods, and the dairy, meat and otheranimal products that rely on feedstocks, the government reportedyesterday. Food prices ...
Freddie's Quarterly Loss Widens; Credit-Related Expenses Rise More than 50%
May 15, 2008; ... Rising loan delinquencies and falling home prices took anincreasing toll on Freddie Mac during the first quarter, butaccounting changes obscured the blow. The giant mortgage funding company, a bellwether of marketconditions, reported that it lost $151 million (66 cents per ...
Food-Stuffed Buses Drive Home Plight of the Needy; Joint Donation Effort Aims to Assist Growing Ranks of People Hit Hard by Struggling Economy
May 15, 2008; ... The big blue Montgomery County Ride On bus took up four primeparking spaces in the busy lot of the Whole Foods Market onRockville Pike yesterday. But T-shirt-clad volunteers assured shoppers that it was for agood cause. They were there as part of the Manna Food Center's ...
Home Is Still Where the Heart Is
May 15, 2008 ... "Anyone who doubts the possibility of falling in love with ahouse . . . just hasn't met the right one yet," wrote culturalcritic Marjorie Garber in her 2001 book "Sex and Real Estate: Why WeLove Houses." "In our present-day culture the house often plays the role oflover, partner, ...
Luxury Foreclosures; Growing Number of Affluent Homeowners Can No Longer Afford Their Mortgages
May 15, 2008; ... For sale: Spacious home outfitted with six bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths,granite countertops, stainless-steel kitchen appliances, a three-car garage, exercise room and wet bar -- all for $875,000 in theRed Cedar West subdivision of Leesburg where houses once sold for ...
Shortsighted Nostalgia for XP
May 15, 2008; ... By the strictest definition, Windows XP has been dead since Jan.30, 2007 -- the day its replacement, Windows Vista, arrived instores and XP promptly vanished from most new computers. And yet by other measures, XP appears quite alive. Vista's issues -- its steep hardware ...
Solicitor General Clement Says He Will Step Down
May 15, 2008; ... Solicitor General Paul D. Clement, a key advocate in court for the administration's counterterrorism policies, will resign from theJustice Department in early June, the department announcedyesterday. Clement, 41, has argued 49 cases before the Supreme Court onbehalf of the ...
Obama/Curious George T-Shirt Draws Protests
May 15, 2008; ... The publisher of the popular children book's series "CuriousGeorge" is considering legal action against a Georgia bar owner forselling T-shirts that seem to portray Democratic presidentialcandidate Barack Obama as the inquisitive monkey. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is upset with ...
Little Change Found in Homeless Numbers; But Slowing Economy, Rising Costs Could Mean an Increase, Report's Authors Say
May 15, 2008; ... The number of homeless people in the Washington region isvirtually unchanged since last year, according to a study releasedyesterday. The eighth annual count, compiled for the Metropolitan WashingtonCouncil of Governments, found 11,752 homeless people, including2,879 children, ...
MANUFACTURING GE May Sell La ...
May 15, 2008 ... MANUFACTURING General Electric may sell, spin off or seek a partner for itslarge-appliance unit, ending more than 100 years in the businessthat made it a household name, people familiar with the situationsaid. General Electric hired Goldman Sachs Group to explore optionsand ...
Credit Cards Cost, No Matter What
May 15, 2008; ... I should have known: Call people suckers and they'll takeoffense. A number of folks were either confused or offended when I saidrecently that we are all suckers -- that is, losers -- when weuse credit to pay for services and goods. I offered that view while reporting on a ...
Farm Bill Passes by Veto-Proof Margin
May 15, 2008; ... The House yesterday passed a final version of a new five-yearfarm bill by a vote of 318 to 106, a margin large enough to overridePresident Bush's promised veto of the nearly $300 billion measure. The bipartisan show of support came after intense lobbying by acoalition that included ...
White Sox' Jon Garland VS. Angels' Javier Vazquez
May 15, 2008 ... vs. White Sox (career) BatterABHHRBBSOOBPSLGAVGOrlando Cabrera3013201.433.733.433TobyHall62101.333.833.333A.J. Pierzynski237211.360.609.304JimThome102170.529.500.200Jermaine ...
Child Bomber Kills 23 In Iraq; Suicide Attack Targets Family Members of Fallujah Police Chief
May 15, 2008; ... A youthful suicide bomber killed at least 23 people Wednesday inan attack against relatives of Col. Faisal Ismail al-Zobaie, a U.S.-backed police chief and former insurgent who has turned against hisonetime comrades. Zobaie, the police chief of Fallujah in Anbar province, said ...
Buchholz Put on DL With Broken Fingernail
May 15, 2008 ... RHP Clay Buchholz was put on the 15-day disabled list yesterdayby the Red Sox because of a broken nail on his right middle finger. Boston filled his roster spot by recalling OF Jonathan Van Everyfrom Class AAA Pawtucket. Van Every made his major league debutyesterday as Boston's ...
Helicopters Damaged at Boeing Plant; Army Launches Criminal Probe; Line Is Shut Down
May 15, 2008; ... Army criminal investigators are looking into damage to twomilitary helicopters on a production line at a Boeing plant insuburban Philadelphia, prompting the company to shut down the line. Rep. Joe Sestak, a Democrat whose district includes the plant,said yesterday that he was told ...
GAMES PITCHED Ayala, Wash .. ...
May 15, 2008 ... GAMES PITCHED Ayala, Wash 24 NEXT: Today at Mets WINS Webb, Ari. ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
May 15, 2008 ... SLUGGING PCT. Youkilis, Bos .580 Y'DAY: 2-4, 2 2B TODAY: Off Day BATTING Martinez, Clev ...
Ravens, Suggs Compromise With One Year, $8.5 Million
May 15, 2008 ... The Baltimore Ravens have reached a compromise with franchiseplayer Terrell Suggs, his agent said yesterday. Suggs filed a grievance against the team in March after theRavens tagged him with the one-year, $8.065 million linebacker tag.He was seeking to be paid the defensive end ...
Fla. to Consider Key Church-State Question; Funds Ban for Religious Groups at Issue
May 15, 2008; ... The potential repeal of a century-old Florida law barring statefunding for religiously affiliated organizations is to be put beforethe voters there this fall, at the end of a lobbying battle that hasattracted the attention of President Bush and has engaged acoalition of liberal or ...
A Collision of Name and Culture
May 15, 2008 ... My name is off the 10 Most Wanted List at last, but it stillechoes through the aisles of supermarkets and department storeswhenever young girls stray from their mothers' sides. Not all of the girls are so young anymore, because it has beenmore than a quarter-century since a soap ...
Kaine Should Try Alternate Route To Transportation Financing
May 15, 2008; ... Six years ago, Northern Virginia voters weighed the pain ofsitting in traffic against the bite that would result from a half-cent local sales tax increase to pay for transportationimprovements. By a clear majority, they said, Thanks, but no thanks. Now, Gov. Tim Kaine has measured ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
May 15, 2008 ... JAPAN Sony swung to a profit in its fourth quarter on its way to arecord performance for the fiscal year as it reduced losses from itsPlayStation 3 video-game business. Strong sales of flat-panel TVsand digital cameras helped nearly triple the firm's annual profitcompared with ...
EARNINGS Figures in millions (except per-share figures)
May 15, 2008 ... Comstock Homebuilding Cos.Ticker: CHCI Headquarters: RestonFirstQuarterYear to DateFiscal year20082007% Chg20082007%ChgRevenue$16.4$46.7-65.0 -- -- -- Profit$6.5-$1.7 -- -- -- -- Earnings per share$0.39-$0.11 -- -- -- -- NOTE:Quarter ended March 31. Cuisine ...
The Delegate Race
May 15, 2008 ... Tuesday Total Obama16 1,887 Clinton21 1,718 Edwards1 19 Uncomt.-1 47 Needed to ...
CBS's 2008-09 Prime-Time Schedule
May 15, 2008 ... New shows are in bold: MONDAY 8 p.m. The Big Bang Theory 8:30 p.m. How I Met Your Mother 9 p.m. Two and a Half Men 9:30 p.m. Worst Week 10 p.m. CSI: Miami TUESDAY 8 p.m. NCIS 9 p.m. The Mentalist 10 p.m. Without a ...
Budget Cuts Will Hinder EMS Growth, Chief Says
May 15, 2008; ... D.C. Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin said yesterday that the nearly $3million in cuts to his fiscal 2009 budget "has us really worried"because it will slow the expansion of some emergency medicalprograms. "There was no fat in our budget," Rubin said. "We're going tohave to cut into ...
The District
May 15, 2008 ... EXHIBIT Jacob Lawrence's "Migration Series" Lawrence, an AfricanAmerican artist whose work hangs in the White House, was just 23when he painted his 60-panel "Migration Series," in which he hopedto capture the movement of millions of African Americans from theSouth to the North during ...
Mr. Uribe's Send-Off; The Colombian president confounds his American critics by doing exactly what they asked for.
May 15, 2008 ... WHEN COLOMBIA'S democratically elected Congress approved a planby President Alvaro Uribe in 2005 to demobilize right-wingparamilitary groups and bring their top leaders to justice, humanrights groups and some congressional Democrats in the United Statesdeclared themselves outraged ....
Penguins202 -- 4Flyers100 -- ...
May 15, 2008 ... Penguins202 -- 4Flyers100 -- 1 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Whitney 1 (Crosby, Gonchar), 5:03 (pp).2, Pittsburgh, Hossa 7 (Crosby), 7:41. 3, Philadelphia, Umberger 10(Prospal, Briere), 10:59. THIRD PERIOD Scoring: 4, Pittsburgh, Malone 4 (Sykora, ...
The Threatened Polar Bear; It gets federal protection, but nothing to save its habitat.
May 15, 2008 ... INTERIOR SECRETARY Dirk Kempthorne held true to the letter of thelaw in the Endangered Species Act and announced yesterday that thepolar bear will be listed as a "threatened" species. Its habitat --Arctic sea ice -- is disappearing because of global warming. Thisis the most ...
Struggling With Injuries After Surviving Storm
May 15, 2008; ... Something hard and heavy slammed into Ko Kyaw Win's leg as heclung to the top of a coconut tree, fighting for his life againstthe brutal winds of Tropical Cyclone Nargis and a flood torrentstrong enough to bend steel. Two friends who had tried to swim with him to a small ...
China Expedites Vast Rescue Operation; 'We Must Race Against Time,' Premier Says in Televised Visit to Quake Scene
May 15, 2008; ... The Chinese government accelerated its massive rescue-and-recovery operation Wednesday, dispatching hundreds of busloads ofcivilian rescue teams, paramilitary police and youthful volunteerstoward earthquake-ravaged regions in a vivid demonstration of theCommunist Party's power to ...
Sarkozy, Still in Shadow
May 15, 2008; ... DAWN DUSK OR NIGHT A Year With Nicolas Sarkozy By Yasmina Reza Translated from the French by the author and Pierre Guglielmina Knopf. 187 pp. $23 During his successful campaign for the French presidency lastyear, Nicolas Sarkozy's mantra was there must ...
In Diving, China Sets The Gold Standard
May 15, 2008; ... . -- Moments after being pounded on the back and swarmed bywell-wishers after two of his divers won medals in a major event,Chinese-born coach Hui Tong, now with Australia, stepped out of thecrowd and into the shade near the diving well. There, reminded ofhis only Olympic appearance as ...
Celtics Push Cavs to the Brink; Pierce Scores 29 As Boston Takes A 3-2 Series Lead
May 15, 2008 ... Celtics 96, Cavaliers 89 -- Someone is going to have to beat the Celtics in Boston tokeep them from winning their 17th NBA title. Cleveland is hoping for one more chance. Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 16 rebounds, and Rajon Rondoadded 20 points and 13 assists as the ...
These Birds Are Cuckoo, but They Can Crow a Little
May 15, 2008; ... After beating the world champ Red Sox twice in less than 24hours, this time 6-3 on a late-inning grand slam by Jay Payton offHideki Okajima, the Orioles jogged toward the pitcher's mound,acting cool as they congregated, but excited, nonetheless. As theyran, most of the Birds initiated ...
WINS Matsuzaka, Bos ... 6-0 ...
May 15, 2008 ... WINS Matsuzaka, Bos 6-0 NEXT: Tomorrow vs. Brewers ERA Lee, Clev ...
In Israel, Bush Speaks Of Hope; Fresh Mideast Violence Underlines Challenges That Negotiators Face
May 15, 2008; ... President Bush arrived here Wednesday with a message of hope forMiddle East peace prospects, despite fresh violence, scant signs ofprogress and deepening skepticism among both Israelis andPalestinians that there can be an agreement. Bush, beginning a five-day visit to the Middle ...
Brass Bound for the Gold; Oxon Hill High Band Taking a Fast Tempo to China for Olympic Celebration
May 15, 2008; ... Walter Harley's baton sliced the air, and the timpani boomed thefirst chords of the song. The trumpets flourished. Then came theclarinets, flutes and saxophones. Harley signaled for more sound,and the French horns, baritones, trombones and tubas answered. Thenthe music mellowed and ...
THE DOTTED LINE
May 15, 2008 ... The Connecticut Sun has given a contract extension to Coach MikeThibault and two ...
Around the Nation
May 15, 2008 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's attorney general has resigned amid thescandal of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and hisextramarital affair. Marc Dann (D) has been under pressure of possible impeachment andsaid he was quitting Wednesday. Dann, 46, at first refused ...
Adapted from a recent online ...
May 15, 2008; ... Adapted from a recent online discussion: Hi Carolyn: I wrote in a while ago about nerves over my impending engagement -- I mentioned that my boyfriend was kind of a difficult dude. Wehad talked things out and I felt good about the conversation, sowhen he proposed I said yes ...
Edwards Throws Support to Obama; With Long-Coveted Endorsement, Former Rival Sends Signal to Clinton
May 15, 2008; ... Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards gave hislong-sought endorsement to Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday night,calling on Democrats to unite behind him and turn their attention tothe fall campaign. "The reason I am here tonight," Edwards declared, "is the ...
Weaving A Tapestry Of Sound
May 15, 2008 ... With knitting, you probably don't have to explain the visceralpleasures of repetitive purling. But the aural pleasures? For Baltimore artist Laure (pronounced Laura) Drogoul, knittingis as much about the noises as the resulting scarves. She comes froma family of knitters, and the ...
Knee Injury to Sideline Funk 4-6 Weeks
May 15, 2008; ... Fred Funk yesterday underwent an arthroscopic procedure on hisright knee that will keep him from playing competitive golf for thenext four to six weeks. A Laurel native and former University of Maryland golf coach whonow lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Funk, 51, underwent ...
QUOTABLE "It's early, but I ...
May 15, 2008 ... "It's early, but I love the way we're doing it by not giving into anyone. We're winning close games against good teams. The waywe're fighting, you can see it's not a fluke." Rays reliever Troy Percival, after first-place Tampa Bay beatthe Yankees on Tuesday. The Rays are now 23-17 ...
Eighth Blackbird's 'Only Moving Thing': Gaining Altitude; Ensemble Settles In With Recently Birthed Program
May 15, 2008; ... It can take a few months to tell what a new baby is actuallygoing to look like. New pieces of music have a similar biology. Whenthey are first performed they have a quality of startling rawness,no matter how often they have been rehearsed; but on a second orthird hearing their character ...
After String of Losses, Republicans Face Crisis
May 15, 2008; ... House Republicans turned on themselves yesterday after a thirdstraight loss of a GOP-held House seat in special elections thisyear left both parties contemplating widespread Democratic gains inNovember. In huddles, closed-door meetings and hastily arranged conferencecalls, some ...
On the Next Tee
May 15, 2008 ... Event: AT&T Classic. When: Today-Sunday. Where: TPC Sugarloaf (7,311 yards, par 72), Duluth, Ga. Purse: $5.5 million ($990,000 winner's share). Television: Golf Channel (today-tomorrow, 3 p.m.); WUSA-9, WJZ-13 (Saturday- Sunday, 3 p.m.). Defending ...
Chronicles Of Georgie; 'Narnia' Actress Grows Into Her Role
May 15, 2008 ... here have been big changes in Narnia. And in the life of actressGeorgie Henley. When last we visited the faraway realm, Narnia was in its GoldenAge; the four kings and queens had rid the magical land of the evilWhite Witch. And Georgie, like Lucy Pevensie, her sweet alter-ego ...
7 Convicted in France On Terrorism Charges
May 15, 2008; ... A French judge on Wednesday convicted seven men on terrorismcharges for recruiting young French Muslims to fight against U.S.forces in Iraq. Prosecutors alleged that the seven -- five Frenchmen, aMoroccan and an Algerian -- helped send about a dozen Frenchfighters to training ...
DNA Ties Suspect to Slayings At Md. Shop, Prosecutors Say
May 15, 2008; ... About a minute after a call went out about a possible carjackingat a Suitland flower shop, Hugh Darden, then a Prince George'sCounty police officer, arrived at the store and found a horrificscene: two elderly women, bloodied, on the floor behind a counter. One of the women was ...
Gates: U.S. Should Engage Iran With Incentives, Pressure
May 15, 2008; ... The United States should construct a combination of incentivesand pressure to engage Iran, and may have missed earlieropportunities to begin a useful dialogue with Tehran, DefenseSecretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday. "We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage . . ....
The Black Keys at 9:30: The Sound's Familiar
May 15, 2008 ... Funny thing happened at the 9:30 club Tuesday: A sold-out crowdwas grooving to the Black Keys show when a White Stripes concertbroke out. The similarities between the acts run more than duo-deep. TheKeys' Dan Auerbach (vocals, guitar) and Patrick Carney (drums) sharethe Stripes' ...
Still Kicking; In His 10th Decade, Millard Kaufman Has a Few Stories Left to Tell
May 15, 2008; ... There are curious curlicues in the many lives of Millard Kaufman.For example, he once ingested cobra venom -- experimentally -- and awoke to find himself playing golf in the nude. That is how he met his wife. She's now a psychoanalyst. Another time, someone lobbed a mortar ...
Composer Thomas Ades, Trading Pen for Baton In BSO Performances
May 15, 2008; ... Thomas Ades, who conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra thisweek, is often playing a friendly game of tug of war in his ownhead. Sometimes the pianist in him snags the spotlight, sometimesthe conductor in him grabs the baton, but the 37-year-old Brit saysit's the composer inside him ...