The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, June 4:
On Eve of Finals, These Friends Are Seeing Red
Jun 04, 2008; ... A cloud of cigar smoke blew out of the driver's side window ofReid Collins's navy blue Saab yesterday morning in Bethesda.Collins took a few more puffs before he hurried to grab a seat atShanghai Village Chinese restaurant. It was getting close to 11 a.m.and he didn't want to be late ....
Nadal, Djokovic Will Clash in Semifinals
Jun 04, 2008 ... Three-time defending French Open champion Rafael Nadal matchedthe most lopsided Grand Slam victory of his career Tuesday,defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Thedrubbing equaled the standard Nadal set in his previous victory,when he lost three games against another ...
A Lot of Grit Is Needed To Triumph at 'Big Sandy'
Jun 04, 2008; ... In New York racing, the main track at Belmont Park is known as"Big Sandy," and it is the only one of its kind in the world. The 11/2-mile dirt oval in Elmont, N.Y., is the longestanywhere. The distance from the top of the stretch to the finishline is 1,097 feet. At Aqueduct, ...
Consumer Group Seeks Ban on Some Food Dyes
Jun 04, 2008; ... A consumer advocacy group called on the Food and DrugAdministration yesterday to ban the use of eight artificialcolorings in food, asserting that the additives may causehyperactivity and behavior problems in some children. Controlled studies over three decades have shown that ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Jun 04, 2008 ... RBI Hamilton, Tex 65 YESTERDAY: 2 RBI TODAY: vs. Lee 2-4 STOLEN BASES Ellsbury, Bos 27 YESTERDAY: 1 ...
SAVES F. Rodriguez, LA ... ...
Jun 04, 2008 ... SAVES F. Rodriguez, LA 22 NEXT: Today at Mariners WINS Matsuzaka, Bos ...
Heavy Internet Users Targeted; Providers to Test Charges, Delays
Jun 04, 2008; ... Cable service operators Comcast and Time Warner Cable saidyesterday that they would begin testing new approaches that wouldslow Internet access for heavy users and charge more to those whowant additional speed. The tests come as the Federal Communications Commission wraps upan ...
Fragile Lives, Precious Peace; N'Kiah Fogle, 6, and Aja Fogle, 5, should have been playing on the warm spring day like other D.C. kids. Instead, they were being mourned at a funeral, as their sisters Brittany Jacks, 16, and Tatianna Jacks, 11, will be this weekend. And long after their bodies were found in January and their mother was charged, questions remain about how they died.
Jun 04, 2008; ... The small white caskets with silver trim were in front of thealtar, next to pictures of the two little girls who died. A tinypair of pink ballet slippers and a pink and white teddy bear werepositioned on each closed coffin. Nearly five months after their bodies were found in a ...
Clinton Ends Primary Season With an Unanswered Question
Jun 04, 2008; ... For 16 months and 14 days, she had been a presidential candidate.For six years before that, a senator and candidate-in-waiting. Sonow, as her campaign ended in defeat Tuesday night and HillaryRodham Clinton appeared before her supporters, the question was whatshe would do next ....
Fireworks Ban Fizzles In D.C. Council Vote
Jun 04, 2008; ... Fireworks will sizzle. And, most important to a majority of D.C.Council members, sparklers will sparkle in the city this Fourth ofJuly. The council rejected an emergency ban on all fireworks in an 11to 2 vote last night toward the end of a nine-hour meeting duringwhich the ...
Democracy and the Democrats
Jun 04, 2008 ... Dana Milbank [Washington Sketch, front page, June 1] put thewrong spin on the meeting of the Democratic Party's Rules and BylawsCommittee on Saturday. The members of the committee did not make a"hash of democracy"; they were living democracy. In this country, we are allowed to ...
A Formula for Science in America
Jun 04, 2008 ... Regarding the May 29 news story "U.S. Experts Bemoan Nation'sLoss of Stature in the World of Science": I agree wholeheartedly that science is of growing importance toaddressing America's biggest challenges. That's why it was vitallyimportant to heed the recommendations of the ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Jun 04, 2008 ... D.C. COUNCIL The D.C. Council voted yesterday to impose restrictions on a newproject linking thousands of city-owned video cameras, but onecouncil member said they probably would not have much effect. The restrictions, written into the Budget Support Act, wouldrequire the new ...
Council Members Propose Tighter Rules for Program
Jun 04, 2008; ... Two D.C. Council members proposed significant changes yesterdayin how public charter schools are established and regulated,including a 15-month planning period before newly approved schoolscan open and a District residency requirement for appointees to thePublic Charter School ...
Tighter Agriculture Investing Rules; Regulator to Watch Futures Markets After Spike in Food Prices
Jun 04, 2008; ... The top U.S. commodity regulator will tighten rules for investorsand index funds, including increased disclosure about holdings inagricultural markets, after farmers and lawmakers alleged thatspeculators had inflated food prices. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in an ...
Case Against Sect May Not Be Over; Legal Experts Say Individual Prosecutions Could Be Ahead
Jun 04, 2008; ... The state of Texas's case against members of a polygamist sect isdamaged but not dead, legal experts said -- even after a series ofcourt defeats that ended with the return of hundreds of children whohad been seized at the group's compound. On Tuesday, as members of the ...
A Pitcher's Dual Dreams of Delivering at Sea, on Hill; Navy's Harris Aims To Serve Country, Play Pro Baseball
Jun 04, 2008; ... Ten years from now, Mitch Harris imagines himself stepping onto amajor league pitcher's mound, stronger for realizing two, seeminglyopposite dreams. By then, he will have served his country. And when teammates askabout his life sailing vast seas, Harris might answer, his ...
FINANCE Cuomo, Ratings Firms ...
Jun 04, 2008 ... FINANCE Major credit rating agencies moved closer to settling with NewYork Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo to overhaul business practicesin the aftermath of the mortgage-finance crisis. Standard & Poor's said an agreement has been reached. However,final details were still ...
Pearce Wins GOP Nomination for N.M. Senate Seat
Jun 04, 2008 ... Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) won last night the right to run inNovember for an open Senate seat, defeating a more experienced Housecolleague who had been handpicked by the man giving up the seat. Pearce, a three-term congressman from the state's rural south,narrowly defeated Rep ....
Waxman Seeks FBI's Leak Papers; Vice President May Be Implicated in Transcripts, He Says
Jun 04, 2008; ... The chairman of a House investigative committee yesterday askedfor copies of the FBI's interview of Vice President Cheney in theValerie Plame Wilson leak investigation to determine whether Cheneyinstructed his former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, toleak the CIA officer's name ...
Congressman's Battle With Forest Service Extinguished; Cost of Dousing Fire That Spread From Brown's Farm Is Paid
Jun 04, 2008; ... A long-running battle between the U.S. Forest Service and aRepublican congressman who set a runaway fire that damaged federalland has been settled, with a $4,747 hole burned in the lawmaker'spocket. That's the amount Rep. Henry E. Brown Jr. (R-S.C.) paid theagency on April 20 to ...
GAMES PITCHED Ayala, Wash .. ...
Jun 04, 2008 ... GAMES PITCHED Ayala, Wash 32 NEXT: Today vs. Cardinals WINS Webb, Ari. ...
Study Praises Mass. Health-Care Program; Number of Uninsured Dropped by Half
Jun 04, 2008; ... Massachusetts's ambitious program to move toward universal healthinsurance nearly halved the number of adults without coverage fromabout 13 percent to 7 percent in the first year after themultifaceted initiative was launched in 2006, a comprehensive survey has found. More people ...
China Shuts Out 2 Lawyers Over Tibetans' Cases; Activists Had Offered to Defend Those Arrested After Crackdown
Jun 04, 2008; ... Chinese judicial authorities have in effect disbarred twoactivist lawyers who offered to defend Tibetans arrested in a recentChinese security crackdown, lawyers said Tuesday. The two, Jiang Tianyong and Teng Biao, were denied renewal of theannual licenses necessary to practice law ...
Quotidian Theatre's New Season
Jun 04, 2008 ... Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (July 11-Aug.10), directed by Bob Bartlett, will wrap up the current seasonbefore Quotidian Theatre Company embarks on a three-play roster for2008-09 at the Writer's Center in Bethesda (for information,www.quotidiantheatre.org). In ...
From Singer Holly Cole, Classic Pop With a Soulful Touch
Jun 04, 2008 ... "Everybody knows the last show is the best show," said singerHolly Cole, wrapping up her spring tour at the Birchmere on Sundaynight. Only Cole and her band mates know how the concert ultimatelyranked with others, but certainly her voice -- sultry, soulful andspirited by turns ...
Two Words With a Ring Of Possibility
Jun 04, 2008; ... Black president. Two words profound and yet contradictory. Once thought of as anoxymoron, impossible to be placed together in the same sentence,context, country -- unless followed by a question mark. Black president? This century? Black president -- words perhaps as ...
A Swing Through Golf History in New Jersey
Jun 04, 2008; ... While scoping out the U.S. Golf Association's museum in FarHills, N.J., on a recent morning, with all of its videos andphotographs and memorabilia, I get a powerful urge to play somegolf. But outside it's raining sheets and blankets. So I take a deepbreath and surrender to ...
Rooting for a Revolution
Jun 04, 2008; ... THE UPRISING An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Streetand Washington By David Sirota Crown. 385 pp. $25.95 This is a book in search of a movement. David Sirota, a 32-year-old progressive activist and journalist, spent a year on the ...
Railroading Georgia; In the absence of serious Western resistance, Russia keeps provoking its democratic neighbor.
Jun 04, 2008 ... WHEN DMITRY Medvedev took office as Russian president last month,some hoped for a moderation of Moscow's increasingly belligerentforeign policy. The key testing point is the obscure region ofAbkhazia, a province of Georgia that rebelled in the 1990s and hasmaintained de facto ...
A Doubly Negative Race
Jun 04, 2008 ... I am fed up with the negative attacks that Leslie Byrne and GerryConnolly and their surrogates have unleashed against each otherinstead of offering meaningful, substantive messages aboutthemselves in the race for the Democratic nomination for Congress inVirginia's 11th District [Marc ...
A Recipe for Weakness; limiting visas for skilled foreign professionals, the United States only harms itself.
Jun 04, 2008 ... THANKS TO the nation's dysfunctional immigration system and thedysfunctional Congress that keeps it that way, tens of thousands ofpromising, intelligent, ambitious and highly skilled foreignprofessionals, including thousands receiving advanced degrees fromAmerican universities this ...
Ortiz, on DL, Hopes Wrist Heals Quickly
Jun 04, 2008 ... The long black cast stretched from the middle of David Ortiz'sleft biceps to just above his knuckles. Doctors are optimistic that when it comes off in about two tothree weeks, the injury to his left wrist should be healed and hecan begin working his way back into the Red Sox ...
Bridge
Jun 04, 2008; ... I begin a series on entry management as declarer. That involvesdislodging the defenders' entries as well as preserving your own. Today's declarer refused the first trick, and West shifted to adiamond. South captured East's king and cashed two trumps. When West threw a spade, ...
Today's Horoscope
Jun 04, 2008; ... ARIES (March 21-April 19). You're socially gifted. You can walkinto any room and strike up a conversation with anybody on anytopic, even one you know very little about. You're a masterlistener. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). During moments in between the action,you find yourself ...
Sustenance for the Summiteers
Jun 04, 2008 ... The luncheon menus for the U.N. food and agriculture summit inRome feature Italian specialties. Yesterday Vol-au-vent (pastry puffs) with corn and mozzarella. Pasta with a sauce of pumpkin and shrimp in cream. Veal rolls with cherry tomatoes and ...
The World
Jun 04, 2008 ... The quality of biscuits -- that is, cookies or crackers -- served at British business meetings can sweeten or sour the outcomeof a deal, four out of five professionals said in a survey. Only thetable and chairs, the survey found, are more important aspects ofthe meeting ...
French Open
Jun 04, 2008 ... Where: Roland Garros, Paris. When: Through Sunday. TV: Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.-noon; ESPN2, noon-5:30 p.m. Yesterday's Key Results: Men -- Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Nicolas Almagro ...
MLB First-Year Player Draft
Jun 04, 2008 ... What: 50-round player selection. When: 2-9 p.m ....
A Moment of Triumph, With a Little Disbelief
Jun 04, 2008; ... The music was the usual Obama rally fare -- Springsteen,"Shout," that ubiquitous "Only in America" tune by Brooks & Dunn.Supporters waved "Got Hope" signs. Campaign volunteers roamed withclipboards, signing up more volunteers. But for the first time in six months, Sen. Barack ...
At D.C. Gathering, Cheering a Historic Moment
Jun 04, 2008; ... As it became increasingly clear last night that Sen. Barack Obamawas on the verge of becoming the Democratic nominee for president,several people at a K Street watch party made it clear that they sawfar more than the obvious: the unprecedented success of an AfricanAmerican presidential ...
Judge in R. Kelly Trial Orders Chicago Reporter to Court Today
Jun 04, 2008; ... The judge in R. Kelly's child pornography trial warned anewspaper reporter who failed to appear in court Tuesday that hemust show up Wednesday or face contempt charges. Judge Vincent Gaughan rejected arguments from Chicago Sun-Timeslawyers that music critic Jim DeRogatis's rights ...
GETTING THERE: Golf House is ...
Jun 04, 2008 ... GETTING THERE: Golf House is in Far Hills, N.J. Take Interstate95 north to the New Jersey Turnpike and get off at Exit 10. FollowInterstate 287 north to Exit 26. Take a right on Mount Airy Road. Atthe first traffic light, turn right onto Lyons Road, then right ontoLiberty Corner Road ....
Arenas Discovers Earlier Deadline to Opt Out
Jun 04, 2008 ... One day after stating that he planned to wait until the June 30deadline to opt out of the final season of his contract with theWashington Wizards, Gilbert Arenas looked over his contract onMonday and discovered that it carries a provision stating that hemust opt out no later than June ...
GM to Trim Production of Trucks, SUVs; Automaker to Shut 4 Plants as It Shifts To Small-Car Focus
Jun 04, 2008; ... General Motors officially blew up its old business modelyesterday, closing four pickup truck and sport-utility vehiclefactories, announcing a new small car that could get 45 miles pergallon, and shedding 8,350 jobs in the process. As it tries to deal with a consumer shift to ...
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS XM Set ...
Jun 04, 2008 ... MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS XM Satellite Radio Holdings, awaiting final regulatory approvalof its $3.8 billion merger with Sirius Satellite Radio, set itsannual meeting for June 24, the D.C.-based company said in a filing. Both companies postponed annual meetings scheduled for May ...
VA Psychologist Denies Costs ...
Jun 04, 2008 ... A Department of Veterans Affairs psychologist denies that she wastrying to save money when she suggested in a March 20 e-mail thatcounselors make fewer diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder ininjured soldiers. Norma Perez, who helps coordinate a post-traumatic ...
Burrell, Eaton Power Phillies; Griffey Draws a Walk In His Only Time Up
Jun 04, 2008; ... Phillies 3, Reds 2 Pat Burrell hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, Adam Eaton pitched62/3 impressive innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat theCincinnati Reds, 3-2, on Tuesday night. Ken Griffey Jr. walked as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning toremain one shy of 600 home ...
Sun Devils Rout Texas A&M for First Softball Title
Jun 04, 2008 ... Kaitlin Cochran hit a three-run home run, and Katie Burkhartpitched a four-hitter as Arizona State routed Texas A&M, 11-0, lastnight in Oklahoma City to win its first college softball title. Cochran slammed the first pitch from Megan Gibson over the leftfield fence in the fifth ...
'Sand in an Oyster,' A Dancer for the Disabled
Jun 04, 2008; ... Rossana Penaloza has floated across stages in Lima and Havana andMexico City. She has writhed and winced, spun and darted. But this prima ballerina, the embodiment of beauty andathleticism, had to sit down to really shake people. Sit down in a wheelchair. For weeks ...
The Pain of Dyslexia, As Told by Bollywood; Film on Disability Raises Awareness About Touchy Issue
Jun 04, 2008; ... A recent Bollywood movie about a dreamy 8-year-old boy had allthe ingredients of an Indian blockbuster -- six songs, tearful upsand downs and a happy ending. But the film has also planted theseeds of a movement to raise public awareness about dyslexia inIndia. When Madhu ...
Page Three : Random Acts
Jun 04, 2008 ... After playing tennis recently, I returned to my car and mywaiting dog. I noticed a woman on the ballfield in front of methrowing balls to four unleashed pit bulls. Since they were runningfreely, I assumed they were friendly and harmless. My dog, Madgie, waited patiently as I put ...
FROM THE DIARY OF A SUPERDELEGATE
Jun 04, 2008 ... Jan. 18: Chelsea Clinton leaves first voice mail. "I'm really hoping that you'll decide to support my mom." Jan. 23: Hillary Clinton leaves first voice mail. "Hi, Heather. It's Hillary Clinton calling. . . . I want to talkabout you having a leadership role on my Maryland ...
Ehrlich Portraits Are Unveiled With Added Pomp
Jun 04, 2008; ... Former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) is shownperched casually on the edge of his State House desk, on which threepieces of legislation passed during his tenure are resting. Formerfirst lady Kendel Ehrlich is depicted on a staircase of thegovernor's mansion in a striking ...
Telework Bill Cleared by the House
Jun 04, 2008; ... A bill that would permit many federal employees to telecommute atleast two days every two weeks was approved by the House yesterdayon a voice vote. Under the bill, federal agencies would be required to create andimplement policies to enable eligible employees to work from home ...
Gaylord Resort Asks for More Transit Service
Jun 04, 2008; ... The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center wants Metro toexpand its bus service to National Harbor to accommodate employeeswho say they are having trouble getting home from work because oflimited transportation. There is one bus route that runs to National Harbor. It ...
CORRECTION
Jun 04, 2008 ... A June 1 Business article misspelled the names of Mark A. Kollarand the company of which he is chief executive, Kollar FinancialStrategies in Illinois. A caption with the June 2 ...
28 Years Later, A 'Gospel' Revival; Michael Tolaydo Brings 'St. Mark's' to Theater Alliance
Jun 04, 2008; ... It's been nearly 30 years since Michael Tolaydo took "St. Mark'sGospel" on the road. He took over the solo piece from its creator,Alec McCowen, and toured the show in 1979 and 1980 around the UnitedStates, including Alaska and Hawaii, and in South Africa, Germanyand Bermuda. Now the ...
The Women of Mozart's Day; In Germany, a Lively Festival Brings Gifted 18th-Century Composers to Light
Jun 04, 2008; ... She was called one of the best pianists of her day. Theillegitimate daughter of a Salzburg aristocrat, she was raised incosmopolitan Vienna, married at 16, and came to this more tranquilregion as a proverbial big fish in a small pond. Lively, pretty anda little lazy (her best friend ...
Five Detainees Charged in Sept. 11 Attacks to Be Arraigned; __
Jun 04, 2008; ... More than 61/2 years after devastating suicide attacks againstthe United States launched the Bush administration's fight againstglobal terrorism, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, plotis scheduled to appear in a Guantanamo Bay courtroom tomorrowmorning. The military ...
RUSSIA Top General Replaced ...
Jun 04, 2008 ... RUSSIA President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed the chief of the generalstaff of the Russian armed forces Tuesday, moving to tighten theKremlin's grip on the massive military. Medvedev announced the removal of Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, who wasloyal to the Kremlin but had become an ...
U.S. Opens Site For Processing Iraqi Refugees; Baghdad Office to Aid Those Seeking to Settle in America
Jun 04, 2008; ... The U.S. government has opened its first permanent office herefor Iraqi refugees seeking to settle in the United States,responding to criticism that the Bush administration has failed tohelp thousands of Iraqis whose lives are in danger because of theirwork with American organizations ....
The Hummer's Dead End?; As Gas Hits $4 and Sales Tank, GM Considers Selling Brand
Jun 04, 2008; ... Reacting to growing consumer sentiment, General Motors chiefexecutive G. Richard Wagoner Jr. said yesterday that the world'sbiggest automaker will consider revamping or selling off some of theworld's biggest passenger vehicles -- the Hummer line. Is there any vehicle that so ...
Twice the Metro Train
Jun 04, 2008 ... The June 3 Metro article "12 Cars Make Way Too Much Train," abouta glitch on Metrorail's Blue Line on Sunday, can reasonably beperceived as a harbinger of the system's future. With a ...
News on the Web? It Isn't Her Cup of Tea
Jun 04, 2008 ... All I can say is thank you for all the years Stephen C. Fehr andThe Post's other "retirees" have given to the paper ["The Only JobI Ever Wanted," op-ed, May 26]. I have looked forward to The Postevery day for years, and I read it cover to cover. I am quitesaddened at the prospect of ...