The Washington Post back issues from Friday, July 4:
White House Says Bush Will Attend Opening Ceremonies
Jul 04, 2008 ... President Bush will attend the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympicsin Beijing, the White House said yesterday. The announcement quashedany talk of a presidential boycott over China's violent crackdownafter anti-government riots and protests in Tibet. The White House had been ...
NATIONAL BRIEFING
Jul 04, 2008 ... AUTOMOTIVE General Motors is considering a new Chevrolet mini car for theUnited States as it reworks its product lineup to cope with adramatic consumer shift to more fuel efficient vehicles, a spokesmansaid. GM spokesman Dee Allen said bringing the Chevrolet Beat to theU.S ....
Knoll, 75, To End Jog Across U.S. In Arlington
Jul 04, 2008 ... If Lao Tzu was correct in that a journey of a thousand milesbegins with a single step, then Tom Knoll has done the Chinesephilosopher at least one better. On March 1, Knoll left San Diego -- at a jog -- for a 3,300-mile transcontinental journey, dubbed the Freedom Run ...
For Dating Teenagers, A Strict Open-Door Policy
Jul 04, 2008; ... Q.My 14-year-old daughter -- a responsible, down-to-earth kid -- thinks I'm being draconian, and my husband, her stepfather,thinks I'm being unreasonably permissive. Personally, I don't knowwhat to think. My daughter wants to shut her bedroom door when her boyfriend(also 14, ...
U.S. Workforce Shrinks For 6th Straight Month; Worries About the Economy Deepen
Jul 04, 2008; ... Employers cut 62,000 jobs in June, marking the sixth consecutivemonth that the nation has shed jobs, according to a governmentreport released yesterday, deepening concern that the strugglingU.S. economy could turn worse before it gets better. The collapse in the real estate and ...
Daily Gas Gauge
Jul 04, 2008 ... Average prices per gallon ...
Hole of the Day No. 11 | Par 4 | 489 Yards
Jul 04, 2008 ... This is where many a round went to die yesterday. ShigekiMaruyama made a triple-bogey 7 on the hole and then promptlywithdrew from the tournament. Steve Elkington also carded a 7 andwithdrew ...
Gay-Marriage Opponents To Boycott McDonald's
Jul 04, 2008; ... A group that opposes same-sex marriage has called for a boycottof McDonald's, saying the fast-food giant has refused "to stayneutral in the cultural war over homosexuality." The American Family Association (AFA) launched the boycottyesterday because McDonald's joined the National ...
Influential White House Staff Member Quits Job
Jul 04, 2008; ... Joe Hagin, the little known but influential White House stafferwho supervised the renovation of the Situation Room and plannedPresident Bush's secret trips to Iraq, surprised colleaguesyesterday with his resignation. "It's time to move on," Hagin told colleagues yesterday in an ...
Around the Nation
Jul 04, 2008 ... BIG SUR, Calif. -- An explosive wildfire ravaged hillsidesabove this coastal community Thursday, leaving the popular touristarea mostly deserted ahead of the weekend. Still, some people defied evacuation orders and tried to savetheir homes and businesses from the 61,000-acre ...
Pettitte Could Be Called to Testify in Lawsuit
Jul 04, 2008 ... Yankees P Andy Pettitte could be called to testify in RogerClemens's federal defamation suit against Brian McNamee as part ofthe trainer's attempt to dismiss the case. Clemens contends McNamee defamed him when the trainer, who workedfor both pitchers, told Pettitte in 1999 or 2000 ...
Currie Gets Right to See Search Affidavit; Prosecution Told To Turn Over Data From Raid
Jul 04, 2008; ... A federal judge yesterday ordered prosecutors to release to anattorney for state Sen. Ulysses Currie an affidavit justifying asearch of Currie's District Heights home in May. The affidavit should clarify the federal investigation intoCurrie's activities and could help Dale ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Jul 04, 2008 ... BATTING AVG. Mauer, Minn .326 YESTERDAY: Off TODAY: vs. Byrd 5-25, 240 SLG. HOME RUNS Sizemore, Clev ...
Va. Bishop Apologizes Over Girl's Abortion
Jul 04, 2008; ... Leaders of a Richmond-based Catholic charity under federalinvestigation are scrambling to explain the organization'sinvolvement in helping a 16-year-old illegal immigrant in its careget an abortion in January. Richmond Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo apologized this week for ...
More Than 1,000 Gather to Mourn Pr. George's Officer
Jul 04, 2008; ... Richard Scott Findley, the police officer and volunteerfirefighter whose death in the line of duty jarred Prince George'sCounty, was honored yesterday in a final salute that ended insilence with his burial atop a grassy knoll underneath a brilliantsun. White-gloved police ...
ERA Duchscherer, Oak ... 1 ...
Jul 04, 2008 ... ERA Duchscherer, Oak 1.91 YESTERDAY: Win 7.0 IP, 2 ER, PC 98 WINS Saunders, LA ...
MARQUEE
Jul 04, 2008 ... See today's Weekend section for Quick Take reviews of new filmsand comprehensive coverage of the movies now showing in areatheaters. For past film reviews and articles, go towww.washingtonpost.com/movies. Also opening this week: Alexandra (Not rated, 91 minutes). Alexander ...
'Gonzo': A Writer Lost in His Story; Documentary on Hunter S. Thompson Relies on Observation, Not Explanation
Jul 04, 2008; ... In the old days, so many reporters were colorless scribes incheap suits who smoked cigars, wore their press passes in the bandsof their fedoras and called their stories in. Was that a bettersystem than today's, in which the goal seems to be to achieve aplatform from which one may express ...
TODAY AT THE FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
Jul 04, 2008 ... Bhutan Kitchen 11 a.m. Dragon Drinks: Tea and Alcohol Noon Cattle God's Gifts: Butter and Cheese 1 p.m. Cheese and Chiles From Bhutan to Texas 2 p.m. Taste of Bhutan 4 p.m. Buckwheat Noodles Four Friends Narrative Stage 11 a.m. Gross National ...
Zooming Around the Alps In a Homemade Wing Suit
Jul 04, 2008; ... CRANS-PRES-CELIGNY, Switzerland -- Look! Up in the sky! It's abird! It's a plane! It's . . . Fusion Man! Make that Yves Rossy, a 48-year-old Swiss daredevil also known asJet Man, Rocket Man, the Bird Man of the Alps. Thanks to his homemade, jet-powered wing suit, Rossy can ...
A Salute to Screen Prints
Jul 04, 2008 ... No offense to the rock posters wallpapering Civilian's front room-- they are undeniably cool; props to Nick Pimentel and El JefeDesign in particular -- but the mini-retrospective of worksproduced at Alexandria's Hand Print Workshop International hangingin the gallery's rear deserves ...
Kids Come Through So Their Peers Can Sing and Swim at Moss Hollow
Jul 04, 2008; ... Kids don't have to go to Camp Moss Hollow to understand itsimportance in the lives of those who do. After all, kids know kids.They know how much fun it is to be carefree, to skip from place toplace, to spend an afternoon at the pool or sing at the top of theirlungs. And they ...
Ex-Financier Begins Sentence; Israel Says He Attempted Suicide Before Surrender
Jul 04, 2008; ... Samuel Israel III, the convicted hedge-fund manager who faked hissuicide last month and jumped bail rather than face 20 years inprison, returned to court and told a judge that he really attemptedsuicide on Tuesday. Twenty-three days after fleeing, Israel turned himself in ...
After the Handgun Decision
Jul 04, 2008 ... Since the Supreme Court overturned the D.C. handgun ban lastweek, I have heard and read repeatedly -- most recently in theJune 30 editorial "Guns: The Next Step" -- that the city will beless safe than it was before. I am not convinced. The District's history of gun violence, ...
The Park Service as Party Pooper
Jul 04, 2008 ... The decision to prohibit parking along the George WashingtonParkway on the Fourth of July is ridiculous and unnecessary[Regional Briefing, Metro, July 3]. The National Park Service said on its Web site that this was being done for "construction" and"safety" reasons. These excuses are ...
The Out-of-Touch Mr. Albo
Jul 04, 2008 ... According to the Virginia Board of Elections, Tim Kaine won 60.15percent of the vote in Fairfax County in 2005, and Jim Webb won 58.9percent in 2006. Although some point to these figures as evidence ofa changing electorate, Del. David B. Albo (R-Fairfax) has come upwith his own ...
An Honest Effort on Medicare
Jul 04, 2008 ... The June 26 editorial "Help for Medicare," addressing the currentMedicare legislation, appropriately encouraged the Senate to adoptthe House measure; however, it missed the mark on the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services' competitive bidding program. Thereis no "mischief" in ...
The Fourth of July; How a battle in New Orleans confirmed its meaning
Jul 04, 2008 ... WHEN DID the great American venture really get rolling? Was it inJuly 1776 in Philadelphia, as we tell ourselves this day to theaccompaniment of fireworks and other patriotic noise? Or was it infact nearly 40 years later, during a chill January in a swampy placein the Deep South? Daniel ...
Free at Last; Colombia's dramatic hostage rescue strengthens the case for a trade agreement.
Jul 04, 2008 ... SUPERLATIVES FAIL in describing the Colombian army operation thatrescued 15 hostages from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,or FARC. Having painstakingly infiltrated the guerrillaorganization's communications network, the Colombian forcesapparently deceived the captors into ...
Tardy Again; Thanks to the D.C. Council, many city schools probably will not be ready when students return.
Jul 04, 2008 ... WHAT PROMISED to be a challenging new school year in the Districtjust became even more difficult. The D.C. Council's failure toapprove school construction contracts makes it unlikely that thebuildings will be ready for the start of school. Council membersintent on scoring political ...
'I'm Not Washing My Armpits. . . . You Can Count on That.'
Jul 04, 2008 ... Steve Marino had plenty of gallery support yesterday, and helikely will today as well, provided his fans are fully recovered. Brandon Stacy came to Congressional yesterday dressed in a hotpink polo shirt, green shorts bearing bright pink flamingos and golfcleats. "Just in ...
The District
Jul 04, 2008 ... HOLIDAYS July Fourth, Steeped in History Today, the NationalArchives stays open late and devotes much of the day to observingthe historical significance of Independence Day. Beginning at 10a.m. on its steps on Constitution Avenue NW, the Archives hosts areading of the Declaration of ...
Mediate Is Still People's Choice
Jul 04, 2008; ... Rocco Mediate has gained legions of fans since he dueled withTiger Woods in a 19-hole playoff at the U.S. Open a little more thantwo weeks ago. Yesterday at the AT&T National at CongressionalCountry Club, Mediate drew some of the biggest galleries on thecourse. At No. 10 -- his first ...
AT&T NATIONAL
Jul 04, 2008 ... Tommy Armour III shot an opening 67 to continue his consistentplay this season. Armour, 48, has finished in the top 10 in four ofhis past nine starts, including a tie for second at the TravelersChampionship. Those four top 10s are one short of his career bestset in 1999. "I just ...
Club Makers Help Golfers Get a Grip
Jul 04, 2008; ... Before he entered the business, Wade Liles didn't know all thiswas necessary. He assumed professional golfers bought clubs inJanuary and were prepared for the rest of the year. He never couldhave guessed the balances, belt sanders and grinders existed, letalone were vital to many ...
Maryland
Jul 04, 2008 ... HOLIDAYS Frederick's 4th Residents inside the Beltway haveplenty of options for today: Go to the Mall? Or hit one of the city-sponsored parties? Those with farther to drive need their bashes tobe all things to the people in their family. Frederick's festivitiescome close: Frederick's ...
Northern Virginia
Jul 04, 2008 ... HOLIDAYS The Deal With Alexandria and the Fourth of July . . . You Virginians, always contrarians. Alexandria regularly forgoesIndependence Day bashes in favor of celebrating its own birthday aweek later, with a little nod to the birth of this country(Alexandria is, after all, ...
Nebraska Beef Recall Expanded
Jul 04, 2008 ... Nebraska Beef is expanding a recall announced earlier this weekto include all 5.3 million pounds of meat it produced for groundbeef between May 16 and June 26. Federal investigators have linked Nebraska Beef's products to anoutbreak of E. coli illnesses affecting 41 people in ...
For Marino, A Happy Homecoming
Jul 04, 2008; ... Outside the gallery ropes, Evelyn Marino walked every step ofthe 18-hole journey yesterday while watching her grandson, SteveMarino, play in the first round of the AT&T National atCongressional Country Club. She recalled the time so many years agowhen her late husband, Paul, cut down an ...
Funk and Long, Partners in Prime; PGA Tour Veteran, and His Longtime Caddie and Friend, Work Together
Jul 04, 2008; ... Fred Funk and caddie Mark Long walked toward the clubhouseTuesday, signature-seeking children tailing not far behind. Theywaved to fans and smiled as they passed practice greens and movedinto the bag room, greeted by handshakes and backslaps. Funk and Long, both of whom grew up in ...
Outfits of the Renaissance
Jul 04, 2008 ... In Renaissance Italy, nobles wore the finest finery ducats couldbuy. The artists charged with painting those dukes and princesrecorded every brocaded flourish to broadcast their subjects' wealthand power. Now, a suite of handmade costumes replicates, asfaithfully as possible, outfits ...
Hostages Freed in Colombia Are Reunited With Families
Jul 04, 2008; ... On their first full day of freedom, the hostages rescued fromguerrilla captivity in Colombia were reunited with relatives, as newdetails emerged Thursday about their captors and the conditionsunder which they were held. Ingrid Betancourt, a onetime presidential candidate and the ...
CORRECTIONS
Jul 04, 2008 ... A July 2 Food column incorrectly said that winemakers GrayHartley and Frank Ostini were having difficulty obtaining theHartley Ostini Hitching Post Highliner Pinot Noir after the movie"Sideways" made it popular. It was Vermont Restaurant owners MichaelGelzhiser and Manuel Mesta who were ...
LEADER BOARD PLAYERRD. 1T ...
Jul 04, 2008 ... LEADER BOARD PLAYERRD. 1TEE TIMEPAR1Steve Marino6512:25-5T2Jeff Overton667:10-4T2Frank Lickliter ...
Scoring Average
Jul 04, 2008 ... HoleParAvg.Rank No. 1 43.8715No. 233.274No. 343.9911No.444.216No. 544.088No. 645.353No. 732.9413No. 843.8417No ....
ERA Volquez, Cin ... 2.24 ...
Jul 04, 2008 ... ERA Volquez, Cin 2.24 NEXT: Sunday vs. Nationals WINS Webb, Ari. ...
Figuring When To Buckle Down
Jul 04, 2008; ... The names Anthony Kim and Notah Begay III sit side-by-side on thescoreboard at Congressional Country Club, tied in the high-rentdistrict of sixth place at the AT&T National after their first-round 67s. At first glance, they seem to come from opposite poles ofthe golf planet. No ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Jul 04, 2008 ... BATTING C. Jones, Atl .391 YESTERDAY: 1-4 TODAY: vs. Moehler 4-13, HR, .615 SLG RBI Howard, Phil ...
Where Will Fredo Pop Up Next?
Jul 04, 2008; ... First he popped up at Friday night's baseball game between theNats and the O's. Next thing you know, he's in the Los Angeles Timeson Wednesday as an op-ed columnist. So, is this the beginning of an Alberto R. Gonzales re-emergencein public, 10 months after he resigned from a ...
Former Driver for Bin Laden Seeks Delay in Military Trial
Jul 04, 2008; ... Lawyers representing Osama bin Laden's former driver asked afederal judge yesterday to halt his fast-approaching military trialso they may have time to continue challenging the legality of themilitary commission system. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni held at the U.S. military prison ...
High-Profile Snooping
Jul 04, 2008 ... State Department investigators checked the passport files of 150high-profile Americans to determine how many times they had beenaccessed between September 2002 and March 2008. The study found thatthe records of 127 people, or 85 percent, had been accessed at leastonce. One person's files ...
Cool Views of Climate Change
Jul 04, 2008 ... "Aqueous," a small group show downtown, pulls double duty as heatrelief and climate change lecture. The exhibition's photographs,video and painting give sweaty Washingtonians some cooling eyecandy: Pools, polar bears and ice caps figure prominently. Thestrongest work on view examines ...
While I'm away, readers give ...
Jul 04, 2008; ... While I'm away, readers give the advice: On new grandparents kept at arm's length: The wisdom of our parents' generation in many cases does notapply anymore. Just two examples: Babies are almost all sleeping ontheir backs now, and parents are told to put off the introduction ...
Celebrating Independence With Concerts and Fireworks
Jul 04, 2008 ... Unless noted, all events are on July 4. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE: 11:45 a.m. on ConstitutionAvenue NW from Seventh to 17th streets. A CAPITOL FOURTH: Actor Jimmy Smits hosts. Performers includeHuey Lewis and the News, Taylor Hicks, Jerry Lee Lewis and theNational ...
Can't Stand the Heat? Forget About Real BBQ
Jul 04, 2008; ... There just aren't many restaurateurs who voluntarily put a fieryopen-pit grill in their kitchen, use smoke as advertising, navigatea slew of additional health and fire code regulations, then chargeonly a few bucks for masterpieces that take hours of sweat. True open-pit barbecue is ...
Obama May Consider Slowing Iraq Withdrawal; Candidate Says He Remains Committed to Ending War
Jul 04, 2008; ... -- Sen. Barack Obama raised the possibility of slowing apromised gradual, 16-month withdrawal from Iraq if he is electedpresident, saying that Thursday he will consult with militarycommanders on an upcoming trip to the region and "continue torefine" his proposals. "My 16-month ...
AT& T NATIONAL | ROUND 1
Jul 04, 2008 ... At ...
The World
Jul 04, 2008 ... The United States is not alone in celebrating its birthday inJuly. Here are some of our neighbors that also gained independenceduring the month: Venezuela, from Spain, July 5, 1811 (shown at right in ...
Sublime Optical Delusions
Jul 04, 2008 ... Nineteenth-century romantics knocked knees at the sight ofawesome and terrifying landscapes they called sublime. Now, aProject 4 group show redefines the concept for the 21st century withirreverent works that will evoke a snigger, not a faint. AndreaCohen, seen at the Hirshhorn in the ...
The Outback's Upfront in 'Utopia'
Jul 04, 2008; ... An exceptional exhibition of 31 swaths of richly colored fabricflutter in the Australian Embassy's air-conditioned breezes. Thesebatiks hail from a central Australian desert community calledUtopia, where the Aborigine women learned the craft back in the1970s. Some are abstractions, and ...
Arenas Agrees to Stay With Wizards; All-Star Takes Less-Expensive Deal to Help Team Sign Other Players
Jul 04, 2008; ... On several occasions, Gilbert Arenas has said he would be willingto take less money from the Washington Wizards if it would helpowner Abe Pollin and team president Ernie Grunfeld assemble thenecessary pieces to win an NBA championship. Yesterday, according to Arenas, the three-time ...
The Outback's Upfront in 'Utopia'
Jul 04, 2008 ... An exceptional exhibition of 31 swaths of richly colored fabricflutter in the Australian Embassy's air-conditioned breezes. Thesebatiks hail from a central Australian desert community calledUtopia, where the Aborigine women learned the craft back in the1970s. Some are abstractions, and ...
Capitals Hope to Re-Sign Fedorov
Jul 04, 2008 ... The Washington Capitals will not pursue a contract with left wingMatt Cooke but remain hopeful that center Sergei Fedorov will returnnext season, General Manager George McPhee said yesterday. Acquired at the trade deadline from Vancouver, Cooke, 29, was anintegral part of the ...
Around the World
Jul 04, 2008 ... russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered organizers ofthe 2014 Winter Olympics to relocate several planned facilities,including the bobsled track and a village for athletes, away fromprotected wilderness. Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and other ...
Toying With Art
Jul 04, 2008 ... Art referencing childhood, the trend that won't die, takes astroll through DCAC, bringing along a mixed bag of photography,sculpture and works on paper -- some of it pretty good. One isSteven Strawn, who offers a battle of dolls and monsters thatrevisits Greek legend with a cast from ...