The Washington Post back issues from Saturday, July 26:
Randy Pausch, The Professor Who Gave The Lecture Of a Lifetime
Jul 26, 2008; ... It was not really complicated. Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie MellonUniversity in Pittsburgh, stood up last Sept. 18 and gave a talk toabout 400 students, faculty and friends about some life lessons he'dlearned. He was 47, he was in the early stages of ...
Around the World
Jul 26, 2008 ... cyprus Rival Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders said Friday they willstart historic reunification talks Sept. 3, ending years of deadlockover efforts to repair the island's 34-year split. President Dimetris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, and TurkishCypriot leader Mehmet Ali ...
U.S. Broadens Sanctions to Pressure Mugabe
Jul 26, 2008; ... President Bush yesterday signed an executive order expandingsanctions against companies and individuals linked with ZimbabweanPresident Robert Mugabe, part of an effort by Western nations toratchet up the pressure on a government accused of killing andterrorizing political opponents in ...
King of the Court; Millionaire Mark Ein Has a New Racket: Team Tennis's Kastles
Jul 26, 2008; ... What started as a small river running through the VIPhospitality tent has now become a seeping, splashy mess. It's aWednesday night, the final match of the first season of the city'snewest professional sports franchise -- the Washington Kastles.Team tennis. (No, not table tennis, team ...
Funds Found for New Charters
Jul 26, 2008; ... The District will use a $7.5 million education reserve fund topay for the seven former Catholic schools slated to reopen assecular charter schools next month, and it will be able to find moremoney if necessary, officials said this week. The D.C. Council allocated $366 million in ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Jul 26, 2008 ... D.C. LOTTERY The firm that runs the D.C. Lottery has been fined $351,482 forsystem breakdowns in 2007 and failing to give retailers reports thataffected all 587 lottery terminals for two days this spring. Lottery Technology Enterprises, which has operated the city'sonline ...
AIDS Funding Binds Longevity of Millions to U.S.; Open-Ended Commitment of Money Is Implied
Jul 26, 2008; ... President Bush plans to sign a bill next week that commits theUnited States to spending about $40 billion over the next five yearsto fight AIDS overseas, a major expansion of what many consider hismost successful foreign policy initiative. The legislation also extends an implicit ...
Packers' Efforts to Trade Favre Gain Momentum
Jul 26, 2008; ... The Green Bay Packers accelerated their efforts to trade BrettFavre, perhaps to either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or New York Jets,after being told by the quarterback in recent days he intended toreport to training camp this weekend, sources familiar with thediscussions said ...
Neighborhoods Use Broad Palette to Deter Traffic-Shortcut Artists
Jul 26, 2008; ... Eric Merten of Burke jealously guards what he calls his "secretpassage" between Braddock Road and Reston Parkway. He won't say howhe does it because he is afraid other commuters will follow and clogit up. With traffic on the Washington area's major thoroughfaresbecoming ...
Satellite Radio Merger Approved; FCC Finally Backs Union of XM, Sirius
Jul 26, 2008; ... The government has approved the long-delayed merger of thenation's only satellite radio companies, combining Sirius and XMinto a single entity with 18 million subscribers. The decision last night came almost a year and a half after thecompanies first proposed joining. Based on ...
Air Pollution Worsens After Controls Kick In; Beijing Limits Driving as Games Near
Jul 26, 2008; ... Beijing's air pollution index rose steadily this week at the sametime the city has tried to cut traffic volume in half. ReadingsThursday and Friday were over 100 and considered unhealthy forchildren, seniors and those with allergies or asthma. The climb from a reading of 55 on ...
Maryland
Jul 26, 2008 ... FOR FAMILIES Weekend at the Stables at Glen Echo At the GlenEcho site of the Discovery Creek Children's Museum, kids can seelive animals, visit a children's garden, play in a sandpit andgenerally spend time enjoying summer outdoors. $5; seniors, $3;members and ages 2 and younger, free ....
BUSINESS BRIEFING
Jul 26, 2008 ... MANUFACTURING General Electric, which owns businesses ranging from light bulbsto NBC, said it will restructure into four units from six, a movethat chief executive Jeff Immelt says will focus the company ongrowth. Immelt has been under pressure to shake up GE afterdisappointing ...
Coventry Health Care Inc.Tick ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... Coventry Health Care Inc.Ticker: CVH Headquarters: BethesdaSecondQuarterYear to DateFiscal year20082007% ...
Banished From Beijing; Having done business with Iraq's Uday Hussein, the Olympics' overseers decide to penalize his successors.
Jul 26, 2008 ... WHEN IRAQ'S Olympic team paraded at the 2000 Summer Games inSydney, the head of the country's Olympic Committee was UdayHussein, the notoriously sadistic son of dictator Saddam Hussein.Uday made Baghdad's Olympic facilities the headquarters for his ownepic feats of rape, torture and ...
Problem Guards; Revelations about lax hiring at the Prince George's County jail underscore the need for reform.
Jul 26, 2008 ... THE PROBLEMS at the Prince George's County jail go beyond theapparent murder of an inmate who was accused of killing a policeofficer. The Post's Debbie Cenziper and James Hohmann have reportedthat at least a dozen correctional officers at the county's jail hadrun-ins with the law, ...
At 80, Fleisher Demonstrates the Keys to Recovery [Correction 9/4/ 08]
Jul 26, 2008; ... Leon Fleisher has been a revered figure on the musical scene inBaltimore and Washington (not to mention internationally) for solong, it's hard to remember a time when he wasn't. So the fact thatThursday's Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert at Strathmorecommemorated his 80th birthday ...
Yankees Acquire Nady, Marte From the Pirates
Jul 26, 2008 ... The Yankees acquired OF Xavier Nady and left-hander reliever Damaso Marte from the Pirates last night, bolstering their offenseand bullpen ahead of next week's trade deadline. Nady and Marte were coveted by several teams, and New York partedwith top outfield prospect Jose Tabata ...
The District
Jul 26, 2008 ... EXHIBIT The Story of Black Baseball This morning at theHistorical Society of Washington, D.C., Anacostia Community Museum historian Gail Lowe will talk about two exhibitions that spotlightthe old Negro baseball leagues. Lowe will give a tour of theshows, "Separate and Unequaled: Black ...
As the Murder Series Winds Down . . .
Jul 26, 2008 ... This loyal reader disagrees with a letter discounting theinterest in and importance of the July 13-27 series of articles onthe unsolved murder of Chandra Levy [Free for All, July 19]. I amcaptivated by the story, including the descriptions of incompetenceon the part of those involved ...
Making McCain's Road Longer
Jul 26, 2008 ... I briefly glanced through Jonathan Weisman's July 22 news story,"McCain's Maverick Side: Grandpa Would Be Proud," and had to double-check if I was reading the New York Post or The Washington Post. I cannot figure out why anybody would care for an article such asthat. Neither the ...
Catholics Overlooked
Jul 26, 2008 ... On July 20, the leader of the world's largest unified religionand the largest one in the United States met with 400,000 youthsfrom around the world, including hundreds from the D.C. area andmore from the United States than any other country. This was thelargest gathering in the history ...
Business Is Slow for Fox Channel; Financial News Outlet Continues to Lag Far Behind CNBC
Jul 26, 2008; ... Fox News executives knew it would be a long, uphill battle tochallenge CNBC when they launched a new business channel lastOctober -- and new ratings confirm that they are right. For the first three weeks of July, according to Nielsen figuresobtained yesterday that have not been ...
Bears' Hester Reports, Contract Talks Continue
Jul 26, 2008 ... Chicago Bears kick return star Devin Hester reported to trainingcamp yesterday, ending his holdout while negotiations on a newcontract continued. The two-time Pro Bowl pick has two years left on his deal.Hester, who also played wide receiver last season, skipped theBears' first ...
CORRECTIONS
Jul 26, 2008 ... A photo caption with a July 25 Business article about plans tobuild a luxury hotel in Liberia misidentified the man seated next toa hotel bed. He is Corey Printup of the RLJ Cos. Also, the articleincorrectly said Liberia is in northern Africa; it is in WestAfrica. A July 25 ...
Failing in Civility; John McCain falls short of the standard he set by impugning Barack Obama's motives.
Jul 26, 2008 ... POLITICIANS SAY a lot of things in the heat of campaigns thatthey end up regretting -- or ought to regret. Sen. John McCain,the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, had one of thoseunfortunate moments the other day, when he charged that hisDemocratic opponent, Sen. Barack ...
WINS Lee, Clev ... 13-2 YE ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... WINS Lee, Clev 13-2 YESTERDAY: Win 8 IP, 2 ER, 108 PC GAMES PITCHED Green, Sea ...
Detroit Mayor Faces Random D ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... DETROIT -- A judge Friday ordered Detroit Mayor KwameKilpatrick (D) to undergo random drug testing and pay a cash bondafter investigators alleged that the mayor berated and attacked themas they tried to serve a subpoena. The two investigators with the Wayne County prosecutor's ...
Nanny Nonsense
Jul 26, 2008 ... Marc Fisher has come up with one of the flimsiest excuses everfor opposing social reform legislation, arguing that MontgomeryCounty was wrong to pass a nanny protection law because nannies haveit worse in other places ["Law Reinforces Montgomery as a NannyState," Metro, July 22]. The ...
The Eyes Have It
Jul 26, 2008 ... It could be your excuse to hop that ferry and check out theburgeoning commercial district that is National Harbor: The FlikInternational Movie Festival and Interactive Exhibit are at ArtWhino. Today is the second and final night of the film festival, whichwill screen ...
Survey Method Questioned as WHUR Surges
Jul 26, 2008; ... According to the latest audience ratings, the most popular radiostation in the Washington area for the past three months was WHUR,the R&B-and-soul outlet owned by Howard University. WHUR's share ofthe audience, in fact, grew by almost 20 percent, according to theArbitron quarterly survey ...
Why Don't You Cover . . . ?
Jul 26, 2008 ... Why does The Post ignore tennis? On July 15, the Washington Kastles pro team defeated the New YorkSportimes 18-17 in a thrilling overtime match. The Post providedonly the score and no other coverage. The Sports section ran anarticle about a Spanish golfer instead.Why ...
Regulators Close Two More National Banks
Jul 26, 2008; ... First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank were closedby U.S. regulators yesterday, the first institutions to fail sinceregulators seized IndyMac Bancorp two weeks ago following a run bydepositors. First National Bank of Nevada, with $3.4 billion in assets, ...
Senator Talked of Grocery With State Cabinet Officials
Jul 26, 2008; ... An influential Maryland senator whose consulting work for agrocery store chain is under federal investigation met with threecabinet-level secretaries in recent years to discuss matters ofinterest to the company. Maryland Department of Business and Economic DevelopmentSecretary ...
Daily Gas Gauge
Jul 26, 2008 ... Average prices per gallon ...
Time Trial Stands Between Sastre, Tour Victory
Jul 26, 2008 ... At the Tour de France, this is it. The only stage that now matters in cycling's three-week showcaseis today's time trial. And for Carlos Sastre, who is wearing theyellow jersey, this is the moment he's been waiting for. The Spanish veteran is a strong climber and now needs the ...
A Little Dirt Won't Hurt
Jul 26, 2008 ... Here is what it is really like to be a member of the Bull RunMountain Vegetable Farm CSA (community-supported agricultureprogram), one of the farms that Stephanie Witt Sedgwick covered inthe In Season column ["What to Do When It's in the Bag," Food, July2]. Since March, Leigh ...
QUOTABLE "We're used to havi ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... "We're used to having to get ready for him. People talk aboutadditions around the trade deadline. That's a pretty good one." Yankees Manager Joe Girardi, on the return of David Ortiz to theRed Sox' lineup Blue Jays: OF Vernon Wells (strained hamstring) took battingpractice ...
Not a Life-or-Death Matter
Jul 26, 2008 ... You people have been desperately trying to make a crisis out of avirtual non-issue. The latest example is the July 19 front-pagearticle "Move to Digital TV Faces Language Barrier; Many HispanicsUnprepared for Switch." First of all, anyone who has not been in a coma for the past ...
Yankees' Andy Pettitte VS. Red Sox' Tim Wakefield
Jul 26, 2008 ... vs. Red Sox (career) BatterABHHRBBSOOBPSLGAVGJacoby Ellsbury53001.600.800.600KevinYoukilis167142.571.750.438Manny Ramirez7432477.482.703.432SeanCasey198001.421.421.421Mike Lowell187021.429.444.389J.D.Drew238219.375.696.348Jason ...
Dr. Bad Example Stephen H ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... Dr. Bad Example Stephen Hunter took it upon himself to lecture readers on handgunsafety ["A Straight Shooter; It's a Different Era in D.C. If You'veGot Questions About the Armed Life, Dr. Guns Has All the Answers,"Style, July 18]. But he went on to disclose that as a young ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Jul 26, 2008 ... BATTING Kinsler, Tex .325 YESTERDAY: 2-4 TODAY: vs. Duchscherer, 0-5 HOME RUNS Quentin, Chi ...
Teen Who Gave Family a Ride Fatally Hit Girl
Jul 26, 2008; ... Montgomery County police said yesterday that they were able toexplain the death last month of a 3-year-old girl who received amysterious injury after the family van was abandoned in Potomac. The girl was fatally injured when a 16-year-old boy who gave thefamily a ride accidentally ...
The Numbers GameThe spring Ar ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... The Numbers GameThe spring Arbitron ratings for total audience,compared with the winter. A share reflects what percentage of theaudience is tuned to a particular station over the course of a week.Previous ratings are in parentheses; T denotes a tie.StationWinter'08Spring '081.WHUR-FM ...
Upgrade Is a Hit With Young Tenants; A New Playground Lifts Spirits at Harvey Hall in Arlington
Jul 26, 2008; ... Harvey Hall's old playground was such a hazard that childrenwere not allowed to play there. "It was small and dirty," said Napatsorn Butthep, 11. But now the six-story brick apartment building just north ofColumbia Pike and east of Carlin Springs Road in Arlington has a ...
HARVEY HALL
Jul 26, 2008 ... 850 and 860 South Greenbrier St. Arlington, Va. 22204 703-671-3900 APPLICATION FEE: $37, nonrefundable HOLDING FEE: $100 submitted with application; if application isaccepted, fee applied to security deposit SECURITY DEPOSIT: Half a month's rent, ...
AOL Cuts More Products Developed in Dulles; Moves Affect Development Unit in Dulles
Jul 26, 2008; ... AOL is slashing more products -- including some that had beenpromoted as on the cutting edge of the company's future -- aspart of its effort to cut costs and focus resources on what isworking for the beleaguered Internet giant. The moves could further dilute AOL's presence in ...
Olympic Ticket Tumult In Beijing
Jul 26, 2008; ... The scene outside Beijing's main Olympic ticket office descendedinto chaos on Friday as nearly 40,000 people hoping to see the Gamesoverwhelmed officials, forcing police to block access to the site.The interruption triggered fights in the crowd, clashes betweenpolice and reporters, and ...
U.S. MILITARY CASUALTIES IN I ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... U.S. MILITARY CASUALTIES IN IRAQ As announced by the Pentagon as of July 25; tallies may be incomplete because of lags in reporting.ALLIED MILITARYFATALITIESIRAQI CIVILIAN FATALITIES4,127 Killed30,435 Wounded314From Britain and other ...
ERA Volquez, Cin ... 2.49 ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... ERA Volquez, Cin 2.49 YESTERDAY: Loss 4 IP, 5 ER, 99 PC WINS Webb, Ari. ...
Uninvited, Gay Bishop Attends Conference Anyway
Jul 26, 2008; ... Gene Robinson's bodyguard didn't have to worry this time. The 40-year-old man who rushed over to Robinson, the first openlygay bishop in the worldwide Anglican church, just wanted to shakehis hand. "Thank you for bringing the church into the 21st century,for moving things forward," ...
Firetruck on Way to Emergency Collides With Car; 2 Injured
Jul 26, 2008; ... A small fire in upper Northwest Washington led to the thunderouscollision yesterday of a firetruck headed to the scene and a car ona cross street. Two people were injured, the car was wrecked and the truck'sbumper was damaged, according to Alan Etter, spokesman for D.C. Fireand ...
Swimwear Decisions Aren't Itsy-Bitsy or Teeny-Weeny
Jul 26, 2008; ... Every year, it happens: Millions of teenage girls gather theirfriends and swarm the malls to hunt for that perfect little patch ofmaterial that is so much more than a swimsuit -- it is the verybarometer of their self-confidence. Here comes a trio now. Alyssa Verastegui, ...
CONCERT "Kashmir" With Orches ...
Jul 26, 2008 ... CONCERT "Kashmir" With Orchestral Accompaniment? Oh, yes. TheBaltimore Symphony Orchestra will add even more glam to the songs ofLed Zeppelin, in a performance next weekend at Baltimore's Pier SixPavilion with Randy Jackson (the frontman of the band Zebra) and arock band. Brent Havens, ...
Northern Virginia
Jul 26, 2008 ... THE SCENE Wine, the Stars and Tunes Pack a picnic and head outto Tarara Vineyard and Winery tonight for its evening concertseries, held only during the summer on the 475-acre site. Frederickrock act the Freddie Long Band performs, and the fest this weekspotlights the 2006 chardonnay. A ...
Adapted from a recent online ...
Jul 26, 2008; ... Adapted from a recent online discussion: Dear Carolyn: I got into a huge fight with my girlfriend a while back. She saysif/when we have kids, she wants them baptized in the Anglicanchurch. I was incredulous, because she has told me repeatedly thatshe is an agnostic, leaning ...
Iran's Stars, Erased From the Billboards
Jul 26, 2008 ... By Thomas Erdbrink | Washington Post Foreign Service TEHRAN Iranian weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh might be the strongest manin the world, but forces more powerful than his mighty arms preventthe two-time Olympic champion from exploiting his strength onbillboards and in TV ...
Anti-Terror Funds Questioned; Local Police Depts. Say DHS Shortchanges Other Priorities
Jul 26, 2008; ... The Department of Homeland Security announced $1.8 billion inanti-terrorism grants yesterday, stirring a growing debate amongstate and local officials nationwide over whether such funds arecoming at the expense of other law enforcement priorities that somesay are more urgent, such as ...
Housing Bill Clears Senate Hurdle
Jul 26, 2008; ... The Senate cleared the last hurdle yesterday to passing a housingrescue aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners fromforeclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae andFreddie Mac. The 80-13 test vote showed broad support for the package and putit on ...
Organized Blasts Hit Tech Hub Of India; 2 Killed, 20 Injured In Bangalore Attack
Jul 26, 2008; ... At least seven small blasts tore through India's high-tech hub ofBangalore on Friday afternoon, killing two people and injuring atleast 20 in the second high-profile attack on an Indian city in 10weeks. No group asserted responsibility for the coordinated bombings,which exploded ...
Week 775: Ad-dition
Jul 26, 2008 ... Drama-kin: Your sister and brother-in-law who always manage toget into a fight at Thanksgiving dinner. Here's one of our perennial neologism contests -- the one wecalled Hyphen the Terrible in the pre-Web era. But with a slighttwist this week, in honor of The Post's primary ...
Democrat Vows Bill to Block 'Secret Rule' on Workplace Toxins
Jul 26, 2008 ... A congressional leader pledged yesterday to introduce legislationthat would block an eleventh-hour proposal by the Labor Departmentthat would make it more difficult to limit workers' exposure tochemicals on the job. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), chairman of the House ...
Credit Unions Slowly Fill Void As Payday Lenders Leave D.C. [Correction 8/6/08]
Jul 26, 2008; ... Stephanie Vann used to rely on payday loans to cover her rent andsummer camp for her three children. She felt ashamed and kept herfinances secret. But the short-term, high-interest loans seemed tobe her only option. Now, if the single mother needs a loan, she works with ...
Great Sport in a Crumbling Setting
Jul 26, 2008 ... For the third time this month a D.C. United match at RFK Stadiumhas been halted or postponed because of a storm or electricalproblems [Sports, July 24]. The facility is 47 years old. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and the D.C.Sports & Entertainment Commission are on record as supporting ...
A Poor Tribute to Hispanic Heritage
Jul 26, 2008 ... I attended a Washington Nationals game this month when the Astroswere in town. I am new to the District, and it was my second game atthe new stadium. The theme of the night was a celebration ofHispanic heritage. The woman chosen to sing the national anthem wasof Cuban descent, and she ...