The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, August 6:
11 Charged in Global Theft, Sale Of 40 Million Card Numbers
Aug 06, 2008; ... Federal prosecutors charged 11 people yesterday with the theftand sale of more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers fromat least nine U.S. retailers in what they said was one of thelargest and most complex hacking and identity theft cases everbrought. Officials with ...
Reaching Out to The World With A Manicured Hand
Aug 06, 2008; ... The earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan province on May 12was soon compared with another Chinese natural disaster, theTangshan quake of 1976, when the government responded with secrecy,refusals of aid offers and a low-ball estimate of the death toll. How different it all ...
Facing Impasse With Favre, Packers Pursue Trade to Bucs
Aug 06, 2008; ... Quarterback Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers appearedfocused on a possible trade to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesdayafter two days of meetings between Favre and Packers officials leftthem all but pronouncing their 16-year association over. Packers Coach Mike McCarthy said ...
Ward 7 Incumbent Holds On to Tough Image, Message
Aug 06, 2008; ... D.C. Council member Yvette M. Alexander rubs some people thewrong way. She knows it. "What you see is what you get with me," said Alexander (D). "Ihave an open door. My mouth is open, too. . . . Sometimes, politicalcorrectness doesn't get it done. Honesty and candor is the ...
Nancy Pelosi, Just Scratching The Surface
Aug 06, 2008; ... KNOW YOUR POWER A Message to America's Daughters By Nancy Pelosi with Amy Hill Hearth Doubleday. 180 pp. $23.95 MADAM SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise to Power By Marc Sandalow Modern Times. 300 pp. $25.95 Newly moved to ...
Olney's New Season
Aug 06, 2008 ... "Is He Dead?" (Feb. 11-March 8, 2009), Mark Twain's recentlydiscovered 1897 spoof about how much better it is to be a deadartist if you want to sell your work, has been adapted by DavidIves. (It was performed last winter on Broadway.) Halo Wines willdirect. "King of the Jews" ...
'Bottle Shock': A Giddy Ode to Vino
Aug 06, 2008; ... Perhaps "Bottle Shock" should have been called "The Grapes ofFroth" because it tells such a happy story: How the vintners of NapaValley won the blind tasting known as the "Judgment of Paris" in1976 and put their little piece of California paradise on the worldwine stage for all time ....
CORRECTIONS
Aug 06, 2008 ... An Aug. 3 Metro article about anthrax contamination at theBrentwood mail-processing facility in Northeast Washingtonincorrectly said that Larry Powell was among the workers who tookantibiotics in the aftermath. Powell chose not to take theantibiotics. An Aug. 3 Metro article ...
Angelou, Lear Honored as Humanitarians; Author and TV Producer to Receive Marian Anderson Award
Aug 06, 2008 ... Television producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will bethe 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honorsartists whose leadership benefits humanity. They are to accept their honors, each with an $100,000honorarium, at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts ...
China's Would-Be Protesters Denied; Those Applying for Demonstration Permits Say They Are Rejected Out of Hand
Aug 06, 2008; ... China announced late last month that it would permit protestsduring the Olympics in specially designated zones, as long asdemonstrators first secured permits. The process has not proved thatsimple. Instead, many would-be protesters say they are being discouragedfrom staying in ...
Pr. George's Officers Lacked 'No-Knock' Warrant in Raid; Authorities, Who Broke Down Door During Search for Drugs at Home of Berwyn Heights Mayor, Had Said They Obtained Document
Aug 06, 2008; ... Prince George's County authorities did not have a "no-knock"warrant when they burst into the home of a mayor July 29, shootingand killing his two dogs -- contrary to what police said after theincident. Judges in Maryland can grant police the right to enter a buildingand serve a ...
Olney's Season To Invest In; An Ambitious '09 Roster Spearheads Efforts to Pay Off a $5 Million Loan
Aug 06, 2008; ... Olney Theatre Center's Jim Petosa is feeling his oats as artisticdirector since his announcement in May that he intends to stay on inthe post he's held since 1994. His 2009 roster (see box), which hecalls "as full and as diverse an experience as we can conjure in aseason," includes two ...
MAILBAG
Aug 06, 2008 ... Last week, Vicki Ralph of Potomac wrote about a mysterious mannamed Milt who came to her aid early one morning at DullesInternational Airport and delivered a set of car keys to herhusband. We've received several e-mails about the story. Here arethree: I enjoy reading Random Acts ...
Bundler Collects From Unlikely Donors [Correction 8/13/08]
Aug 06, 2008; ... The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. JohnMcCain's presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikelygroup of California donors: a mechanic from D&D Auto Repair inWhittier, the manager of Rite Aid Pharmacy No. 5727, the 30-something owners of the Twilight ...
At Impasse With Favre, Pack Pursues Trade; Sides Appear Set To Part Ways; Bucs Back in Mix for QB
Aug 06, 2008; ... Quarterback Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers appearedfocused on a possible trade to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesdayafter two days of meetings between Favre and Packers officials leftthem all but pronouncing their 16-year association over. Packers Coach Mike McCarthy said ...
A Ragtag Pursuit of the Taliban; U.S. Effort to Train Afghans as Counterinsurgency Force Is Far From Finished
Aug 06, 2008; ... Lt. Col. Abdul Hamid, a new police commander, was having troubledoing the math. When he took control of this district in thecountry's north in early July, he had 54 officers. Since then, somehad been transferred; others had disappeared. How many were left? The commander ...
Tapping Tired Wells; Barack Obama's new energy platform includes a pair of dubious planks.
Aug 06, 2008 ... There were good ideas in the energy plan Sen. Barack Obamaunveiled Monday. The most important of these is a cap-and-tradesystem for greenhouse gases that would auction off 100 percent ofemission credits. The Illinois Democrat also announced a strongcommitment to alternative energy ...
The World
Aug 06, 2008 ... The Scottish National Party has been accused of attempting to"brainwash people into independence" since it emerged thatScotland's trains are to be rebranded in a blue-and-white designfeaturing the saltire, or St. Andrew's ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Aug 06, 2008 ... EVACUATION About 500 people were evacuated from a downtown Washington officebuilding for about an hour yesterday after a small fire broke out onthe roof. The evacuation of the 10-story building, at 1333 H St. NW, ...
PAGE THREE : Random Acts
Aug 06, 2008 ... I had rear-ended a car that inexplicably stopped in the middle ofan intersection at a green light during rush-hour traffic.Naturally, it was declared my fault and I had to go to court. I had my three kids with me, and trying to keep them well behavedand quiet took a herculean ...
INTERNET Yahoo Revises Vote ...
Aug 06, 2008 ... INTERNET Yahoo shareholders withheld a third of their votes to re-electchief executive Jerry Yang to the board, twice as many as reportedearlier, a sign that pressure is mounting for him to turn thecompany around quickly. Yang won re-election with 66 percent of theAug. 1 ...
ERA Duchschr, Oak ... 2.3 ...
Aug 06, 2008 ... ERA Duchschr, Oak 2.33 NEXT: Today vs. Toronto WINS Lee, Clev ...
Rights Groups Accuse IOC of Complacency
Aug 06, 2008; ... Less than a week before the Olympics, human rights groups areventing their anger over China's handling of the Games, saying theInternational Olympic Committee has only halfheartedly followed upon key causes of concern. These groups say IOC representatives have failed to make good ...
Up Against the Wall
Aug 06, 2008; ... Our translator, Liu Liu, spoke to the phalanx of guards blockingour entrance to the Great Wall of China. "They say the wall isclosed today," she told us sadly, "because of Olympic bicyclepractice." Barry Svrluga, Jonathan Newton, Jill Grisco and I sat indisbelieving silence. Ever ...
Pro- and Anti-Bush Rallies Mark President's Visit to S. Korea
Aug 06, 2008; ... As President Bush rode a motorcade out of Seoul air base onTuesday night, he was greeted by hundreds of people waving SouthKorean and American flags and signs announcing "Friends Forever."But in downtown parts of the capital, anti-Bush protests drewthousands of marchers, and police used ...
Bolivian Referendum Points Up Clashing Visions; Programs for Poor, State vs. Regional Control in Dispute [Correction 8/13/08]
Aug 06, 2008; ... Henrri Zeballos, a lawyer, and his wife, a dentist, gathered thekids in their minivan for a Sunday-morning drive through their hometown of Santa Cruz. People came out of their houses to watch them pass. Housewivesshouted ugly slurs. Grown men and little girls thrust up ...
Around the World
Aug 06, 2008 ... rwanda Rwanda formally accused senior French officials Tuesday ofinvolvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put ontrial. Among those named in a report by an independent commission wereformer French prime minister Dominique de Villepin and the latepresident ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 06, 2008 ... BATTING Rodriguez, NY .322 Y'DAY: 0-3 TODAY: vs. Hunter Never before faced HOME RUNS Quentin, Chi ...
GETTING THERE: Ligonier is ab ...
Aug 06, 2008 ... GETTING THERE: Ligonier is about 200 miles from the Beltway viaInterstate 70 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-76 (Exit 91/Donegal). STAYING THERE: Ramada Inn Historic Ligonier (216 W. LoyalhannaSt., 724-238-9545, www.ramadaligonier.com) is within walkingdistance of the Diamond, ...
MORTGAGE FINANCE Fannie Mae ...
Aug 06, 2008 ... MORTGAGE FINANCE Fannie Mae is raising a fee it charges lenders to buy theirmortgages or guarantee home-loan securities, potentially boostingcosts for borrowers. District-based Fannie Mae's "adverse market delivery charge"introduced earlier this year for all mortgages that ...
British Roots in The Forests of Pa.; Ligonier: Where the Union Jack Still Flies and the Past Is Ever Present
Aug 06, 2008; ... Cute as a very valuable antique button, Ligonier is a high-endvillage that keeps it on the down low. Never heard of it? That'sbecause the deep forests of Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands, 200miles northwest of Washington, guard this old English fort town aswell as the redcoats ever did ....
Advisory Board Co.Ticker: ABC ...
Aug 06, 2008 ... Advisory Board Co.Ticker: ABCO Headquarters: WashingtonFirstQuarterYear to DateFiscal year20092008% Chg20092008%ChgRevenue$57.2$51.1+12.0 -- -- -- Profit$6.3$7.1-10.6 -- ---- Earnings per share$0.36$0.38-5.3 -- -- -- NOTE: Quarterended June 30. Allied Capital ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Aug 06, 2008 ... MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Sony said it is buying Bertelsmann out of their 50-50 musicventure Sony BMG for $900 million, giving it full ownership of aroster of artists including Alicia Keys and the increased ability toleverage music over an array of electronic devices. In a ...
Out of Order; Marion Barry is wrong to delay important repairs to D.C. schools.
Aug 06, 2008 ... UNUSABLE BATHROOMS and outdated fire sprinklers and alarms maygreet some D.C. students when they return to school in a few weeks.Angry parents can blame D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8).A few weeks ago, in reference to the city's efforts to completeunfinished repairs before ...
Burma Without Blinkers; Some help is arriving in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, but for the Burmese the real disaster is a despotic government.
Aug 06, 2008 ... ON THE OPPOSITE page today, we publish the views of a senior U.N.official, John Holmes, on progress in Burma since a devastatingcyclone struck more than three months ago. His rather upbeatassessment comes as President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, duringa visit to Thailand, are about ...
QUOTABLE "I'm going to have ...
Aug 06, 2008 ... "I'm going to have good days and bad days. Some days it feelsright, some days it didn't." Boston's David Ortiz, who heard a click in his ailing left wristwhile batting Monday night Mariners: Designated DH Jose Vidro for assignment. Recalled OFWladimir Balentien and RHP Jared ...
New Rules Will Impact Club Grooves
Aug 06, 2008 ... The Royal & Ancient and U.S. Golf Association announced a rulechange yesterday that will reduce the size and shape of grooves inmost clubs in 2010, the first time equipment has been scaled back innearly 80 years. The change was directed toward elite players and emphasizes ...
No. 24 ALABAMA
Aug 06, 2008 ... 2007 record 7-6, beat Colorado, 30-24, in Independence Bowl Returning Starters 10 offense, 6 defense Key Game at Tennessee, Oct. 25 Julio Jones, freshman wide receiver The Crimson Tide lost D.J. Hall and Keith Brown to graduation ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 06, 2008 ... HOME RUNS Dunn, Cin 32 Y'DAY: 1-3, 0 HR TODAY: vs. Suppan 12-24, HR RBI Howard, Phil 96 Y'DAY: 1-4, ...
FBI to Show How Genetics Led to Anthrax Researcher
Aug 06, 2008; ... The FBI today will begin to unveil how it exploited the rapidlyadvancing science of genetics to link a single bioweapons researcherto samples taken from the victims of the 2001 anthrax attacks and topowder from the letters that killed them. The bureau scheduled briefings with ...
Energy Returns As Major Issue; Obama Links McCain to Administration
Aug 06, 2008; ... Barack Obama and John McCain used an ongoing debate over energypolicy to tack back to core themes of their campaigns Tuesday, withObama blasting his rival for the presidency as a clone of thecurrent administration and the Republican seeking to revive hisreputation as someone willing to ...
O's Jones Out With Broken Foot
Aug 06, 2008 ... Orioles OF Adam Jones was placed on the 15-day disabled listyesterday with a broken left foot. The move was retroactive toSunday, when Jones woke up unable to walk on the foot after foulinga ball off it Saturday night against Seattle. In his first full season, the 23-year-old Jones ...
Boy, 6, Accidentally Shoots His Brother, 9, in Hip
Aug 06, 2008; ... A 9-year-old Prince George's County boy was shot and seriouslywounded yesterday evening when his 6-year-old brother accidentallyfired a pistol they found in their home, county police said. The boys were home with a 13-year-old brother when the incidentoccurred about 6:15 p.m. in ...
Edouard Pounds Coast Of Texa ...
Aug 06, 2008 ... GALVESTON, Tex. -- Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas GulfCoast on Tuesday with strong winds and heavy rain, but it did littlemore than soak travelers who came to relax on this tourist town'sbeaches. The storm made landfall between Galveston and the Louisiana line,and was ...
ERA Peavy, SD ... 2.59 NE ...
Aug 06, 2008 ... ERA Peavy, SD 2.59 NEXT: Friday vs. Rockies WINS Webb, Ari. ...
Return to Forever: Not So Everlasting
Aug 06, 2008 ... Return to Forever's reunion concert at Merriweather Post Pavilionon Monday night was something jazz-rock performances seldom are:short. Keyboardist Chick Corea explained that the legendary quartet,touring for the first time in 25 years, wanted to make the eveningspecial, so it ...
Freddie CEO Feels Strain Of Firm's Twin Missions
Aug 06, 2008; ... Freddie Mac chief executive Richard F. Syron, who has presidedover an implosion of investor confidence in his company, saidyesterday that conflicting demands on the government-charteredmortgage giant have made his job "almost impossible." On the eve of Freddie Mac's quarterly ...
Soriano's Blast Sends Cubs to Win
Aug 06, 2008; ... Cubs 11, Astros 7 Alfonso Soriano tugged at his jersey and raised his arms like achampion during his curtain call. The Chicago Cubs had reason tocelebrate -- and exhale -- on Tuesday. Soriano hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inningand Chicago rallied after ...
Daily Gas Gauge
Aug 06, 2008 ... Average prices per gallon ...
'Junior' Gotti Held on Murder, Drug Charges; Indictment Cites Three Slayings in N.Y.
Aug 06, 2008; ... A federal judge on Tuesday ordered John A. "Junior" Gotti heldwithout bail after the man who insisted he had retired from a lifeof crime was arrested on charges linking him to three killings andlarge-scale cocaine trafficking. Earlier Tuesday, federal prosecutor Robert O'Neill ...
Alien Life-Forms on Planet Shakespeare; Sci-Fi Stars in 'Hamlet' Lure Atypical Crowd to Bard's Birthplace
Aug 06, 2008; ... It's "Hamlet," but not as we know it. The Royal Shakespeare Company usually draws genteel, theater-loving crowds to the serene town of Stratford, the playwright'sbirthplace. It has never seen anything like the fan frenzysurrounding a new production of "Hamlet" that stars not one ...
Dear Carolyn: I first got s ...
Aug 06, 2008; ... Dear Carolyn: I first got sober when I was 21 and have been sober over 17years. Active in AA, still go to meetings, etc. Almost five years ago, when I got separated from my now ex-husband, he informed me that I would have a "black mark" againstdating because I am a single ...
Man Charged in Sex Assault Case Sought Hit Man, Police Say; Undercover Trooper Allegedly Was Asked to Silence Accuser in '88 Attack
Aug 06, 2008; ... Anne Arundel County authorities figured they had two things goingfor them as they prepared to prosecute Walter G. Mitchell in asexual assault that occurred almost 20 years ago: a victim who wouldtestify against him and DNA evidence linking him to the assault. Mitchell, authorities ...
Money Was Wasted On Vacant, Oversize Places, Audit Finds
Aug 06, 2008; ... The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment has released a report detailing irregularities and wastein D.C. Housing Authority voucher payments. The audit, issued last week, found that between October 2004 andSeptember 2006, the District spent ...
Revolution Wins SuperLiga In Round 8 of Penalty Kicks
Aug 06, 2008 ... New England goalkeeper Matt Reis tipped a shot by Corey Ashe offthe crossbar in the eighth round of penalty kicks to give the hostRevolution a 3-2 victory over the Houston Dynamo last night for theSuperLiga championship. New England and Houston were tied at 1-1 at the end of ...
WiFi Nearing Takeoff; Airlines Compete to Offer Web Surfing in the Skies
Aug 06, 2008; ... Wireless Internet access is about to move out of coffee shops andairport lounges and into airplanes. After years of talking about what customers wanted and waitingfor new technology, Delta Air Lines said it will begin offeringbroadband Internet service on domestic flights as early ...
WiFly
Aug 06, 2008 ... The Internet-dependent airline passenger soon will find moreoptions to sign on while aloft: Delta: Plans Internet service on its entire fleet of 330 domesticaircraft by summer 2009, starting with 75 by the end of the year. Northwest: Delta, which is buying Northwest, said it ...
Tales of Addiction, Anxiety, Ranting; Scientist, Counselor Recount Recent Turmoil in Anthrax Suspect's Life
Aug 06, 2008; ... Late last fall, Bruce E. Ivins was drinking a liter of vodka somenights, taking large doses of sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs,and typing out rambling e-mails into the early morning hours,according to a fellow scientist who helped him through this period. It was around the ...
On the Edge of His Seat; Tyler James Williams Says Bible-Based Series Is Action-Packed
Aug 06, 2008 ... LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS By Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins For ages 10-14 Based on the popular "Left Behind" series ofChristian books for adults, there are 40 titles in the kids'version, which has sold more than 10 million copies and beencollected into 12 sets. The story is ...
On the Edge of His Seat; Tyler James Williams Says Bible-Based Series Is Action-Packed
Aug 06, 2008; ... TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS, 15, has been acting since he was 4 andbegan appearing regularly on "Sesame Street." Among his roles, hestarred in the 2006 PG film "Unaccompanied Minors" and currentlyplays the title character in "Everybody Hates Chris," a TV showinspired by the childhood of ...
Scanning the Shelves
Aug 06, 2008; ... Scanning the Shelves "In the Days of Sand and Stars" by Marlee Pinsker connects thestories of eight women in the Bible, including Eve, Leah and Rachel.The book also has interesting art. For ages 9 to 13. "Emil and Karl" by Yankev Glatshteyn (translated by JeffreyShandler) is ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Aug 06, 2008 ... Scientists have identified the world's smallest snake: a reptileabout four inches long and as thin as spaghetti. The animal was found under a rock on the Caribbean island ofBarbados by biologist Blair Hedges of Pennsylvania State University.The snake is a dark brownish gray, with ...
For Mystics' Vaughn, Graduation Day Is Better Late; East Baltimore Product Beats the Odds at VCU And Gets Her Diploma
Aug 06, 2008; ... Ever since she started playing in middle school, Krystal Vaughn eagerly awaited the day when she would graduate from college as theleader of a Division I basketball team. But on May 17, when the restof her class walked across a stage at Virginia CommonwealthUniversity, Vaughn wasn't ...
A Junket That's Patently Enviable
Aug 06, 2008; ... Attention, Hill staffers: Washington summer getting to you?Thinking about how your boss has never taken you on a congressionaldelegation junket overseas? Beat the heat and conquer that lingeringresentment! Sign up now for a fabulous staff delegation (staffdel)trip to lovely Copenhagen, ...
The View From the Bike
Aug 06, 2008 ... From liking the flexibility to having a concerned husband, Iidentified word for word with Moira E. McLaughlin's piece on thejoys and perils of biking to work ["Bike Safety Hits Close to Home,"Health, July 29]. In particular, I share Ms. McLaughlin'sconsternation about the "us vs. them" ...