The Washington Post back issues from Saturday, August 9:
Edwards Admits He Had An Affair; Ex-Candidate Says He Didn't Father Baby With Campaign Worker
Aug 09, 2008; ... Former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted yesterdaythat he had an extramarital affair with a filmmaker working for hiscampaign and repeatedly lied about it, but he denied that hefathered her 5-month-old baby. Edwards said that he is "ashamed" of his conduct and that "it ...
Russian Air, Ground Forces Strike Georgia; Military Action Follows Georgian Offensive to Reassert Control Over Separatist South Ossetia
Aug 09, 2008; ... Russia launched airstrikes Friday deep inside Georgia andmobilized columns of tanks after Georgian forces embarked on a majoroffensive to reassert control over South Ossetia, a separatistprovince. Political leaders on both sides said that war had begun.The United States, an ally of ...
Around the World
Aug 09, 2008 ... sudan Sudan's former north-south foes have agreed on an administrationfor the disputed oil-producing Abyei region, where clashes this yearhad threatened to derail a 2005 peace accord, officials said Friday. After the fighting in May that killed scores of people and ...
MS-13 Leader Found Guilty in Md. Case; Racketeering Activities Included Murder
Aug 09, 2008; ... A reputed leader of the MS-13 street gang was found guiltyyesterday of participating in a murderous conspiracy that usedviolence and intimidation to entrench the gang's power in Maryland. Israel Palacios, 31, of Silver Spring is the latest MS-13 figureto be convicted in a sweeping ...
1 Killed, 2 Hurt As Car, Stolen ATV Crash After Chase
Aug 09, 2008; ... One person was killed and two others injured early yesterday whena Clinton man trying to avoid police drove a stolen ATV the wrongway down a busy Southern Maryland highway and collided with anoncoming car, authorities said. The all-terrain vehicle's driver, Aaron D. Williams, 24, ...
Killer of 2 Women In Flower Shop Gets Life in Prison
Aug 09, 2008; ... A young man convicted of brutally killing two elderly women in aSuitland flower shop in a robbery that netted $60 was sentencedyesterday to two terms of life in prison without parole plus 40years. Judge Michele D. Hotten of Prince George's County Circuit Courtimposed the sentence ...
Roddick Is Ready for Heat At Legg Mason
Aug 09, 2008 ... When training in Austin, Andy Roddick doesn't often practice inone of the four nearby indoor courts. He opts to practice outside,baking in the heat, to prepare for the summer hard-court season. A regimen like that has helped Roddick, the three-time anddefending Legg Mason Tennis ...
Nuptial Numbers; Aura of Luck (and Ease of Recall) Appeals to the Marriage-Minded
Aug 09, 2008; ... Hoa Nguyen will have no excuse for forgetting his weddinganniversary. Neither will Steven Dodd, Chris Holder, Yusuf Guler orany of the other grooms from around the Washington area who pickedyesterday -- 8/8/08 -- to tie the knot. Eight is considered a lucky number in China and ...
Companies Take Lead in Assimilation Efforts; Programs Aid Immigrant Workers [Correction 8/27/08]
Aug 09, 2008; ... Jose Trivelli, a graying engineer from Peru, spends his daysfixing Internet connections at a Tysons Corner hotel and hisevenings listening to a laptop computer program with cartooncharacters and a chirpy voice that helps him pronounce such phrasesas, "I'd like to open an account" and ...
Clemson Athletes Test Positive
Aug 09, 2008 ... An unidentified Clemson athlete tested positive for cocaine, theathletic department said yesterday. There were also four other positives for marijuana use among the654 tests for recreational drugs administered by the department fromJuly 1, 2007, through June. The school did ...
The Shortest Commute; Teleworking is a low-cost way to ease traffic in Virginia.
Aug 09, 2008 ... FOR ONCE, SOME good news about transportation has come out ofVirginia. Last month,Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) announced aninitiative to promote teleworking in his office and throughout thestate. Some 120 employees in the Cabinet and governor's office noware eligible to work from home ...
No. 21 WAKE FOREST
Aug 09, 2008 ... 2007 record 9-4, 5-3 ACC (defeated Connecticut, 24-10, in the Meineke CarCare Bowl) Returning Starters 5 offense, 9 defense Key Game vs. Clemson, Oct. 9 Alphonso Smith, senior cornerback Perhaps more of a player to hear, Smith ...
Chamberlain Expects to Return This Month
Aug 09, 2008 ... Joba Chamberlain plans to start a throwing program next week andexpects to rejoin the Yankees' rotation this month. Chamberlain was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesdaybecause of rotator cuff tendinitis in his pitching shoulder. Theright-hander saw orthopedist James Andrews ...
WINS Lee, Clev ... 15-2 NE ...
Aug 09, 2008 ... WINS Lee, Clev 15-2 NEXT: Tomorrow at Blue Jays SAVES F. Rodriguez, LA ...
McCain Paints Obama as a Tax Hound
Aug 09, 2008 ... THE AD Narrator: "Life in the spotlight must be grand, but for the restof us, times are tough. Obama voted to raise taxes on people makingjust $42,000. He promises more taxes on small business, seniors,your life savings, your family. Painful taxes, hard choices for yourbudget ....
Quotable "When a team is on ...
Aug 09, 2008 ... "When a team is on a bad roll as were the A's, you want to keepthem down. We just couldn't do that." Tigers starting P Kenny Rogers, who allowed four runs in seveninnings as Oakland ended its 10-game losing streak in Detroit Indians: Josh Barfield (sprained finger), who was ...
Bills Roster No.PlayerP ...
Aug 09, 2008 ... No.PlayerPos.Ht.Wt.3D.J. FitzpatrickP6-22065Trent EdwardsQB6-42317J.P. LosmanQB6-22128Brian MoormanP6-01729Rian LindellPK6-323310Gibran HamdanQB6-422011Roscoe ParrishWR5-917113SteveJohnsonWR6-220214Felton HugginsWR6-218615Jason JonesWR6-118216MattBakerQB6-221717Justin ...
Prince George's Police Clear Mayor, Family; Chief Offers No Apology for Drug Raid
Aug 09, 2008; ... Police said yesterday they have cleared Berwyn Heights MayorCheye Calvo and his family of any wrongdoing in connection with apackage of marijuana that police intercepted en route to his home,leading to a violent raid in which deputy sheriffs killed thefamily's two dogs. Prince ...
Stopping Russia; The U.S. and its allies must unite against Moscow's war on Georgia.
Aug 09, 2008 ... THE OUTBREAK of fighting between Russia and the former Sovietrepublic of Georgia was sudden but not surprising. Conflict has beenbrewing between Moscow and its tiny, pro-Western neighbor formonths. The flashpoints are two breakaway Georgian provinces,Abkhazia and South Ossetia -- the ...
Red Sox' Daisuke Matsuzaka VS. White Sox' Jose Contreras
Aug 09, 2008 ... vs. White Sox (career) BatterABHHRBBSOOBPSLGAVGA.J. Pierzynski32001.667.667.667NickSwisher32001.6671.000.667Carlos Quentin31001.333.667.333JoshFields20000.000.000.000Juan Uribe20001.000.000.000JermaineDye10010.500.000.000Paul Konerko10020.667.000.000JimThome10021.667.000.000vs ....
No Vacation From McCain's Attacks; GOP Campaign Launches Three Ads as Obama Heads for a Week in Hawaii
Aug 09, 2008; ... With Barack Obama stepping off the playing field for a week-longHawaiian vacation, John McCain's campaign released three new attackads yesterday, signaling that the senator from Arizona would use thevoid to continue pummeling the character of his rival for the WhiteHouse. Obama's ...
Holes in the Anthrax Case?; The nation and the FBI would benefit from an independent review of the investigation.
Aug 09, 2008 ... ON WEDNESDAY, the federal government made public much of its caseagainst accused anthrax killer Bruce E. Ivins. On Thursday andyesterday, scientists, reporters and others poked holes and raisedquestions about the FBI's case. On Monday, the attorney generalshould order an independent ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Friday's Games
Aug 09, 2008 ... HOME RUNS Dunn, Cin 32 Y'DAY: 0-4, 3 K TODAY: vs. Moehler 3-14, HR, 3 BB, 2 K RBI Howard, Phil 97 YESTERDAY: 0 ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 09, 2008 ... BATTING Bradley, Tex .320 YESTERDAY: DNP TODAY: vs. Cabrera 1-3, 1 BB HOME RUNS Quentin, Chi 30 YESTERDAY: ...
ERA Peavy, SD ... 2.59 YE ...
Aug 09, 2008 ... ERA Peavy, SD 2.59 YESTERDAY: Loss 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 K WINS Webb, Ari. ...
Prosecutors Clear Hatfill in Anthrax Case
Aug 09, 2008; ... Federal prosecutors yesterday officially "excluded" scientistSteven J. Hatfill from involvement in the deadly 2001 anthraxmailings, formally closing the door on a costly episode thatsidetracked the FBI's search for the real culprit for nearly fiveyears. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A ....
A Friend You Need
Aug 09, 2008 ... Angus Phillips's Aug. 3 Sports column, "How a Quiet AfternoonSail Can Give You That Sinking Feeling," sent a dangerous message toboaters and was an insult to Coast Guard men and women. Any prudent mariner should establish communications with theCoast Guard as soon as difficulties ...
The Vetting Of Hornsby
Aug 09, 2008 ... As a member of the Prince George's County Board of Education thathired Andre J. Hornsby as schools chief, I take strong issue withthe July 24 editorial "Justice for Mr. Hornsby," which asserted thatthe board did not exercise "due diligence" in investigating hisbackground. The ...
First Potomac Realty TrustTic ...
Aug 09, 2008 ... First Potomac Realty TrustTicker: FPO Headquarters:BethesdaSecond QuarterYear to DateFiscal year20082007% Chg20082007%ChgRevenue$30.4$29.6+2.8$60.6$58.5+3.5Funds fromoperations$13.1$10.4+26.0$25.0$20.1+24.2 pershare$0.53$0.42+26.2$1.00$0.80+25.0NOTE: Quarter ended June ...
Women Shortchanged The Aug. ...
Aug 09, 2008 ... Women Shortchanged The Aug. 3 Business article "Graduates' Job Hunts: MajorlyFrustrating" left me feeling majorly frustrated. None of the fourgraduates interviewed was a woman, despite the fact that womenreceive the majority of bachelor's and master's degrees in theUnited States ....
Credit Crisis Triggers Unprecedented U.S. Response
Aug 09, 2008; ... Since the credit crisis erupted a year ago, the Bushadministration has presided over one of the broadest expansions ofthe government into private lending in U.S. history, risking publicmoney to prop up financial firms both large and small. The administration has transformed federal ...
Critics Don't Get the Picture on Your Political Coverage
Aug 09, 2008 ... The Aug. 2 Free for All letter "A Bad Light," regarding CindyMcCain, was the second letter I've read recently chastising The Postfor publishing a photo that showed a political figure in asupposedly unflattering pose. The July 19 Free for All letter "NotHis Best Light" concerned President ...
For Chinese, A Long-Awaited Occasion of Hope and Pride
Aug 09, 2008; ... Hours before the first performers began entertaining the crowdFriday, a doctor from Sichuan province sat on the curb outside theiconic "Bird's Nest" stadium with his 7-year-old son, waiting to goin. He had no water, no umbrella to protect him from the sun; thosehad been banned for ...
A Spectacular Opening to the 29th Olympiad
Aug 09, 2008; ... They did it. After seven years of meticulous preparation, the Chinese openedthe 2008 Summer Olympics, celebrating 5,000 years of history andexulting in their newly recovered status as a world power. They didit with a smoothly choreographed extravaganza of fireworks andpageantry, ...
Iraq War Casualties
Aug 09, 2008 ... U.S. MILITARY CASUALTIES IN IRAQ As announced by the Pentagon as of Aug. 8; tallies may be incomplete because of lags in reporting.ALLIED MILITARYFATALITIESIRAQI CIVILIAN FATALITIES4,137 killed30,490 wounded314From Britain and other ...
Around the Nation
Aug 09, 2008 ... TRENTON, N.J. -- Former New Jersey governor James E. McGreevey(D) will not have to pay alimony to his ex-wife, a judge ruledFriday in granting the couple a divorce, four years after McGreeveyannounced that he was a "gay American." A superior court judge ruled that McGreevey must ...
Your Ode to Biking Had One Flaw
Aug 09, 2008 ... I'd like to offer an addendum to the fine Aug. 2 Style article"Cycling Back Around," which promoted the joys and benefits ofcommuting and doing errands by bike: Wear a helmet! I cannot emphasize it enough. This should have been repeatedthroughout the article, not just mentioned ...
FBI Apologizes to Post, Times; Phone Records Were Breached
Aug 09, 2008; ... FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III apologized to two newspapereditors yesterday for what he said was a recently uncovered breachof their reporters' phone records in the course of a nationalsecurity investigation nearly four years ago. Mueller called the top editors at The ...
BUSINESS BRIEFING
Aug 09, 2008 ... LEGAL Lance Poulsen, the founder of failed health-care financingcompany National Century Financial Enterprises, was sentenced to 10years in prison and ordered to pay a $17,500 fine for bribing awitness to testify at an upcoming corporate fraud trial. Poulsen goes on trial in ...
Cogent Shares Tumble On Weak Earnings Projection
Aug 09, 2008 ... Internet service provider Cogent Communications Group said itsloss narrowed in the second quarter as revenue grew 19 percent froma year ago. Cogent also sharply reduced its projections for theyear, sending its shares down almost 25 percent. District-based Cogent, which provides ...
The District
Aug 09, 2008 ... ON STAGE D.C. Comedy Fest: The Weird Show It's called "weird"because it is. Audience members will look at one another wonderingwhat's going on. There's not really any other word to describe theact of headliner Reggie Watts, a presence with a formidable 'fro whodishes an amalgam of ...
Bus Crash Kills 15 in Church Group
Aug 09, 2008 ... An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese American Catholicgroup on a pilgrimage skidded off a freeway in north Texas earlyFriday after an illegally treaded tire blew out, killing at least 15and injuring dozens, authorities said. The bus, carrying 55 people from Houston to ...
CORRECTIONS
Aug 09, 2008 ... An Aug. 8 article about ongoing court disputes over Ohio's votingmachines incorrectly said that the state filed a claim Thursday. Itwas filed Wednesday. In the Aug. 6 special section on the Summer Olympics, JamieSchroeder, a member of the men's rowing team, was listed as a ...
Clear Messages in a Colorful Show
Aug 09, 2008; ... In four years, London shouldn't even try to compete with thespectacle that Beijing bestowed upon our wondering eyes in theOpening Ceremonies. No democracy can or should invest the money andmanpower that went into this city-wide fireworks-spewing deificationof national pride, athletic ...
Birth Control Fears Addressed; HHS Chief Says Draft Rule Is Not Redefining Abortion
Aug 09, 2008; ... Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has denied thata controversial draft regulation would redefine common birth controlmethods as abortion and protect the rights of doctors and otherhealth-care workers who refuse to provide them. In a statement posted on his blog on ...
As Defaults Climb, Fannie Mae Posts $2.3 Billion Loss
Aug 09, 2008; ... Fannie Mae, a key source of support for the nation's strugglinghousing market, reported yesterday that its expenses fromforeclosures and bad loans rose 64.9 percent during the secondquarter and predicted deepening trouble ahead, heightening concernsthat the federal government may have to ...
Daily Gas Gauge
Aug 09, 2008 ... Average prices per gallon ...
In the Time of AIDS, A Nonstop Crusader; 'A Force of Nature' Takes on a Modern Scourge
Aug 09, 2008; ... She drags colleagues out of bed for 5 a.m. runs in Hanoi andBangkok. She touches down in Jamaica just long enough to deliver awedding toast after stops in Washington and Atlanta. Once, she evenquick-changed into a ball gown in the bathroom on the same day thatshe had flown from ...
Virgin Festival? Who Needs It?
Aug 09, 2008 ... The Virgin Mobile Festival kicks off today in Baltimore, but whatare we doing? Not going to Virgin Festival. Not everyone understands the appeal of the Foo Fighters. And tosome, Moby is the guy who recorded "Play." In 1999. We suspect others are in the same position, staying ...
3 Injured When Bottle Is Thrown Into Metrobus
Aug 09, 2008; ... Three people were injured last night when a bottle shatteredafter being thrown through the open window of a Metrobus inSoutheast Washington, a Metro spokeswoman said. Based on initial accounts, the bottle apparently broke afterstriking the head of a 51-year-old woman seated near ...
From Soda and Chips To Grocery Staples; Shoppers Turn to 7-Eleven, CVS to Beat High Gas Prices
Aug 09, 2008; ... Walk into Zulfiqar Ali's 7-Eleven in Arlington and you'll findthe standard stack of newspapers, rack of magazines and ATM in thefront of the store. And, lately, two red grocery baskets. Ali added them a few months ago after he noticed shoppers makingmultiple trips between the ...
Hatfill Timeline
Aug 09, 2008 ... Key dates involving Steven J. Hatfill and the anthraxinvestigation: September, October 2001: Anthrax is mailed to lawmakers onCapitol Hill and members of the news media in New York and Florida.Five people die and 17 others are sickened, including postal workersand others who came ...
UPSTAIRS AT BETHESDA ROW
Aug 09, 2008 ... 7131 Arlington Rd. Bethesda, Md. 20814 301-654-5529 APPLICATION FEE: $25 per applicant SECURITY DEPOSIT: $250, refundable LEASE TERM: 12 to 24 months UTILITIES: Not included AMENITIES: Lounge with big-screen TV, gym, public terrace ...
Just Upstairs From a World of Restaurants and Shopping
Aug 09, 2008; ... When most apartment-building managers talk about amenities, theymention dishwashers and washing machines, exercise rooms, partylounges. Upstairs at Bethesda Row, a new five-story building in downtownBethesda, has all those. But residents and staff say the biggestamenity of all ...
Barking Up the Wrong Trees
Aug 09, 2008 ... As a regular reader, I greatly appreciate The Post's reportingand involvement in the community, but I feel compelled to noteespecially poor reporting or editing ["K Street Becomes BranchAvenue," Metro, Aug. 1]. The three-line photo caption said that a 30-foot tree blocking ...
Maryland
Aug 09, 2008 ... CONCERT The Bluegrass Festival Joe and Margaret Built The Goddardfamily turned its St. Mary's County farm over to the annual L'ilMargaret's Bluegrass Festival exactly 20 years ago, inviting fans tocamp and eat home-cooked food at the festival (named for a daughterwho died at 21). Today, ...
CONCERT The Jonas Brothers Han ...
Aug 09, 2008 ... CONCERT The Jonas Brothers Hanson, oops, we mean the JonasBrothers, are a trio of young, conspicuously stylish mop-tops whofly above the crowd at the Teen Choice Awards, who star in "CampRock," who reduce girls to shrieking messes, who, like Miley Cyrus,have blanketed every medium so ...
Northern Virginia
Aug 09, 2008 ... FESTIVALS Asian Culture on the Courts Today and tomorrow on thetennis courts in Reston, the Thai Tennis Organization in Americahosts this blowout celebration of contemporary and traditional Asiancultures (including Korean, Thai, Chinese, Indian and many others),dance, food and oh, ...
School Program Puts Focus On Graduation, Not Grades
Aug 09, 2008; ... Bria Heard, 14, a rising sophomore in Prince William County, hada couple of options after she failed world history last year. Shecould retake the course over six weeks in summer school or duringthe next school year and try to improve her grade. Or, she could choose a fairly novel ...
Gymnastics Men
Aug 09, 2008 ... Qualification round When to ...
New Rule for Inaugural Parade; Plan to Open 70% of Route to Public Is Not Enough, Some Say
Aug 09, 2008; ... The National Park Service yesterday proposed rules that wouldexpand the space for the public and protesters along PennsylvaniaAvenue during inaugurations. The proposals followed a March federal court ruling that the parkservice had violated the First Amendment by keeping war ...
Adapted from a recent online ...
Aug 09, 2008; ... Adapted from a recent online discussion: Dear Carolyn: I'm being a baby. I turned 32 two weeks ago. Celebrated with myBF, figured I'd celebrate with friends separately, one-on-one overdinners, etc. (Last year he threw me a catered surprise party for25.) Tomorrow is a ...
At Sprint Cup Qualifying, Rain Again Wins the Day
Aug 09, 2008 ... Boris Said can't seem to buy a break at Watkins GlenInternational. Sprint Cup qualifying for the Centurion Boats at The Glen wascanceled yesterday because of rain at the storied road course inUpstate New York. That forced Said, who has to qualify because he'sraced only twice this ...
Week 777: Limerixicon 5
Aug 09, 2008 ... You needn't be Shakespeare or Thackeray To succeed in PR (known as "flackery"), But to feel yourself whole After selling your soul, You'll be wanting that after-work daiquiri. Some will see it as the annual anapestilence, but no matter: Aswe do every ...
Iraqi Cleric Vows to End Attacks If U.S. Agrees to Withdrawal Date
Aug 09, 2008; ... Anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will end all his movement'sattacks on U.S. troops if the United States agrees to a timetablefor withdrawal from Iraq, his chief spokesman said Friday. The spokesman, Salah al-Obaidi, said Sadr's paramilitary cellshave already been ordered to ...