The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, August 13:
Md. Officials Confirm That Teen Started Bridge Crash
Aug 13, 2008; ... Maryland officials who oversee the Chesapeake Bay Bridgeyesterday defended their response to a fatal accident on Sunday thatsnarled traffic for miles and confirmed accounts that the crashbegan when a teen driver sideswiped a truck. In a news conference yesterday in Baltimore, ...
A Tropical Thrill, Just Past Baltimore; Sailboarding Close to Home? Mix Wind and Water, and Lean Back.
Aug 13, 2008; ... Grabbing a sailboard, leaning back and gliding across a sapphirebay -- on my list of vacation fantasies, this was a perennial. ButI'd always figured it would take a pricey trip to the Caribbean tomake it a reality. In fact, I was able to live the dream during a weekend ...
Legg Mason Classic
Aug 13, 2008 ... When: Through Sunday. Where: William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, 16th and Kennedystreets NW. Tickets: 202-721-9500. Today's Center Court Matches (play begins at 4 p.m.) Sonchat Ratiwatana/Sanchai Ratiwatana, Thailand, vs. Eric Butorac/James Cerretani, ...
Search and Replace; Congress needs to set the rules for how border agents can delve into travelers' laptops.
Aug 13, 2008 ... WHEN ATTEMPTING to enter or reenter the United States,noncitizens and citizens alike have become accustomed to all mannerof searches. Luggage is examined at international airports by agentslooking for illegal drugs, smuggled fruit, explosive devices andother forms of contraband. At the ...
NATIONAL BRIEFING
Aug 13, 2008 ... AGRICULTURE Farmers are on pace to produce the second-largest corn crop andfourth-largest soybean crop on record, the government reported. Inits first estimates this year based on field visits and farmersurveys, the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its estimate ofcorn ...
Round Two?; The economy is ailing, but another dose of stimulus might be the wrong medicine.
Aug 13, 2008 ... THOUGH STILL not technically in a recession, the U.S. economy ishardly booming. It grew at a rate of only 1.9 percent in the secondquarter, after growing a paltry nine-tenths of a percent in thefirst quarter -- and shrinking a tiny bit in the last quarter of2007, according to revised ...
Pillows and Planes; Yet another idea to separate you from your money
Aug 13, 2008 ... JETBLUE BUILT a reputation in the airline industry for offeringcustomers things that weren't available from its competitors. TheNew York-based carrier offered a brand-new fleet of planes withcomfy leather seats and live satellite television in the headrests.Sure, food had to be ...
D.C. Bike Sharing Kicks Into High Gear; Program Will Start in Full Today
Aug 13, 2008; ... Declare the District's urban-cool inferiority complex officiallyover. Today the city will join the ranks of Paris and Barcelona withthe launch of the first high-tech public bike-sharing program in theUnited States, forcing such cities as San Francisco and Chicago tolook here to ...
D.C. Jobs Agency Director Resigns; Fenty Takes Blame For Cost Overrun In Youth Program [Correction 8/27/08]
Aug 13, 2008; ... Mayor Adrian M. Fenty forced the resignation yesterday of a topaide in charge of the city's troubled summer youth jobs program,saying the administration accepts "full responsibility" for thewidespread problems that led to a $31 million cost overrun. Summer Spencer, who was hired ...
They Love Kevin Jonas! The Pop Critic, Not So Much.
Aug 13, 2008 ... The in-box of The Washington Post's pop music critic, J. Freedomdu Lac, was reduced to smoldering cinders yesterday, flamed by e-mails from readers angry at his characterization of Kevin Jonas,eldest of the chart-topping Jonas Brothers. In a profile of the pop group yesterday, du ...
Pretty Face and Voice Didn't Belong to Same Girl
Aug 13, 2008; ... The ponytailed girl in a red dress who sang "Ode to theMotherland" during Friday's Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics wasfit for the event, but apparently her voice was not. A Chinese government official acknowledged Tuesday that the girlwas actually lip-syncing at Beijing's ...
Ex-Congressman Ney, Jailed in Lobby Case, Set for Early Release
Aug 13, 2008; ... Robert W. Ney -- the former congressman now officially known asfederal prisoner No. 28882-016 -- will complete his sentenceFriday, less than two years after pleading guilty to corruptioncharges stemming from the investigation of now-imprisoned lobbyistJack Abramoff's dealings with ...
Deficit for July Exceeds Wall Street Prediction; Stimulus Checks, Bank Crisis Contributed
Aug 13, 2008; ... The federal budget deficit soared in July, pushed higher byeconomic stimulus payments and $15 billion in outlays to protectdepositors at failed banks. The Treasury Department reported that the deficit for Julytotaled $102.8 billion, nearly triple the $36.4 billion deficitrecorded ...
The Strain Of Making Waves
Aug 13, 2008; ... After a while this gold medal thing can wear on a guy, even onewith Michael Phelps's seemingly non-biodegradable constitution. Itsuddenly all seemed tiring, the cycle of eat-sleep-swim, the icebaths, the thousands of meters of warmups and warm-downs, theconstant carbo-loading. Phelps ...
Unabomber Objects to Newseum's Exhibit
Aug 13, 2008; ... Ted Kaczynski, the convicted "Unabomber," is upset that hisMontana cabin, where he was eventually captured, is part of adisplay at the Newseum. In a handwritten letter to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Courtof Appeals, Kaczynski said he objected to the Federal Bureau ...
Mr. Obama's Small-Business Tax Hike
Aug 13, 2008 ... Howard Kurtz wrote an analysis ["McCain Paints Obama as a TaxHound," Aug. 9] that dismissed claims, made in a campaign ad forSen. John McCain, that Sen. Barack Obama would raise taxes on smallbusiness. According to the latest Internal Revenue Service data, $706billion of ...
Scanning the Shelves Thirty ...
Aug 13, 2008 ... Scanning the Shelves Thirty years after the publication of "My Side of the Mountain,"Jean Craighead George rewarded her fans with an exciting sequel, "Onthe Far Side of the Mountain." (Asked why it took so long, she saidher mother found sequels "trashy," so she avoided them.) ...
GETTING THERE: Gunpowder Fall ...
Aug 13, 2008 ... GETTING THERE: Gunpowder Falls State Park is about 20 minutesfrom the Baltimore Beltway. Take Interstate 95 north to Exit 67A,bear right on the ramp and continue to Route 40 east. From Route 40,turn right at the first light, Ebenezer Road. Follow Ebenezer 4.5miles to Gunpowder Falls ...
A Time to Say No to the Banks
Aug 13, 2008 ... The Aug. 9 front-page story "Credit Crisis Triggers UnprecedentedU.S. Response" overlooked one clear action we could take tosafeguard our financial system: solidifying the separation betweenbanks and the critical commercial activity of Realtors. In late 2000, the Federal Reserve ...
Return Still Uncertain For Navy Quarterback
Aug 13, 2008 ... The athletic department at Navy says quarterback Kaipo-NoaKaheaku-Enhada underwent an MRI exam on his injured hamstringyesterday. Coach Ken Niumatalolo revealed the injury Monday night and wouldnot say when Kaheaku-Enhada might return to practice. Kaheaku-Enhada was injured ...
No. 17 ILLINOIS
Aug 13, 2008 ... 2007 record 9-4, 6-2 Big Ten (lost to Southern California, 49-17, in the RoseBowl) Returning Starters 7 offense, 6 defense Key Game vs. Missouri, Aug. 30 Vontae Davis, junior cornerback One of the nation's best cover cornerbacks, ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Aug 13, 2008 ... RETAIL Tesco, the world's No. 3 retailer, said it is entering India witha wholesale cash-and-carry business. The company plans to invest up to $114 million over the next twoyears. The wholesale outlets, which will be based in Mumbaiinitially, will sell products to small ...
Money to Be Had in Md.
Aug 13, 2008 ... I appreciate the Annapolis Notebook column poking a little fun atme ["Banking on Franchot," Metro, Aug. 10], but it's a shame thatthe joke came at the expense of thousands of Marylanders who stillhave no idea how to reclaim from the state money or other propertythat is rightfully theirs ....
Both Parties Now Ignoring McCain
Aug 13, 2008; ... The presidential campaign strategies these days are clear. Forthe Democrats, it's time to stop the bickering and rally roundBarack Obama, who dominates the Democratic National Committee's Website. On the Republican National Committee site, it's all Obama, allthe time, boosting ...
Keegan Theatre's New Season
Aug 13, 2008 ... The 11th season will open abroad with "One Flew Over the Cuckoo'sNest" in the troupe's 10th annual Ireland tour (Sept. 3-Oct. 4). Thesame show will then kick off the Washington season at Church StreetTheater. While the other Keeganites are in Ireland, the company'sbare-bones experimental ...
Leesburg Police Seek Masked Assailant; Man Enters Homes, Touches Women
Aug 13, 2008; ... A man wearing a black ski mask has assaulted women in theirLeesburg homes over the past three months, police said yesterday. In at least five cases, the man, dressed in black, entered thehomes, some in the Exeter and Kincaid Forest developments, throughunlocked doors, Leesburg ...
Longacre Lea's Latest: From Absurd to Magical
Aug 13, 2008; ... In a kind of tectonic shift for her Longacre Lea company,Kathleen Akerley has written a play, "Theories of the Sun," thatshe sees as "much more magical realism than absurdism." The new workruns through Sept. 7 at the Callan Theatre at Catholic University. Each summer the members ...
Into the Wild; Jeff Corwin Finds Inspiration in a Harrowing Story of Survival
Aug 13, 2008 ... MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN By Jean Craighead George For ages 9 to 12Many kids think about running away from home, butfew actually do it. Young Sam Gribley is different. He runs and runsand runs -- to New York's Catskill Mountains. Armed with only a penknife, a ball of ...
Feeling Jaded About The Olympic Green
Aug 13, 2008; ... If China gets the Olympics again in 100 years, when thepopulation of the country is 10 billion, at least officials won'thave to change the Olympic Green. This central heart of the Games,including the Bird's Nest, Water Cube, National Indoor Stadium,Fencing Hall and a central plaza as ...
Fewer Hours To Tailgate at Meadowlands
Aug 13, 2008 ... Fans heading to the Meadowlands Sports Complex can expect lesstime for tailgating under new rules regarding alcohol and fanbehavior. Parking lots for Giants Stadium, Izod Center and MeadowlandsRacetrack in East Rutherford, N.J., will open five hours beforeevents, instead of ...
Random Acts
Aug 13, 2008 ... Sometimes, simply saying thank you isn't as easy as you mightthink. It had been a rough week. As a minor landlord, times were hard,and people were behind in their payments. I had been out of town forseveral days, and badly needed to pick up the company mail. Returning from ...
Va. Court Grants First-Ever Innocence Writ
Aug 13, 2008; ... A Virginia man found guilty of illegally possessing a gun is thefirst person exonerated by a 2004 state law that allows convicts totry to prove their innocence by presenting new, non-DNA evidence toa court. The Virginia Court of Appeals yesterday granted a "Writ of ...
Around the World
Aug 13, 2008 ... philippines Fierce fighting between Muslim rebels and the Philippine militaryover the past three days has dealt a setback to a peace plan aimedat ending the world's longest-running insurgency and raised fears ofviolence spreading elsewhere in the southern Philippines. The ...
The Dead Ringer
Aug 13, 2008; ... THE LIKENESS By Tana French Viking. 466 pp. $25.95 Last year, Tana French published her first novel, a strong, longand Edgar Award-winning Irish mystery called "In the Woods." For"The Likeness," she has brought back detective Cassie Maddox andfashioned a plot that ...
Daily Gas Gauge
Aug 13, 2008 ... Average prices per gallon ...
Can McCain Use Advice Clinton Got on Obama?
Aug 13, 2008; ... If John McCain's campaign operatives were looking for strategicadvice for the fall campaign against Barack Obama, they could clickon the Atlantic Monthly's Web site. There they would find a raft ofmemos from Mark J. Penn, Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief strategist,outlining possible ways ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Aug 13, 2008 ... China did not allow a 7-year-old who won a competition to sing at Friday's opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing because she hascrooked teeth, the music director of the event admitted. Instead, officials chose a "cute" 9-year-old girl to appear atthe ceremonies and lip-sync to ...
Rebuilding an Air Force From The Ground Up; U.S. Spending Hundreds of Millions to Put Iraqi Pilots, Planes Back in Skies
Aug 13, 2008; ... Col. Abdul Karim Aziz, a fighter pilot who survived the warbetween Iraq and Iran during the 1980s, had all but given up hope offlying again when his mother told him in 2005 that it was time toget back in the air. "When the war began, I didn't think of coming back," said Aziz,49, ...
12 Killed In Clash At Protest In Kashmir; Indian Forces Open Fire On Crowds; Tensions Rise
Aug 13, 2008; ... At least 12 people were killed and more than 100 were injuredTuesday when Indian security forces fired into crowds of protesters,the latest escalation of violence stemming from a land dispute inthe Indian-administered part of Kashmir. Rising sectarian tensions between Kashmir's ...
An Exit Interview, From the Top
Aug 13, 2008; ... Linda Springer says good-bye today to the Office of PersonnelManagement. After three years as director of the agency, the accomplishedcellist has decided to play a new tune as executive director ofgovernment and public sector advisory services for Ernst & Young.She's come a long ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 13, 2008 ... BATTING C. Jones, Atl .370 Y'DAY: Did not play TODAY: vs. Marquis 4-6, 3 HR, .666 AVG HOME RUNS Dunn, Ari. ...
Firms Redirected Money Meant For Native Alaskans, Audit Finds
Aug 13, 2008; ... Two government contractors designated as small, Alaska-native-owned firms directed millions of dollars in fees to other companiesowned by managers who were not Alaska natives and should not havereceived the payments, according to an audit report by the Office ofInspector General at the ...
The World
Aug 13, 2008 ... The second season of Abu Dhabi's hit TV reality show "Prince ofPoets" will conclude when the grand finale airs live tomorrow. Wildly popular throughout the Arab world, the show requirescontestants to read -- or improvise -- their classical ...
Bank Failures Rise but Critics Say Not Fast Enough
Aug 13, 2008; ... First the borrowers. Now the banks. Federal and state regulators have closed eight banks this year,four since the start of July, as rising borrower defaults onresidential and commercial real estate loans start to push somelenders into default, too. There were no bank failures ...
Biotech Campaigns for Easier Access to Generic Drug Market; Richmond Firm Wants Congress to Revamp FDA Approval Process [Correction 8/27/ 08]
Aug 13, 2008; ... Geoffrey Allan has been giving Congress a lesson inbiotechnology. He's explained protein structures and how they work. He'sreviewed how drugs are absorbed into the body. If lawmakers understand the difference between chemical andbiologic drugs, Allan reasons, they'll be more ...
On Georgia Crisis, McCain's Tone Grows Sharper; Foreign Policy Experience Is Emphasized
Aug 13, 2008; ... Aides to Sen. John McCain were scrambling last Friday morning ashis plane was descending into Des Moines. Russia had escalated itsaggression in the bordering republic of Georgia, they toldreporters, and McCain wanted to seize the moment. On the ground in Iowa, advance men raced to ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING [Correction 8/19/08]
Aug 13, 2008 ... KING MEMORIAL The foundation building Washington's Martin Luther King Jr.Memorial said this week that work has started at the project site onthe Tidal Basin and that the foundation has received $4 million morein donations. The project also said the fundraising goal is being ...
JEFF CORWIN, best known as th ...
Aug 13, 2008 ... JEFF CORWIN, best known as the host of Animal Planet's "The JeffCorwin Experience," has worked to help endangered species andecosystems since he was a teenager in Massachusetts, where he stilllives ...
No. 3 Lopez Among the Early Exits
Aug 13, 2008; ... When it was over, Feliciano Lopez grabbed a red sports drink,picked up his extra sneakers and walked quickly off the court. Hemade his way through spectators and brushed past signature-seekers,signing only one autograph in mid-stride as the sun set yesterday onWilliam H.G. FitzGerald ...
Next week's Book Club guest: ...
Aug 13, 2008 ... Next week's Book Club guest: Astronaut Don ...
Woman Sentenced in Bribery Scam to Sell Driver's Licenses
Aug 13, 2008; ... A 35-year-old restaurant owner and mother of four children wassentenced to two years in federal prison yesterday for bribing aDistrict government employee as part of a scam that allowed dozensof people to illegally obtain D.C. driver's licenses. Gloria Gonzalez-Paz of Lanham, who ...
'Stop the Slide,' Says New Air Force Chief; Schwartz Is Blunt About Service's Failings
Aug 13, 2008; ... Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, who began his tenure as the 19th AirForce chief of staff yesterday, has taken a frank view of theservice's need to address recent failures concerning the security ofthe U.S. nuclear arsenal and acquisitions practices, telling seniorleaders in briefings that they ...
Red Sox Get Byrd From The Indians
Aug 13, 2008 ... The Red Sox acquired RHP Paul Byrd from Cleveland yesterday,hoping to boost a rotation hurt by an injury to RHP Tim Wakefieldand the struggles of RHP Clay Buchholz. The Red Sox will send either a player to be named or cash to theIndians. The 37-year-old Byrd is 7-10 with a ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 13, 2008 ... BATTING Damon, NY .322 Y'DAY: 3-6, RBI TODAY: vs. Slowey 2-4, 2 BB HOME RUNS Quentin, Chi 32 Y'DAY: Did ...
ERA Lee, Clev ... 2.45 NE ...
Aug 13, 2008 ... ERA Lee, Clev 2.45 NEXT: Friday vs. L.A. Angels WINS Lee, Clev 16-2 LAST: ...
ERA Peavy, SD ... 2.68 NE ...
Aug 13, 2008 ... ERA Peavy, SD 2.68 NEXT: Tomorrow vs. Milwaukee WINS Webb, Ari. ...
Justice Dept. Issues a Callback; Illegally Rejected Applicants Urged to Try for Open Jobs
Aug 13, 2008; ... Job applicants who were rejected by the Justice Departmentbecause of improper political considerations will be urged to applyfor open positions, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey told anaudience yesterday. Mukasey said that the hiring system at Justice had broken downand that ...
Quotable "The problem is we ...
Aug 13, 2008 ... "The problem is we're not winning. Not the teams in front of us.Nothing says we can't turn things around and win eight in a row." Yankees Manager Joe Girardi, whose team is in third place, behindthe Rays and Red Sox Athletics: Purchased the contract of IF Cliff ...
LOCAL BRIEFING
Aug 13, 2008 ... MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The Carlyle Group announced an agreement to sell its interest inU.S. steel pipe and tube manufacturer John Maneely Co. to Russia'sNovolipetsk Steel for $3.53 billion. The D.C. private equity firm purchased family-run JMC in March2006. The Beachwood, ...
For Artemev, Risk and Reward
Aug 13, 2008; ... As Sasha Artemev's hands walked over the pommel horse and hisruler-straight legs swung circles in the air, forming a dramaticbody-geometry over that dreaded horizontal plane called the floor,you waited for the awful moment. It was the moment Artemev hasexperienced often before, and one ...
Back in D.C., Roddick Off to Smooth Start; Other Top Seeds Struggle In Opening Round of Legg Mason Tournament
Aug 13, 2008; ... Andy Roddick arrived in Washington not unlike a Hollywood star,brimming with glamour and promising much glitz. He was the crowd favorite yesterday, attracting cheers of "Go,Andy!" "Come on, Andy!" as he controlled a second-set tiebreakeragainst Paraguay's Ramon Delgado. When a ...
Soccer Camp Coach Charged With Abuse Of 12-Year-Old Girl
Aug 13, 2008; ... Montgomery County police charged a soccer camp coach withsexually abusing a 12-year-old girl and said yesterday that theywant to hear from anyone with information about the suspect duringthe approximately 10 years he has run the camp. Juan J. Aranguri, 46, of the 5700 block of ...
Oil: A Pervasive Need
Aug 13, 2008 ... Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama should makeit clear to the American people that oil is utterly necessary forheating homes, producing pharmaceuticals and manufacturing plastics,in addition to its use in ...
PAGE THREE : What Bugs Me
Aug 13, 2008 ... I'm getting sick over the widespread misuse of "nauseous." If oneis nauseous, it means you are sickening or intellectually repulsive.People usually don't mean to describe themselves this way (well,maybe Paris Hilton); they mean nauseated. I hear nauseous misused onradio, television and ...
Police Turn to Secret Weapon: GPS Device
Aug 13, 2008; ... Someone was attacking women in Fairfax County and Alexandria,grabbing them from behind and sometimes punching and molesting thembefore running away. After logging 11 cases in six months, policefinally identified a suspect. David Lee Foltz Jr., who had served 17 years in prison for ...