The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, August 27:
Blog Talk
Aug 27, 2008 ... Here in Confab City, you can't swing a messenger bag withouthitting a blogger; the place is lousy with them. Hundreds arecredentialed; here's one worth clicking on. Your blog: VivirLatino.com, born Oct. 2005. ("It's VivirLatino,not VivirHispanic. I'm a Puerto Rican, and I separate ...
Brutal Budget Season For N.Va.; Fairfax Faces Gap Of $430 Million
Aug 27, 2008; ... Falling property values, rising fuel costs and stagnant sales taxreceipts are pushing Fairfax County and other local governments totheir worst budget crunch in nearly two decades, just as the newfiscal season gets underway. In Fairfax, Virginia's largest jobs center and one of ...
Mr. Obama and the Clintons; Beyond political differences, a legacy the Democratic nominee can build on
Aug 27, 2008 ... NO DOUBT, when Sen. Barack Obama pictured the ideal nominatingconvention, he did not cast his wife and himself as bookends forHillary and Bill Clinton. But that, at least from a schedulingperspective, is how things have turned out. Despite Mrs. Clinton'sstirring appeal for Democratic ...
Repairs on Bay Bridge to Disrupt Weekend Getaways
Aug 27, 2008; ... Emergency repairs to the eastbound span of the Chesapeake BayBridge, damaged in a fatal truck accident this month, could causemajor delays over the Labor Day weekend, Maryland transportationauthorities said yesterday. Bridge officials are closing one of two lanes on the ...
ACC COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULES
Aug 27, 2008 ... NOVEMBER 8 Northwood (Exh.)214 Bucknell 818 Youngstown State 821 Vermont827 Michigan State in Orlando728 Gonzaga/Okla. St. in OrlandoTBA30Old Spice Classic in Orlando TBA DECEMBER 3 Michigan (ACC-Big Ten) 7:30 7 GW at Verizon Center TBA12Delaware State 822 American 827 ...
Page-to-Stage New Play Festival
Aug 27, 2008 ... This Labor Day weekend, you can hike around Camp Ken Cen and hearreadings of new plays, either excerpted or in full, presented by 25area theater companies. And you won't even have to make lanyards! The seventh annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival is part ofthe Kennedy Center's ...
What Bugs Me -- News Flash
Aug 27, 2008 ... Radio and TV newscasters complain bitterly about how theirability to adequately cover the news is constrained by their timelimitations, then they spend a healthy chunk of the time they dohave on teasers for what is coming up. And when they finally getaround to the teased item, one learns ...
ERA Lincecum, SF ... 2.48 ...
Aug 27, 2008 ... ERA Lincecum, SF 2.48 NEXT: Tonight vs. Colorado WINS Webb, Ari. ...
Fairfax County Budget Gloom
Aug 27, 2008 ... Declining property values, prompted in part by the foreclosurecrisis, have contributed to Fairfax County's gloomy budget forecast. Foreclosure filings* Qtr. '06 '07 '08 1st ...
Burglaries, Larcenies Lift Fairfax Crime Rate
Aug 27, 2008; ... Crime in Fairfax County, which rose for the first time in sixyears in 2007, increased 12 percent in the first six months of thisyear, driven largely by big leaps in burglaries and larcenies,Fairfax police said yesterday. Property crimes make up the vast majority of raw numbers in ...
'Ace's' Reworked Flight Path; Musical Journeys to Signature Theatre for Complete Makeover
Aug 27, 2008; ... The musical "Ace" has taken a journey from the land of dreams tothe land of truth and been much transformed in the process. Earlierproductions of the show, in St. Louis, Cincinnati and San Diego,used dream sequences that some critics didn't like, and that composer Richard Oberacker ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 27, 2008 ... BATTING C. Jones, Atl .359 YESTERDAY: 1-5 TODAY: vs. Johnson, .500 OBP RBI Howard, Phil 108 YESTERDAY: 2 ...
Comstock's Defaults Darken Its Future; Reston Builder Seeks New Terms on Loans
Aug 27, 2008; ... Comstock Homebuilding of Reston has defaulted on severaldevelopment loans the company used to finance its projects duringthe years of the housing boom. The company is hoping to renegotiate the terms of its loans withseveral banks, but some analysts warned that the company's future ...
Former Soldier to Face Civilian Trial for Alleged Crimes in Iraq
Aug 27, 2008; ... A federal judge in Kentucky has upheld civilian charges against aformer 101st Airborne Division soldier accused in the sexual assaultof an Iraqi teenager and the slayings of her and her family. Steven Dale Green's attorneys challenged a law that allowed himto be indicted on ...
TRANSPORTATION Amtrak May Boo ...
Aug 27, 2008 ... TRANSPORTATION Amtrak may add cars to its Acela, the fastest U.S. passengertrain, and raise fares as ridership on the high-speed service nearscapacity, chief executive Alexander Kummant said. The Acela has drawn travelers seeking to avoid rising airlinefares and highway ...
Scanning the Shelves For a ...
Aug 27, 2008 ... Scanning the Shelves For a different type of adventure, try "Island of the BlueDolphins." Inspired by the true story of a 12-year-old NativeAmerican girl, this book by Scott O'Dell won the Newbery Medal in1961. Fifteen years later, during the nation's 200th birthday, ...
At age 26, JASON CAMPBELL is ...
Aug 27, 2008 ... At age 26, JASON CAMPBELL is about to start his fourth seasonwith the Washington Redskins. Last year the former Auburn Universitystar emerged as the regular starting quarterback for Washington,until a knee injury ...
Best Friends Forever; Jason Campbell Recalls His Dogged Companions
Aug 27, 2008 ... WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS By Wilson Rawls For ages 8-12 This is a fitting final entry for a summer bookclub that began with "Old Yeller." "Where the Red Fern Grows" is set in the Ozarks of Oklahomaduring the Great Depression that began in 1929. Ten-year-old ...
23-Year Veteran Charged With Theft, Falsifying Time Sheets
Aug 27, 2008; ... Federal prosecutors have charged a D.C. police officer withstealing more than $178,000 from the city by falsely claiming thatshe worked overtime to catch speeders. Karin Coppens, a 23-year D.C. police veteran, allegedly got theovertime by claiming she did extra work for the ...
Obama, Biden's Son Linked by Earmarks; Candidate Got Funding for Nursing Program
Aug 27, 2008; ... Sen. Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressionalearmarks for clients of the lobbyist son of his Democratic runningmate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, records show. Obamasucceeded in getting $192,000 for one of the clients, St. XavierUniversity in suburban ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Aug 27, 2008 ... REVENUE OFFICE A former D.C. tax office employee pleaded guilty yesterday to afraud charge in a scam that cost the D.C. government about $184,000,prosecutors said. Jacqueline Wright, 41, admitted using her position as a revenueofficer to steer fraudulent income tax refunds to ...
Former Bullet Duckworth Dead at 44
Aug 27, 2008 ... Former Washington Bullets center Kevin Duckworth died Mondaywhile on a trip to the Oregon Coast to host a free basketballclinic. He was 44. The cause of death was to be determined by amedical examiner. The 7-foot Duckworth spent 11 seasons in the NBA, helpingPortland reach the ...
Local Delegates From the Floor
Aug 27, 2008 ... Along with me and among the crowds of people pouring off planesinto Denver this week [were] four D.C. young people. Winners of acitywide voting rights-themed oratorical contest, the four presentedspeeches at the D.C. Democratic Party's State Convention last Mayand earned their trip to ...
Return Near For Rays' Longoria
Aug 27, 2008 ... Rays rookie 3B Evan Longoria will resume hitting this week as hecontinues a rehab program for a broken bone in his right wrist. The all-star expects to start throwing today and hitting withinthe next few days. He hopes to return early next week. "I still don't know how it's ...
Glennon Gets the Nod Over Taylor as Hokies' QB
Aug 27, 2008 ... Senior Sean Glennon will be Virginia Tech's starting quarterbackthis season, Coach Frank Beamer announced yesterday, creating thepossibility that sophomore Tyrod Taylor will redshirt this season. "They competed, they've both done well, they're both goodplayers, they both give you ...
Chris Cillizza
Aug 27, 2008; ... Like him or hate him -- and there are plenty of people in bothcategories -- Bill Clinton makes for great political theater. And so, even though the former president has been allotted only10 minutes of speaking time Wednesday night at the DemocraticNational Convention, his ...
Man Slain by Officer Wasn't Resisting, Son Says; Witnesses Challenge Police Account of Shooting in Langley Park
Aug 27, 2008; ... Manuel de Jesus Espina Jacome said he watched in horror two weeksago as a Prince George's County police officer beat his unarmed,unresisting father with a baton. Espina Jacome, speaking through anattorney, said his father was bloodied and struggling to stand bythe time the officer shot ...
Random Acts of Kindness
Aug 27, 2008 ... I was in the midst of my serene morning run through the city ofFalls Church when I came upon some big, pastel chalk graffiti smackdab on the W&OD trail. The words "Oh what a beautiful morning,"surrounded by happy graphics, were followed 50 yards later by "Ohwhat a beautiful day," and on ...
U.N. Farce; Diplomacy comforts the dictators of Burma.
Aug 27, 2008 ... IT HAS BEEN ALMOST a year since the world was stirred bythousands of Burmese monks and ordinary people taking to the streetsto demand freedom -- and being bloodily crushed by one of theworld's cruelest regimes. Governments everywhere proclaimed thatsuch violence and repression could ...
Bribery or Motivation?; Let's give cash incentives for D.C. middle school students a chance.
Aug 27, 2008 ... IN A PERFECT world, children clamor to go to school for the sheerexhilaration of learning. No one is ever late, homework is alwayscompleted on time, and everyone knows that success in the classroomcan mean success in life. A starkly different world exists for manyD.C. children, and too ...
English Will Be the Official Language of the LPGA Tour
Aug 27, 2008 ... The LPGA Tour boasts players from all over the world, and itwants all of them to speak English. The LPGA will require players to speak English starting in 2009,with players who have been LPGA members for two years facingsuspension if they can't pass an oral evaluation of English ...
Lynn Johnston's Drawn-Out Adieu to Cartooning; 'For Better or for Worse' Starts Over
Aug 27, 2008; ... Cartoonist Lynn Johnston can't bring herself to abandon herfictional family. For years, the "For Better or for Worse" creatormulled retirement, then lightened her workload by creatingflashbacks and repurposing the archives of her popular comic.Finally, she knew she needed to conclude the ...
Archbishop Disputes Pelosi's Statements; Abortion Comments Spur Swift Denial
Aug 27, 2008; ... Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl and several other U.S.bishops are disputing statements by House Speaker Nancy Pelosiduring a "Meet the Press" appearance about the Catholic Church'steachings on abortion. They say she misrepresented the church'slongstanding opposition to the ...
Unearthing Secrets of Colombia's Long War; Forensic Teams Track Victims 'Disappeared' by Death Squads
Aug 27, 2008; ... A team of forensic anthropologists painstakingly dug up thebodies -- two from the town's decaying mausoleum, others from themoist earth in the cemetery, a couple from a field nearby. Thepreferred method of death: a single gunshot to the head. One youngman had been beheaded, his skull ...
No. 3 Oklahoma
Aug 27, 2008 ... Last year's record: 11-3, 6-2 Big 12. Lost to W.Va., 48-28, inFiesta ...
Suicide Bombing in Volatile Iraqi Province Kills at Least 25
Aug 27, 2008; ... A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people in restive Diyalaprovince Tuesday in one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in weeks,officials said. The attack occurred in the city of Jalawla, in northern Diyala,at 10:30 a.m. when a man in a blue car packed with explosivesdetonated the ...
Around The World
Aug 27, 2008 ... sudan A man waving a knife hijacked a jetliner carrying about 100people, including Darfur officials, in Sudan's troubled Darfurregion Tuesday, forcing it to land at Kufra, a desert oasis inneighboring Libya, officials said. The Boeing 737 was commandeered after taking off ...
Brodsky Unbound
Aug 27, 2008; ... THE END OF THE JEWS By Adam Mansbach Spiegel & Grau. 310 pp. $23.95 In 1935, 15-year-old Tristan Brodsky, "the sum total of fivethousand years of Jewry," is "one week into City College, a mind onhim like a diamond cutter." That mind's about to be changed ...
Around the Nation
Aug 27, 2008 ... TOLEDO -- Jurors on Tuesday convicted a former nuclear plantengineer of hiding information from government regulators about theworst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor. Prosecutors said Andrew Siemaszko and two other workers lied in2001 so the Davis-Besse plant along Lake ...
Many Clinton Supporters Say Speech Didn't Heal Divisions
Aug 27, 2008; ... Hillary Rodham Clinton's most loyal delegates came to the PepsiCenter on Tuesday night looking for direction. They listened, rapt,to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the best she had everdelivered, hoping her words could somehow unwind a year of tensionin the Democratic Party. But ...
Scientists Report Further Shrinking of Arctic Ice; Area Is Close To All-Time Low [Correction 9/4/08]
Aug 27, 2008; ... Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the second-lowest level since record-keeping began three decades ago, a group of internationalresearchers determined yesterday, a revelation underscoring howrapidly climate change is transforming ecosystems in northernlatitudes. The extent of Arctic ...
NASA Images Show Gamma Ray Bursts Across Milky Way
Aug 27, 2008; ... NASA researchers yesterday released images collected by a newtelescope studying high-energy gamma rays. A combined image from 95hours of the telescope's initial observations showed bursts of gammarays glowing across the plane of the Milky Way. The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space ...
Power-Sector Emissions Of China To Top U.S.
Aug 27, 2008; ... The carbon emissions of China's electric power sector will jumpby about a third this year and surpass the total emissions of theU.S. electric power industry for the first time, according to areport by the Center for Global Development, a Washington-basedthink tank. The estimate, ...
A New Breed Of Hackers Tracks Online Acts of War; 'Hacktivists' Update Their Mission
Aug 27, 2008; ... Here in the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, a new breedof hackers is conducting digital espionage. They are among a growing number of investigators who monitor howtraffic is routed through countries, where Web sites are blocked and why it's all happening. Now they are ...
THE POST TOP 10TeamLS1. M ...
Aug 27, 2008 ... TeamLS1. Magruder (19-0)* 12. Gonzaga (19-2-4) 23. DeMatha (14-4-5) 54. River Hill (16-4) 85. Sidwell Friends (20-2-3) 36 ....
The World
Aug 27, 2008 ... Rising rivers in eastern India that swamped more land and homesyesterday have affected more than 2 million people, some of whomvented their anger by attacking officials trying to assess damage.Since the monsoon season began in June, torrential ...
GIRLS' SOCCER PREVIEW
Aug 27, 2008 ... Archbishop Spalding lost two players from last year's team thatlost in the IAAM A Conference semifinals to McDonogh, but they lefttwo very large holes. Now Spalding is looking to strike back withErica Page and sophomore goalkeeper Jocelyn McCoy. Former Spaldinggoalkeeper Karen Blocker ...
BOYS' SOCCER PREVIEW
Aug 27, 2008 ... Magruder's 2007 season will be a hard one to top: The Colonelswent 19-0, won the second state title in school history and nevertrailed an opponent. Magruder lost 37 goals in graduated All-MetsAlex Lee (Maryland) and Michael Lansing, but F-MF Ifiok Akpandakheads a team that will start as ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 27, 2008 ... BATTING Bradley, Tex .325 YESTERDAY: 0-1 TODAY: vs. Bannister, 1HR, 2AB HOME RUNS Quentin, Chi ...
Obama's Response Ad Reflects Lessons of 2004
Aug 27, 2008; ... Sen. Barack Obama's campaign and its allies, mindful of thelessons of the Swift boat attacks of 2004, have begun anaggressive, multi-pronged attack on an advertisement running inswing states that seeks to link the Democratic presidentialcandidate to former domestic terrorist William ...
Recruiting, With Unintended Consequences
Aug 27, 2008; ... Tucked away amid a huge array of media organizations at ajournalists' convention last month was a nondescript stall thateasily could have been missed among the many booths with moreinviting presentations. Those staffing booth number 1709 offered no chocolate kisses, keychains or ...
Flight Delays Caused by Computer Failure, FAA Says
Aug 27, 2008; ... The Federal Aviation Administration blamed a computer breakdownfor delaying hundreds of flights yesterday throughout the country,including Baltimore and Washington. The computer system, housed in a facility near Atlanta, failedshortly after 1:25 p.m., FAA officials said. The system ...
'Barack Obama Is My Candidate'; Clinton Urges Support, Calls for Party Unity
Aug 27, 2008; ... Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton roused the Democratic NationalConvention on Tuesday night with sharp criticism of Sen. John McCainand a full-throated endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama, her formerrival for the party's nomination, urging Democrats to put the longand bitter battle behind them ...
Indigenous: Native Sons Of the Allman Brothers
Aug 27, 2008 ... "Move over, Rover, let him take over," cracked a concertgoeroutside the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis on Monday night. He wasreferring to Mato Nanji, founder and leader of the Native Americanblues-rock band Indigenous. Fronting a tight, organ-powered quintetand demonstrating his great ...
Fannie, Freddie Rise On Citigroup Analysis; Both Could Absorb Losses This Year
Aug 27, 2008 ... Shares of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae rose after Citigroupanalysts said they have enough capital to last through the year andas the companies' pace of mortgage-related purchases slowed. Fannie advanced for a fourth day, climbing 43 cents, or 8.3percent, to $5.62 on the New York ...
Cavs Try to Keep Cool In Run-Up to USC Game
Aug 27, 2008; ... -- Classes started Tuesday at the University of Virginia, whichmeant thousands of opinions flooded the campus in anticipation ofSaturday's game against No. 3 Southern California. A noticeable buzz has preceded the date with the Trojans, a gamethat running back Cedric Peerman ...
Ready or Not, Crawford May Soon Resume Normalcy; Bushes' Proximity Brought Revenue, Lots of Protesters
Aug 27, 2008; ... These days, even protesters rarely visit this tiny town madefamous as President Bush's favorite vacation spot. Tourist traffic has slowed to a trickle. A cluster of storefrontsand the one blinking stoplight that make up downtown Crawford havebeen spruced up since Bush, then the ...
LEGAL Mattel Wins $100 Milli ...
Aug 27, 2008 ... LEGAL A federal jury awarded Mattel Inc. $100 million in damages in acopyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGAEntertainment, the maker of the popular Bratz dolls. MGA and its chief executive, Isaac Larian, were told to pay atotal of $90 million in three ...
Dive in Home Prices Sends Sales Up; Despite Gains, Reports Show National Housing Market Remains Weak
Aug 27, 2008; ... Home sales are up because prices have plunged in several parts ofthe country, according to three reports released yesterday. The reports, which measured different time periods and hometypes, indicate the housing malaise continues even though the salesrate is stabilizing and ...
ERA Lee, Clev ... 2.43 YE ...
Aug 27, 2008 ... ERA Lee, Clev 2.43 YESTERDAY: 2 ER 7.2 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 4 K WINS Lee, Clev ...
Key Rate May Rise, Fed Report Suggests; But Central Bank Doesn't Set a Timetable for Likely Increases
Aug 27, 2008; ... Even as they grappled with inflation worries, most FederalReserve officials at their August meeting didn't think the Fed's keyinterest rate was too low, given the harder-to-get credit conditionsstraining consumers and businesses alike. Documents released yesterday provided insight ...
Tempo Changes, but Not the Tune; Stoops Says No-Huddle Is More of a Tweak Than a Makeover
Aug 27, 2008; ... Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops doesn't want outsiders to get the wrongimpression. This isn't a half-baked reaction to a whim of suddendoubt. The Sooners' new no-huddle wrinkle represents a necessaryadjustment to enhance his program in a college football landscapethat suddenly finds itself too ...
An Emerging Cradle of Coaches
Aug 27, 2008; ... On the third floor of a hotel minutes from the University ofVirginia campus, Temple University Athletic Director Bill Bradshawwrote four words on a legal pad that would shape the future of hisfootball program: THIS IS OUR GUY Bradshaw penned the declaration while interviewing ...
All Aboard for the Senator; Joe Biden Was a Fixture on the Amtrak Line. Commuters and Crew Alike Are . . .
Aug 27, 2008; ... The strangest thing happened Monday morning at the train stationhere. "Joe came in here with a motorcade," says Daniel Thorpe, 44, acab driver at the Amtrak station. A motorcade? For ol' Joe?Everybody here is used to seeing Joe Biden by himself, on his way toand from the train ...
Poverty Rate Held Steady Last Year, Census Says
Aug 27, 2008; ... The nation's poverty rate held steady as median household incomeedged upward last year, according to annual census data releasedyesterday. The Census Bureau also reported that the number of peoplewithout health insurance decreased by more than 1 million people in2007. About 12.5 ...