The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, October 15:
Settling With North Korea; The Bush administration decides to hand its successor a diplomatic corpse rather than a crisis.
Oct 15, 2008 ... THE BEST argument for the Bush administration's latest deal withNorth Korea comes from those U.S. officials who don't try to pretendit represents a positive step toward the nuclear disarmament of thatStalinist state. After all, that's pretty hard to do. North Koreanominally accepted a ...
Key Allegations Against Terror Suspect Withdrawn; Justice Department Had Tied Guantanamo Detainee to Plot to Explode 'Dirty Bomb' in U.S.
Oct 15, 2008; ... The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn a series of allegationsmade in federal court that tie Binyam Mohammed, a British residentheld at Guantanamo Bay, to a plot to explode a radioactive "dirtybomb" in the United States, blow up apartment buildings here andrelease cyanide gas in ...
Around the World
Oct 15, 2008 ... syria Syria established diplomatic relations with Lebanon on Tuesday,ending six decades of nonrecognition of its neighbor's sovereignty. Relations between the two Arab nations have been lopsided sincethe 1970s, when Syria sent its army into Lebanon and retainedcontrol for ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Oct 15, 2008 ... IRELAND Waterford Crystal plans to cut most of its remaining workforce inIreland and produce the bulk of its hand-cut glassware overseas,employees and union representatives said. The Dublin firm declinedto discuss specific figures. Profits of Irish-produced, hand-cut crystal ...
DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor ...
Oct 15, 2008 ... DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor release 10/15/08 bc-stewart-bridge 10/15 TMS Original DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor release 10/15/08 THE BEST EXCUSE By FRANK STEWART Tribune Media Services South had an excuse for going down at today's game, but even thebest ...
1 in 4 Working Families Now Low-Wage, Report Finds
Oct 15, 2008; ... The ranks of low-wage working families increased by 350,000between 2002 and 2006, raising their numbers to nearly 9.6 million,or more than one in four of the nation's working families withchildren. The report by the Working Poor Families Project, an advocacygroup that analyzed ...
AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Oct 15, 2008 ... Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6* Game 7* When FridaySaturday MondayYesterdayTomorrow, 8:07Saturday, 4:37Sunday, 8:07Result/Site Red Sox, 2-0Rays, 9-8Rays, 9-1Rays, 13-4BostonSt. PetersburgSt.PetersburgRed ...
Grass Is Suddenly Greener on Browns' Side; Emphatic Defeat Of Giants Revives Preseason Hopes
Oct 15, 2008; ... It could have been a crossroads sort of day for the ClevelandBrowns and their coach, Romeo Crennel. Yesterday could have been a day when Crennel was left trying tosalvage a broken season, a day when he would have had to decidewhether to give up on quarterback Derek Anderson and ...
Debut Novelist Adiga Wins Booker Literary Prize
Oct 15, 2008 ... First-time novelist Aravind Adiga on Tuesday won the Man BookerPrize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, with"The White Tiger." The 33-year-old author from India is only the third debutnovelist to claim the award in the Booker's 40-year history and oneof its ...
Ortiz Seeks Opportunity At the Plate
Oct 15, 2008; ... -- Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz acknowledged the lingeringsoreness from a wrist injury that cost him 45 games this season,but he said his lack of run production in the middle of the team'slineup is more a function of lack of opportunity than of injury. "The problem is, ...
NATIONAL BRIEFING
Oct 15, 2008 ... MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS United Auto Workers President Ronald A. Gettelfinger said hewould oppose a merger between General Motors and Chrysler because itwould cost workers their jobs. The union president said the UAW has not had formal discussionswith either automaker about the ...
Apple Revamps Laptop Line; Low-End Model Below $1,000, Others Get Boost in Specs
Oct 15, 2008; ... Apple revamped its laptop line yesterday, just in time to takeadvantage of what is usually the computer industry's busiest time ofyear. The company's least expensive laptop, the white plastic MacBook,now costs $999 -- down from $1,099, the company announced at anevent thrown at ...
PAGE THREE : Random Acts
Oct 15, 2008 ... When someone is sick, hurt or in need, it's heartwarming whenpeople rally to their aid. I was a passenger on the Metro going to work in the morning rush.I was feeling a little weird, then realized I was about to pass out.I woke up not knowing how long I had been out with people in ...
Federal Budget Deficit At Record $454 Billion
Oct 15, 2008; ... The federal budget deficit soared to $454.8 billion in 2008 as ahousing collapse and efforts to combat the economic slowdown pushedthe tide of government red ink to the highest level in history. The Bush administration said yesterday that the deficit for thebudget year ended Sept ....
Goldman Sachs's Rich History
Oct 15, 2008; ... THE PARTNERSHIP The Making of Goldman Sachs By Charles D. Ellis Penguin Press. 729 pp. $37.95 Goldman, like McKinsey or Cravath or Madonna, is one of thosefabulously wealthy New York entities known by a single name.Goldman, of course, is Goldman Sachs, the ...
Rays Are Thinking Deep Thoughts; Tampa Bay Closes In on First World Series by Hammering Boston
Oct 15, 2008; ... Rays 13, Red Sox 4 -- For a full decade, Fenway Park stood as an ancient, gildedmonument to everything the Tampa Bay Rays could never possess andnever be. The history, the charm, the celebrity fans, thechampionship pennants, the packed stands, the money, the talent, theadoration ...
CORRECTIONS
Oct 15, 2008 ... An Oct. 14 Business article incorrectly described cutbacks atGeneral Motors as affecting three plants, including one in the stateof Wyoming. Two plants are affected, including a metal-stampingplant that is being closed in the town of Wyoming, Mich. An Oct. 10 Weekend review of "The ...
From the Start, Rays Grab the Advantage; With the exception of Game 2, which was decided in the 11th inning, starting pitching has been a deciding factor through four games of the ALCS.
Oct 15, 2008 ... Game 1: Red Sox, 2-0Game 2: Rays, 9-8RaysJamesIPHERScottIPHERStarterShields71/362Kazmir41/365 RedSoxDaisuke JoshStarterMatsuzaka 7 ...
The Economic Plans
Oct 15, 2008 ... Both presidential candidates announced new proposals to boosteconomic growth this week. A comparison of some key points: Sen. John McCain Reduce taxes on the first $50,000 of withdrawals from IRA and401(k) retirement accounts to 10 percent for the next two years.Currently, ...
Smaller Banks Resist Federal Cash Infusions
Oct 15, 2008; ... Community banking executives around the country responded withanger yesterday to the Bush administration's strategy of investing$250 billion in financial firms, saying they don't need the money,resent the intrusion and feel it's unfair to rescue companies fromtheir own ...
Va. Ruling Bolsters Breakaway Parishes; Former Episcopal Groups Organize
Oct 15, 2008; ... Five years after the consecration of an openly gay bishop,conservatives who have left the Episcopal Church have organized intoa cohesive movement, creating a de facto, if small, separateAnglican church in the United States. This month, the Diocese of Pittsburgh became the second ...
LOCAL BRIEFING
Oct 15, 2008 ... WALL STREET Learning Tree International said it has taken itself off themarket because of the financial crisis, which has made it difficultfor potential buyers to get credit. In May, the Reston company,which provides training materials and courses for informationtechnology, ...
Injured Kozlov Could Miss 2 Weeks
Oct 15, 2008; ... The Washington Capitals could be without first-line right wingViktor Kozlov for two weeks because of an injury, General ManagerGeorge McPhee said yesterday. Although the team has declined toprovide details of the injury, Kozlov appeared to hurt his left legin the second period of ...
Capitals Report
Oct 15, 2008 ... TimeOpponentTVTomorrow7:30at PittsburghCSNSaturday7vs.N.J.CSNTuesday9:30at CalgaryCSNALL GAMES ON WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) PERSONNEL DEPT. The ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Oct 15, 2008 ... U.s. DISTRICT COURT Two D.C. public school police officers said in federal courtyesterday that they solicited bribes from a businessman running aparking business on the grounds of Eastern High School in NortheastWashington, prosecutors said. Shawn B. Armstead and Shawn M ....
Canada's Harper Returned to Power As Prime Minister; But Conservatives Fall Short of Parliament Majority
Oct 15, 2008; ... Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was returned to power innational elections Tuesday, strengthening his Conservative Party'sposition in Parliament but still falling just short of an absolutemajority. The result seemed to guarantee another period of politicalinstability for ...
Kiosks to Obtain City Permits Open at NE Store
Oct 15, 2008; ... Mayor Adrian M. Fenty cut the ribbon to the District's newVirtual Permit Center at the Home Depot in Northeast Washingtonyesterday, describing it as part of the city's continued effort tostreamline a process that has vexed contractors and homeowners foryears. Before his visit was ...
The World
Oct 15, 2008 ... Health-care inequities can reduce life expectancy in poorercountries by 40 years compared with rich countries, a World HealthOrganization study has concluded. 58 million women giving birth this year will get no ...
Signaling a Shift to Europe's Path; President Describes 'Coordinated Plan for Action' on Banks
Oct 15, 2008; ... In announcing plans to partly nationalize nine major banksyesterday, President Bush found himself in the unusual position ofhaving to reassure Americans that he was not, in fact, opposed tocapitalism. "These measures are not intended to take over the free market butto preserve ...
Economic Hold 'Em; John McCain and Barack Obama keep upping the ante on stimulus proposals. But not every idea is a good bet.
Oct 15, 2008 ... WITH FINANCIAL calamity on Americans' minds, the presidentialnominees are engaged in something of a bidding war for voters: I'llsee your jobs tax credit and raise you a capital gains cut. It isunderstandable and, within limits, sensible to try to take somesteps to cushion the economic ...
High Court Won't Hear Death Row Appeal
Oct 15, 2008; ... The Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear an appeal by aGeorgia man facing execution for the 1989 murder of a policeofficer, declining to decide whether the death penalty should beruled out for a defendant who presents strong evidence of innocence. The order clears the way for ...
Dividends' End; Plugging the biggest hole in Treasury's financial rescue plan.
Oct 15, 2008 ... THE TREASURY Department's $250 billion capital injection for nineof the nation's largest financial institutions -- with more tofollow for other banks -- should help to ease the credit marketpanic that has prevented even blue-chip companies from financingtheir operations. Newly ...
Slowly Building Diversity In Construction Labor Force; Firms Are Starting to Hire More Black Workers in a Majority-Hispanic Field
Oct 15, 2008; ... Kyle Brown strode into the job-training class at Goodwill ofGreater Washington and smiled at the black men and women he wasabout to hire as part of his construction company's effort todiversify its mostly Latino workforce. In 1984, when Brown started at Miller & Long ...
Fairfax Orders Cost-Saving Steps, Proposes Furlough; County Executive Predicts $58.2 Million Shortfall
Oct 15, 2008; ... Fairfax County officials yesterday proposed a one-day furlough ofall county employees and ordered across-the-board program cuts and avirtual halt to hiring, capital spending, travel and vehiclereplacement as the nation's worsening economy continues to affectthe region's largest local ...
THE POST TOP 10; Boys' Soccer
Oct 15, 2008 ... Marriotts Ridge earned its biggest victory to date, knocking offdefending 2A champion River Hill, 3-1, and snapping the Hawks' 23-game unbeaten streak. Gonzaga (No. 10) and DeMatha (No. 17) remainamong the country's top squads in the National Soccer CoachesAssociation poll, and Episcopal ...
Council Affirms Special Taxing Districts; 5-4 Vote a Setback for Residents of Clarksburg Developments
Oct 15, 2008; ... The Montgomery County Council yesterday upheld a special tax forresidents of three Clarksburg developments, opening the way for thecounty to charge homeowners as much as $1,500 more a year for roads,green space, a library and other community features. The 5 to 4 vote to maintain ...
The Personnel Rules
Oct 15, 2008 ... The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 prohibited the followingpersonnel practices. 1. Illegally discriminate for or against any employee/applicant. 2. Solicit or consider improper employment recommendations. 3. Coerce an employee's political activity. 4 ....
State of Civil Service No Cause for Celebration
Oct 15, 2008; ... This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Civil Service ReformAct of 1978, but don't expect any gala celebrations. The Coalition for Effective Change, an organization of currentand retired federal managers and professionals, did hold a forum tomark the occasion yesterday, but it ...
Phone Threats to Immigrant Advocates Alleged
Oct 15, 2008; ... A 34-year-old Maryland man was arrested yesterday on charges ofmaking bomb threats against CASA of Maryland, an immigrant advocacygroup based in Silver Spring. Wesley J. Queen II of Pasadena turned himself in to MontgomeryCounty police and was being held on a $250,000 bond, ...
ESCAPE KEYS
Oct 15, 2008 ... GETTING THERE: Weekend fares from Washington airports toPittsburgh International start at about $200 round trip online;Southwest flies from BWI for about $170. Alternatively, the city isabout a five-hour drive from the Beltway via Interstate 70 and thePennsylvania ...
THE POST TOP 10; Girls' Soccer
Oct 15, 2008 ... Georgetown Visitation enters with an impressive 5-0 win overNational Cathedral, ousting NCS from the No. 6 spot. . . . GoodCounsel, previously No. 7, drops out with a loss to unranked St.Mary's Ryken. . . . Bowie reappears after defeating EleanorRoosevelt in a matchup of Prince ...
Fall Fest Lights A City; Pittsburgh Goes Artfully Offbeat
Oct 15, 2008; ... In 2004, the last time Pittsburgh threw an international artsfestival, 13,000 people huddled in the cold and dark to cheer"Titanic," in which a floating, singing German theater groupsubmerged its stage set in the Allegheny River. This summer, crowdsrisked heat exhaustion trailing after a ...
Training for a Lifetime for the Role of Pearl Bailey
Oct 15, 2008; ... Ever since singer-actress Roz White found out she shared abirthday (March 29) with Pearl Bailey, she's felt a kinship with thelegendary performer. "I thought, wow, we look alike . . . so Istarted reading her books and learning her quotes," White says.Bailey, who died in 1990, also spent ...
Loudoun County Veers Off Course in State Tournament
Oct 15, 2008; ... In the past three weeks, the Loudoun County golf team stunnedDulles District favorite Briar Woods to claim the district title,shocked host Western Albemarle with a two-stroke victory at the AAVirginia Region II tournament and made its first appearance in theVirginia state tournament in ...
In Gas Prices, A Silver Lining; Demand Dries Up as Economy Slows, Providing a Rare Spot of Relief
Oct 15, 2008; ... U.S. gasoline prices are tumbling because of uncertain economicprospects and sagging consumption, providing a small bit of goodnews for Americans in a month of financial turmoil. The nationwide average for regular-grade gasoline fell to $3.16 agallon, down 63 cents from a month ...
'View': Limited Horizon
Oct 15, 2008; ... So if, in a sense, we are all making ourselves up as we go along,how can we trust that we've gleaned the truth about anyone else? The playwright Daniel MacIvor asks us to ruminate on themysteries of what we permit the rest of the world to see in "ABeautiful View," a sedate little ...
Executive Pay Limits May Prove Minimal; Lawmakers Hail Plan, but Analysts Question Its Impact
Oct 15, 2008; ... With the nation's largest banks set to receive an unprecedentedinfusion of public funds, lawmakers boasted yesterday that the topexecutives will for the first time face federal limits on theirmultimillion-dollar pay packages. But outside analysts and the banksthemselves said the new ...
Around the Nation
Oct 15, 2008 ... ORLANDO -- The mother of a 3-year-old girl whose disappearancefour months ago has caused a media sensation was arrested Tuesdayand charged with killing her. A grand jury indicted Casey Anthony on charges of first-degreemurder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and ...
National Review Boots Buckley Son For Obama Boost
Oct 15, 2008; ... Christopher Buckley knew he was venturing into treacherousterritory when he endorsed Barack Obama: "It's a good thing my dearold mum and pup are no longer alive. They'd cut off my allowance,"he wrote. The penalty turned out to be more severe. William F. BuckleyJr.'s son said ...
In the Persian Gulf Region, Investors Relax a Little
Oct 15, 2008; ... It was, one investment broker said here Tuesday, occasion for acouple of beers, but not for popping open champagne. Arab and international financial leaders in Dubai, the dealmakinghub of the Arab Middle East, allowed themselves to relax a littleTuesday, voicing hope that the ...
Dear Carolyn: I'm getting m ...
Oct 15, 2008; ... Dear Carolyn: I'm getting married to a fantastic guy with a very tight-knitfamily that does EVERYTHING together. His sister and her 7-year-olddaughter are both in the wedding party. The bridal shower the sisterhelped plan is being held at a winery and includes ...
Hokies Double Up In the Backfield; Evans and Oglesby Take Over for Lewis
Oct 15, 2008; ... Darren Evans slightly crouched with his hands on his knees behindstarting quarterback Tyrod Taylor during Virginia Tech's practice onTuesday. Josh Oglesby, the No. 2 running back on the depth chart,replaced Evans on the next play. Nowhere to be found was KennyLewis, the former starter ...
Hoyas Expect to Pick Up the Pace This Season
Oct 15, 2008; ... With the departure of 7-foot-2 center Roy Hibbert, the mostprolific among an invaluable quartet of graduating seniors, thestyle of the Georgetown men's basketball team is likely to changethis season, Coach John Thompson III said yesterday. But to a man, the Hoyas' top returning ...
Armstrong Might Skip '09 Tour
Oct 15, 2008 ... Lance Armstrong has expressed doubts about racing in next year'sTour de France. The American, who agreed Monday to ride in next year's Girod'Italia, said in an interview yesterday in the Italian dailyGazzetta dello Sport that he may not go for an eighth Tour de Francetitle after ...
W. Bank Settlers' Rage Grows; Jews, Frustrated by Israeli Army Inaction, Press Attacks on Palestinians
Oct 15, 2008; ... Avi Ben Yakov is a soft-spoken Jewish settler who loves playingwith his young children in their red-roofed home in the hills aboveNablus, deep inside the West Bank. But when it comes to hisPalestinian neighbors, his tone hardens. "They will not be my neighbors if I do what I have ...
Japanese Stocks Notch 14% Gain
Oct 15, 2008; ... Feverish buying in Japan on Tuesday replaced last week's marketpanic as the benchmark Nikkei stock index posted its largest-everpercentage gain in a single day, up 14.2 percent. Stocks surged for a second day across much of Asia, and aregional index of stocks rose more than 9 ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Oct 15, 2008 ... Scientists in Europe are warning millions of young people thatthey could suffer permanent hearing loss if they listen to MP3players at too high a volume for too long. What's too long? More than five hours a week for five years,according to a study conducted for officials of the ...
Unsung Heroes Sew Up the Tough Cases
Oct 15, 2008; ... The victim was a size 4 from China by way of Wilmington, N.C. Shewas the kind of cute, flirty summer sweetheart who could bring asmile to your face. No one was smiling now. Someone would have to pay. "Here you can see the spillage pattern," says Chris Allsbrooks aswe both ...
Beware the Angry Wolverines
Oct 15, 2008; ... When the McCain campaign abruptly pulled out of Michigan twoweeks ago, some Obama aides and top Democrats in the state'scongressional delegation dismissed it as a ploy and argued that theGOP would be back in the state full time, big time. Indeed, since that stunning announcement ...
Fla. Congressman Denies Breaking Law as Report Alleges Affair
Oct 15, 2008 ... Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.), facing accusations he paid a formeraide to keep her quiet about an affair, admitted yesterday that hecaused "embarrassment and heartache" to his family but denied doinganything illegal. Mahoney did not directly address the alleged affair during a ...
From the Chief Justice, a Novel Dissent
Oct 15, 2008 ... The Supreme Court turns down most cases without comment, butyesterday Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. decided that hiscolleagues' agreement not to hear a Pennsylvania drug bust casedemanded a written dissent. And not just a routine dissent. Instead of employing the usualstaid ...
Turning Down False Information
Oct 15, 2008 ... The Fairfax Public Schools libraries acted wisely in declining toaccept donations of anti-gay books from Focus on the Family ["BannedBooks, Chapter 2," Metro, Oct. 3]. For many years, Focus on the Family and similar groups havepushed the notion that homosexuality is a disorder ...
In Maryland, A Threat to Freedom
Oct 15, 2008 ... I was stunned to read the Oct. 9 Metro article "ActivistsMislisted as Terrorists Are Blocked From Keeping Copies ofIntelligence Files," which reported that 53 nonviolent opponents ofthe death penalty and the Iraq war were labeled terrorists andplaced under surveillance by the Maryland ...
A Strong Record on Deportation
Oct 15, 2008 ... The Post continued an unfortunate pattern of selective reportingwith the Oct. 5 front-page article "ICE Slow to Deport Detained."The one-sided accounts of individual cases in this article werelikely to leave readers with an inaccurate impression of thedeportation process. ICE has ...
Playing With Fire at GOP Rallies?
Oct 15, 2008 ... A supporter of Sen. John McCain started to tell him during arally that she does not trust Sen. Barack Obama because he is an"Arab" ["McCain Moves to Soften the Tone at Rallies, if Not in Ads,"news story, Oct. 11]. Mr. McCain shook his head in disagreement andsaid, "No, ma'am, he's a ...