The Washington Post back issues from Tuesday, November 11:
Deadline Nears for Banks as Treasury Program Progresses
Nov 11, 2008; ... Publicly traded banks have until Friday to apply for capitalinjections from the Treasury Department, and it will take "a fewmonths" for the government to invest all of the $250 billion thatwas set aside for preferred-stock investments in financial firms,according to the Treasury official ...
Week to Week, Big East Has Few Weak Links
Nov 11, 2008; ... It may not be sporting, but as the 2008-09 college basketballseason approaches, Connecticut Coach Jim Calhoun finds himselfwishing the Big East had a few more of what might be called bottomfeeders. Season ticket holders are sure to revel in the parade of NCAAtournament-worthy ...
Hope of Seeing President-Elect Draws Crowds And Cameras; Teens, Tourists Strive To Share the Moment
Nov 11, 2008; ... They craned their necks, held up cameras and pressed five deepagainst the White House fence across from Lafayette Park, hoping toglimpse their hero yesterday afternoon as he set foot in the iconicmansion for the first time as president-elect. Tourists from Ghana and Japan, students ...
The Future First Lady, Finding Her Home in History
Nov 11, 2008; ... After Michelle Obama crossed the threshold of her new homeyesterday to meet with its outgoing occupants, she was briefed onwhat would convey: certain pieces of furniture, the carpeting andthe drapes -- if these met her tastes -- and, of course, atremendous sense of history. Meeting ...
Lightning011 -- 2Capitals301 ...
Nov 11, 2008 ... Lightning011 -- 2Capitals301 -- 4 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Washington, Poti 2 (Brashear, Erskine), 8:20. 2,Washington, Green 5 (Ovechkin, Backstrom), 9:55. 3, Washington, Fehr1 (Laich, Steckel), 16:24. Penalties: None. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 4, Tampa Bay, ...
CAPITALS REPORT
Nov 11, 2008 ... TimeOpponentTVWednesday7 p.m.at CarolinaCSNFriday7 p.m.NewJerseyCSNSaturday7 p.m.at New JerseyCSN ALL GAMES ON WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) G Brent Johnson was named the NHL's third star for last week. Hewent 2-0-1 with a 1.63 goals against average and .953 ...
From Exile, The Voice of South Africa; Miriam Makeba, Heard but Not Seen
Nov 11, 2008; ... It was a time of ghosts in South Africa. Men and women who wereheroes in the anti-apartheid movement were banned. No picturesanywhere of Nelson Mandela, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba. You couldbe jailed for the offense. Children had to imagine them from storiestold by their parents ....
Coaches Poll 1. CONNECTICUT ...
Nov 11, 2008 ... 1. CONNECTICUT Perhaps only North Carolina enters the season with loftierexpectations nationally. The Huskies return five key players,including 7-foot-3 C Hasheem Thabeet, F Jeff Adrien and teamleader A.J. Price, who is healthy again after tearing an ACL in theHuskies' ...
Top 10 Players LUKE HARANGOD ...
Nov 11, 2008 ... LUKE HARANGODY Notre Dame, Jr., Forward, 6-8 Big East preseason player of the year HASHEEM THABEET Connecticut, Jr., Center, 7-3 League's top defender blocked 4.5 shots per game JEFF ADRIEN Connecticut, Sr., Forward., 6-7 Part of an ...
On the Web
Nov 11, 2008 ... Coming soon from washingtonpost.com: a new college basketballpage ...
Bison-Beavers Opener To Get Extra Attention
Nov 11, 2008; ... The Howard University men's basketball team is preparing for aseason opener unlike any in the history of the program. Inside Burr Gymnasium on Friday night, a few thousand spectatorswill be less interested in watching the Howard-Oregon State gamethan they will be in watching who ...
Georgetown Roster
Nov 11, 2008 ... No.Pos.NameYr.Ht.20GJason ClarkFr.6-215GAustin FreemanSo.6-411FBryon JansenSr.6-65FNikita MescheriakovSo.6-810CGreg ...
Georgetown Schedule
Nov 11, 2008 ... DateOpponentTimeNov. 17Jacksonville7:30Nov. 22Drexel1 Nov.27Wichita St.*2 Nov. 28TBA*TBANov. 30TBA*TBADec. 6American1 Dec.8Savannah St.7:30 Dec. 13Memphis2 Dec. 20Mt. St. Mary's1 Dec. 23Fla.Int.7:30 Dec. 29at Connecticut7 Jan. 3PittsburghNoonJan. 5at NotreDame7 Jan. 10Providence1 Jan ....
DNC Chief Dean to Step Down; Move Would Clear Way for Appointment of an Obama Loyalist
Nov 11, 2008; ... Former Vermont governor Howard Dean will not seek a second termas chairman of the Democratic National Committee, a committeespokeswoman said yesterday, clearing the way for a loyalist ofPresident-elect Barack Obama to be named to the soon-to-be-vacantpost. "Governor Dean has been ...
Fannie Mae Lost $29 Billion In Third Quarter
Nov 11, 2008; ... Fannie Mae, the District-based mortgage finance giant taken overby the government in September, yesterday reported a loss of $29billion ($13 a share). That compared with a loss of $1.4 billion($1.56) in the corresponding period in 2007. Most of the loss -- $21.4 billion -- ...
Struggling Economy Puts Colleges in a Tight Spot
Nov 11, 2008; ... The economic crisis hit home at Frostburg State University quitesuddenly, just as students were arriving for the start of the schoolyear: A lender told financial aid director Angie Hovatter on Aug. 25that it would not have money for about 200 student loans -- moneyshe thought they were ...
Government Again Expands AIG Rescue Plan
Nov 11, 2008; ... The federal government announced a new, more expensive rescueyesterday of American International Group, becoming more enmeshed inthe troubled insurance giant's business, as the company disclosedmassive losses over the past three months. The plan expands the current government ...
Circuit City Files for Chapter 11 Protection; Credit Hard to Come by as Sales Drop, Stores Close
Nov 11, 2008; ... Circuit City Stores, the nation's second-largest consumerelectronics retailer, said yesterday that tightened credit andrapidly declining consumer spending have forced it to file forbankruptcy protection, underscoring the perils facing retailers asthey head into the crucial holiday season ...
NATIONAL BRIEFING
Nov 11, 2008 ... SHIPPING DHL said it would significantly reduce its air and groundoperations in the United States and cut 9,500 jobs within thecountry. It said it would discontinue U.S. domestic-only air andground products on Jan. 30 to focus entirely on its internationalofferings. The decision ...
Ask, and Voters Just Might Provide Answers
Nov 11, 2008; ... From Marc Fisher's blog, Raw Fisher L ast week's elections provided some answers to the sevenquestions I posed on election morning. 1. Is a hard-core appeal to social conservatives no longer a pathto victory for Virginia's Republican Party? The GOP's future looks ...
Citigroup Plans to Ease Mortgage Terms for At-Risk Borrowers
Nov 11, 2008; ... Citigroup plans to announce today that it is launching a mortgage-modification program for 500,000 at-risk borrowers in regions facingrising unemployment rates and steep declines in home values. It comes as a group of lenders is separately preparing a plan tomore quickly modify ...
Obama Asks Bush to Back Rescue of Automakers; Democrats Draft Bailout Expansion
Nov 11, 2008; ... President-elect Barack Obama yesterday urged President Bush tosupport immediate aid for struggling automakers and back a newstimulus package, even as congressional Democrats began draftinglegislation to give the Detroit automakers quick access to $25billion by adding them to the Treasury ...
Fannie, AIG Struggling After Federal Takeover; Firms Report Massive Losses, Cite Shortcomings of Rescue
Nov 11, 2008; ... Two months after the government began taking over ailingfinancial companies, the two largest efforts have failed to go asplanned, with the firms complaining that federal officials setoverly strict terms and took other unhelpful rescue measures. Fannie Mae yesterday reported a $29 ...
Veterans Day; Lighting a candle for those who answer the call each time the guns fire once again.
Nov 11, 2008 ... ON THIS DAY 90 years ago, "the monstrous anger of the guns," inthe words of the British war poet Wilfred Owen, was finally sated -- but only for a time. It was on Nov. 11, 1918, that the mostdestructive war yet fought in modern history ended by mutualagreement, with the guns still ...
Clemency for the Norfolk Four; It's time for Gov. Kaine to act.
Nov 11, 2008 ... THE TIME has come for Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) to acton a clemency petition filed by four Navy sailors known as theNorfolk Four. The sailors -- Derek E. Tice, Joseph Dick Jr., Danial J.Williams and Eric C. Wilson -- were convicted of the 1997 rape andmurder of ...
Estonia Choir Performs Sounds of Its People
Nov 11, 2008 ... On Sunday afternoon, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choirmade a stop at the Clarice Smith Center on its North American tour.The program highlighted the music of living Estonian composers, oneof this esteemed choir's specialties. "Requiem," Erkki-Sven Tuur's memorial to ...
Rush Job; France's president issues his demands for the coming economic summit.
Nov 11, 2008 ... PRESIDENT NICOLAS Sarkozy of France is in a hurry. With theglobal economy in crisis, and his own tenure as temporary head ofthe European Union expiring at year's end, he wants multilateralaction to fix the financial system, and he wants it now -- or atleast not later than Nov. 15, when ...
Capitals Win in Kolzig's Return; Ex-Washington Goalie Surrenders Scores on First Two Shots
Nov 11, 2008; ... Capitals 4, Lightning 2 A near capacity crowd stood and cheered as a video tribute toOlie Kolzig played above center ice. The object of their adulation,though, was in no mood to toast his time in Washington. Kolzig, making his first appearance at Verizon Center sincesigning ...
The Cowboys Reeled Without Their Star QB. But Saving Their Season Isn't All About . . .
Nov 11, 2008; ... The quality of the football played by the Dallas Cowboys thisseason has ranged from terrific to pitiable. But the one constantabout them is that they have been interesting to watch at everypoint along the way. And now, as they welcome back quarterback Tony Romo and prepareto try ...
Hokies' Glennon Won't Let Himself Fade Away Quietly
Nov 11, 2008; ... Sean Glennon analyzed what occurred behind him, considered whatappeared in front of him and concluded during the days leading up toVirginia Tech's victory over Maryland on Thursday that onlyunfathomable pain would prevent him from playing against theTerrapins. Despite a foot ...
Missing Ingredient
Nov 11, 2008 ... The Cowboys' offensive numbers plummeted without Tony Romo. Will they go ...
The World
Nov 11, 2008 ... European fishermen may see fishing quotas cut by as much as 25percent next year. The European Union, which has announced proposednew regulations, says that 88 percent of European fish stocks areoverexploited ...
Around the World
Nov 11, 2008 ... european union The European Union decided Monday to resume major economic andpolitical negotiations with Moscow that were frozen after theRussian invasion of Georgia. E.U. foreign ministers overruled objections from Lithuania, whichaccused Russia of continuing to violate the ...
Brown Warns Against Protectionism; In Apparent Message to Obama, British Premier Says Practice Leads to Recession
Nov 11, 2008; ... Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday warned that tradeprotectionism would worsen the global financial crisis, a remarkwidely perceived as aimed at U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. In a speech lauding the "global power of nations workingtogether," Brown called for "rejection of ...
The Long March of Time; A Bataan Survivor Ends One Journey And Begins Another [Correction 11/26/08]
Nov 11, 2008; ... It ends today. The last commander is tired. His old Army pals are worn out.They're sick, they're bent with age, they're disappearing from thisEarth. So Lester Tenney, the 88-year-old commander of a dwindling groupof Bataan Death March and Japanese prison camp survivors, ...
Racism Rears Its Head in European Remarks on Obama; Some Public Figures Display Open Scorn
Nov 11, 2008; ... Europe erupted in cheers to celebrate Barack Obama's election aspresident, but the continent is seeing its share of insensitiveracial blunders, too. Over the past week, a number of European lawmakers andjournalists have made foot-in-mouth comments regarding America'sblack ...
Adapted from a recent online ...
Nov 11, 2008; ... Adapted from a recent online discussion: Re: Guy Resenting His Wife (continued from yesterday): I don't blame her for his being in a sexually unsatisfyingmarriage. He knew the deal when he married her, and married heranyway, who knows why? She's not changing, so he ...
American Express to Convert To Bank Holding Company
Nov 11, 2008; ... The Federal Reserve yesterday granted a request by AmericanExpress to become a bank holding company, opening the door for thecredit card giant to accept deposits and permanently accessfinancing from the Fed. The approval represented the latest reshaping of the financialservices ...
National Treasures: ArcoVoce Chamber Ensemble's All-American Sampler
Nov 11, 2008 ... One of the hallmarks of ArcoVoce Chamber Ensemble programs is acarefully thought- out structure. The group's concert at thePhillips Collection on Sunday featured music by American composers,all written within the last 25 years and determinedly mainstream.The influence of ...
LOCAL BRIEFING
Nov 11, 2008 ... CREDIT Gannett's credit rating was lowered two levels by Moody'sInvestors Service, which said cost-cutting at the McLean companyprobably won't be enough to offset a revenue decline next year. The new Baa2 rating, which is two steps above non-investmentgrade, affects $2.9 ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Nov 11, 2008 ... BANKING HSBC Holdings said it wrote down the value of its assets by $4.9billion in the third quarter as the cost of bad loans in the UnitedStates continued to mount and the credit market faltered. The bank's big holdings of U.S. subprime mortgage debt cost HBSC$4.3 billion ...
CORRECTIONS
Nov 11, 2008 ... A Nov. 10 Style review of a Los Angeles concert by Van Morrisonmisidentified one of the musicians in his band. The bass player wasDavid Hayes, not Richard Davis. A graphic with a Nov. 10 Washington Business article about aslowdown in local retail development should have explained ...
Around the Nation
Nov 11, 2008 ... A federal judge ruled Monday against the Bush administration in acourt battle over the White House's problem-plagued e-mail system. U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy said Citizens forResponsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National SecurityArchive may pursue their case as ...
EARNINGS Figures in millions (except per-share figures)
Nov 11, 2008 ... Allied Capital Corp.Ticker: ALD Headquarters: WashingtonThirdQuarterYear to DateFiscal year20082007% Chg20082007%ChgRevenue$120.7$118.4+1.9$400.2$344.0+16.3Profit-$318.3-$96.5 -- -$461.2$125.8 -- Earnings per share-$1.78-$0.63 -- -$2.70$0.81 -- NOTE: Quarter ended Sept. 30 ....
Legality of Same-Sex Marriage Ban Challenged
Nov 11, 2008; ... The future of same-sex marriage in the Golden State will rest,once again, in the hands of its highest court. But this time, itsfate will hinge on a different question: Can a state constitutionalban on same-sex marriage go before voters? Or must it go before thelegislature ...
Cause of Trainee's Death Still Unclear; Emergency Medical Technician 'Loved What She Did'
Nov 11, 2008; ... A Dale City emergency medical technician who died Sunday whiletraining to become a firefighter was wearing full firefighter gearand breathing from an air tank when she collapsed during anexercise, but there is still no official word on what caused herdeath, fire officials and family said ...
Aloha State Moves to the A-List; Obama's Birthplace Sees Rush for Tickets To Inaugural Ball
Nov 11, 2008; ... Forget the cowboy hat. Throw on a lei. The Hawaii State Society Inaugural Ball -- the first one ever -- is suddenly the hottest ticket in town, replacing the Texas BlackTie and Boots ball that reigned for the past two inaugurations. And there are no more tickets. The Jan ....
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Nov 11, 2008 ... SUPERIOR COURT A D.C. Superior Court jury heard opening statements yesterday inthe trial of a Phoenix man charged with setting fire to a strip clubafter being ejected for photographing a female dancer. Vasile Graure, 38, is charged with assault with intent to killwith ...
Spending Freeze Added To Cuts; Activists Decry Effect on Poor
Nov 11, 2008; ... The D.C. Council voted yesterday to slash the District's budgetby more than $130 million and freeze an additional $46 million asthe mayor, housing advocates and members of the clergy warned thatthe city's most vulnerable residents will be disproportionatelyaffected. Council ...
Judge Delays Decision on Removing Life Support
Nov 11, 2008; ... A judge heard arguments yesterday in the case of a 12-year-oldboy who was declared dead by Children's National Medical Center, buthe held off making a decision until he can hear from the family andmedical experts Thursday. The parents of Motl Brody, who remains in the ...
Shrill, Baby, Shrill
Nov 11, 2008; ... THE TYRANNY OF OIL The World's Most Powerful Industry -- and What We Must Do toStop It By Antonia Juhasz Morrow. 468 pp. $26.95 Big Oil -- the half-dozen biggest publicly traded energyproducers on Earth -- has spent more than a century ravaging ...
Rookies of the Year: Rays' Longoria, Cubs' Soto Are Runaway Choices
Nov 11, 2008 ... Evan Longoria won the American League rookie of the year awardyesterday by unanimous vote, and Geovany Soto ran away with the NLhonor. Following a season of breakthroughs for the AL champion Rays,Longoria became the first Tampa Bay player to win a national awardfrom the ...
Bombing Shows Fragility of Iraq's Security Gains; Attack in Baghdad Leaves 28 Dead
Nov 11, 2008; ... For years, as car bombs rocked Baghdad, a wall of three-foot-high concrete barriers closed off the road next to Imad Karim'srestaurant in a northern district. Walls define much of this historic city -- slabs of concreteerected by U.S. soldiers or residents that have turned ...
A Himalayan Mission to Bring Closure to Kin of WWII Troops; Arizonan Scales Peaks, Combs Forests to Find U.S. Plane Wrecks
Nov 11, 2008; ... After trekking for five hours up steep Himalayan slopes, crossingnumerous creeks and hacking a trail through bamboo forests, ClaytonKuhles and his guide reached the spot where a U.S. military planehad fallen more than six decades ago. Out of breath and sweating, he rummaged through ...
Presidential Child's Play; 2 New 'First Kids' Are on the Way. Read What It's Like to Grow Up in the White House.
Nov 11, 2008 ... There are going to be kids in the White House again! The Obama sisters -- Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7 -- will bemoving in right after their dad, Barack Obama, is sworn in as thepresident on January 20. He and their mother, Michelle, promisedthem a puppy, so there will be a new ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Nov 11, 2008 ... If you have been collecting state quarters, be on the lookout forNo. 50. The 50th state in the union, Hawaii, unveiled its quarteryesterday. Like all quarters, the front features George Washington. On theback is Hawaii's King Kamehameha (pronounced Kah-MAY-ha-MAY-ha), ...
SPEAK OUT
Nov 11, 2008 ... THIS WEEK'S TOPIC It might be fun to live in the White House, but there would bedownsides, too. Imagine having Secret Service agents watching youall the time. Go to www.kidspost.com and vote: Would you like to live in the White House? A. Absolutely. B. No ...
Veteran Recounts Battles, Both Past and Ongoing
Nov 11, 2008; ... A perfect wind blew at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday, acrisp breeze that caused the flags to flutter cinematically. Tourists walked about, taking in the grid of gravestones throughthe eyepieces of their camcorders. Teenagers hunched their shouldersand thrust their hands ...
Herndon Man Admits Stealing From Homeowners Associations
Nov 11, 2008; ... A Herndon man who helped manage 400 homeowners associations inNorthern Virginia admitted yesterday that he stole about $3 millionfrom those associations over four years and failed to pay more than$775,000 in income taxes during that period. Jeffrey S. Koger, 39, was the chief ...
Less Room for Breakthrough Ideas
Nov 11, 2008; ... President-elect Barack Obama is currently mulling one of thelargest legislative agendas in modern history. He promised it, andthe public expects it. But if the past is prologue, his agenda islikely to be one of the smallest since the 1960s. Obama's problem in going big is not just ...
In a New Administration, Some Brand-New Jobs?
Nov 11, 2008; ... The intense competition among Democrats for top jobs in theincoming Obama administration assumes there are a fixed number ofposts worth having. But it's looking likely that some extremelychoice, even consequential, positions are going to be created by thenew administration. For ...
Smells Like Media Bias
Nov 11, 2008 ... Regarding ombudsman Deborah Howell's Nov. 9 column, "An ObamaTilt in Campaign Coverage": I am proud of my country for electing its first black president,but it is a bittersweet pride. What detract from the moment aremedia that, in their zeal to get Sen. Barack Obama elected ...
Bumper-Sticker Bitterness
Nov 11, 2008 ... While driving home yesterday in Loudoun County, I pulled up at astoplight next to a vehicle with at least three McCain-Palin bumperstickers. When the light turned green, I drove ahead. The otherdriver must have seen my Obama-Biden sticker, because sheimmediately sped up and pulled ...
A Life-or-Death Dilemma
Nov 11, 2008 ... Regarding the Nov. 7 Metro article "Jewish Law's Meaning of DeathNears Court Fight": Life-or-death decisions such as the one that must be made in thecase of Motl Brody, who, doctors at Children's National ...
The IMF's Toolkit For Tackling the Crisis
Nov 11, 2008 ... In his Nov. 3 op-ed, "Fairness for Emerging Markets," KemalDervis warned of the danger of too narrow an approach to attackingthe roots of the crisis threatening the global economy. We could notagree more. We must work together and use all the resources at handto address the economic and ...