The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, November 19:
THE POST TOP 10; Girls' Soccer
Nov 19, 2008 ... WCAC champion St. John's claimed the top spot early in the seasonand finished strong. . . . Thomas Johnson joins the rankings afteradvancing to the Maryland 4A championship game and losing to QuinceOrchard on penalty kicks. . . . Glenelg also enters after winningits third ...
Virginia vs. Clemson
Nov 19, 2008 ... When: Saturday, noon. TV: WTTG-5, WJZ-13. Where: Scott Stadium, ...
Afghanistan War Deaths
Nov 19, 2008 ... Total number of U.S. military deaths and names of the U.S. troopskilled recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by thePentagon: 623In hostile actions:In non-hostileactions:Fatalities408215Tallies may be incomplete because of lags in reporting Cpl. Jason A. Karella, 20, ...
Bridge
Nov 19, 2008; ... You're today's East, playing at the ACBL Summer Championships.West leads a heart against 3NT, and declarer takes your ten with thequeen. He leads a club -- nine, queen, six -- and returns a spade.You play low, and South's ten loses to your partner's jack. West shifts to the nine of ...
Fairchild Won't Contribute to Pension Fund This Quarter
Nov 19, 2008; ... McLean-based Fairchild Corp., which sells motorcycle and aircraftparts, said yesterday that it did not make a quarterly contributionof just under $1 million to the company pension fund because offinancial hardship. "At this time, we do not have sufficient liquidity to fund ...
LOCAL BRIEFING
Nov 19, 2008 ... MEDIA Maine's highest court is siding with the state in its appeal of aruling regarding how much media company Gannett should pay in incometaxes on its $2.5 billion gain from selling its cable division in2000. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously that ...
Fannie in Danger Of Stock Delisting; Sub-$1 Price Violates NYSE Rules
Nov 19, 2008; ... How a giant has fallen. Fannie Mae, once the largest public company in the Washingtonarea and a bedrock of the U.S. financial industry, disclosedyesterday it is at risk of being dropped from the New York StockExchange. The announcement came after the mortgage finance ...
Diplomatically Trying to Close Overseas Pay Gap
Nov 19, 2008; ... Michael Keller has worked on five continents during his 15 yearsin the foreign service. He's been in Germany, where the standard ofliving is pretty good, and the Central African Republic andCambodia, where he could only hope that his three children sufferednothing more than bumps and ...
Unidentified Adult Found Dead After Rowhouse Blaze; Home Lacked Smoke Detectors
Nov 19, 2008; ... An unidentified adult was found dead yesterday in a fire-guttedrowhouse in Northwest Washington, authorities said. The victim, who was burned beyond recognition, was found on thesecond floor of the house in the 1000 block of Quebec Place in thePetworth area, said Alan Etter, a ...
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Nov 19, 2008 ... CHILD WELFARE The backlog of child abuse and neglect cases not closed within30 days by the District's Child and Family Services Agency has beenslashed from about 1,750, the highest count this summer, to 488,D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said yesterday. The agency has hired 34 ...
A Not So Very Fine House
Nov 19, 2008; ... WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS OURS By Porter Shreve Mariner. 280 pp. Paperback, $12.95 After the exhausting excess of the over-analyzed, over-spun,over-financed 2008 election, Porter Shreve's charming third novelprovides a nostalgic return to the simpler, more innocent ...
'Farragut,' a Fresh Take On Old Political Tricks
Nov 19, 2008; ... If "The West Wing" offered up politics as an inspirationalhighway to hope, Beau Willimon's spicy, new campaign stage dramedy,"Farragut North," returns us to those comforting, cutthroat sidestreets. We're in Iowa -- set your clock back to January! -- for thepresidential ...
No. 1 UNC Crushes Kentucky, but Suffers Another Loss
Nov 19, 2008 ... Deon Thompson has helped top-ranked North Carolina get off to agood start despite playing without injured star Tyler Hansbrough.Now, just as the reigning national player of the year appears closeto returning, the Tar Heels could be losing another key contributorinside. Thompson ...
Looking Out for Each Other in D.C.
Nov 19, 2008 ... The expression "Mean Streets" has been used to describe thebyways of New York City and those in many other cities where urbanapathy and angst rule the roads. Here are two examples of the KindStreets of Washington. My daughter, grandson and I had just left Ben's Chili Bowl aftera ...
Retirement Ranch Planned for Wild Horses; Rescuer Sees Tax Credits As Key to Luring Donors
Nov 19, 2008; ... Madeleine Pickens, the wife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens, whothis week offered to rescue more than 30,000 wild horses kept infederal holding pens, said yesterday that she wants to create apermanent retirement ranch for the horses and burros that could beopen to the public. A ...
Guantanamo's Yemeni Detainees Epitomize a U.S. Security Concern
Nov 19, 2008; ... The single biggest opportunity -- and potential difficulty -- for the incoming administration's plan to close the military prisonat Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, comes from the same group of Yemeniprisoners, who make up fully 40 percent of the detainees still heldthere. Despite ...
Dear Carolyn: My husband say ...
Nov 19, 2008; ... Dear Carolyn: My husband says that since my two brothers divorced, their exesare out of our family. I am nice to my brothers' new girlfriends,but they were both married for 20 years and I think of the exes asmy sisters. Also, I've known my husband's brother's ex-wife since ...
Capitals Report
Nov 19, 2008 ... DayTimeOpponentTVTonight10at AnaheimCSNTomorrow10:30at LosAngelesCSNSaturday10:30at San JoseCSN ALL GAMES ON WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) ONLINE COVERAGE As ...
China's Environmental Retreat; In Tough Economic Times, Promises Fall by Wayside
Nov 19, 2008; ... In February, the Fuan textile factory became one of the firstmajor casualties of China's anti-pollution campaign when themultimillion-dollar company was shut down for dumping waste fromdyes into a neighboring river and turning it red. But as the country's economy began to cool this ...
A Valiant Second Step for First Stage
Nov 19, 2008; ... These are not ideal times to be launching a theater company, butMark Krikstan is forging ahead. First Stage, the nonprofit theaterhe co-founded in Tysons Corner and of which he's artistic director,is about to open its second show. Richard Greenberg's time-bendingliterary dramedy, "The ...
Faster Off the Line
Nov 19, 2008 ... The Capitals, about to embark on a four-game trip against WesternConference foes, are off to their best start since 1991-92. Theteam's points through 17 games (34 maximum) and goal differential ineach of the past ...
U.S. Seeks New Supply Routes Into Afghanistan; Trucks From Pakistan Increasingly Attacked
Nov 19, 2008; ... A rise in Taliban attacks along the length of a vital NATO supplyroute that runs through this border town in the shadow of the KhyberPass has U.S. officials seeking alternatives, including the prospectof beginning deliveries by a tortuous overland journey from Europe. Supplying ...
Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney, Gonzales on Charges Related to Prisons
Nov 19, 2008 ... Vice President Cheney and former attorney general Alberto R.Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federalprisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarrelegal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. The indictments, returned Monday and ...
Lawmakers Blast Handling of Bailout; In House Hearing, Paulson Defends Response to Fast-Moving Crisis
Nov 19, 2008; ... Lawmakers accused Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.yesterday of haphazardly managing the $700 billion financialrescue, as fault lines widened over what the government should trynext to contain the fallout of the financial crisis. The heated hearing before the House ...
Troubled TARP; Keep the bailout focused on job one: restoring bank solvency.
Nov 19, 2008 ... SOME SIX weeks after its enactment, the Treasury Department'sTroubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) is itself, well, troubled.Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. has shifted the $700 billionplan's focus from the purchase of distressed securities to thedirect injection of public ...
Automakers Press High-Stakes Plea for Aid; Senators Greet CEOs' Request With Skepticism [Correction 11/26/08]
Nov 19, 2008; ... The chieftains of Detroit's Big Three automakers made a desperateappeal to skeptical lawmakers yesterday for $25 billion in emergencyloans to forestall the possible collapse of the domestic autoindustry, offering to cut their own salaries in exchange forgovernment aid. But the ...
Eric Holder Said to Be Top Pick for Justice Dept.; He Would Be the First Black Attorney General
Nov 19, 2008; ... Eric H. Holder Jr., a former Justice Department official who wasPresident-elect Barack Obama's campaign co-chairman, is the leadingcandidate to serve as the next U.S. attorney general, according toDemocratic sources familiar with the choice. Holder, 57, was offered the job late ...
FDA Sending Inspectors to Other Nations; After Numerous Problems, China Is First on the List
Nov 19, 2008; ... Under fire for not having the resources to better protectconsumers at home, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration isdeploying staff members abroad to work directly with importers andforeign regulatory agencies to guard against contaminated animalfeed, counterfeit drugs, toys made with ...
Rutgers Has Easy Time With Princeton
Nov 19, 2008 ... Epiphanny Prince scored 15 points and Khadijah Rushdan added 11points off the bench to lead No. 3 Rutgers to an 83-35 win overPrinceton last night in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers (2-0) scored the first nine points and held Princeton (1-1) scoreless for a span of eight minutes in ...
NATIONAL BRIEFING
Nov 19, 2008 ... ENERGY House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said that he did notexpect the new Congress to reimpose a blanket moratorium on offshoredrilling along the Atlantic, Pacific and Florida coasts, but he saidthat he did expect an attempt to delineate areas where drillingwould be ...
THE POST TOP 10; Boys' Soccer
Nov 19, 2008 ... Two area teams finished among the top 15 in the nation, asranked by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.Gonzaga was No. 6 after winning the WCAC for the third straight yearand defeating a then-No. 1 ranked team in September; Episcopal,ranked 11th, won the IAC ...
CORRECTIONS
Nov 19, 2008 ... A Nov. 18 Style article referred to National Humanities Medalwinner Richard Brookhiser as Robert Brookhiser. A Nov. 18 Business article on a Senate hearing about the nomineeto be the special inspector general of the bailout programmisidentified the committee that held the hearing ...
IN PROFILE
Nov 19, 2008 ... Eric H. Holder Jr. Born: Jan. 21, 1951, in the Bronx. Education: BA, Columbia University, 1973; JD, Columbia, 1976. Family: Wife, Sharon Malone, a Washington obstetrician/gynecologist; children, Maya, Brooke and Eric. Career highlights: Clerked for the NAACP Legal ...
The Final Two Games Will Define Virginia's Season
Nov 19, 2008; ... When the Virginia football team last came off a bye week, thestarting quarterback had just been dismissed from the team, animpotent offense needed curing and a lost season seemed inevitable. The Cavaliers return Saturday against Clemson following theirsecond bye week. Although many ...
National Cathedral Cuts Jobs, Programs; Worsening Financial Picture Forces Action, Officials Say
Nov 19, 2008; ... Washington National Cathedral plans to slash its budgetdramatically and lay off 30 percent of its staff to close a wideningbudget gap, leaders said yesterday. Just six months after its last round of cuts, the century-oldinstitution plans to shut down a historic building on its ...
Senators Urge Bush To Halt Job Shifts; Officials Deny Sheltering Appointees
Nov 19, 2008; ... Democrats in the Senate called on President Bush to halt anyeffort by his administration to place political appointees in careerjobs just weeks before his team leaves office. But the White House yesterday said there is no orchestratedeffort to embed Bush loyalists in the federal ...
Tigers Ask Coach Back for Another
Nov 19, 2008; ... Four years ago, when Perette Arrington thought she might leaveher position as Wilson's volleyball coach, outside hitter CarolineHackett pleaded with her to stay with the Tigers -- at least untilshe was a senior. Last night, Hackett, now a senior and captain, led the Tigers ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Nov 19, 2008 ... MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS InBev completed its $52 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch,forming the world's largest brewer. The new company, named Anheuser-Busch InBev, will be headed by InBev chief executive Carlos Britoand headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. InBev promises to keep ...
Andrews, Leggett Clash Over Ambulance Fee
Nov 19, 2008; ... Montgomery County Council member Phil Andrews yesterdayintroduced what he called an alternative to a proposed ambulance feethat would earmark money from fines raised by red light and speedcameras to pay for fire-rescue equipment and pedestrian safetyprograms. Andrews ...
BCS, ESPN Reach Deal to Air Games Starting in 2011
Nov 19, 2008 ... Bowl Championship Series games will move to ESPN starting inJanuary 2011. The network and the BCS announced a four-year contract yesterday.ESPN outbid Fox, which is paying $80 million annually to broadcastthe BCS games from 2007 to 2010. ESPN's offer was for $125 million a ...
Caps Hope Start Is Only the Beginning; West Coast Trip Awaits Still- Unsatisfied Team
Nov 19, 2008; ... As the quarter mark of the NHL season nears, the WashingtonCapitals find themselves in an unfamiliar position: off to a goodstart. Through 17 games, they have a record of 10-4-3 and havegained points in seven games in a row. But the truest measure of howfar the players and coaches have ...
Council Bans Sale of Single Cigars in Bid to Curb Youths' Marijuana Use
Nov 19, 2008; ... The Prince George's County Council adopted one of the nation'smost sweeping restrictions on the sale of cigars yesterday, aneffort to curb a growing trend among urban youths of using hollowed-out cigars to smoke marijuana. The council voted 8 to 1 to ban the sale of single ...
Rhee Proposes Parent Academy, Better Security
Nov 19, 2008; ... Revamped security and discipline policies, more specializedschools, a "Parent Academy" to help District parents take charge oftheir children's education and the possibility of more schoolclosures are part of the long-term vision proposed by ChancellorMichelle A. Rhee in a new ...
Studio's 'Grey Gardens': An Enchanting Late Bloomer
Nov 19, 2008; ... It isn't until Little Edie Beale has gone completely around thebend that an audience begins to fall in love. That pleasurablesensation arises sometime in the second act of "Grey Gardens," theoffbeat musical at Studio Theatre about a pair of aristocraticrecluses -- elderly Edith Bouvier ...
Around the World
Nov 19, 2008 ... GAZA STRIP Israeli tanks pushed into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday,drawing mortar fire from Palestinian fighters and intensifyingviolence that has chipped away at a tenuous cease-fire. Israel and Hamas have been trading fire for two weeks, after fivemonths of relative ...
China Tops Japan in U.S. Debt Holdings; Beijing Gains Sway Over U.S. Economy
Nov 19, 2008; ... China passed Japan to become the U.S. government's largestforeign creditor in September, the Treasury Department announcedyesterday, reflecting the dramatic expansion of Beijing's economicinfluence over the American economy. China's new status -- it now owns nearly $1 out of ...
Saints Held Up Well Under Burden of Expectations
Nov 19, 2008; ... For the second straight year, St. Stephen's/St. Agnes sits atopthe season-ending field hockey rankings after winning its self-titled trifecta: the Independent School League regular season title,the ISL tournament and the Virginia Independent School AthleticAssociation ...
THE POST TOP 10; Field Hockey
Nov 19, 2008 ... Severna Park won its 18th state title, staying two ahead ofFallston for the Maryland record. . . . Both of Broadneck's lossesthis season came against Severna Park, and the Bruins were the onlyteam to beat the Falcons. . . . Atholton, James Monroe and Glenelgall lost in state ...
Red Sox' Pedroia Is American League MVP; First AL Second Baseman to Win Since 1959
Nov 19, 2008; ... A second baseman had not won the American League most valuableplayer award in nearly a half-century, and no AL player had wonrookie of the year and MVP awards in back-to-back seasons in aquarter-century. But yesterday, Boston's Dustin Pedroia accomplishedboth, branding his nascent career ...
Browns67313 -- 29Bills01031 ...
Nov 19, 2008 ... Browns67313 -- 29Bills010314 -- 27 FIRST QUARTER Cleveland: FG Dawson 40, 9:29. Cleveland: FG Dawson 33, 2:28. SECOND QUARTER Cleveland: Cribbs 2 run (Dawson kick), 9:52. Buffalo: Lynch 18 pass from Edwards (Lindell kick), 6:20. Buffalo: FG ...
In Transition National Security Adviser
Nov 19, 2008 ... Gen. James L. Jones Current job: President and chief executive of the U.S. Chamberof Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy Credentials: Forty years of active duty in the Marine Corps;supreme allied commander in Europe, 2003-2007; former commandant ofthe Marine ...
Holiday Travel Expected To Drop
Nov 19, 2008; ... President Bush trekked to the Transportation Department yesterdayto outline the steps the White House was taking to curb air traffichassles during the busy holiday travel season. Citing long delays, lost bags and overbooked flights, thepresident jokingly asked, "Will it be 'It's a ...
Dwarfed by the Heavens in W.Va.; Hear the Sounds Of the Universe At Observatory
Nov 19, 2008; ... How quiet is it in tiny Green Bank, W.Va.? It's so quiet you canhear clouds swirling around black holes in distant galaxies. Soquiet you can detect collapsed stars the size of cities spinninglike tops and make out planets revolving around faraway suns. Here,the National Radio Astronomy ...
Metro Mechanic Is Fired for Making Inappropriate Sex Jokes
Nov 19, 2008; ... A Metro mechanic was fired for making inappropriate sexual jokesat an awards ceremony in September, and three supervisors weredisciplined for not taking immediate action. "We hold people accountable," Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbsteinsaid. Farbstein said the employee, who ...
ESCAPE KEYS
Nov 19, 2008 ... GETTING THERE: From the Beltway, take Interstate 66 west to I-81south, then U.S. 33 west into West Virginia; go south on U.S. 220,then west on U.S. 250 to Highway 28. Travel south to Highway 92 andsouth to Green Bank. WHERE TO STAY: Options in the immediate area include the ...
Triage at the Schools; Huge shortfalls and hard decisions in Montgomery and Fairfax
Nov 19, 2008 ... THE WASHINGTON area's two largest school systems face budgetshortfalls so severe that more than nominal savings are needed. Itisn't enough to hope for a mild winter or lower gas prices. No onewants to impair student learning, so it is important that school andgovernment officials in ...
Secretary Clinton?; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton should get fair consideration, but Bill Clinton's role would have to change.
Nov 19, 2008 ... WORD THAT President-elect Barack Obama is vetting Sen. HillaryRodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) for secretary of state has set off a furiousflurry of chatter. Some laud Mr. Obama for possibly re-creating theteam of rivals favored by Abraham Lincoln. Others think it's amistake bordering on heresy, ...
The World
Nov 19, 2008 ... Brazil plans to use a plane equipped with body-heat sensors tolocate uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon rain forest,officials said. Reserves will be created barring loggers and farmersfrom ...
Having Won Race Against Death, Md. Man Tackles Triathlons
Nov 19, 2008; ... Last weekend, the bike went nowhere, the running shoes sat in thecloset and Brian Boyle took a minute to reflect on the season justended and the lifetime ahead. Since the near-certainty of death four years ago -- few peoplewho tangle with a moving dump truck survive -- he has ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Nov 19, 2008 ... If you are taking a plane trip with your family for Thanksgiving,you can thank President Bush for making it easier. Yesterday the president took steps to prevent frustrating flightdelays during the busy travel week. Bush agreed to let regularairliners use airspace that is usually ...
On the Trail of a First Dog; Persuading Your Parents Is Just the Beginning of the Hunt
Nov 19, 2008 ... You probably have heard by now that the young daughters of Barackand Michelle Obama, the soon-to-be president and first lady,persuaded their parents to get a puppy when they move to the WhiteHouse. Now Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, are reported to be researchingbreeds and other information ...
A Stimulus That Can Start Now
Nov 19, 2008 ... Regarding the Nov. 15 front-page article "Democrats' Push forFull-Scale Stimulus Stalled Until Jan. 20": The decision to wait until the next administration to prepare anew economic stimulus package certainly makes sense, but one basicstep could be taken now with relative ease. The ...
At Hospital, Wresting Control From Spina Bifida
Nov 19, 2008; ... If you have children who complain about the injustices of life -- about, say, the punishing chores they are required to complete -- may I suggest you share the story of Jessica Gregory? Jessica, a 10-year-old from Forestville, is a stellar reader andan accomplished martial ...
Redskins Fans Off Their Game
Nov 19, 2008 ... I am left with a few troubling thoughts after attending Sunday's game between the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys at FedExField. I grew up watching the Redskins, and I acknowledge that nearlytwo decades have passed since they were a dominant team. But lastseason we ...
What a Higher Gas Tax Could Buy
Nov 19, 2008 ... The Nov. 16 editorial "Raise the Gas Tax" highlighted an theopportunity for a "grand bargain" on bailing out the automakers andachieving energy independence. Rather than a specific tax, Congress could establish a variabletax that initially maintained the average price of gasoline ...