The Washington Post back issues from Friday, January 2:
New Year Brings Fresh Grief as Fire Kills 5 in NE; Tragedy Strikes Family 2 Years After Girl's Death
Jan 02, 2009; ... Oscar Wilson and Michelle Smith Wilson are known in the Brooklandarea of Washington as neighbors who believe in extended family.Everyone was welcome in their two-story frame house in the 1000block of Jackson Street NE. So plenty of people were there for the holidays yesterday when ...
Wells May Return to Ohio State
Jan 02, 2009 ... Ohio State star Beanie Wells isn't ready to say whether theFiesta Bowl will be his last game for the Buckeyes. "I personally feel like I haven't done enough at Ohio State, thethings I wanted to accomplish here, to move on to the next level,"the junior running back said ...
Stafford's 3 TDs Win For Georgia
Jan 02, 2009 ... Georgia 24, Michigan State 12 Matthew Stafford gave the type of performance in the Capital OneBowl that would make a fitting finale to his Georgia career. Whether this was his last game with the Bulldogs, the juniorquarterback said he hasn't decided. Stafford ...
Cubans Mark Half-Century of Revolution; Celebration Far More Subdued Than Triumphant Rallies in Past
Jan 02, 2009; ... President Raul Castro and the Cuban government celebrated the50th anniversary of their revolution Thursday night in a nostalgicbut low-key event that was far removed from the triumphant displaysand mass rallies of their socialist glory days, as ordinary Cubanscontinue to struggle daily ...
Up From 'the Old Place'
Jan 02, 2009; ... THE LADIES' LENDING LIBRARY By Janice Kulyk Keefer Harper. 355 pp. Paperback, $13.99 Everybody knows writers are crazy, but -- at least when thereare publishers in the room -- writers can take comfort in beingcomparatively sane. Somebody somewhere decided to ...
The World
Jan 02, 2009 ... Artists perform Brij Ki Holi, a folk dance commemorating theHindu god Lord Krishna. The dance was ...
Ganz, Cornhuskers Turn Things Around
Jan 02, 2009 ... Nebraska 26, Clemson 21 Nebraska quarterback Joe Ganz was sprawled out on the ground,trainers huddled around him, teammates, coaches and fans wonderingwhether he would be able to continue playing. Ganz eventually made his way to the sideline, cleared his head,got back in the ...
DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor ...
Jan 02, 2009 ... DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor release 1/2/09 bc-stewart-bridge 01/02 TMS Original DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor release 1/2/09 DEFENSIVE RULES By FRANK STEWART Tribune Media Services "That Millard is a sweet guy," a player at the club remarked tome, "but ...
Dear Carolyn: At what point ...
Jan 02, 2009; ... Dear Carolyn: At what point do you draw a line in a relationship with someonewho has depression? This person decided to stop counseling 18 monthsago and has since spiraled into a worse place, pushing away mostfriends. This person will give the silent treatment for weeks, ...
CORRECTION
Jan 02, 2009 ... A Dec. 30 Metro article about Virginia education fundingincorrectly said that money for school nurses, among ...
Capitals Report
Jan 02, 2009 ... DayTimeOpponentTVTomorrow7vs. N.Y. RangersCSNTuesday7 vs.PhiladelphiaCSNFriday7 vs. ColumbusCSN+ ALL GAMES ON WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) ONLINE COVERAGE After a ...
Red Wings132 -- 6Blackhawks30 ...
Jan 02, 2009 ... Red Wings132 -- 6Blackhawks301 -- 4 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Chicago, Versteeg 11 (Havlat, Seabrook), 3:24 (pp).2, Detroit, Samuelsson 8 (Zetterberg, Hossa), 9:50 (pp). 3, Chicago,Havlat 10 (Versteeg, Campbell), 12:37 (pp). 4, Chicago, Eager 7(Havlat), 19:18. SECOND ...
A 'Strategy' at Labor? It's News to Me.
Jan 02, 2009 ... The Dec. 25 In the Loop article "Chao Defends Her Labor Dept.Tenure" quoted Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao as saying that"together with our enforcement strategy has been a strategy ofeducational outreach" and that "we want to make sure that workersknow their rights and that employers ...
Smokers Are Paying Enough
Jan 02, 2009 ... The Dec. 29 editorial "Mr. Kaine's Budget" highlighted the burdenthat Virginia's governor bears in addressing Virginia's budgetshortfall, but it grossly underestimated the revenue burden thestate's smokers already bear. This past fiscal year, Virginia received more than $170 ...
Keeping Fairfax's Libraries Open
Jan 02, 2009 ... I have read with interest that the libraries in Fairfax Countymay close on Fridays from the start of the year [Metro, Dec. 26].But the Fairfax County Regional Library Board has not consideredtaking such action at this time. The board has considered whethereventually, if funding is ...
A Medical-Records Disconnect
Jan 02, 2009 ... Regarding the Dec. 22 op-ed "Connecting the Medical Dots," byMike Leavitt, secretary of health and human services: In Microsoft's back yard, the Seattle health community has notresolved how to achieve interoperability for electronic medicalrecords. The electronic records system ...
Losing Youths to Homicide; A comprehensive approach is needed to a crime trend that resists solutions.
Jan 02, 2009 ... FRANKLIN FANTROY was 17. He loved basketball and his family, hadlegions of friends, and planned to go to college. He was killed onan October night in Northeast Washington, shot as he walked homefrom a recreation center. He was a fine young man who leaves behinda father who can't speak ...
Mr. Putin's Bailout; As Russia's economy crashes, No. 1 looks out for himself.
Jan 02, 2009 ... AS WESTERN governments scramble to manage the economic downturn,Russia's Vladimir Putin, whose country is in deeper trouble thanmost, is pursuing his own crisis strategy. The difference is thatthe Kremlin's approach is aimed at rescuing one man -- Mr. Putin -- and banks more on ...
Protection for Smokers; The new Congress can secure an early victory by giving the FDA authority over tobacco.
Jan 02, 2009 ... EVEN BARACK Obama -- he of the compulsive exercise regimen andworkout- video-worthy physique -- hasn't been able to escape theclutches of nicotine. The president-elect, whose struggle to give upcigarettes is well documented, still sneaks an occasional smoke.That cigarettes can ...
Wings Enjoy a Cold One in Wrigley
Jan 02, 2009 ... Red Wings 6, Blackhawks 4 The Detroit Red Wings showed they can play the Chicago Blackhawksanywhere, anytime, in any conditions. And still beat them. Pavel Datsyuk skated through two defenders for a go-ahead scorein a three-goal second period, and the Red Wings scored twice in ...
BUSINESS BRIEFING
Jan 02, 2009 ... MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Two mega acquisitions in the banking sector have been completed,with Bank of America closing its $19.4 billion all-stock purchase ofMerrill Lynch and Wells Fargo concluding its $12.7 billion all-stock purchase of Wachovia. Merrill Lynch's sale to Bank ...
An Inaugural Ball for the Military
Jan 02, 2009 ... President-elect Barack Obama will have a Commander in Chief'sBall during his inauguration with military personnel, their spousesand those wounded fighting in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan asguests. In announcing this on Thursday, officials said tickets for theJan. 20 ...
Al Kamen is away. In the Loo ...
Jan 02, 2009 ... Al Kamen is away. In the ...
KenCen's Jazzy '08 Send-Off
Jan 02, 2009 ... There were no fireworks during the Kennedy Center's New Year'sEve jazz bash on Wednesday, but there certainly were skyrocketinghorns and flaring vocals when the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Bandshared the Terrace Theater stage with New York Voices. The 17-piece orchestra, under the ...
A Subterranean Shangri-La
Jan 02, 2009; ... In large-scale photographs and a documentary film on view atHemphill, artist Kendall Messick introduces us to Gordon Brinckle, anonagenarian who had a decades-long passion for the Alvin Shalimar -- a fully functioning nine-seat movie house that he built into hisDelaware ...
Bombs Planted in Aspen; Suspect Found Dead
Jan 02, 2009 ... A former resident of this city who had been bitter over itstransformation into a playground for the rich left four gift-wrapped bombs downtown in a bank-robbery attempt, turning New Year'sEve celebrations into a mass evacuation, police said Thursday. The bombs were made of ...
More Colleges Expected to Offer Online Interviews
Jan 02, 2009; ... For her college interview, Avery Cullinan put on her best outfitbut didn't bother with shoes. She sat in her living room, smiledinto her computer's webcam and told an admissions officer more than800 miles away that Wake Forest University was right for her. "It's hard to part with ...
LAST WEEKEND'S BOX OFFICE BES ...
Jan 02, 2009 ... LAST WEEKEND'S BOX OFFICE BEST 1. Marley & Me (PG, 115 minutes) 2. Bedtime ...
Despite Good News, Tax Increases Might Be Needed to Cover Services
Jan 02, 2009; ... Arlington County leaders said yesterday that taxes will have torise this year if basic services are to be maintained, despite goodnews this week that the county has weathered the national realestate crisis better than its neighbors. Board Chairwoman Barbara A. Favola, a 12-year ...
End of the Year Brings A Burst of Settlements With Justice Department [Correction 1/7/09]
Jan 02, 2009; ... The Justice Department has reached more than a dozen business-related settlements since the presidential election, with more inthe pipeline for January, prompting lawyers and interest groups toassert that companies are seeking more favorable terms before thenew administration ...
Artists Stage New Year's Dance of Compassion
Jan 02, 2009; ... What does a 72-year-old woman rolling around on the floor of aGeorge Washington University dance studio blindfolded, with her earsplugged, have to do with the plight of Iraqi refugees, the bombingof Gaza and the scourge of war in general? Glad you asked. Because now we can tell ...
A Thorn In the Side Of Apartheid; Helen Suzman Spoke Out For Those Without a Voice
Jan 02, 2009; ... Sometimes courage means standing alone. In 1963, when SouthAfrica was in the process of becoming a police state, the white-ruled government proposed a law giving the authorities the power to detain for 90 days anyone deemed a threat to the state, withoutcharge or access to a lawyer ....
A Modern-Day Treasure Hunt; Players Use GPS Devices to Track Down Cache of Trinkets
Jan 02, 2009; ... The hand-held Global Positioning System device clicked down thenumber of feet separating the three treasure hunters and theirtarget, an old red caboose at Bladensburg Waterfront Park. They hit "ground zero" near the back of the caboose and split upto meticulously scan every inch of ...
Youth All-Star Events: A New Growth Industry
Jan 02, 2009; ... It is an annual tradition in the Cofield household, piling in thefamily's black 2001 Ford Windstar and driving from their Chantillyhome to visit family in Dayton, Ohio, for the holidays. With a fewstops along the way, the trip usually takes about eight hours. This year, though, ...
Marquette Knocks Off No. 15 Villanova
Jan 02, 2009 ... Just before taking the court for the conference opener againstNo. 15 Villanova, Marquette Coach Buzz Williams gave his players areminder: The seniors have never started 2-0 in the Big East. One down, one to go. Jerel McNeal scored 24 points, including a critical three-pointer ...
Chosen Ones
Jan 02, 2009 ... This is the third in a series on the identification ...
Lightning031 -- 4Capitals313 ...
Jan 02, 2009 ... Lightning031 -- 4Capitals313 -- 7 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Washington, Collins 1 (Ovechkin, Morrisonn), 3:58. 2,Washington, Steckel 5 (Bradley, Jurcina), 8:02. 3, Washington, Green9 (Ovechkin, Backstrom), 18:29. Penalty: Ovechkin, Was (hooking),11:28. SECOND ...
Future Hoya On Campus, Won't Play Till Next Fall
Jan 02, 2009 ... Although his four-year eligibility for NCAA purposes won't beginuntil next fall, Georgetown men's basketball recruit Hollis Thompsonhas been admitted to the university for the upcoming spring semesterand will begin his studies next week, campus officials ...
Caps Strike Early, Often Vs. Lightning; Collins, Clark Among Scorers As Win Streak Reaches Five
Jan 02, 2009; ... Capitals 7, Lightning 4 The Washington Capitals entered last night's game against theTampa Bay Lightning with a 21-point lead over their SoutheastDivision foe. Coach Bruce Boudreau still considered the contest to be asimportant as any, if not more, saying beforehand, "We ...
Credit Freeze Puts Chill on Dealmaking, With Volume Down 29%
Jan 02, 2009; ... What a difference a year makes. With the virtual collapse of credit markets and the drying up ofmoney from private equity firms, 2008 turned out to be a very slowyear for mergers and acquisitions. Globally, there were 37,445 deals, totaling $3.3 trillion, down29 percent ...
Consumer Group Aims To Lower TV Costs; FCC Asked to Revise Rules For Digital TV Patent Licenses
Jan 02, 2009; ... A consumer advocacy group plans to file a petition today with theFederal Communications Commission in a bid to reduce the costs ofdigital TV sets. The petition asks the FCC to revise its rules for digitaltelevision patent licenses, arguing that TV manufacturers arecharged too ...
Kendall Messick's "The Proje ...
Jan 02, 2009 ... >> Kendall Messick's "The Projectionist" is at Hemphill FineArts, 1515 14th St. NW, 202-234-5601, to ...
Around the Nation
Jan 02, 2009 ... RICHMOND, Calif. -- Two men and two teenage boys have beenarrested on suspicion of gang-raping a woman last month in the SanFrancisco Bay area while allegedly taunting her for being a lesbian,police said Thursday. The men, 21 and 31, face gang-rape, kidnapping and ...
Senior Hamas Leader Killed; Israelis Stand Ready to Invade Gaza by Land
Jan 02, 2009; ... An Israeli airstrike on Thursday killed a senior Hamas leader,the first to die in the six-day assault on the Gaza Strip, as Israelreadied for a possible ground invasion that military officials saidcould come at any moment. Several members of the Hamas leader's family were also ...
In Iraq, the Day After; The War, in a Sense, Is Over. But a New Struggle Begins As Citizens Ask the Inevitable Question: What Next?
Jan 02, 2009; ... Maybe it was the only shot heard for days in a neighborhood onceordered by the cadence of gunfire. Perhaps it was the smiles atcheckpoints and the shouts of Iraqi policemen navigating the alwayssnarled traffic. "God's mercy on your parents," they beseeched."God's blessings on you." Maybe ...
Hawaii's Still Waters Run Deep for the President-Elect
Jan 02, 2009; ... In his two weeks in Hawaii, Barack Obama has oozed island cool:the black shades and khaki shorts, the breezy sandaled saunter thatsuggested he had not a care in the world. Who said anything aboutthe presidency? He strolled shirtless near the beach, enjoyed a shave ice and ...
On Both Sides of the Border, Wounded Bodies and Minds; Fear Defines Conflict as Much as Missiles, Bombs and Blood
Jan 02, 2009; ... It was 10 a.m. at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, and Jabber Howezfeared telling the truth. Since Saturday, he had lied to his 23-year-old sister, Mirvat.Their father, brother and sister had not survived an Israeliairstrike. Now, coaxed by a psychiatrist, Jabber looked at his ...
Runners Leave 5K And 2008 Behind
Jan 02, 2009; ... Ernest Yombo had a tough year. The 43-year-old father of two losthis job in June as an assistant principal for the D.C. public schoolsystem. Since September, he's been running an after-school programbut is struggling to pay his mortgage and student loans. He'sapplied for more than 100 ...
Green Zone Handed Off With Little Fanfare; Embassy Ceremony Hints at Uncertainty
Jan 02, 2009; ... The handover of the Green Zone from U.S. to Iraqi controlThursday presented such a powerful symbol of the waning Americanpresence in Iraq that it would have been nearly impossible for bothsides not to mark it with a formal ceremony. They did, but the ceremony wasn't much. A podium ...
Chinese Migrants Return to Rural Roots; Laid Off by Struggling Factories in Distant Cities, Laborers Find Few Prospects Back Home
Jan 02, 2009; ... By the time their train pulled into its final station, DengHongshu and his teenage son had been standing in a packed aisle,shoulder to shoulder, for 38 hours. Like many of their fellowmigrant laborers on Train 1009 from Guangzhou, they were out of workand headed home. Their boss ...
Obama's Team Rankles the Right; To Some Conservatives, Advisers Are Alarmingly Liberal
Jan 02, 2009; ... To some staunch conservatives watching President Bush relinquishthe reins of power to President-elect Barack Obama, a few too manyardent liberals are now crashing the gates. Some well-known Democratic activists are advising Obama on how tosteer federal agencies, including a few ...
New Administration Inspires Hope for Full Access to Statue
Jan 02, 2009; ... For more than a hundred years, generations of New Yorkers, aswell as tourists to the city, have made the trek up the spiralstaircase to the crown of the Statue of Liberty, to peer through thesmall windows at the unparalleled view of New York Harbor. But that iconic experience ended ...
Around the World
Jan 02, 2009 ... AFGHANISTAN Taliban insurgents ambushed a group of police officers eatinglunch in remote southern Afghanistan, killing 20 and fatallyshooting the mother of one as she pleaded unsuccessfully for herson's life, an official said Thursday. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, ...
Grandparents Should Tread Carefully in a Custody Battle
Jan 02, 2009; ... Q.My unmarried son has fathered a child -- our beautifulgrandson -- but he is constantly fighting with the mother andplans to take her back to court to get more time with his son. He is angry because he feels she hoodwinked him into having thisbaby, since he had always told her ...
Rise in Young Killers Worries D.C.; City Recorded 186 Homicides in '08, an Increase of 5; Area Slayings Up Slightly [Correction 1/7/ 09]
Jan 02, 2009; ... Even in a year in which the homicide numbers barely budged, D.C.police and prosecutors see signs that don't bode well for thefuture: an increase in younger killers, apt to open fire on crowdedcity streets, who could not care less about the damage they cause. Many young suspects put ...
9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet; Others on Flight Say a Remark Was 'Suspicious'
Jan 02, 2009; ... Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three youngchildren, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from ReaganNational Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengersoverheard what they thought was a suspicious remark. Members of the party, all but one of them ...
The Gaza Conflict
Jan 02, 2009 ... For years, residents of the Israeli city of Sderot have beenliving with rocket fire from inside Gaza. Psychological trauma.Destroyed homes. People killed. According to Daoud Kuttab in hisDec. 30 op-ed ["Has Israel Revived Hamas?"], this daily barrageamounts to mere "nagging" and is ...
THE LOTTERIES; January 1
Jan 02, 2009 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 2-1-1 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 8-5-5-6 Lucky Numbers: 7-9-5 D.C. 4: 8-5-5-5 Rolling Cash 5: 1-5-14-18-33 Daily 6: 6-8-9-13-20-25 *23 Day/Pick-3: 5-7-5 Pick-4: ...
Montgomery College Chief Faces Delicate Balancing Act
Jan 02, 2009; ... Even before the financial meltdown, Maryland's largest communitycollege was turning away thousands of students each year becausethere were too few seats in classrooms and too few dollars forfinancial aid. Now, Montgomery College President Brian K. Johnson isgrappling with record demand ...
Analysis Suggests Changes for State Personnel System
Jan 02, 2009; ... Maryland should take a cue from the federal government and createa "plum book" of political appointments available with each incomingadministration and consider offering new job protections to some mid-level workers, according to a new report by legislative analysts. Those ...
NAMES & FACES
Jan 02, 2009 ... In the wee hours of 2008, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wantedeveryone to know that both daughter Bristol and her fiance, LeviJohnston, parents of Palin's new grandson, Tripp, are not highschool dropouts. "You need to know that both Levi and Bristol areworking their butts off to parent and ...
Gems Point to Comet as Answer to Ancient Riddle
Jan 02, 2009; ... Something dramatic happened about 12,900 years ago, and thecontinent of North America was never the same. A thriving culture ofPaleo-Americans, known as the Clovis people, vanished seeminglyovernight. Gone, too, were most of the largest animals: horses,camels, lions, mammoths, ...
Washington & the Nation
Jan 02, 2009 ... A statue stolen last month from Wall Street financier BernardMadoff's Florida home has been returned undamaged, with a noteattached, to a country club where the alleged swindler is a member,Palm Beach police said yesterday. The ...
Former R.I. Senator Claiborne Pell, 90; Sponsored Grant Program
Jan 02, 2009; ... Claiborne Pell, 90, a six-term Rhode Island Democrat who rose tobe chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, died Jan. 1at his Newport, R.I., home. He had had Parkinson's disease since1994. A Yankee Brahmin and former Foreign Service officer who wasvirtually unbeatable ...
Robert Poos; Magazine Editor, Daring Vietnam War Reporter
Jan 02, 2009 ... Robert Poos, 78, who covered the Vietnam War as a reporter forthe Associated Press and later was managing editor of Soldier ofFortune magazine, died Dec. 15 of chronic obstructive pulmonarydisease at Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center inAlexandria. Mr. Poos was a ...