The Washington Post back issues from Tuesday, February 10:
Bush Faithful Rewarded With Jobs; On the Way Out, He Placed Aides and Big-Money GOP Donors
Feb 10, 2009; ... Fred F. Fielding, Emmet T. Flood, William A. Burck and Daniel M.Price worked together at the White House under George W. Bush. Lessthan two weeks before leaving office, Bush made sure the senioraides shared a new assignment, naming them to an obscure World Bankagency called the ...
THE POST TOP 20; Boys' Basketball
Feb 10, 2009 ... 1 Montrose Christian (16-1) Tonight: St. John's Catholic Prep, 7:30 Last: 1 2 Springbrook (17-0) Tonight: Gaithersburg, 7 3 3 DeMatha (19-3) Tonight: Archbishop Carroll, 7:30 6 4 T.C ....
Inmates Who Should Walk; A Virginia proposal would free tax dollars by granting early release to nonviolent offenders
Feb 10, 2009 ... ABIPARTISAN group of Virginia state senators, led by Janet D.Howell (D-Fairfax) and Kenneth W. Stolle (R-Virginia Beach), havedrawn up a plan to save taxpayers millions of dollars by allowingsome nonviolent offenders to be released early from prison. Theproposal would let prison ...
Bang for the Bucks; Congress struggles to weed out the weaker parts of the stimulus bill.
Feb 10, 2009 ... PRESIDENT OBAMA was back on the hustings yesterday, promoting an$800 billion-plus stimulus package at a town meeting in economicallydistressed Elkhart, Ind. "It is the right size, it is the rightscope," Mr. Obama said. Of course, it is still not entirely clearwhat "it" is. The House has ...
China Tells U.N. Panel That It Respects Rights
Feb 10, 2009; ... United Nations delegates took China to task on its human rightsrecord Monday, pressing officials about Tibet, labor camps, thedeath penalty, torture in custody and the treatment of dissidents,in a U.N. rights panel's first full review of the country'sprogress. The Chinese ...
Capitals Report
Feb 10, 2009 ... DayTimeOpponentTVTom.7at ...
For Some Businesses, the Higher Price Is Right
Feb 10, 2009; ... The signs in the window of Jay Kos, an upscale menswear boutiqueon Park Avenue in Manhattan, seemed shocking. Surrounded by glaringeconomic-crisis headlines cut out of newspapers, they said,"cashmere sweater: $2,500. recession price: $2,500." "lamb's fleecejacket: $11,000. recession ...
Where's the School Reform?; D.C. deserves better than the teachers union's counteroffer.
Feb 10, 2009 ... THE UNION representing D.C. teachers has submitted a new contractproposal in hopes of reviving stalled negotiations. If the plan isas timid as early accounts suggest, there's not much to talk about.Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee must not waver in herdetermination to get a pay system ...
Amazon's Sequel to a Best-Selling Thriller
Feb 10, 2009; ... There's a new Kindle, but chances are you still can't get one. Amazon yesterday unveiled the successor to its much-buzzed about,hard-to-find and seldom seen electronic-book reader it debuted inNovember 2007. The Seattle online retailer says this wireless-connected tablet, which ...
Arson Suspected in Deadly Australian Fires; More Than a Dozen Blazes Still Burning in Victoria Region; Death Toll Tops 170
Feb 10, 2009; ... Police declared incinerated towns crime scenes Monday, and theprime minister spoke of "mass murder" after investigators saidarsonists may have set some of the deadliest wildfires inAustralia's history this weekend. The death toll rose to 173. Officials said that panic and the ...
Sgt. Scott J. Metcalf, 36 Fr ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Sgt. Scott J. Metcalf, 36 Framingham, Mass. 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. Died from a non-combat-related incident in Balad, in the SunniTriangle. Spec. Adam M. Wenger, ...
Sgt. Reuben M. Fernandez III, ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Sgt. Reuben M. Fernandez III, 22 Abilene, Tex. 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1stCavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tex. His vehicle struck a makeshift bomb in Majar Al Kabir, insouthern Iraq. Spec. Geoffrey G. Johnson, ...
Capt. Michael J. Medders, 25 ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Capt. Michael J. Medders, 25 Avon Lake, Ohio 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Tex. A suicide bomber detonated a vest filled with explosives in JisrNaft, northwest of Baghdad. Staff Sgt. Ronald Phillips Jr., 33 Conway, S.C. 3rd ...
Chief Warrant Officer Corry A. ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Chief Warrant Officer Corry A. Edwards, 38 Kennedale, Tex. 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade,Texas Army National Guard, Grand Prairie, Tex. Their CH-47 Chinook helicopter went down because of apparentmechanical failure in the vicinity of ...
As of yesterday, the death to ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... As of yesterday, the death toll of U.S. forces in Iraq was 4,228.The Washington Post has published galleries of the fallen since2003. The information has been compiled from military releases, ...
Chief Warrant Officer Donald V ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Chief Warrant Officer Donald V. Clark, 37 Memphis 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force 49, U.S. ArmyAlaska, Fort Wainwright, Alaska Their OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed while on a mission overMosul, in northern Iraq. Chief Warrant Officer Christian ...
Master-at-Arms Seaman Apprent ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Master-at-Arms Seaman Apprentice Joshua D. Seitz, 19 Sinking Springs, Pa. Naval Security Force, Naval Support Activity Bahrain His patrol boat crashed into a barge in Manama, Bahrain. Spec. Tony J. Gonzales, 20 Newman, Calif. 1st Battalion, 6th ...
Spec. Deon L. Taylor, 30 New ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Spec. Deon L. Taylor, 30 New York City 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard,Syracuse, N.Y. His vehicle struck a makeshift bomb in Bela Beluk. Cpl. Adrian Robles, 21 Scottsbluff, Neb. 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, ...
Spec. Jason E. von Zerneck, 3 ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Spec. Jason E. von Zerneck, 33 Charlotte 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, New York Army NationalGuard, Jamestown, N.Y. His Humvee rolled over during a convoy in Qara Bagh Karez. Cpl. Jason A. Karella, 20 Anchorage 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine ...
As of yesterday, the death to ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... As of yesterday, the death toll of U.S. forces in ...
Staff Sgt. Nathan M. Cox, 32 ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Staff Sgt. Nathan M. Cox, 32 Walcott, Iowa 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Tex. Their vehicle struck a makeshift bomb in Korengal Valley. Pvt. Joseph F. Gonzales, 18 Tucson Capt ....
Sgt. John J. Savage, 26 Weat ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Sgt. John J. Savage, 26 Weatherford, Tex. 103rd Engineer Company, 94th Engineer Battalion, Fort LeonardWood, Mo. A suicide bomber in an SUV broadsided his armored vehicle inMosul, in northern Iraq. Staff Sgt. Jonathan W. Dean, 25 Henagar, ...
Pvt. Colman J. Meadows III, 19 ...
Feb 10, 2009 ... Pvt. Colman J. Meadows III, 19 Senoia, Ga. 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st InfantryDivision, Fort Hood, Tex. Died of injuries from a non-combat-related incident at FOBRamrod. Cpl. Charles P. Gaffney Jr., 42 Phoenix 2nd ...
Obama Asks For Review Of Online Security
Feb 10, 2009 ... President Obama yesterday ordered a 60-day review of the nation'scybersecurity to examine how federal agencies use technology toprotect secrets and data. Former Bush administration aide Melissa Hathaway will head theeffort to examine all the government plans, programs and ...
St. Valentine Wields Flower Power, Gentlemen, and Don't You Forget It
Feb 10, 2009; ... Each Tuesday on the Raw Fisher blog, Binary Man attempts tosettle disputes, solve problems and make life better. Got a quandaryfor him? E-mail him at binaryman@washpost.com. V alentine's Day has always given Binary Man pause: Romance isnot something you write on a calendar. It is ...
Virginia at Florida State
Feb 10, 2009 ... SCRAMBLED ROTATION: Virginia's rotation changed again inSaturday's loss to North Carolina when Solomon Tat and Jeff Jonesentered the starting lineup, and Mamadi Diane and Mustapha Farrakhandid not even enter the game. Coach Dave Leitao continues to tryanything to earn a win, but nothing ...
At His First Prime-Time News Conference, Obama Is Serious and Expansive
Feb 10, 2009; ... In a prime-time debut for the new Oval Office occupant and apress corps often accused of being too enamored of him, PresidentObama faced journalistic skepticism from the opening question. Jennifer Loven of the Associated Press kicked off last night'snews conference by asking: "Do ...
CORRECTIONS
Feb 10, 2009 ... The Download column in the Feb. 9 Business section misstated thename of a Washington Redskins blog that is part of SportsBlogsNation. The blog is called HogsHaven.com. A Feb. 6 Weekend review listed incorrect hours for the exhibition"Selections From the Barnett-Aden Collection: A ...
THE POST TOP 20; Girls' Basketball
Feb 10, 2009 ... 1 Riverdale Baptist (17-2) Thu.: Stonewall Jackson, 7:30 Last: 1 2 Eleanor Roosevelt (14-1) Tonight: C.H. Flowers, 7:15 2 3 Paint Branch (16-2) Tonight: Blair, 7 3 4 ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Feb 10, 2009 ... JAPAN Nissan announced that it will cut 20,000 jobs, the deepestreduction among Japan's automakers in battling the global downturn,as it forecast its first annual loss in nine years. Chief executiveCarlos Ghosn said the problems were industry-wide and due to the economic slump ...
Wrigley Pulls Chris Brown Ad
Feb 10, 2009 ... -- The chewing gum company Wrigley yesterday suspended acommercial featuring Chris Brown after the popular R&B singer wasarrested on suspicion of attacking a woman widely reported to be hissinger girlfriend, Rihanna. The clean-cut Brown, 19, one of the fastest-rising stars of ...
African Art Museum Gets New Chief
Feb 10, 2009; ... The Smithsonian Institution yesterday named Johnnetta Cole, ananthropologist and former college president, as the new director ofthe National Museum of African Art. Cole, 72, made national headlines in 1987 when she became thefirst African American woman to lead Atlanta's Spelman ...
NATIONAL BRIEFING
Feb 10, 2009 ... LEGAL The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an agreementwith disgraced money manager Bernard L. Madoff that could eventuallyforce him to pay a civil fine and return money raised frominvestors. The partial judgment, which renders permanent a preliminaryinjunction ...
EARNINGS Figures in millions (except per-share figures)
Feb 10, 2009 ... Advisory Board Co.Ticker: ABCO Headquarters: WashingtonThirdQuarterYear to DateFiscal year20092008% Chg20092008%ChgRevenue$59.3$55.9+6.1$174.2$161.0+8.1Profit$5.8$7.9-26.3$17.6$23.5-25.4 Earnings per share$0.37$0.42-11.9$1.04$1.25-16.8NOTE: Quarter ended Dec. 31.Chindex ...
A Long-Winded Rival to Dickens
Feb 10, 2009; ... DROOD By Dan Simmons Little, Brown. 775 pp. $26.99 "My name is Wilkie Collins," announces the narrator of "Drood,""and my guess, since I plan to delay the publication of thisdocument for at least a century and a quarter beyond the date of mydemise, is that you do ...
LOCAL BRIEFING
Feb 10, 2009 ... ENERGY Natural gas and energy provider WGL Holdings increased its first-quarter 2009 profit estimate and said it recorded $4.6 million inpretax revenue related to a successful appeal of a subsidiary'sregulatory case. The District company boosted its first-quarter net income ...
The World
Feb 10, 2009 ... A sacrificial animal is led to slaughter during a local festivaldedicated to the ...
Flames Engulf Beijing Hotel; Fireworks Showered Unfinished Complex
Feb 10, 2009; ... Old traditions may have clashed with the latest addition toBeijing's increasingly modern skyline, as the Rem Koolhaas-designedMandarin Oriental hotel caught fire Monday night after beingshowered with a burst of fireworks. The cause of the blaze was unclear, and one firefighter ...
Iconic GM Executive to Retire; Departure of Bob Lutz Is Just One Major Change Detroit Faces
Feb 10, 2009; ... Bob Lutz, General Motor's plain-spoken product chief and vicechairman, announced his retirement yesterday, signaling changes notonly for GM, but also the domestic auto industry. Lutz was one of the best-known executives in Detroit. He pushedmany of the industry's innovative ...
Backers Start Currie Defense Fund
Feb 10, 2009; ... Supporters of Sen. Ulysses Currie have launched a legal fund tohelp the Prince George's Democrat pay the cost of defending himselfin an ongoing federal probe of his consulting work for Shoppers Foodand Pharmacy. Lawyer and pastor Bobby G. Henry Jr., a lead organizer of theeffort, ...
Most Research Suspended at Fort Detrick
Feb 10, 2009; ... The U.S. Army's Frederick-based laboratory for studying some ofthe world's deadliest diseases has suspended most researchactivities as it tries to find errors in an inventory of itsbiological materials, a spokeswoman for the institute saidyesterday. Col. John P. Skvorak, the head ...
Prosecutors Want Barry Jailed Over Tax Returns
Feb 10, 2009; ... For the second time in two years, frustrated federal prosecutorstook aim at Marion Barry's chronic failure to file his tax returnsand urged a judge to put him in jail. The move by authorities is the latest act in a long-running tugof war between authorities and the D.C. Council ...
Even Good-Government Groups Pinched by Economy
Feb 10, 2009; ... Tough times have claimed one of Washington's good-governmentgroups, but its voice will continue to be heard. The 25-year-old Council for Excellence in Government is going outof business and sending its major programs, and most of the staff,to the Partnership for Public Service ....
Around the Nation
Feb 10, 2009 ... FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- The United States will send no more thanabout 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, the chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff told soldiers Monday. Adm. Michael Mullen also called U.S. efforts in Iraq a success,though he added: "We're not done." Mullen, ...
New Bailout May Top $1.5 Trillion; Plan Aims to Aid Banks, Spur Lending, Push Private Investors to Buy Toxic Assets [Correction 2/ 18/09]
Feb 10, 2009; ... The gravity of the financial crisis confronting the Obamaadministration will come into stark focus today when officialsunveil a three-pronged rescue program that may commit up to $1.5trillion in public and private funds, and possibly more, lawmakersand other officials said. In ...
Capitals at Rangers
Feb 10, 2009 ... When: Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Where: ...
162 Wings and a Prayer; Seeing Parrots in Filthy Conditions, Md. Bird Lover Stages a Rescue
Feb 10, 2009; ... As bird rescuer Brian Wilson remembers it, the breeder's housenear Gaithersburg was a veritable parrot hell. Dozens of macaws, cockatiels and conures, he said, were living infilth. Feces piled as high as three inches lay in some of theircages, and mold covered much of their food. A ...
Around the World
Feb 10, 2009 ... mexico The federal government arrested Cancun's police chief Monday inconnection with the torture and killing of a retired general whosebody was found near the resort city, Cancun's mayor said. Soldiers took over Cancun's police headquarters and arrested 36officers, including ...
Condition of Home Ice Drawing Fire From Caps
Feb 10, 2009; ... Pucks bounced over players' sticks. Passes didn't reach theirintended targets. Ice shavings built up along the boards and infront of the net. The Washington Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers, 3-1, onSaturday night and in the process boosted their Eastern Conference-leading ...
Will They End Up Fashion Victims?; As top designers size up the economy, their fear is . . .
Feb 10, 2009; ... Designer Carmen Marc Valvo, measuring tape draped around hisneck, searches under a pile of glossy fashion photographs, coffee-table books and swatches of expensive lace for tangible evidence ofhis anxiety about the economic recession and its effect on hisindustry -- one that peddles ...
A Heavy Heart to Start; An Emotional Fred Rejoins D.C. United After His Father's Sudden Death
Feb 10, 2009; ... On each leg of the 8,400-mile journey home to Brazil -- fromWellington to Auckland in New Zealand, then to Buenos Aires, Rio deJaneiro and finally to Belo Horizonte -- memories of his fatherswelled. The outings to Estadio Mineirao for Cruzeiro matches. The familygatherings ...
Rodriguez Admits To Taking Steroids; He Blames Pressure for Drug Use Over 3 Seasons
Feb 10, 2009; ... Barely 48 hours after seeing his sizable legacy compromised by apublished report that he had tested positive for steroids in 2003,New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez made a full confessionthat, while notably lacking in details, struck a distinct contrastfrom the denials, ...
Drugs Are Found to Block HIV In Monkeys; Pills, Gel May Help Protect Women
Feb 10, 2009; ... AIDS researchers who were gathered in Montreal yesterday heardencouraging results from studies of three strategies for preventingHIV infection using pharmaceuticals, particularly in women. Two experiments in monkeys showed that antiretroviral (ARV)drugs, given by mouth or by ...
NEWS & NOTES
Feb 10, 2009 ... WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Mystics Re-Sign Center Melvin The Washington Mystics addressed one of their primary offseasonneeds yesterday by signing center Chasity Melvin, bringing the 10-year WNBA veteran back for her second stint in Washington. Melvin spent parts of the 2004-07 ...
Leahy Proposes Panel To Investigate Bush Era; U.S. Attorney Firings Among Issues
Feb 10, 2009; ... The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday calledfor a "truth commission" to investigate controversial actions of theBush administration, including the politically inspired firings ofU.S. attorneys, the treatment and torture of terrorism suspects andthe authorization of ...
4 U.S. Troops, Interpeter Killed in Blast in N. Iraq
Feb 10, 2009; ... Four American soldiers and an interpreter were killed Monday in asuicide bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the deadliestattack on U.S. troops in Iraq since May. The military said three of the service members were killedshortly after a person in a vehicle set off ...
As Israelis Head To Polls, Anxiety And Fatigue Rule
Feb 10, 2009; ... Israel's military has just trounced its enemies in the GazaStrip. It has been more than a year since an Israeli civilian waslast killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber. The economy, whileshowing signs of strain, has weathered the global downturn betterthan most. Yet as Israelis ...
Harvard Dean, Chosen as Solicitor General, Goes Before Senators
Feb 10, 2009; ... When Harvard Law School hosted a huge dinner a few years ago forthe conservative Federalist Society, the school's dean, Elena Kagan,received such long and enthusiastic applause that she felt compelledto hold up her arms in mock protest. "You are not my people," she said to laughter ...
Which of These Dudes Is Older?; Trick Question. Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln Both Were Born on Feb. 12, 1809.
Feb 10, 2009 ... How weird is it that the two men who may be the most influentialpeople to live and die in the 19th century were born on the verysame day? Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin came into the world on Feb.12, 1809. One was born in a log cabin in Kentucky to poor parents, ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Feb 10, 2009 ... New Lincoln stamps. An exhibit that includes the Lincoln Biblethat Barack Obama used to take the presidential oath. An onlineteach-in with Lincoln experts. Those are all special events taking place to honor AbrahamLincoln on his 200th birthday, which is Thursday. Here are ...
SPEAK OUT
Feb 10, 2009 ... THIS WEEK'S TOPIC If you could have birthday cake with either Abraham Lincoln orCharles Darwin, whom would you choose? Go to ...
Constructing a Chronicle of the City's Structures With Facts, Figures and Fortitude
Feb 10, 2009; ... Iam not well-suited to repetitive, detail-heavy work. Forexample, putting the Christmas lights back in their little plasticholder -- snapping the bulbs in, looping the wire back and forth,getting it all neat enough to slide back into the cardboard box -- is the sort of task that ...
Page Three
Feb 10, 2009 ... Use our live map to find out where recent crimes have occurred inthe District, Maryland and Virginia at www.washingtonpost.com/crime. Get up-to-the-minute alerts on ...
A Sept. 10 Way of Thinking
Feb 10, 2009 ... The Feb. 7 editorial "Mr. Cheney's Blind Spot" noted that someofficials argue that "traditional intelligence-gathering techniquesare sufficient to thwart the kinds of attacks Mr. Cheney warnsagainst." But that was the approach used in the years before the attack onthe USS Cole ...
Welcome to Pothole City
Feb 10, 2009 ... I commute from Northern Virginia via Interstate 395 to a locationnear Union Station. Unfortunately, the stretch of highway from thePotomac River to the Massachusetts Avenue exit is more times thannot a pothole war zone that causes drivers to dodge and weave asthough they're on an ...