The Washington Post back issues from Thursday, February 12:
Independence Federal Plans Merger With ColomboBank
Feb 12, 2009; ... Independence Federal Savings Bank yesterday announced plans tomerge with ColomboBank of Rockville, a deal that would create a $300million thrift controlled by Washington businessman Morton A.Bender. Bender, who has been majority shareholder in both banks since hetook over the ...
20 Killed Taliban Attackers In Kabul
Feb 12, 2009; ... A trio of closely coordinated attacks left at least 20 peopledead and 54 wounded in the Afghan capital Wednesday morning, afterseparate teams of gunmen and bombers targeted two downtowngovernment ministries and a corrections administration office in thesuburbs. The attacks created panic ...
District Briefing
Feb 12, 2009 ... DOWNTOWN Creators of the planned National Law Enforcement Museum atJudiciary Square announced yesterday that the recession has causedthem to strip $29 million from the $80 million project, cut itssquare footage almost in half and push back its completion date twoyears, from 2011 ...
Fairfax Probes Police Exam Cheating Case, Suspends Two
Feb 12, 2009; ... Three Fairfax County police officials have been temporarilyremoved from their duties after a police officer studying for apromotional exam said he was leaked questions to the test, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Fairfax Police Chief David M. Rohrer sent an e-mail to ...
Broadband Program Oversight Questioned; USDA Would Manage Rural Internet Funds
Feb 12, 2009; ... Congress has targeted more than $6 billion to wire rural Americawith Internet service as part of the nearly $790 billion stimulusplan. But the bill would place much of those funds in an AgricultureDepartment program that has been criticized for its past managementof grants, raising ...
Key Changes
Feb 12, 2009 ... $400, $800 'MAKE WORK PAY' TAX CUT Amounts, respectively, for a year for individuals and families.Down from $500 and $1,000 a year, respectively, in both versions. $54 billion STATE BUDGET FUND Down from the House's $79 billion and up from the Senate's ...
Lawmakers Line Up Bankers, Unleash Anger of the Masses
Feb 12, 2009; ... The titans of Wall Street, already humbled by the financialmeltdown, were hauled before Congress for the first time yesterdayto face the rage of a nation. Lined up in a row at a nationally-televised hearing, thechieftains of eight banks that received $165 billion in ...
Geithner Defends Slow Rollout of Rescue Details; Regulator Asks Lenders to Suspend Foreclosures
Feb 12, 2009; ... As senior senators demanded more details yesterday about how thegovernment's new financial rescue package will work, TreasurySecretary Timothy F. Geithner told them that the time he is takingto work out the specifics will make for a better plan and preventmissteps. In the ...
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Feb 12, 2009 ... Eighty House lawmakers have signed on to a bill that would allowMaryland to comply with the federal security law known as Real IDwithout denying driver's licenses to thousands of undocumentedimmigrants. The bill, with Del. Jolene Ivey (D-Prince George's) as leadsponsor, would ...
THE LOTTERIES; February 11
Feb 12, 2009 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 0-6-8 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 5-5-0-7 Lucky Numbers: 5-7-9 D.C. 4: 9-7-6-0 Rolling Cash 5: 4-15-20-24-34 Daily 6: 1-5-7-21-33-35 *15 Day/Pick-3: 6-7-4 Pick-4: ...
Around the Nation
Feb 12, 2009 ... The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory in New Mexico ismissing 67 computers, including 13 that were lost or stolen in thepast year. Officials say no classified information has been lost. The watchdog group Project on Government Oversight on Wednesdayreleased a memo dated Feb. 3 ...
Consumers Lose in This Love Triangle
Feb 12, 2009; ... Effective Valentine's Day -- Feb. 14 -- you will no longer beable to get your FICO credit score from Experian, one of the threemajor credit bureaus. The company notified Fair Isaac Corp., the firm that created thecredit-scoring model most used by lenders, that it is ...
Under Albee's Gaze, Arena Stage Gains Its 'Balance'; Actors Get Guidance Straight From the Source's Mouth
Feb 12, 2009; ... Don't try telling Edward Albee that the major plot catalyst inhis 1966 play "A Delicate Balance" -- unexplained, free-floatingterror -- is particularly noteworthy in such a medium asnaturalistic theater. "Tell me a good play in which there isn't looming dread," thelegendary ...
Obama, Kaine Say Stimulus Bill Could Kick-Start Road Projects
Feb 12, 2009; ... The paralyzing traffic of Northern Virginia served as a backdropyesterday for President Obama and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to lobby forswift passage of a federal stimulus bill that would direct billionsof dollars to badly needed infrastructure projects across thecountry. But even as ...
Words and Stone Summon the Intangible Abe
Feb 12, 2009; ... If Abraham Lincoln belonged to a more remote historical era,there would no doubt be conspiracy theorists like those who bedevilShakespeare scholarship, claiming there was no way Abe Lincoln wasreally Abe Lincoln. Surely no one from the backwoods could write sowell, master the art of ...
Don't Punish the Shareholders, Too
Feb 12, 2009 ... In justifying a change of policy on negotiating corporatepenalties, the new chairman of the Securities and ExchangeCommission, Mary Schapiro, stressed the need to apply "the fullforce of the law" to "those who break the law and take advantage ofinvestors" ["New SEC Chief Moves To ...
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Feb 12, 2009 ... Environmental advocates urged Congress to reinstate themoratorium on offshore oil drilling. At a House hearing yesterday,Philippe Cousteau, grandson of legendary ocean explorer JacquesCousteau, said continued bans on drilling off the ...
Going Where Darwin Feared to Tread; Scientists Begin to Decode the History of Human Evolution
Feb 12, 2009; ... In biology's most famous book, "On the Origin of Species,"Charles Darwin steered clear of applying his revolutionary theory ofevolution to the species of greatest interest to his readers -- their own. He couldn't avoid it forever, of course. He eventually wroteanother tome ...
Justice Department Putting New Focus on Combating Corporate Fraud
Feb 12, 2009; ... Ten years ago, a Justice Department official drafted a set ofguidelines for prosecuting corporate crime. Little noticed at thetime, the strategy ultimately transformed the way prosecutors pursuecorrupt businesses -- by exhorting them to hire their owninvestigators and share the results ...
International Criminal Court to Issue Arrest Warrant for Sudan's Bashir
Feb 12, 2009; ... The International Criminal Court's pretrial judges have decidedto issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassanal-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity inSudan's Darfur region, according to an official at the UnitedNations. Bashir is the ...
Intrepid Lawmakers to Brave the Alpine Front
Feb 12, 2009 ... Hurry, hurry, hurry. Congress will begin its 2009 travel seasonin earnest this weekend with two spectacular codels -- trips forHouse congressional delegations -- that are not to be missed. On Saturday, Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.), chairman of the Housedelegation to NATO's ...
In Md., a Quest to Toughen Domestic Violence Laws; O'Malley Seeks to Ease Removal of Guns From People Under Protective Orders
Feb 12, 2009; ... Even when they are ordered to stay away from the partner theyassaulted or threatened, many domestic abuse suspects in Marylandand Virginia get to keep their guns. Advocates for victims in Maryland have fought for a decade totighten the law, ever since Francseea Batts of Baltimore ...
British Officials to Visit Detainee in Cuba; Government Readies for Possible Release
Feb 12, 2009; ... The British government said yesterday that it is dispatching ateam of officials, including a police doctor, to Guantanamo Bay tovisit a former British resident on a hunger strike to be preparedfor his return home to the United Kingdom. The statement by British Foreign Secretary ...
Report of Suspicious Activity Leads to Executive's Vehicle
Feb 12, 2009; ... An Anne Arundel County police officer responding to an anonymous911 call reporting possible sexual activity in a parked car arrivedto find County Executive John R. Leopold in the back seat,authorities said yesterday. The officer called the dispatcher shortly afterward to say ...
Charging More to Wager Is an Ill-Conceived Bet
Feb 12, 2009; ... Imagine the following discussion in the executive suite of amodern-day corporation. Executive 1: "The economy is killing us. Customers are desertingus. Our business is terrible. What are we going to do?" Executive 2: "I've got an idea. Let's raise our prices!" Executive ...
Even the Biggest Sports Heroes Aren't Perfect
Feb 12, 2009 ... USA Swimming has suspended Olympic superstar Michael Phelps fromcompetition for three months. The national body took that actionafter a British newspaper published a photograph that seemed to showthe 14-time gold medal winner using marijuana, an illegal drug, at acollege party last ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Feb 12, 2009 ... Stump, a mellow 10-year-old Sussex spaniel, made history as theoldest dog and first of his breed to win the coveted Best in Showaward at the 133rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The new top dog overcame big odds at the most prestigious dogshow in the country. Stump won Tuesday ...
Attacks Kill 16 In Iraqi Capital; Dual Car Bombs Target Shiite Area
Feb 12, 2009; ... Two car bombs targeting a bus station in a Shiite neighborhood insouthwest Baghdad killed at least 16 people Wednesday, Iraqiauthorities said. One of the bombs detonated inside the main bus stop in the Bayaadistrict about 3:30 p.m., and the second exploded just outside in abusy ...
Attacks in Kabul Since 2003
Feb 12, 2009 ... Timeline of major suicide attacks in Kabul: June 7, 2003 -- Four German soldiers on a bus are killed by asuicide car bomber. Sept. 28, 2005 -- Eight staff members of an Afghan armytraining center and a civilian driver die in a suicide bomb attack. Sept. 18, 2006 -- ...
In a Casual-Dining World, D.C. Is Still Comfortable in a Tie
Feb 12, 2009; ... If New Yorkers want to go the way of Los Angeles, may God havemercy upon their souls. But here in Washington, the gents who runthe city's jacket-and-tie restaurants say they will not go the wayof Manhattan's famous 21 Club, which announced the other day thatalthough ties are still ...
NATIONAL BRIEFING
Feb 12, 2009 ... BANKING New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo laid out furtherdetails about $3.6 billion in bonuses that Merrill Lynch executivesreceived, calling the investment bank's executives irresponsible.Cuomo outlined the size and scope of the bonuses in a letter sent toRep. Barney ...
Automakers' Loans Hinge on 11th-Hour Talks With Unions
Feb 12, 2009; ... General Motors and Chrysler have spent the last two monthsunveiling fuel-efficient cars, shuttering a jobs bank that paidfurloughed workers and taking other steps to cut costs and transformproduct lines. But to prove they are worthy of additional federal loans, theystill must ...
Senate Committee Passes Bill; Measure to Add House Seat Moves to Full Chamber
Feb 12, 2009; ... A Senate committee easily passed a bill yesterday that would givethe District its first full seat in the House of Representatives,sending it to the full chamber for a crucial vote expected in thenext few weeks or months. The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental ...
Hansbrough, UNC Capture Fourth Straight at Cameron
Feb 12, 2009 ... Ty Lawson helped Tyler Hansbrough make it four in a row atCameron Indoor Stadium, while keeping himself perfect against NorthCarolina's most despised rival. Lawson scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half, and No. 3North Carolina rallied past No. 6 Duke, 101-87, last night ...
Capitals2200 -- 4Rangers1300 ...
Feb 12, 2009 ... Capitals2200 -- 4Rangers1300 -- 5Rangers won shootout, 2-1 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 13 (Korpikoski), 7:33. 2,Washington, Fleischmann 16 (Fehr, Fedorov), 10:51. 3, Washington,Fehr 7 (Fleischmann, Alzner), 18:08. Penalties: Brashear, Was, major(fighting), ...
Ford's Gala Does Justice To 16's Legacy
Feb 12, 2009; ... As President Obama and the first lady sat front-row center, agaggle of stars paid stirring tribute last night to the legacy ofAbraham Lincoln and to two Americans -- "Star Wars" directorGeorge Lucas and barrier-breaking actor Sidney Poitier -- who wereawarded Lincoln Medals for ...
Not Ready to Protect; The District's child welfare agency has more reforms to make before it can be free of court supervision.
Feb 12, 2009 ... THE D.C. government is desperate to free its child welfare agencyfrom 18 years of federal court supervision. Officials argue withsome justification that the agency has improved, and they point tothe drawbacks of court intervention. Far more convincing, though,would be action to correct ...
Mr. Barry's 'Obstruction' Was Good for Our Library
Feb 12, 2009 ... The disapproval resolution by D.C. Council member Marion Barry(D-Ward 8) against the almost $10 million contract to rebuild theWatha T. Daniel Library in Shaw was not indiscriminate, whatever council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) may say ["Weapon of MassObstruction," editorial, Jan ....
Plan, Baby, Plan; Interior Secretary Salazar keeps his options open on offshore drilling.
Feb 12, 2009 ... HERE'S THE ultimate midnight regulation: On the very last day ofthe Bush administration, the Interior Department proposed a newfive-year plan for oil and gas leasing on the outer continentalshelf. All hearings and other meetings on the scope of the plan,which would have opened as much ...
Commuting Times Can Be Cut
Feb 12, 2009 ... As a resident of Prince George's County, I read "A DubiousDistinction: The Longest Ride in U.S." [front page, Feb. 3] withdismay. I think of the thousands of drivers slowly heading west on theWoodrow Wilson Bridge every morning or around the north side of theBeltway, heading to ...
Love's Labor Rewarded, Nearly Two Decades Later
Feb 12, 2009; ... One day in 1990, Tony Senerchia took out a pencil and a sheet ofblue, lined paper and wrote a letter to the person he hoped wouldsomeday be his wife. Julia Yankowski had broken Tony's heart bymoving to Tucson, but he was determined to win her back. "Dear Julia," he wrote. "People ...
LOCAL BRIEFING
Feb 12, 2009 ... MORTGAGE FINANCE As it seeks to increase housing demand, Fannie Mae will no longerbar real estate investors from qualifying for its loans if theyalready own four properties. The government-controlled mortgage financing company will expandits limit for investor and second-home ...
Illness Could Keep Barry Out of Jail, Experts Say
Feb 12, 2009; ... D.C. Council member Marion Barry's new disclosure of his healthproblems highlights a contradiction about the 72-year-old formermayor. Although he maintains an active schedule of council meetingsand social events, he also struggles with a growing list of physicalailments and the effects ...
THE POST TOP 10; Ice Hockey
Feb 12, 2009 ... Wootton faces Whitman today in the MSHL quarterfinals. . . .DeMatha improved to 9-1-1 against area teams with a 3-1 win overGonzaga on Feb. 4. . . . Stone Bridge eked out a 4-3 win over BroadRun last Friday. . . . Glenelg became the top-ranked MSHL team afterits 8-5 win over Wootton last ...
EARNINGS Figures in millions (except per-share figures)
Feb 12, 2009 ... Here are the most recent earnings from Post 200 companies. ComScore Inc.Ticker: SCOR Headquarters: RestonFourth QuarterYearto DateFiscal year20082007% Chg20082007%e$31.6$25.3+25.0$117.4$87.2+34.7Profit$20.4$12.7+59.8$25.2$19.3+30.4Earnings per ...
No. 1 U-Conn. Remains Unbeaten
Feb 12, 2009 ... Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles each scored 21 points to helptop-ranked Connecticut remain unbeaten with a 77-64 victory over St.John's last night in New York. Maya Moore had 20 points and 11 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season as the Huskies (24-0, 10-0 Big East) ...
Mr. Chavez vs. the Jews; With George W. Bush gone, Venezuela's strongman has found new enemies.
Feb 12, 2009 ... VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez, who says he intends to remainin office for decades to come, lost a referendum 14 months ago thatwould have removed the constitutional limit on his tenure. When heannounced another referendum in December, the first polls showed himlosing again by a wide ...
Maryland Briefing
Feb 12, 2009 ... MONTGOMERY COUNTY A Silver Spring lawyer was convicted in federal court yesterdayon charges of fabricating asylum applications for immigrants tryingto stay in the United States. Patrick G. Tzeuton, 42, who is from Cameroon and worked with manypeople from West Africa, signed ...
Netanyahu, Livni Start to Build Competing Coalitions in Israel
Feb 12, 2009; ... Opposition candidate Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign MinisterTzipi Livni began what could be an intense and prolonged campaign towoo smaller parties Wednesday, as each tries to build a coalitiongovernment after voters split over who should lead Israel. Although Livni's Kadima party ...
A Little Economic Stimulus: Free Antivirus
Feb 12, 2009; ... Using Windows has traditionally required paying a tax of sorts.Not to Microsoft but to the vendor of the antivirus program youinstall to protect your PC. This tax has come not just in the form of purchase prices andannual subscription fees but also in the time needed to ...
Key GOP Senator in Stimulus Deal Is Known for Centrist Approach
Feb 12, 2009; ... Six years ago, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was working to brokera deal with a Democratic colleague that would steer $20 billion inrelief to struggling state governments when she was abruptly calledinto the office of House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R). Waitingthere was Vice President ...
Guarneri's Poignant, If Flawed, Farewell
Feb 12, 2009; ... Beethoven's late quartets are music of mortality. Amalgamationsof individual voices grouped into an uneasy collective, constantlytesting the boundaries of harmony and tonality that corral themtogether, they raise existential questions about the form, pushingat the limits of ...
Groups Seek Council's Ear on Spending; Advocates for Homeless and Poor Testify at Hearing on City's Possible Share
Feb 12, 2009; ... Advocates for the homeless, youths and low-income residentsfilled the D.C. Council chambers yesterday to testify at a hearingabout the city's potential $1 billion share of the economic stimuluspackage agreed to by congressional leaders. Council members and city officials said, ...
In Defense of the Death Penalty
Feb 12, 2009 ... I am sure there are many good reasons to end capital punishmentin Maryland, but the arguments seemed rather lame as presented inthe few short paragraphs of the Feb. 6 editorial "A Vote AgainstCruelty." So a respected commission of Maryland leaders thinks the deathpenalty is ...
Madoff's Wife Withdrew $15 Million Before His Arrest, Regulators Say
Feb 12, 2009; ... The wife of disgraced money manager Bernard L. Madoff withdrewmore than $15 million from a firm co-owned by her husband, including$10 million on the day their children turned her husband over toauthorities for overseeing an alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, thetop securities regulator in ...
Stimulus Pact Solidifies Modest Gains
Feb 12, 2009; ... Wall Street staged a modest rebound yesterday after congressionalleaders agreed on a nearly $790 billion economic stimuluspackage. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 0.6 percent, or 50.65points, at 7939.53, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock indexgained 0.8 ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Feb 12, 2009 ... IRELAND Ireland unveiled plans to invest $9 billion in its two largestbanks, Allied Irish and the Bank of Ireland, in hopes of easinginternational fears that Ireland's financial system could be headedfor collapse. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan increased Ireland's original ...
CORRECTIONS
Feb 12, 2009 ... A Feb. 10 front-page article incorrectly attributed to James B.Lockhart III, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, twodetails about a mortgage modification program being developed by thefederal government. The information came from other experts. Thedetails included the ...
Social Security Workers Feeling Strapped
Feb 12, 2009; ... Workers at the Social Security Administration are working harderand enjoying it less, while its customers grow ever more frustrated. That's a major take-away from a recent Government AccountabilityOffice report detailing the negative impact of SSA staff cuts. One important ...
NEWS & NOTES
Feb 12, 2009 ... PRO FOOTBALL Favre Says Goodbye, Again Quarterback Brett Favre yesterday announced his retirement fromthe NFL for the second time in less than a year. This time, he said,it's for good. Favre, 39, said he's ending his career only one season afterbeing traded to ...
Adapted from a recent online ...
Feb 12, 2009; ... Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I am 24, healthy, active and in a stable and loving relationship.However, I have been completely uninterested in sex for a month ortwo now. Boyfriend is very upset and wonders what this means for ourfuture. We tried the ...
Lawmakers' Goal to Cap Executive Pay Meets Resistance
Feb 12, 2009; ... Congressional efforts to impose stringent restrictions onexecutive compensation appeared to be evaporating yesterday as Houseand Senate negotiators worked to fine-tune the compromise stimulusbill. Provisions to impose a penalty on banks that paid hefty bonusesand to cap pay at ...
GW Fails to Climb Out of Atlantic 10 Cellar
Feb 12, 2009; ... La Salle 68, George Washington 57 With five of its seven remaining games against teams from thebottom half of the Atlantic 10 standings, now is the time forGeorge Washington to make a move out of last place. Last night before 2,409 at Smith Center, the Colonials wasted ...
Hokies Keep It Interesting, and Win
Feb 12, 2009; ... Virginia Tech 76, Georgia Tech 71 -- The Cassell Coliseum crowd was smart not to departWednesday's game between Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech when theHokies held a sizable second-half lead. If Coach Seth Greenberg'steams have proven anything 23 games into the season, it is ...
In D.C., Bags Might Soon Contain a Fee; Council Considers 5-Cent Charge on Paper and Plastic to Aid Anacostia River
Feb 12, 2009; ... Paper or plastic? It might end up being neither in the District. That is, unlessconsumers fork over 5 cents per bag when buying groceries from asupermarket, picking up cold medicine from a drugstore or grabbing ahot dog and soda from a street vendor. A majority of the D.C ....