The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, March 18:
Escape Keys Getting There B ...
Mar 18, 2009 ... Getting There Baltimore is about 40 miles from Washington, upInterstate 95. Where to Stay The Harbor East area has a number of lodgingpossibilities. The Courtyard by Marriott (1000 Aliceanna St., 443-923-4000, www.marriott.com/bwidt) has rates starting at $119 pernight. The ...
Marsalis Leads Short, Sweet Jazz Musings
Mar 18, 2009 ... The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performance at the KennedyCenter Concert Hall on Monday night wasn't devoted to extendedworks. Instead the program delighted listeners with a series ofmultifaceted, multi-hued, mood-shifting orchestrations, old and new,inspired in part by the 70th ...
Baltimore Puts Charm in City Living
Mar 18, 2009; ... I'm sitting at the bar in Baltimore's James Joyce Irish Pub &Restaurant at midday on a Friday in February, chatting with Seamus,the bartender. The place is jammed. And because the Harbor Eastneighborhood is decidedly braw, and even though Baltimore is foreverbeing hailed for its ...
Step Right Up! BSO Will Ring In 2009-10 With a Circus-Themed Centerpiece
Mar 18, 2009; ... The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is going to the circus. The orchestra's 2009-10 season, details of which were announcedTuesday morning, will culminate in a four-week circus festivalinvolving actual circus performers such as the Cirque de laSymphonie. "I started thinking ...
The Rams Tighten Their Hold On the Belt
Mar 18, 2009 ... Eric Maynor was never a fight fan growing up. Not even close. "I just liked to see Mike Tyson knock people out," VCU's starguard told me this week. "That was it. I never got into boxing." But he's looked perfectly at ease wearing his team's championshipbelt in recent weeks. He ...
Battle Carries Penn State Past George Mason in OT
Mar 18, 2009 ... Talor Battle scored eight of his game-high 24 points in overtimeand tied the game with a three-pointer at the end of regulation asPenn State defeated George Mason, 77-73, last night in StateCollege, Pa., in the first round of the National InvitationTournament. Dre Smith hit two ...
THE LOTTERIES; March 17
Mar 18, 2009 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 5-5-9 Lucky Red Ball: White Mid-Day D.C. 4: 0-4-6-4 Lucky Numbers: 7-3-8 Lucky Red Ball: Red D.C. 4: 3-8-2-2 Rolling Cash 5: 4-12-27-29-30 Daily 6: ...
Making a Point (Allegedly) About Chopper Noise
Mar 18, 2009; ... I'm not sure his lawyer would want me saying this, but Gary Wortis my hero. Why? For expressing his outrage at the noisy traffichelicopters that hover over our houses while we're trying to sleep. I should say for allegedly expressing his outrage, since themanner in which Wort ...
A Choice for Metro's Workers
Mar 18, 2009 ... I was interested to read the March 12 editorial "Metro's CrisisPartners," which called on "union leaders" to agree to whatever theWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority might offer in a newlabor agreement and to forgo their legal right to have a neutralarbitrator decide such ...
Bringing Metro, and Havoc, to Route 123
Mar 18, 2009 ... The March 15 Metro article "Metrorail Heading in a New Direction"discussed the "pain" that Tysons Corner will feel from constructionof both elevated rail lines and high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes. Itsaid that the impact on Route 123 will be "less dramatic" than onRoute 7. But ...
Virginia's Voting Glitches
Mar 18, 2009 ... The Post's coverage of the voting problems in the battle for aseat on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors ["Republican WinsClose Fairfax Race in Delayed Count," Metro, March 12; "BallotMachine Malfunctions, Fairfax Race Left in Limbo," March 11]overlooked the "new math" provided by ...
A Bellyful of Ideology
Mar 18, 2009 ... I suspect that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's ideologicalrigidity would be tested if he visited a food bank one morning toexplain to its clients his views on government aid for the needy["More Need, Less Help," front page, ...
Gunning for D.C.'s Voting Rights
Mar 18, 2009 ... Sen. John Ensign's March 13 op-ed column, "Gun Rights on theLine," was misleading at best and dishonest at worst. This rationaleattempts to bully D.C. residents into believing that they mustsacrifice their self-governance and safety to have representation inCongress. Last June, ...
Spot On; Planners should vote to widen Interstate 66.
Mar 18, 2009 ... TRAFFIC SNARLS in Northern Virginia are so daunting that itsometimes seems that nothing less than transformational, earth-shifting projects can ease congestion. Yet, for every rail line toDulles International Airport, there are small-scale fixes that canmake life a little better for ...
The Big Bash; Politicians of both parties pile on AIG.
Mar 18, 2009 ... YESTERDAY, we were more skeptical than most about the "populist"backlash against the $165 million in bonuses that went to someemployees of government-owned AIG. The events of the past 24 hourshave only confirmed our view. We don't love the fact that the menand women of this disgraced ...
From Bad to Worse; The HIV/AIDS epidemic is ravaging the District.
Mar 18, 2009 ... WE'VE LONG known that HIV and AIDS stalk the District. But thestartling "District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Update 2008"released Monday shows the breathtaking devastation that the diseasewith no cure has unleashed on the District. According to the report,in defining an HIV ...
Federal Diary
Mar 18, 2009 ... Joe Davidson: The administration views the Federal EmployeesHealth ...
Suspected Al-Qaeda Agent Gets Hearing; Further Detention for Marri to Be Sought
Mar 18, 2009; ... Suspected al-Qaeda sleeper agent Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri spentyears isolated in a U.S. Navy brig after authorities proclaimed himan enemy combatant in the Bush administration's long-running waragainst terrorism. Today, Justice Department prosecutors will try to convince ...
Exam-Scam Suspects Leave Force; Police Officers Accused of Involvement in Promotional Cheating
Mar 18, 2009; ... Two Fairfax County police officers accused in a cheating scandalinvolving promotional exams have left the department, and two othershave been placed on administrative duties with pay, according topolice sources. First Lt. Susan Lamar, 44, an assistant commander in theorganized ...
Obama Names Judge to Appeals Court; President Praises David Hamilton of Indiana as a Moderate
Mar 18, 2009; ... President Obama yesterday made his first judicial appointment,naming U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton to the federal appealscourt, a choice excoriated by some conservatives even as the WhiteHouse touted him as the type of moderate who could cool the nation'slong-simmering judicial ...
With a Nod To the Gods, 'Ion' Delivers A Wry Charge
Mar 18, 2009; ... Maybe the gods really are crazy. In Shakespeare Theatre Company'ssprightly new staging of Euripides' "Ion," Apollo messes things upbut good for a mortal royal family, despoiling the queen, deceivingher husband and keeping an heir in the dark about his lineage. The irony, of ...
Capitals Report
Mar 18, 2009 ... DayTimeOpponentTVTomorrow7:30 at Tampa BayCSNSaturday7atCarolinaCSNTuesday7 at TorontoCSNALL GAMES ON WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) ONLINE COVERAGE Capitals beat writer ...
AIG Firestorm Raises Alarm For Other Firms
Mar 18, 2009; ... The firestorm over bonuses paid by insurance giant AmericanInternational Group has triggered alarm at other financial firms,threatening federal efforts to draw private investors into economicrecovery programs. It is a critical juncture for the Obama administration. Officialsat ...
A Silenced Drug Study Creates An Uproar
Mar 18, 2009; ... The study would come to be called "cursed," but it started outjust as Study 15. It was a long-term trial of the antipsychotic drug Seroquel. Thecommon wisdom in psychiatric circles was that newer drugs were farbetter than older drugs, but Study 15's results suggested ...
Capitals012 -- 3Panthers000 - ...
Mar 18, 2009 ... Capitals012 -- 3Panthers000 -- 0 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: None. Penalties: None. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: 1, Washington, Laich 18 (Erskine), 5:46 (sh). Penalties:Morrisonn, Was (holding), 4:22; Kozlov, Was (holding), 10:12; Semin,Was (interference), ...
[14] American vs. [3] Villanova
Mar 18, 2009 ... When: Tomorrow, 7:20 p.m. Where: Philadelphia in East ...
Maryland Briefing
Mar 18, 2009 ... GENERAL ASSEMBLY Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) urged a House panel yesterday to pass aSenate bill that tightens standards of evidence in death penaltycases, acknowledging that a full repeal of capital punishmentremains elusive this year. The Senate bill restricts capital cases to ...
Constructing a Recovery?; Housing Starts Shoot Up, but They're Still Near Historic Lows
Mar 18, 2009; ... New-home construction jumped unexpectedly in February, reboundingfrom record lows but failing to shake skepticism that the housingmarket will remain weak throughout this year. Economists dismissed the increase as an aberration, noting thatthe uptick was largely tied to multi-family ...
District Briefing
Mar 18, 2009 ... CONGRESS Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) met first lady Michelle Obamafor lunch yesterday at B. Smith's in Union Station, according to thedelegate. Norton is pressing to get a voting seat in the House ofRepresentatives for the District. But her conversation with Obamadidn't ...
Ringling Bros. Hits Town as Case Heats Up; Animal Rights Groups Say Elephants Abused
Mar 18, 2009; ... Elephants with green top hats, clutching Irish flags in theirtrunks, marched through the District yesterday to celebrate SaintPatrick's Day and announce the arrival of the Ringling Bros. andBarnum and Bailey circus for shows starting tomorrow. The march took place as a legal battle ...
Rebuilding Young Lives and Communities; 100 People Join in Constructing 'Green' Home for Family That Lost Trailer in Hurricane
Mar 18, 2009; ... Corey Carswell was headed nowhere when two YouthBuild recruitersapproached him seven months ago with this offer: Join us, and helpus rebuild your community. At the time, he was homeless and out of work and hadn't attendedschool since 2004. But now the 22-year-old has a job, ...
Heads Pop Up and Heads Roll: Let's Keep Track.
Mar 18, 2009 ... Today we launch Head Count, The Washington Post's interactivedatabase to help you keep a sharp eye on the people President Obamais appointing to the nearly 500 top positions in the federalgovernment that require Senate confirmation. The new feature willnot only tell you who they are but ...
Federal City Digest
Mar 18, 2009 ... Military suicides soared in 2008, the fourth straight year ofincreases. In 2009, the disturbing trend line has only gotten worse. Twenty-four U.S. Army soldiers may have taken their lives in January -- investigations to confirm a suicide take months -- and another 18were ...
EARNINGS Figures in millions (except per-share figures)
Mar 18, 2009 ... Here are the most recent earnings from Post 200 companies. Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. Ticker: AGM Headquarters:Washington Fourth QuarterYear to DateFiscal year20082007%Chg20082007% ChgGuarantee portfolio $10,082.3$8,543.8+18.0 ------ Profit-$59.1-$8.7 -- ...
Hi, Carolyn: My brother's da ...
Mar 18, 2009; ... Hi, Carolyn: My brother's daughter is getting married. He called me last nightto "get my thoughts" on whether my stepdaughters should be invitedto the wedding, because he "didn't want them to feel obligated." Iwas stunned and my husband was incredulous. Lots of history here, ...
Ford Retiree Deal Won't Suit GM, CEO Says
Mar 18, 2009; ... When Ford and the United Auto Workers reached an agreement lastmonth on retiree health care, it was touted as a model for theindustry, one that could save the companies from faltering under themultibillion-dollar burden. But General Motors chief executive G. Richard Wagoner ...
Around the World
Mar 18, 2009 ... MEXICO A drunk driver lost control of his tractor-trailer and slammedinto a bus carrying Canadians and Americans touring northern Mexico,killing 11, officials said Tuesday. Seven Americans, three Canadians and the Mexican bus driver died.Sixteen people were injured, many ...
'Idol' Judges Love Anoop for His 'Mind'
Mar 18, 2009; ... The "American Idol" judges are willing to give Anoop Desai onemore chance to keep them satisfied. The 21-year-old college student from North Carolina impressedtough critic Simon Cowell and the rest of the panel with his soulfulcover of "Always on My Mind" during Tuesday night's ...
Next Up for the iPhone: A Basic Left Out Before
Mar 18, 2009; ... Here it is, the big announcement for the next generation ofiPhone: cut and paste. Okay, it doesn't sound like much, but the cognoscenti wereexcited yesterday -- some reportedly cheered -- when Apple saidthat its latest software would allow iPhone users to copy and pasteblocks ...
A Career and a Calling; Marquis Grissom Made a Living Playing Baseball. Now It's His Life's Work.
Mar 18, 2009; ... Marquis Grissom was 8 years old -- or maybe 10. He can'tentirely remember. He just knows that the moment changed his life. What happened that day didn't just help him become a majorleaguer, which in turn helped him become a coach with the WashingtonNationals. It determined why ...
Capitals Bounce Back With Win; Theodore Earns Second Shutout
Mar 18, 2009; ... Capitals 3, Panthers 0 One night after arguably their worst performance of the season,the Washington Capitals played with considerably more energy andeffort against the Florida Panthers. It was still well short of their best, but Jose Theodore and histeammates were good ...
Housing News Reignites Wall Street Rally
Mar 18, 2009; ... Wall Street surged yesterday after a better-than-expected reportabout the battered housing market helped stocks recover momentumfrom last week's rally. After languishing Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average is atits highest level in nearly a month. But it is unclear whether ...
For Birds, a Change in Flight Plans; Scientists Think Global Warming Causes Species to Spend Winter Farther North Than Before
Mar 18, 2009 ... About 100 years ago, coal miners would take a bright yellowcanary down into the mines with them. The miners wanted to hear thebird's sweet song, but not for the reason you might think. As longas the canary sang, the miners knew the air in the mine was cleanand safe to breathe. If the ...
The Value of Sticking With 'The Price'
Mar 18, 2009; ... Andrew Prosky, youngest son of revered actor Robert Prosky, had atough decision to make after his father's death in Decemberfollowing a heart procedure. Long before Robert's passing at age 77, he, Andrew and Washingtonactor Gary Sloan were set to perform Arthur Miller's drama ...
TODAY'S NEWS
Mar 18, 2009 ... Scientists have identified the smallest known meat-eatingdinosaurs to have roamed areas of North America 75 million yearsago. Fossils of the dinosaur, which was the size of a small chicken,were found in Canada in 1982 but not studied until recently. Named Hesperonychus, the ...
Hamels's Elbow Exam Reveals No Damage
Mar 18, 2009 ... Philadelphia Phillies ace Cole Hamels will return to camp after ateam physician found no damage in his sore left elbow. General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. says Michael Ciccotti reportedno structural damage to the joint after looking at the left-hander's pitching elbow yesterday in ...
The Writing Life For an acc ...
Mar 18, 2009 ... For an account of what it's like to translate Nobel Prize-winnerOrhan Pamuk's politically charged Turkish novels ...
Bogged Down in Ireland
Mar 18, 2009; ... THE HOLY CITY By Patrick McCabe Bloomsbury. 212 pp. $15 Best known to American audiences for "The Butcher Boy" and"Breakfast on Pluto" -- both shortlisted for the Booker Prize,both dramatized by Neil Jordan -- Patrick McCabe has distinguishedhimself as a ...
CHAT REWIND | MICHAEL WILBON: THE CHAT HOUSE
Mar 18, 2009 ... QuestionAnswer Arlington: HELP! How do you make the decision topull the trigger on an upset in the later rounds [of the NCAAtournament]? Last year four No. 1 seeds made it [to the Final Four]for the only time since the tournament began seeding in 1979. Itwon't happen again this year. So, ...
Drugs and Violence In the Frozen North
Mar 18, 2009; ... THROUGH BLACK SPRUCE By Joseph Boyden Viking. 360 pp. $26.95 The winner of the 2008 Giller Prize,Canada's top literary award, has just been released in the UnitedStates, where I suspect the response will be mixed. Much of thisnovel reflects its crisp, poetic title, but ...
Negotiations to Free Israeli Soldier Fail
Mar 18, 2009; ... Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that hisgovernment could not reach agreement with the Hamas movement on theexchange of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit for hundreds ofPalestinians held in Israeli jails. Olmert said that Hamas would not budge on demands that ...
$63,550; Average salary for Border Patrol agents
Mar 18, 2009 ... The 17 women in the Senate want to see female pilots who servedin World War II receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highestcivilian honor Congress can give. The award would go to members ofthe Women Airforce Service ...
The World
Mar 18, 2009 ... Weapons in a pyre burn as they are destroyed in Nairobi. TheKenyan police yesterday destroyed more than ...
France, Germany Unite to Urge Fiscal Discipline
Mar 18, 2009; ... France and Germany appealed to fellow European nations Tuesday totake the lead in emphasizing tighter regulation and "a new globalfinancial architecture" to combat the world economic crisis andprevent new ones. The appeal, in an unusual joint letter from French PresidentNicolas ...
LOCAL BRIEFING
Mar 18, 2009 ... WALL STREET CapitalSource, a commercial lender to middle-market businesses,said that its board approved the repurchase of up to $25 million ofthe company's common stock. The buybacks will be made from time totime for up to two years depending on market conditions, the ...
House Panel Will Probe Asbestos at Museum; Air and Space's Safety Conditions Are at Issue
Mar 18, 2009; ... A member of Congress said yesterday that he would hold ahearing to investigate health-and-safety allegations regarding thehandling of asbestos at the Smithsonian Institution. House Administration Committee Chairman Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.)said the April hearing is meant to ...
INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING
Mar 18, 2009 ... UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Standard & Poor's cut the Dubai government's confidential creditrating and downgraded six state-backed entities, citing the globaleconomic meltdown's sharper-than-expected impact on the Mideast'sonetime boomtown. The move comes despite a recent promise by ...
Local Players in the NCAA Men's Tournament
Mar 18, 2009 ... Player (High School) College Pos. YearFast FactDwayne Anderson(St. John's)VillanovaG-FSr.8.2 ppg, 5.7 rpgRogers Barnes (RiverHill)Morgan St.GSr.8.6 ppg, 3.1 rpgAdrian Bowie (Mont.Christian)MarylandGSo.8.9 ppg, 3.0 rpgJason Colenda(O'Connell)VillanovaGJr.One FG att. in 26 mins.Jimmy ...
Prison Officials Are Loosening Restrictions on Taliban Supporter; Number of People Who Can Contact Lindh Grows
Mar 18, 2009; ... Prison officials are easing restrictions on John Walker Lindh,the Californian captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan who becameknown as the "American Taliban," according to government documents. Among other changes, officials are expanding the number of peoplewho can contact Lindh, ...
NATIONAL BRIEFING
Mar 18, 2009 ... INVESTING An industry group is proposing stricter rules for money-marketmutual funds after one fund exposed investors to losses last fall,triggering fears about the nearly $4 trillion held in what aresupposed to be safe-haven, low-yield investments. Recommendations that the ...
Prosecutors Seek More Madoff Assets
Mar 18, 2009; ... Prosecutors stepped up their scrutiny of Bernard L. Madoff'sfamily and assets Tuesday, telling a judge they want to seizejewelry, business interests and more than $30 million that thedisgraced financier and his wife lent to their two sons. The move was one of two motions that ...
Military Reports Of Sex Assaults Rose in 2008
Mar 18, 2009 ... More people came forward to report sexual assaults in themilitary last year, but a significant percentage would not givecrucial details needed for an investigation, the Pentagon saidyesterday. The Pentagon said it received 2,923 reports of sexual assaultacross the military in the ...
For Obama, a Shamrock-Sprinkled Schedule; Irish Ties Are Order of the Day
Mar 18, 2009; ... For the first time, the fountain in front of the White Housespouted green on St. Patrick's Day, just like the Chicago River.And, yes, the president dressed to match. "Green tie -- not bad, huh?" Obama said yesterday morning at anevent ostensibly about his $3.6 trillion budget ...
NEWS & NOTES
Mar 18, 2009 ... HOCKEY Devils' Brodeur No. 1 in Wins Martin Brodeur stands alone among NHL goaltenders. Brodeur posted his 552nd win and passed childhood idol and Hallof Famer Patrick Roy for the most career victories in leaguehistory. He made 30 saves in the New Jersey Devils' ...
FEHB Likely to Be a Model, Not Expanded, Official Says
Mar 18, 2009; ... The Obama administration likes the Federal Employees HealthBenefits program as a model for its broader initiative on healthinsurance, but is not planning to open the program's doors to thegeneral public, according to a top health adviser to PresidentObama. That's a relief to ...