The Washington Post back issues from Monday, May 25:
EVER WONDERED if you can catch asthma?
May 25, 2009 ... Since the allergy season is upon us, I wanted to talk a littlebit about asthma. Doctors see kids with asthma almost every dayduring the spring and summer. Although asthma is common, it isoften misunderstood. First, what is asthma? It's a lung condition that causes aperson's ...
Make a Date
May 25, 2009 ... MAKE A DATE You probably have today off from school. Do you knowwhy? It's Memorial Day. The holiday was created to honor soldierswho died in the Civil War. It now includes all wars Americans havefought in. Many families will visit cemeteries, and several townswill have parades. Monday ...
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB For release ...
May 25, 2009 ... DAILY BRIDGE CLUB For release 5/25/09 bc-stewart-bridge 05/25 TMS Original DAILY BRIDGE CLUB For release 5/25/09 IN YOUR DREAMS By FRANK STEWART Tribune Media Services I was in the club lounge with my friend the English professorwhen a player ...
All That's Left Is Fit to Print
May 25, 2009; ... THE SCARECROW By Michael Connelly Little, Brown. 419 pp. $27.99Stop the presses! There's a serialkiller on the loose in the new Michael Connelly novel, "TheScarecrow"! Hold on for even more sinister news: There are practically nopresses left to stop! Such is ...
Reform, Through the Eyes Of New York's Chancellor
May 25, 2009 ... NEW YORK Before D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) took over the city's publicschools two years ago, he paid a visit here to learn about a schoolsystem at the center of urban education reform. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) had taken charge of the 1.1million-student system in ...
the Numbers
May 25, 2009 ... Enrollment: 1.1 million Teachers: 79,000 Schools: 1,500 Budget in 2008-09: $21 billion Public charter schools: 78, with about 24,000 students. At least20 more charters to open in fall. Enrollment: 45,000 Teachers: 3,500 Schools: ...
D.C. School Population Disputed; Council Holds Back Funds, Claiming Rhee Is Inflating Numbers
May 25, 2009; ... Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and the D.C. Council are atodds over projected enrollment for the coming academic year, and theoutcome of the dispute could have consequences both for Districtstudents and the nationally prominent schools leader. It could mean the difference ...
NEWS & NOTES
May 25, 2009 ... COLLEGE BASEBALL Virginia Takes ACC Crown Freshman John Hicks's two-run single keyed a three-run ninthinning and lifted Virginia past Florida State, 6-3, yesterday in theACC championship game in Durham, N.C. Steven Proscia and Franco Valdes drove in two runs ...
Sabbatini Holds Off Davis to Win Byron Nelson [Correction 6/3/09]
May 25, 2009 ... Rory Sabbatini won the Byron Nelson Championship yesterday,finishing with a two-stroke victory over late-charging Brian Davis. Sabbatini shot a 6-under-par 64 in Irving, Tex., to finish with atournament record at 19-under 261 for his fifth PGA Tour victory. Davis, whose closing ...
Top 10 Finishers
May 25, 2009 ... NameTeam1Helio CastronevesPenske2Dan WheldonPanther3DanicaPatrickAndretti Green 4Townsend BellKV5Will ...
Adapted from a recent online ...
May 25, 2009; ... Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My husband and I, both 24, were the first in our social circle toget married. Most of our friends have more active dating lives thanI ever had. I don't feel jealous -- I love my husband -- butsomething they all seem ...
Hewitt Faces Record 55 Aces -- and Wins
May 25, 2009 ... Lleyton Hewitt lunged and whiffed at some serves, his rackethitting only air. He simply stood and watched other balls whirrpast. Over and over and over again Sunday, Hewitt's opponent in theFrench Open's first round, the 6-foot-10 Ivo Karlovic, smacked acesfrom on high, finishing ...
Around the Horn
May 25, 2009 ... Today's game to watch: Tigers at Royals, 2 p.m.Angels: RF-DH Vladimir Guerrero is set tocome off the disabled list before tonight's game. He has missed 35games because of a torn pectoral muscle on the right side of hischest. Mets: Closer Francisco Rodriguez was back with the ...
Maddon Says Fine Is 'Unjust'
May 25, 2009 ... Manager Joe Maddon criticized a $500 fine he received from MajorLeague Baseball following his team's recent confrontation with theIndians. The standoff occurred May 17, when Cleveland's Kerry Wood threwbehind B.J. Upton, then threw his next pitch inside. Clevelandcatcher Victor ...
Back for More; 'Jon & Kate Plus 8,' TV's 10-Passenger Family Train Wreck, Returns for a Fifth Voyeuristic Season
May 25, 2009; ... Jon and Kate Gosselin come back to television tonight for a fifthseason of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" (TLC at 9), trying like crazy to keepup appearances and hold fast to the essential myth they'veprojected: We're just a normal suburban family with a bunch ofmatching children, and gosh, it's ...
As Seniors Graduate, Debate Continues on Exit Exams; Evidence Lacking That Set of 4 Tests Is Beneficial
May 25, 2009; ... When Maryland's high school class of 2009 graduates next month,it will become the first in the state to prove it can solve anequation such as 12x + 84 =252. (Answer: 14.) But state officials still don't know the value of anothervariable: the number of students who won't pass exams ...
Former Campaign Staffers Launch Their Own Bids
May 25, 2009; ... A couple of weeks ago, Arlington County residents picked up theirphones to hear a familiar drawl: "Hello," the recorded voice said."This is Bill Clinton." It wasn't the first time some bigwig had taped a campaign robo-call message. But this wasn't meant to endorse a ...
Beach Town Churches' Attendance Comes in Waves
May 25, 2009; ... -- Pastor Mik Megary watched the clock in the elementary schoolgym tick to 9 o'clock. The Fellowship Alliance Church's Sundayservice was supposed to begin, but the two dozen folding chairs,carefully arranged into three rows, were empty. "This is really embarrassing," said Megary, ...
The History Of Chemistry In Baseball; Elixirs, Potions Came Long Before Steroids
May 25, 2009; ... In 15 big-league seasons in the late 1800s, pitcher James "Pud"Galvin won an astounding 364 games and completed an even moreastonishing 646. He was considered so effective that he was said toreduce opposing batters to "pudding" (hence his nickname). The secret of Galvin's success? ...
Lt. Florence B. Choe, 35 El ...
May 25, 2009 ... Lt. Florence B. Choe, 35 El Cajon, Calif. Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Shot by an insurgent dressed as an Afghan soldier at Camp Shaheenin Mazar-e Sharif. Lt. j.g. Francis L. Toner IV, 26 Narragansett, R.I. Tech. Sgt. Phillip ...
Staff Sgt. Jeremy E. Bessa, 2 ...
May 25, 2009 ... Staff Sgt. Jeremy E. Bessa, 26 Woodridge, Ill. 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg,N.C. Their military vehicle was struck by a makeshift bomb followed bysmall-arms fire in Khordi. Master Sgt. David L. Hurt, ...
CW4 Milton E. Suggs, 51 Loc ...
May 25, 2009 ... CW4 Milton E. Suggs, 51 Lockport, La. 38th Operational Support Airlift Detachment, Louisiana ArmyNational Guard, Hammond, La. Died in a noncombat incident at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. Lance Cpl. Kevin T. Preach, 21 Bridgewater, Mass. 3rd Battalion, ...
Seaman Katrina R. Grady, 29...
May 25, 2009 ... Seaman Katrina R. Grady, 29 Greenville, Miss. USS Port Royal She had either been injured or became ill on March 21, 2002. Shewas medically evacuated from her ship sailing near Bahrain andtransferred to Bethesda. Delayed announcement. Lance Cpl. Daniel R ....
Staff Sgt. Archie A. Taylor, 3 ...
May 25, 2009 ... Staff Sgt. Archie A. Taylor, 37 Tomball, Tex. 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II MEF Headquarters Group, II MarineExpeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Died in a non-hostile incident in Kabul province. Sgt. Christopher P. Abeyta, 23 Midlothian, Ill ....
As of Thursday, the death tol ...
May 25, 2009 ... As of Thursday, the death toll for U.S. forces in OperationEnduring Freedom (Afghanistan and elsewhere) was 681. The WashingtonPost has published galleries of the fallen since 2003. The information is compiledfrom ...
The Bangles, Back to Basics
May 25, 2009 ... If your memory of the Bangles begins and ends with their twobiggest hits, "Walk Like an Egyptian" and the Prince-penned "ManicMonday," you could be forgiven for assuming the all-female band wasprimarily a studio creation like so many of their peers in heavyrotation on MTV circa 1986 ....
Sgt. Devin C. Poche, 25 Jack ...
May 25, 2009 ... Sgt. Devin C. Poche, 25 Jacksonville, N.C. Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Died after a noncombat incident at a base near Tikrit, innorthern Iraq. Sgt. Daniel J. Beard, 24 Buffalo 147th ...
Cpl. Donte J. Whitworth, 21 ...
May 25, 2009 ... Cpl. Donte J. Whitworth, 21 Noblesville, Ind. Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, MarineCorps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. Killed in a vehicle crash in Anbar province. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Reed, 23 Chesterfield, Va. 411th Military ...
Cpl. Stephen S. Thompson, 23 ...
May 25, 2009 ... Cpl. Stephen S. Thompson, 23 Tulsa 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Tex. Died of a gunshot wound in Baghdad. Staff Sgt. Sean D. Diamond, 41 Dublin, Calif. 610th Engineer Support ...
Chief Warrant Officer Philip ...
May 25, 2009 ... Chief Warrant Officer Philip E. Windorski Jr., 35 Bovey, Minn. 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade,10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Killed when two OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters crashed inKirkuk, in northern Iraq. Spec ....
Pfc. Ricky L. Turner, 20 At ...
May 25, 2009 ... Pfc. Ricky L. Turner, 20 Athens, Ala. 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. A makeshift bomb exploded near his convoy in Baghdad. Senior Airman Omar J. McKnight, 22 Marrero, La. 6th ...
A Paul Bunyan In Their Midst
May 25, 2009; ... To understand what Adam Dunn's two home runs, one of them a grandslam, and his career-high six RBI, meant to him and his strugglingNationals yesterday in an 8-5 win over the Orioles, you have to goback five days. You have to revisit a moment typical of thefrustration that has tormented ...
Third Time, He's Charmed; Acquitted of Tax Evasion Charges, Castroneves Triumphs Again
May 25, 2009; ... Last month, Helio Castroneves was acquitted of federal taxevasion charges. Sunday, he completed a tale of redemption that'salmost too farfetched to believe. After starting Sunday's Indianapolis 500 from the pole,Castroneves regained the lead on Lap 142, then pulled away late ...
Truth and Death in a Quiet Room
May 25, 2009; ... The Navy doctor had told everyone he would speak frankly, and hedid. "Some of the things I'm going to talk about may have you relivesome things you don't want to relive," said Capt. CharlesBlankenship. Two women, and then a third, got up from their seats and left thehotel ...
At-Risk Need a Mix of Good Teachers, Social Service Help
May 25, 2009; ... Karen Kaldenbach, an 18-year-old high school senior in ArlingtonCounty, remembers vividly what life was like when she was 11: "I sawSocial Services almost as much as I saw my mother, who was alwaysdrunk. Her best friends, alcohol and money, were always there forher. She spent so much ...
Michelle A. Rhee Age: 39 Ap ...
May 25, 2009 ... Age: 39 Appointed: June 2007 Background: Teach for America teacher in Baltimore; founder ofthe New Teacher Project, a nonprofit group that recruits and trainsteachers. Record: Rhee has closed 23 underenrolled schools, fired dozens ofprincipals and attempted to ...
Play-by-Play That's Not A Chore
May 25, 2009; ... As a rule, I mute most basketball telecasts and watch themaccompanied by jazz. On college games, you get the lounge acts thatare Dick Vitale, Clark Kellogg and Bill Raftery. In the NBA, you getsuffocating X's and O's from the likes of Hubie Brown and DougCollins. Well, I have ...
A Life Lost, a Plan Derailed, A Fiancee Left in Limbo; In the Army, There's No Form to Verify Love
May 25, 2009; ... So much now depends on the ring. For Kyle Harper, there are fewother signs remaining of the life she should have had with herfiance. For the longest time, she kept the diamond engagement ringon her finger. It proved what the world at times refused toacknowledge: that she had mattered to ...
A ONE-STOP SHOP
May 25, 2009 ... Mountaintop Technologies has won at least $40 million in federalbusiness, most of it without competition, for a wide range ofprojects, including the following: Manage an airport. Develop customized computer software. Develop parts for robotics. Test and ...
What to Watch
May 25, 2009 ... In observance of Memorial Day, President Obama will be atArlington National Cemetery today at 10:30 a.m. to lay a wreath atthe Tomb of the Unknowns. He will be joined by first lady MichelleObama and Maj. Gen. Richard Rowe. The U.S. Air Force Band will be onhand. Several Memorial ...
Iran Blocks Facebook, Outlet for Opposition; Lively Discussions on June 12 Vote Took Place on Web Site
May 25, 2009; ... Iran blocked access to Facebook on Saturday in what oppositioncandidates said was an effort to sabotage their challenges toPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Facebook has become hugely popular in Iran, where young urbanitesuse it to connect with friends, play online games and ...
France's Oft-Derided Largess Insulates Many From Slump
May 25, 2009; ... In recent years, Jean Beaufranqui and his wife have spent most oftheir time in Menton, enjoying the sunshine and gentle Mediterraneanbreezes that have made this little town into a retirement haven,France's version of Miami Beach. And now, even as the world reels from its most ...
Defense Dept., Industry Join to Protect Data
May 25, 2009; ... At 2:42 p.m. one recent Wednesday, on the fourth floor of a squatbrick office building under the flight path of jets landing atBaltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, a Pentagonanalyst skilled in parsing malicious computer code e-mailed a threatalert to 28 of the nation's ...
Families Affected by Suicide Feel Sting on Memorial Day
May 25, 2009; ... Mary Clare Lindberg's son, Army Sgt. Benjamin Jon Miller, washome in Minnesota on leave from Iraq in June when he shot and killedhimself. In March, Lindberg made a pilgrimage to Fort Campbell, Ky., tovisit the post where her son served with the 101st AirborneDivision. While it ...
World Digest
May 25, 2009 ... SOUTH KOREA Bowing deeply and laying white chrysanthemums before hisportrait, tens of thousands of mourners journeyed Sunday to thevillage where former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun killedhimself by jumping off a rocky cliff overlooking his home. Several top officials, ...
Construction to Continue in Israeli Settlements
May 25, 2009; ... Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his cabinet onSunday that construction will continue in existing Jewishsettlements in the occupied West Bank, despite a call by PresidentObama for it to be stopped, according to an Israeli official. Netanyahu has not commented publicly ...
Memorial Day; Let us not overlook those wounded in spirit.
May 25, 2009 ... "IWISH TO GOD I hadn't seen that." Those words spoken by anAmerican platoon leader near Anzio in February 1944 (noted in RickAtkinson's history of the Italian campaign) echo through all thewars that Americans and their enemies and allies have ever fought,as an expression of one of the ...
Boondoggle in Prince George's; The cost of abandoning a school offices plan
May 25, 2009 ... COMING UP WITH enough money to properly fund education has longbeen a struggle in Prince George's County, where a tax cap limitsrevenue. So it's all the more maddening that $11 million wasfrittered away on a planned school headquarters. This colossal wasteof public money should cause ...
Swine Flu Lessons; Gaps were exposed in pandemic preparedness.
May 25, 2009 ... AMONTH HAS passed since Homeland Security Secretary JanetNapolitano declared a national emergency in response to the growingnumber of swine flu cases in the United States. The human-to-humanspread of swine flu from Mexico to the United States and 40 othercountries was the first big test ...
Susan Boyle Makes Final On 'Talent'
May 25, 2009; ... Susan Boyle, the frumpy Scottish spinster whose amazing voice hasbecome a global YouTube sensation, thrilled audiences again onSunday as she was voted through to the final of "Britain's GotTalent." Singing "Memory" from the musical "Cats," the 48-year-oldovercame initial nerves ...
'The White Ribbon' Takes Top Honor at Cannes
May 25, 2009 ... Austrian director Michael Haneke's somber drama "The WhiteRibbon" claimed the top prize Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival,where Quentin Tarantino and Lars von Trier entries earned the actinghonors. It was a big night for Austria, whose triumphs included ChristophWaltz as best ...
Appointments
May 25, 2009 ... Mason Dixon Funding of Rockville named Anna Ortel senior vicepresident and director of operations and Roshan Alavi senior vicepresident and regional sales manager. JW Marriott Hotel of the District named Scott Nadeau, former areageneral manager for the Marriott Crystal Gateway and ...
BANKRUPTCIES
May 25, 2009 ... These firms recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's localclerk of court offices. Under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, a company isprotected from claims by creditors while it attempts to reorganizeits finances under a plan approved by the court. In a ...
Advisory BoardRichard A. Schw ...
May 25, 2009 ... Advisory BoardRichard A. SchwartzOfficerMay18Sold1,357$23.11885Allied Defense GroupJohn J. MarcelloCEOMay19Bought1,600$4.7637,826CienaStephen B. AlexanderChief technologyofficerMay 15Sold5,000$9.56355,116Corporate Office PropertiesTrustRobert L. DentonDirectorMay ...
Downturn Creates Drag on Traffic at Region's Airports
May 25, 2009; ... The recession has landed at Washington's local airports. All three major hubs -- Dulles International, Reagan Nationaland Baltimore-Washington International Marshall -- have reporteddrops in the number of passengers and fewer flights departing theirrunways this year as the ...
Yearly Enrollment
May 25, 2009 ... Fiscal 2005 DCPS: 61,710 Public charters: 15,500 Total enrollment: 77,210 Fiscal 2006 DCPS: 54,748 Public charters: 17,343 Total enrollment: 72,091 Fiscal 2007 DCPS: 52,191 Public charters: 19,662 Total ...
Face Time
May 25, 2009 ... WEDNESDAY Preparing 8(a) Annual Submission. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,American Bar Association Building, 740 15th St. NW, third floor,Washington. Sponsor: Service Corps of Retired Executives. Cost: $40.Contact: 202-272-0390. Web site: www.scoredc.org. Start Your Business. Robin Suomi, a ...
The Power Pendulum Swings Toward Washington
May 25, 2009; ... Silicon Valley and Wall Street are so last year. Now all eyes areon Washington. That's one of the main themes of this week's Capital Connectionconference put on by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association. It runstomorrow and Wednesday at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and ...
Sgt. Christopher D. Loza, 24 ...
May 25, 2009 ... Sgt. Christopher D. Loza, 24 Abilene, Tex. 1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Infantry BrigadeCombat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Waco, Tex. Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington afterbecoming ill in Iraq. Spec. Michael J. Anaya, ...
As of Thursday, the death tol ...
May 25, 2009 ... As of Thursday, the death toll ...
From Violinist Kitchen, Bach With Skill and Stamina
May 25, 2009 ... Few violinists boast the chops -- and stamina -- to chargetheir way through a complete cycle of Bach's Unaccompanied Sonatasand Partitas in a single recital and still sound fresh and energizedafter 21/2 hours of the toughest music in the repertoire. Fewerstill possess Nicholas ...
Ecuador's Drug Fighting
May 25, 2009 ... The May 20 news story "Ecuadoran Town a Hub for Drug-RunningRebels, Colombia Says" provided a misleading account, driven bysenior Colombian officials, that was designed to confuse readers.Colombian irregular groups cross the border because of the Colombiangovernment's omissions on its ...
Inside the Copyright Debacle
May 25, 2009 ... Bringing the U.S. Copyright Office debacle to public attentionwas overdue ["(c) 2009? Wishful Thinking, Perhaps, as BacklogMounts," front page, May 19]. The office's management insisted onimplementing the new system when the managers should have seen thatit wouldn't work. I retired from ...
Poor, but Not in Spirit
May 25, 2009 ... In his May 21 column, "Getting Through to Kids, if Council StaysOut of Way," Marc Fisher wrote that "political sniping between themayor and the D.C. Council is getting in the way of helping kidsdeal with the violence and anger of poverty." My brothers and I grew up in the Southeast ...
The Counterinsurgency Wars
May 25, 2009 ... Celeste Ward ["Countering the Military's Latest Mantra," Outlook,May 17] reminded us that the military, like society, is vulnerableto a fad -- in this instance, COIN, or counterinsurgency. Fads areenticing, and leaders employ them because they provide the energy tomove a bureaucracy ...