The Washington Post back issues from Wednesday, June 17:
DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor ...
Jun 17, 2009 ... DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor release 6/17/09 bc-stewart-bridge 06/17 TMS Original DAILY BRIDGE CLUBFor release 6/17/09 KEY TO SUCCESS By FRANK STEWART Tribune Media Services The key to success in defensive play is counting. In today'sdeal, alas, ...
No Relief Is in Sight For Virginia's Bullpen
Jun 17, 2009; ... When Virginia relievers Matt Packer and Tyler Wilson returnedfrom Rosenblatt Stadium following the Cavaliers' College WorldSeries win on Monday, they independently ventured to the workoutroom at the team hotel. Packer ran 12 minutes on the treadmill, alternating between ...
Arkansas vs. Virginia
Jun 17, 2009 ... College World Series When: Today, 7 ...
Senators Urge Genachowski To Revive FCC
Jun 17, 2009; ... Julius Genachowski is widely expected to be confirmed to head theFederal Communications Commission today, following a nominationhearing where he was urged to revive an agency lawmakers said hadbeen mismanaged through years of secrecy and influenced by corporateinterests. "Fix ...
Local Digest
Jun 17, 2009 ... DEFENSE Lockheed Martin said it plans to cut up to 750 jobs at itsupstate New York plant because the Pentagon canceled a contractLockheed had to make helicopters for the U.S. president. The cuts would push job reductions at Lockheed's systemsintegration plant in Owego, N.Y., ...
2 D.C. Stations Lost to Viewers in Digital TV Transition
Jun 17, 2009; ... Five days after the national transition to all-digitaltelevision, WUSA, the area's CBS affiliate (Channel 9), and WJLA,the ABC affiliate (Channel 7), have disappeared from screens aroundthe region. The stations were the only two in the Washington area to movetheir digital ...
NEWS & NOTES
Jun 17, 2009 ... Stallworth Will Serve 30 Days Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth is going toserve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty in Florida to a DUImanslaughter charge. The plea deal announced yesterday calls for Stallworth, 28, toalso serve 10 years probation ...
World Digest
Jun 17, 2009 ... THE VATICAN The Vatican's top envoy to China says the time has come for theHoly See to get tough with Beijing on religious freedom, adding thatties are taking a "worrisome slide." Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen also said the Vatican should notplace so much importance on ...
Welcome Back?
Jun 17, 2009 ... Judging by the comments made on the blog on Monday afternoon, aswell as e-mails I received Monday night, there seems to be a mixedreaction to the announcement that Maryland guard Greivis Vasquezwill return for his senior season. Some readers, justifiably, point to the fact that he ...
Merriweather Post Owner Decries Live Nation's 'Death Grip' [Correction 6/24/09]
Jun 17, 2009; ... The legal back-and-forth between Bethesda-based concert promoterSeth Hurwitz and Live Nation, the world's largest live-musicproducer, continues. In March, Hurwitz and his affiliated companies, It's My Party(I.M.P) and It's My Amphitheatre (I.M.A.), filed a lawsuit againstLive ...
The Markets
Jun 17, 2009 ... Get quotes and create customized lists to monitor ...
RORSCHACH'S 2009 SEASON In ...
Jun 17, 2009 ... In addition to its current production of Jason Grote's Middle-Eastern fantasia,"1001" (running through June 28, the temporarilyhomeless Rorschach Theatre offers a 2009 season "in exile" atGeorgetown University. The season includes: "Brainpeople" (June 28-July 26) by Jose Rivera ...
'Flights' Doesn't Quite Get Off the Ground
Jun 17, 2009; ... In the Theater Alliance production of Adam Bock's "FiveFlights," the stage looks like a giant bird's nest. The basicsetting is an aviary, which a man built as a romantic homage to hiswife; now that they're both dead, their kids have to figure outwhat to do with it. The quirky ...
'Fierce Puppy Dog': Actor David Marks; Hayes Award-Winner Is Remembered For Throwing Himself Into His Roles
Jun 17, 2009; ... He was incredibly funny. He made it look easy. He had gloomierdepths to plumb. He liked to have fun, and he might have takenbetter care of himself. He was a nice guy. He'll be missed onstageand off. Boiled down, those are the feelings expressed by friends,colleagues and mentors ...
Carter Decries Gaza Curbs, Asks Israel to Halt 'Abuse'
Jun 17, 2009; ... Former president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that Palestinians inthe Gaza Strip were being treated "more like animals than humanbeings" by Israeli rules that have limited travel, banned the importof all but basic goods and prevented reconstruction since a three-week war ended earlier this ...
Literary Calendar6.20 {vb ...
Jun 17, 2009 ... 6.20 | CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON, author of the novel "The Shadow of theWind," reads from and signs his new ...
Family Gets a New Address In Bethesda -- Without Moving
Jun 17, 2009; ... It was painful enough for the Beyersdorfer family to learn thatMontgomery County had approved a builder's plans to tear down theirneighbor's house and replace it with two larger ones. But then, onMay 29, came a terse form letter with startling news: Effective immediately, the ...
Dear Carolyn: I am the oldes ...
Jun 17, 2009; ... Dear Carolyn: I am the oldest of five siblings. My younger sister is 27. She isa new mother of a 9-month-old. I have invested much love, time andenergy into my sweet nephew. I am married with two stepkids of myown, 8 and 9. My sister has been keeping me up to speed with her ...
ESCAPE KEYS Getting There W ...
Jun 17, 2009 ... Getting There Wheatland is about 21/2 hours from Washington. TakeInterstate 95 north, then I-695 toward Towson, then I-83. At York,Pa., take Route 462 (Market Street), then Lincoln Highway (U.S.Route 30). Go for 19 miles, then take Route 741 toward Millersville;take a left at Marietta ...
Where a Reviled President Retreated
Jun 17, 2009; ... What finally got me to visit Wheatland, President JamesBuchanan's home in Lancaster, Pa., were the lists. These are thelists ranking U.S. presidents, and consistently on the bottom isBuchanan, who served on the eve of the Civil War. In fact,Buchanan's time in office was so bad that he is ...
CORRECTIONS
Jun 17, 2009 ... An image of a painting used to illustrate a book review in theJune 14 Outlook section was printed in reverse. The painting, HenryMosler's "The Birth of the Flag," is printed correctly here. A June 16 A-section article incorrectly said that a column inIsrael's Haaretz newspaper was ...
A Karzai Victory Is Just the Ticket for Regional Commanders
Jun 17, 2009; ... President Hamid Karzai is considered a strong favorite to winreelection when Afghans go to the polls this summer. But here innorthern Afghanistan, one of the country's most peaceful regions,there is little doubt who will be in control when the elections areover, and it's not ...
U.S. Taking Steps Toward Recovery, Data Show
Jun 17, 2009; ... The nation is slowly limping its way out of the recession,according to new economic data, as the housing market stabilizes,the industrial sector continues to struggle and inflation appearscontained. A Commerce Department report released yesterday showed thatconstruction of ...
Business Digest
Jun 17, 2009 ... TAXES The Obama administration asked Congress to repeal a widelyignored tax on the personal use of company cellphones, reversing itspolicy a week after seeking comments on how to better enforce thelaw. The 1989 law says that personal use of a company cellphoneshould be taxed like ...
With BlackRock's Reach Set to Expand, CEO Defends Money Manager's Stability
Jun 17, 2009; ... The acquisition of Barclays Global Investors by BlackRock, whichhas emerged from the financial crisis as a powerhouse and adviser tothe U.S. government, creates a giant overseeing $2.7 trillion inassets, making it by far the largest money manager in the world. To grasp the size of ...
Report on Warming Offers New Details; Estimates Specify Effects on Different Regions of U.S.
Jun 17, 2009; ... Man-made climate change could bring parching droughts to theSouthwest and pounding rainstorms to Washington, put Vermont maplesugar farms out of business and Key West underwater over the nextcentury, according to a federal report released yesterday. The report, a compilation of ...
Around the Horn
Jun 17, 2009 ... Today's game to watch: Nationals at Yankees, 7 p.m. (MASN)Angels: CF Torii Hunter washeld out of the lineup, a day after he bruised his ribs crashinginto the outfield wall. Astros: 2B Kazuo Matsui was activated from the 15-day disabledlist, and IF Geoff Blum was placed on the ...
Obama's Health Plan Needs Spending Controls, CBO Says
Jun 17, 2009; ... President Obama's plan to expand health coverage to the uninsuredis likely to dig the nation deeper into debt unless policymakersadopt politically painful controls on spending, such as sharpreductions in payments to doctors, hospitals and other providers,congressional budget analysts ...
Smoltz to Start Against the Nats
Jun 17, 2009 ... John Smoltz is set to make his first start for Boston on June 25. Red Sox Manager Terry Francona said yesterday that Smoltz, whohasn't pitched in the major leagues since having shoulder surgery ayear ago, will pitch on the road against the Nationals. The only pitcher in major ...
Corrections
Jun 17, 2009 ... A June 16 editorial incorrectly said that only Ford among U.S.automakers had objected to a free-trade agreement with South Korea.Chrysler also opposed the proposed accord. A June 14 editorial misspelled the last name of PaulMagliocchetti, founder ...
An 'Oh, Hell' Moment in Buenos Aires
Jun 17, 2009; ... Back when President Obama was considering Hillary Rodham Clintonfor secretary of state, there were questions raised as to how tohandle potential conflicts that might arise with former presidentBill Clinton's dealings overseas for the nonprofit Clinton GlobalInitiative. Everyone ...
An Agent of Understanding
Jun 17, 2009; ... BORDER SONGS By Jim Lynch Knopf. 291 pp. $25.95Terrorists and tourists beware: "The WesternHemisphere Travel Initiative" sounds like an official vacation plan,but in typical congressional doublespeak it's designed to slow youdown. Starting this month, guards along the ...
Winning on Appeal; Old City Hall's Expansion to Accommodate Courthouse Is Anchored by Modernist Atrium
Jun 17, 2009; ... For 10 years, the building once known as Old City Hall has satidle. At the south end of Judiciary Square, it is a subtle, humblepresence: If you don't look twice and pause to admire the simplicityof its arched windows and Ionic portico, it blends into the city'sstone and concrete ...
Young Eaters Mind Their Peas & Cues; First Lady Hopes Lessons Of Gardening Take Root
Jun 17, 2009; ... They picked snap peas. They washed huge heads of lettuce. Theydecorated cupcakes with raspberries and blueberries. And when the 36fifth-graders from Bancroft Elementary sat down at a long picnictable, Michelle Obama gave them a summer homework assignment. "This gorgeous, bountiful ...
NSO's Farewell Gift to China: A Big Finish
Jun 17, 2009; ... The National Symphony Orchestra found itself Sunday night atthe unlikely venue of a conference-center theater in the dustymidsize city of Xi'an (population 8.5 million), where visitingensembles the size of the NSO are a rare and rather splendid event.Much of the political hierarchy of ...
Stronger Link Than Most Think
Jun 17, 2009; ... The last person you'd ever expect to see in Yankee Stadium onTuesday night walked into the visiting manager's office. Why, it'sManny Acta. What are you doing here? Weren't you fired yesterday? "Haven't you heard? I've got three more days," said Acta, smilingwith that ...
D.C. Mayor, Funders Launch Free Meals Program; Norton Plans to Meet With Park Police Chief About Fatal Shooting
Jun 17, 2009 ... GOVERNMENT More than 250 schools, recreation centers, churches and communitycenters will distribute two meals each day, mostly to children,through Aug. 31 under the D.C. Free Summer Meals Program. D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) and representatives of GeneralMills, the United ...
Immigration Debate Tied to Rise in Hate Crimes
Jun 17, 2009; ... U.S. civil rights leaders said yesterday that an increase in hatecrimes committed in recent years against Hispanics and peopleperceived to be immigrants "correlates closely" to the nation'sincreasingly contentious debate over immigration. Hate crimes targeting Hispanic Americans ...
Sen. Ensign Acknowledges an Extramarital Affair
Jun 17, 2009; ... Sen. John Ensign (Nev.), considered a rising star in theRepublican Party, yesterday acknowledged an extramarital affair witha former campaign staffer who is married to one of the lawmaker'sformer legislative aides. Ensign, a member of the Senate Republican leadership, ...
Amid Impasse, Rivals Rally in Iran; Ruling Clergy Agree to Partial Recount of Friday's Ballots
Jun 17, 2009; ... Tens of thousands of Iranians demonstrated Tuesday for the thirdstraight day as government authorities confronted an increasinglypolarized public and an extraordinary political stalemate with noobvious solution. Iran's ruling clergy agreed to a limited recount of ballots fromlast ...
For One 'Good Day,' Injured Soldiers Leave Burdens Ashore [Correction 6/24/09]
Jun 17, 2009; ... For just one day, Pfc. Gilad Afridonidze didn't have to deal withthe monotony of doctor visits and medications that have been hisreality for a month, a world away from war. Afridonidze and his father, David Afridonidze, were among morethan 50 veterans and as many relatives who ...
Military Lawyers Can Still Defend Detainee
Jun 17, 2009 ... Military lawyers can defend a Guantanamo Bay detainee in federalcourt against charges that he participated in the bombing of twoU.S. embassies in Africa, a federal judge said Tuesday, as long asthe lawyers' superior officers approve. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan urged the ...
CIA Fights Full Release Of Detainee Report; White House Urged to Maintain Secrecy
Jun 17, 2009; ... The CIA is pushing the Obama administration to maintain thesecrecy of significant portions of a comprehensive internal accountof the agency's interrogation program, according to two intelligenceofficials. The officials say the CIA is urging the suppression of passagesdescribing ...
Council Rejects Fenty's Anti-Gang Measure
Jun 17, 2009; ... The D.C. Council rejected a proposal yesterday that would havemade it easier to arrest and detain suspected gang members, guttinga key provision of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's strategy to fight crime. The vote on the emergency crime bill, designed to prevent anincrease in violent ...
Worried Sick Over Sick Leave
Jun 17, 2009; ... Please excuse Frankie and Flo Fed if they seem a bit standoffishwhen President Obama and congressional leaders congratulatethemselves on Congress's approval of landmark tobacco legislationlast week. Obama probably will have a signing ceremony soon for thelegislation that gives ...
What to Watch
Jun 17, 2009 ... President Obama announces a new Consumer Financial ProtectionAgency and delivers remarks on the economy. [Story, A1] Vice President Biden delivers the keynote address at the GreenJobs Summit hosted by Senate Democrats; the event brings togetherleaders from the solar and wind power, ...
Hinckley to Gain Driving Privileges, Longer Visits
Jun 17, 2009; ... Presidential assailant John W. Hinckley Jr. will be allowed toobtain a D.C. driver's license and spend more time at his mother'shome in Virginia under a ruling yesterday by a federal judge. The decision is the latest in recent years expanding privilegesfor Hinckley, who has been ...
White House Comments On Dismissal
Jun 17, 2009; ... The White House informed lawmakers last night that an inspectorgeneral fired by President Obama appeared confused, disoriented andunable to answer questions when he was called in late May to ameeting of the agency that operates AmeriCorps. Gerald Walpin rejected the White House's ...
Many at Meeting Call for Transit, Widening of Road to Ease Traffic
Jun 17, 2009; ... More than 250 people turned out at a public meeting inGaithersburg last night to seek relief from twice-daily stop-and-go traffic along the rapidly growing Interstate 270 corridor inMontgomery and Frederick counties. Many at the meeting, sponsored by two state ...
'Convention' Winds Up Merely Conventional
Jun 17, 2009; ... A documentary is often a wager. You pick a place, a subject, afew characters, you invest huge amounts of time and considerableamounts of money, and you wait, watch, record and hope to highheaven that something interesting will happen. If you're lucky,you'll hit the jackpot: reality that ...
Critical Biomass; Can Congress avoid a renewable-energy boondoggle?
Jun 17, 2009 ... ADVOCATES of the energy bill making its way through the Housesay that it will help America make the transition to a new, greeneconomy. But first it must get past the powerful agriculture bloc. Among many other things, the bill -- known as Waxman-Markeyafter its champions, Reps ....
A Fight for Mr. Fenty; The mayor should draw a bright line on the D.C. Council's meddling in the schools.
Jun 17, 2009 ... MAYOR Adrian M. Fenty has picked some needless fights with theD.C. Council. But there are some issues that, unlike baseballtickets, are worth fighting over. So it's important that Mr. Fentynot shy away from challenging the council's misguided decision tomess with school reform. A ...
Tehran Drama; The U.S. stake in Iran's political crisis.
Jun 17, 2009 ... FOR THE UNITED States, popular revolt in hostile, authoritarianstates poses a special dilemma. Americans instinctively sympathizewith those struggling for freedom; their triumph promises a newregime both more democratic and friendlier to us. Yet, unless theUnited States is prepared to ...
Make Way for Modern Dad; Fatherhood for those who reject their own parents' example.
Jun 17, 2009; ... HOME GAME An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood By Michael Lewis Norton. 189 pp. $23.95 THE BOOK OF DADS Essays on the Joys, Perils, and Humiliations of Fatherhood Edited by Ben George Harper Perennial. 273 pp. Paperback, $14.99Let's get ...
Today'sNEWS
Jun 17, 2009 ... Does your pet have what it takes to be an Internet sensation? Ifso, take part in washingtonpost.com's first Best Pet Tricks VideoContest. You'll want to take a video (not longer than 90 seconds) ofyour pooch, kitten or even guinea pig being absolutely hysterical.You'll need a parent's ...
A Step-by-Step Gift Idea; Need a Great Present For Dad? This Project Really Rocks.
Jun 17, 2009 ... Are you creative? Do you like making useful things? Well, one wayto give your family's outdoor space the personal touch is to makehomemade steppingstones. (They also make great Father's Day gifts -- and in case you forgot, Dad's big day is Sunday!) Girl Scout Troop 776 from ...
Extra! Extra! Newspaper Circulation Is Up Among at Least One Area Demographic Group.
Jun 17, 2009; ... You may have heard that nobody has time for newspapers anymore.Don't believe it. Someone in Beverly Turner's Alexandria neighborhood is obsessedwith newspapers. Of course, that someone lives under a tree andmarks her boundaries with a squirt of urine. Beverly and her husband ...
When the Other Guy Doesn't Wash His Hands
Jun 17, 2009 ... Regarding the June 9 Health article "Coming Clean About Risk ofFinger Food": This article brings up some good points about matters of hygienethat we can all do something about. But a problem exists at manyrestaurant and public restrooms that one has no control over: hot-air hand ...
A National Anthem That Hits the Right Notes
Jun 17, 2009 ... After I finished an enjoyable chortle at Michael Kinsley's June12 column, "Oh, Say Can You Sing It," I decided to speak up indefense of our national anthem. I take issue with Mr. Kinsley's(perhaps tongue-in-cheek) criticism of the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner," which I instead ...
More on the Holocaust Museum Shooting
Jun 17, 2009 ... The tragedy at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was a painfulreminder that private security officers often are our first line ofdefense and that these modestly paid men and women risk their livesto keep us safe ["Grief, Shock After a 'Gentle Giant' Loses His Lifein the Line of Duty," ...
Virginia's Greener Pastures
Jun 17, 2009 ... Regarding the June 14 editorial "A Million-Dollar Question": I amone of those high- income residents who have fled Maryland. Born and raised in Bethesda, I was a crab-eating, Oriole-lovingMarylander who owned a small business for 28 years in MontgomeryCounty. Whenever local and ...
Target Vehicles, Not Cyclists, in Loudoun
Jun 17, 2009 ... It is astounding that the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office usedscarce resources to ticket bicyclists for failing to come to acomplete stop at some intersections ["A Safety Issue to Officers,Poor Form to Cyclists," Metro, June 11]. For years, my neighbors andI have been trying to get the ...
Drivers Warning About Police At Issue in Montgomery Case
Jun 17, 2009; ... Mark Zaid was driving to a baseball game recently when a drivercoming in the opposite direction flashed his lights. It was awarning: Montgomery County police had set up an enforcement zone. As a common courtesy, Zaid says, he flashed his lights back. Apolice officer saw it and ...
THE LOTTERIES; June 16
Jun 17, 2009 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 1-9-8 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 7-5-1-4 Lucky Numbers (Mon.): 3-7-9 Lucky Numbers (Tue.): 6-6-5 D.C. 4 (Mon.): 1-8-0-4 D.C. 4 (Tue.): 4-9-7-6 Rolling Cash 5 (Mon): ...
Wearing White Only in Summer, Weather or Not
Jun 17, 2009; ... Dear Miss Manners: I'm pleased to note how consideration for others seems to be theguiding principle of manners as you promote them, but one rule ofetiquette has puzzled me for a lifetime: the prohibition of wearingwhite or linen between Labor Day and Easter. This rule ...