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25da30f6-42c2-11e1-9022-0d2194331bfe_0 | Why you should grow garlic chives | I sometimes wonder why garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) are not as commonly grown as regular chives (Allium schoenoprasum). They are hardy perennials and just as easy to grow. Like regular chives, they can spread and become too much of a good thing. But more likely, they’re just less familiar and slower to creep into o... |
adf5fc6a-4798-11e1-ac5a-877c11c519ad_7 | State of the Union 2013: President Obama’s address to Congress (Transcript) | their elected officials cause another. Now... (APPLAUSE) ... most of us agree that a plan to reduce the deficit must be part of our agenda. But let’s be clear: Deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan. (APPLAUSE) A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs, that must be the North Star that guides our ... |
90523ae0-42b9-11e1-ad78-52434cb020f0_0 | Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Jan. 26-Feb. 1 | The Chinese Lunar New Year Parade is Sunday. (Matt McClain/for The Washington Post) THU 26 Cowboy Mouth H Street Karaoke Championship Roy Ayers Basile FRI 27 Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam “On the Lakeshore . . . and Other Stories: Photographer Iris Janke” SAT 28 Renwick anniversary party The gallery celebrates its 40t... |
6f3d57ee-44c7-11e1-9091-3ad6d04900db_0 | After earthquake, Japan can’t agree on the future of nuclear power | TOKYO — Nearly a year after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi facility, Japanese decision-makers cannot agree on how to safeguard their reactors against future disasters, or even whether to operate them at all. Some experts say this indecision reflects the Japanese tendency to search for, and sometimes depen... |
7ded5d9e-47f5-11e1-9ad3-2ae063ae0730_1 | Japan losing hope for its pricey ‘dream reactor’ | its costly resource-scarcity problem, which necessitates fuel imports from across the world. “It was supposed to be the dream reactor, powering Japan for 100 or 200 years,” Satoru Kondo, director general of Japan’s fast breeder program at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview this week. “I never thought ... |
f1dbccb8-3e04-11e1-861f-2c3eff5ce2df_1 | Obama’s military strategy should focus on troops, not technology | does not stop the development of technology useful to the military, though it is an unwise and dangerous strategy. Indeed, every major war of the past hundred years has prompted, in months, technological innovations that in peacetime would have required years. Even the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — which were not supp... |
a5a0dd0e-4834-11e1-b211-f163d35bb8f4_0 | Man pleads guilty to Catonsville military recruiting office bomb plot | A Baltimore man pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to blow up a Catonsville military recruiting station. Antonio Benjamin Martinez, 22, was arrested on Dec. 8, 2010 after he attempted to detonate what he believed to be explosives at the armed forces recruiting station near Baltimore. According to Martinez’s plea agreeme... |
585a0d06-489b-11e1-9a35-ee3df431dcec_0 | Clarinetist Joerg Widmann shows off his composing skills with National Symphony | You get to be young for a long time in the classical music world. Joerg Widmann has been a wunderkind in Germany for years — as a clarinetist who regularly plays with the world’s leading musicians and as a much-feted composer. Although he’s been on the scene for a couple of decades, he’s still younger than 40, and it w... |
271ad536-42d8-11e1-9091-3ad6d04900db_2 | Runner Brooke Curran is on a global marathon campaign for Alexandria | the city’s cobblestone streets when she moved there in 1994. They reminded her of Richmond, her childhood home. So far, Curran has run 43 marathons in 32 states and five continents and raised more than $90,000. Her cause has brought her to the coastal monoliths of Easter Island, finish lines on China’s Great Wall and t... |
6c0e95be-4784-11e1-ac5a-877c11c519ad_5 | Popular magnets pose risk if swallowed | safety commission to spread the message that the magnets should be kept from children. “We don’t sell to stores that sell exclusively children’s products or toy stores,” he said. “We are doing everything we can to make sure it’s not getting to children.” Brookstone, one of many retailers that carry the magnets, says th... |
7ccc90ca-308e-11e1-b034-d347de95dcfe_0 | Book World: ‘Fug You,’ by Ed Sanders, a look back at the ’60s band | A Fugs performance in 1966 at Astor Place Playhouse (Credit: Ed Sanders Collection/Credit: Ed Sanders Collection) In 1967, I drove with several other leading radicals (i.e., Johns Hopkins grad students who wanted a day off from school) from Baltimore to Washington to levitate the Pentagon. As we parked and began walkin... |
dcd00456-4917-11e1-bfd9-c630ec256905_0 | 45 years after America’s first space tragedy, lessons linger | CAPE CANAVERAL — Faulty wiring probably sparked the blaze that killed Roger Chaffee, Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Ed White, according to NASA and congressional investigations. The fire spread quickly in the pure-oxygen environment. The tragedy is still etched on the space agency’s collective psyche. The agency held its ann... |
5862b4bc-483f-11e1-b211-f163d35bb8f4_2 | A dangerous shift in Obama’s ‘climate change’ rhetoric | deployed, and people setting policy agendas know this well. In 2002, Republican political strategist Frank Luntz issued a widely cited memo advising that the Bush administration should shift its rhetoric on the climate. “It’s time for us to start talking about ‘climate change’ instead of global warming. . . . ‘Climate ... |
3fd97fd0-490b-11e1-bfd9-c630ec256905_3 | What would Mitt Romney’s offshore account filings show? | offshore holdings have become an issue in the Republican primary campaign. “We’re not going to beat Barack Obama with some guy who has Swiss bank accounts,” rival Newt Gingrich said in a Florida appearance Thursday. The Romney tax returns showed that he and his family held investments abroad in such places as Luxembour... |
52e7b56c-3d5b-11e1-84a4-02de40db9b91_1 | Iceland sharply divided on joining E.U. amid debt crisis | it’s going pretty badly.” Taxi drivers. Tattoo artists. Barbers. Baristas. Nearly everyone has an opinion, and very often a strong one. “It’s a very hard topic; it’s very divisive,” said Baldur Thorhallsson, a political science professor at the University of Iceland. “It’s about national identity, and that’s why the de... |
533c4ac0-4920-11e1-ba2c-44b5c309d24f_1 | Obama ally suggests administration is undermining Endangered Species Act | Bush administration proposal that was later ruled illegal, redefines what constitutes a “significant portion of its range” for a given species. It says that a plant or animal deserves listing only if its disappearance from one area threatens the entire species’ survival. It also defines a species’ range as its current ... |
19dce8d2-436e-11e1-9091-3ad6d04900db_2 | For CIA family, a deadly suicide bombing leads to painful divisions | comments. Click here to read a summary Then, in October 2010, the CIA released results of the agency’s internal investigation into the Khost attack, fueling another round of stories that Matthews was partially responsible. Matthews and her team, the report concluded, failed to follow the agency’s procedures for vetting... |
8f13f360-469e-11e1-865e-8d7745453554_3 | quality of life and the dosage and side effects of the medications they take. The information is compiled in detailed charts and graphs that are updated each time a patient adds information. The company has even done a clinical-trial-type study based on the experiences of patients on its site who used lithium to treat ... | |
f022af4e-4ac1-11e1-a28f-d3ac470637fb_1 | Stargazing in the nation’s defense | a star can’t be used for navigation. (Ellen Perlman) “We tell them this star is too much of a mess,” said Bill Hartkopf, also an observatory astronomer. “There might be three or four or five or six stars in complicated motion.” The earth also speeds up, slows down and wobbles from the effects of snow and ice, the tides... |
8cb21822-492d-11e1-8cb4-cd666424bf3a_0 | Military leadership will surmount troop cuts | In his Jan. 27 Washington Forum commentary, “Troops, not technology,” Frederick W. Kagan vastly overstated the impact of President Obama’s new defense strategy on military leadership. Mr. Obama’s proposed reduction of 92,000 troops in Army and Marine Corps personnel is not that significant. It will bring the ground for... |
af890502-1ad1-11e1-ac7a-30507982266b_1 | Consumer Reports Insights: Unexplained fevers can be signs of serious illness | bacteria turned out to be resistant to the antibiotics available at the time and would have killed the former first lady even if her illness had been diagnosed promptly. That may have helped ease the conscience of those involved in her care. Fevers of unknown origin are always worth investigating because they can be ca... |
3ff3df8c-4b5f-11e1-8269-c719533b4b13_3 | February Checklist: Caulk tub, change filters and prepare a garden | harder, which adds to your energy bill and makes the system run noisier. While you're basking in the furnace's warmth, also spend a few minutes planning for those days when the temperature is too hot. Have your air-conditioner serviced now, when technicians aren't booked up. Get ready to bike Has your bike been sitting... |
04b97536-4b77-11e1-8269-c719533b4b13_1 | In Florida Everglades, pythons and anacondas dominate food chain | pythons are causing the decline of native mammals in the Everglades. When researchers struck out to count animals along a main road that runs to the southernmost tip of the park, more than 99 percent of raccoons were gone, along with nearly the same percentage of opossums and about 88 percent of bobcats. Marsh and cott... |
537c11a2-3c80-11e1-af18-7ec0de5907e2_4 | Smarter Food: The flexible CSA box | site offered, among other things, three varieties of apples, pea shoots and lettuce from the greenhouse, Jerusalem artichokes, eggs, mushrooms, jams and jellies. Entrepreneurs are building similar models. Richmond-based Farm2Family has a multi-farm CSA that offers meat, dairy, bread and soy products, such as tofu in wi... |
8b542cdc-4b61-11e1-8269-c719533b4b13_0 | District Taco will soon deserve its name | NAME RINGS TRUE: “I knew Douglas, and I was like, ‘I want that space when it becomes available,’ ” Wallace recalls during a hard-hat tour of the future District Taco at 1309 F St. NW, the partners’ second bricks-and-mortar restaurant since launching as an Arlington food cart in 2009. Wallace and Hoil eventually got tha... |
6b366f7c-46a3-11e1-865e-8d7745453554_1 | D.C. news in brief | Bandalongs use natural water currents to trap trash and debris and keep it from reaching the river’s mainstream. The devices are considered safe for fish, waterfowl and other aquatic wildlife. The traps were installed at Watts Branch near the District-Prince George’s County line and an outfall near the James Creek Mari... |
2ae86604-48fc-11e1-9a35-ee3df431dcec_0 | Prince George’s County Animal Watch | prince george’s county The following cases were received by the Prince George’s County Department of Environmental Resources Animal Management Group. Call 301-780-7200 for directions to the county animal shelter, hours of operation and adoption and licensing procedures. The shelter’s Web site is at www.princegeorgescou... |
ba4f9e70-3268-11e1-825f-dabc29fd7071_5 | 2012 list of Washington area CSAs | $625 full share, 22 weeks; $400 half share, 11 weeks.; chicken and egg shares available Pickup in southern Calvert County and Alexandria, and at the farm. Lock Farm Woodsboro John Poffenbarger, 301-639-6988 poffmaj@earthlink.net www.lockfarm.net $130, 6 weeks (spring); $400, 20 weeks; $120, 6 weeks (fall). Pickup in Fr... |
90da42da-3c8a-11e1-af18-7ec0de5907e2_1 | Rethinking leadership in America’s schools | into collective power to implement change. New accountability laws, increased school funding, and a greater use of digital technology for instruction, among other proposed improvements, will only be successful with strong, collective leadership in our schools. While our principals and superintendents may have a clear i... |
3204a35e-4b58-11e1-8269-c719533b4b13_0 | D.C. charter school under scrutiny for lack of special-ed students | A Northwest Washington public charter school that has not enrolled a special education student in three years is under scrutiny by District officials. Roots Public Charter School Federal law requires that all public schools provide “a free and appropriate” education to students with disabilities. Charter schools, which... |
48f91594-4e15-11e1-ae67-12d434cd1a35_2 | Christoph Eschenbach leads National Symphony Orchestra in emotional program | someone for getting so involved with a moving work of art, and for caring about his musicians so much, that he shook hands with every one of them when the piece was over? Anyone who bemoans how big symphony orchestras can fall into routines should come watch Eschenbach. There’s no routine in his work; he’s reinventing ... |
fdbbdb52-4874-11e1-9a35-ee3df431dcec_0 | Small business lending on the rise | (Creative commons licensed from Flickr user paalia) In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama urged Congress to help “tear down regulations that prevent aspiring entrepreneurs from getting the financing to grow.” This raises the question: Is access to credit still one of the biggest issues facing entrep... |
28adbf2e-4b95-11e1-8d55-edfca0e33083_0 | Corcoran exhibit helps viewers picture the horrors of the Civil War | Alexander Gardner. ‘Ruins of Confederate Armory, Richmond, VA.’ April 1865. Albumen silver print, 7x9 in. (Collection of Julia J. Norrell/Collection of Julia J. Norrell) Former lawyer and lobbyist Julia J. Norrell, 77, has collected art since she was a teenager in Arkansas. But she didn’t start studying and collecting ... |
fa28097a-4dd3-11e1-a4d1-23c1d0ce2e96_0 | Calling all beer lovers | A bartender serves two mugs of beer at a tavern in Montpelier, Vt. (Toby Talbot/AP) The Food section’s sixth annual Beer Madness is practically around the corner, so you know what that means: We’re in need of a few tasters. This year, the bracketed taste-off will feature 32 all-American craft brews. ChurchKey beer dire... |
7a24866a-4e76-11e1-80cd-f184a803a05e_0 | Nicholas McGegan conducts Baltimore Symphony with energy | Conductor Nicholas McGegan was a bundle of energy on Thursday night. (Randi Lynn Beach/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) Correction: Nicholas McGegan is a baroque specialist. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, not so much, so the first half of its concert at Strathmore on Thursday was a little uncomfortable. There was guest... |
ca39fe38-4b87-11e1-8d55-edfca0e33083_1 | Government action needs to target microbusinesses | of Ms. Mills’s background in venture capital. Moreover, the other agencies with which it would be merged, according to Obama’s proposal, will pull it even further in the direction of supporting large businesses. We believe the SBA has largely ignored the needs of micro-businesses in America — despite the importance of ... |
aa622958-4ea4-11e1-a477-228d21ae3476_2 | New York sues big banks, local firm over foreclosure documents | the MERS system as an end-run around the property recording system, to facilitate the rapid securitization and sale of mortgages,” Schneiderman said in a statement Friday. “Once the mortgages went sour, these same banks brought foreclosure proceedings en masse based on deceptive and fraudulent court submissions, seekin... |
daf534e8-4f26-11e1-89aa-88e2abdf1db6_0 | Afghan civilian deaths hit record high in 2011, U.N. report says | KABUL — The report Insurgents were responsible for the vast majority of the casualties, at least 2,332, according to the report. Most of the victims were killed by makeshift explosives or suicide bombers. The use of both tactics increased sharply over the past 12 months. The report describes a deteriorating security si... |
ab6fdef2-4f4f-11e1-9a71-22a967bc2c35_0 | Md. brewers, restaurant owners push for return of ‘growlers’ | Once, Baltimoreans could stop by the corner tavern and take away a container of their favorite brew, straight from the tap. The sound those pails made as they slid empty down the bar for refills is said to be how they got their name. Growlers, which in recent decades have taken the form of 2-liter brown-glass jugs, hav... |
fe65fcaa-4df5-11e1-9a71-22a967bc2c35_0 | Lax U.S. gun laws enable killing in Mexico | DO AMERICA’S failed gun policies contribute to the terrible violence in Mexico? Alejandro A. Poire Romero makes a compelling case that the answer is yes. Law enforcement officials in both countries acknowledge that 70 to 80 percent of the traceable guns seized in Mexico can be tracked to the United States. Mr. Poire Ro... |
cd83a39a-4fcf-11e1-8ac5-2097b276c239_0 | Car bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills seven outside police headquarters | An Afghan police officer retrieves documents stained with blood after a car bomb in Kandahar. The attack killed at least seven people and wounded 19 on Sunday. (Ahmad Nadeem/Reuters) KABUL — An additional 19 people, six of them police officers, were wounded in the blast, provincial officials said. Children also were am... |
3db18b96-4d50-11e1-a449-94121444c392_0 | Golfsmith opening multiple stores in Washington area | Golfsmith employee Pablo Gonzalez demonstrates the club-fitting studio at the retailer’s Tysons Corner location. (Jeffrey MacMillan/Capital Business) Barely a year has gone by since Golfsmith opened its first store in the Washington area, but the sporting goods retailer is teeing up to open three more. Austin-based Gol... |
1e8ac964-4920-11e1-ba2c-44b5c309d24f_1 | Government loses second major technology official | Vivek Kundraleft his post. They served as the federal government’s first CTO and CIO, respectively. The two were also something of a pair, as they previously worked together in the state of Virginia’s technology office and are friends. “There was a great synergy between them,” said Bobbie Kilberg, president of the Nort... |
115d725a-4dd5-11e1-a4d1-23c1d0ce2e96_4 | George Huguely’s trial in Yeardley Love’s death starts Monday with jury selection | lacrosse for her school in Towson, a Baltimore suburb, before going to U-Va. Her death had a profound impact on the circle of athletes closest to her, marked in memorial services and the creation of a foundation in her name that raised at least $500,000 toward an athletic field at her prep school alma mater and ongoing... |
1e901902-501c-11e1-8ac5-2097b276c239_1 | Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner of Fairfax dies in Afghanistan of apparent natural causes | Hood. The U.S. Army says Brigadier General Terence J. Hildner, 49, died of apparent natural causes Feb. 3 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Courtesy U.S. Army) As of last month, 1,850 American service members had died in Afghanistan since 2001, according to military records. About 375 of those deaths have been classified as “non... |
7e6e81a4-4dda-11e1-970f-5aedabc3a02c_2 | U.S. deals favoring blind draw scrutiny as rivals struggle | the organization’s annual report. An additional $221 million in uniform orders was set aside for small businesses, defined as those with no more than 500 employees. That left about $907 million, or 49.9 percent, available for unrestricted competition, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The squeeze on private unif... |
cca37b7e-50e9-11e1-bd4f-8a7d53f6d6c2_0 | Butterflies help out scientists and the military | Butterflies are teaching scientists important lessons that could be used in designing flying robots. The military wants to be able to use bug-size robots to fly into areas without risking human lives. They call their robots MAVs, short for micro air vehicles. The problem is that the robots don’t do as good a job of fly... |
837c608a-50f0-11e1-ad74-b5127cc09f9f_0 | Going Out Guide: Nightlife Agenda | Every Tuesday, the Going Out Gurus highlight the week’s best DJs, bands, dance nights and parties. Find a longer list of events at www.goingoutguide.com . Home Brewers Match Up There’s been a lot of talk about DC Brau, 3 Stars and Chocolate City beers, but the truth is there are dozens of brewers in Washington, and Mer... |
f44ff8d2-4b85-11e1-8d55-edfca0e33083_4 | A vegan queen’s cupcakes take the crown | a line of people out the door or do you have a line of just vegans out the door?” Both carnivores and vegetarians scooped up their sticky buns and brownies, and in 2006 the business moved to a bigger space in Columbia Heights. A retro oven and refrigerator were brought in to hold condiments and the cabinets were painte... |
1894e5ac-4db3-11e1-a4d1-23c1d0ce2e96_1 | Barley wine’s not just for winter nights | made between 1968 and 2008. This strong ale (it could measure more than 12 percent alcohol by volume) was dosed with fresh yeast in the bottle, and as it continued to ferment, it developed enormous complexity over time. It was eventually deemed too expensive to make, but vintage-dated bottles continue to change hands o... |
edb922a2-4ddb-11e1-a6cc-0af555104193_0 | Washington Post food calendar for Feb. 11-Feb. 21 | SATURDAY SPARKLING WINE TASTING: WASHINGTON D.C. INTERNATIONAL WINE FOOD FESTIVAL: SUNDAY COCKTAIL CLASS: FOOD AND DRINK IN MEDIEVAL CYPRUS: MONDAY CHOCOLATE, CHEESE AND BUBBLY: WINE DINNER: TUESDAY TUESDAY TEA: RESERVE NOW FEB. 17 CHOPIN VODKA DINNER: FEB. 19 CELEBRITY SURF ’N’ TURF DINNER: FEB. 21 ST. JUDE GOURMET GA... |
74029e2e-51ab-11e1-b56b-bfafcb3820a0_0 | Roger Boisjoly, engineer who warned of Challenger shuttle danger, dies at 73 | The 1986 explosion that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger and killed seven astronauts shocked the nation, but for one rocket engineer, the tragedy became a personal burden and created a lifelong quest to challenge the bureaucratic ethics that had caused the tragedy. Roger Boisjoly was an engineer at solid-rocket b... |
66183be8-4aad-11e1-a28f-d3ac470637fb_0 | D.C. news in brief | Affordable housing building opens in Ward 8 Matthews Memorial Terrace, a 99-unit affordable housing building at 2616 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE in Ward 8, opened Jan. 31. The apartments will house 32 families headed by seniors and 67 low-income families. Amenities include a meeting room with kitchen facilities, a c... |
06d497e4-5188-11e1-b56b-bfafcb3820a0_1 | D.C. rat summit: Another day in the sun for city’s rodents | Lyme disease, rabies and other animal-borne ailments. “Like others, I want to ensure the humane treatment of animals, but when it comes to rodents and other animals that often carry diseases, human health must come first,” Cuccinelli wrote in an e-mail to The Washington Post. The law actually would allow “commensal rod... |
14bdcb64-4ea4-11e1-9a71-22a967bc2c35_3 | For owners of ’60s-era Carderock Springs house, renovation ordeal was worth it | the whole thing.” A quick decision David and Barbara Beers’s passion for maintaining their home’s original style makes them ideal Carderock homeowners. And in fact, this is their second house in the neighborhood. Barbara, who works for Microsoft, grew up in Carderock Springs, and the couple had been living in her old h... |
bb8231ce-52aa-11e1-b5b8-b9870c2dac05_1 | Chinese official on leave amid defection rumors | a U.S. consulate. Chongqing officials posted a short, cryptic message on a microblog — the Chinese equivalent of Twitter — on Wednesday, saying that Wang Lijun was “receiving a vacation-style treatment” for overwork and mental stress. Several other Chinese microblogs speculated that Wang, a former city police chief, ha... |
c96e86e8-527d-11e1-9704-44626e6038a6_2 | President’s next budget to cut Mars, solar system exploration | that have immeasurable benefit to the nation and inspire the human spirit of exploration we all have,” Rep. John Abney Culberson (R-Tex.) said. Last fall, NASA handed out $46 million to contractors to begin building instruments for the 2016 mission. But earlier this week, Alvaro Gimenez, top scientist at the European a... |
aff46232-5345-11e1-9a35-734534f8a2fd_0 | China confirms its official stayed one day at U.S. Consulate | Chongqing Vice Mayor Wang Lijun is being investigated after visiting the U.S. consulate in Chengdu. (AP/AP) BEIJING — The official Xinhua News Agency reported late Thursday, citing the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman’s office, that “Wang entered the U.S. general consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6 and left after staying there ... |
43e432f0-534c-11e1-8b3f-981af5242cff_0 | NRC approves construction of new nuclear power reactors in Georgia | The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday approved a construction and operating license for new nuclear power reactors for the first time since 1978, giving Southern Co. the green light to build two new units at its existing Vogtle site in Georgia. The commission voted 4-1 in favor, with NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko... |
deb12388-5356-11e1-9799-be4e318df93d_0 | Pentagon to ease restrictions on women in some combat roles | The Pentagon will maintain bans on women serving in most ground combat units, defense officials said Thursday, despite pressure from lawmakers and female veterans who called the restrictions outdated after a decade of war. After taking more than a year to review its policies on orders from Congress, the Defense Departm... |
e7b198ac-51ba-11e1-9489-ea6ccb2f323c_0 | GAO study looks at impact of highway tolls | Vehicles enter the toll plaza. Tolls for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge went up in 2011. (Michael S. Williamson/WASHINGTON POST) A new study by the Government Accountability Office finds that variable tolling can help reduce congestion on U.S. highways, while also focusing attention on the fairness of such transportation sy... |
3cc6cf9a-53fc-11e1-9a35-734534f8a2fd_5 | League monitoring mission on the ground in Syria offers the only possibility to directly affect the violence, administration officials said. The mission was suspended last month amid fears for the safety of the monitors, and the Arabs have shown little inclination to send the monitors back without some kind of protecti... | |
78efd4c8-4919-11e1-bfd9-c630ec256905_0 | The National Zoo in winter offers special treats | Lelie, an 18-month-old cub, wants to play, but her brother John doesn’t seem so sure. These two won’t be playing much longer because the zoo’s three male cubs will soon be separated from the rest of the family. (Ann Cameron Siegal/For The Washington Post) “Where is everybody??” exclaimed Pearl Benjamin, 10, when she ar... |
1eae8392-52a1-11e1-8b3f-981af5242cff_1 | Don’t throw us an Iraq victory parade | cheering and it’s back to business as usual. That’s what scares me. Less than 2 percent of Americans serve in the military, and for them, a parade would be just another superficial acknowledgment of a sacrifice that has not been shared and certainly not celebrated. Some people argue that it’s a way to show support for ... |
619ede36-5413-11e1-8941-727ff558a2ff_0 | Robert W. Roche, Africa specialist | Robert W. Roche, 61, a former Africa specialist with Catholic Relief Services, died Jan. 12 at Sanctuary Holy Cross Nursing Home in Burtonsville. He had been in a comatose state since 1997, when he was struck by an automobile while crossing a street in Columbia, said his son, Robert L. Roche. Since the accident, Mr. Ro... |
9d6576d8-4eb8-11e1-9a71-22a967bc2c35_2 | Economic weakness and policy gridlock | the housing sector showed some faint signs of life, with a decrease in the glut of houses that is keeping prices down. Builder confidence rose and climbed further in more recent weeks to its highest level since June 2007, well before the recession began. Notwithstanding these improvements, the unemployment rate has sta... |
568318b6-53e4-11e1-9a35-734534f8a2fd_1 | In China, will transition bring real change? | decision to help consolidate the power of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang,” said Cheng Li of the Brookings Institution, “and to make the transition more orderly and prepared.” A vist to Washington by Xi next week will add to the choreographed effort. But beneath the top two jobs, little else seems settled, or at least is kno... |
09d42848-54f2-11e1-9e19-c55f30b5fd05_1 | Top general assassinated in Damascus | the capital to witness large-scale anti-government protests until they were suppressed there last fall. Kholi is not the first senior military official to be assassinated in recent months, as the protest movement has rapidly evolved in many parts of the country into an armed, if disorganized, insurgency. But the brazen... |
9b5978d2-5343-11e1-8b3f-981af5242cff_2 | As wildfire season nears, the aging fleet of air tankers raises concerns | could be put down much sooner. During a routine maintenance check of one plane, a 12-inch crack was discovered near its left wing, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a directive Monday to ground the damaged plane and carefully inspect every plane in the government’s fleet. At least three large air t... |
b037f6ee-5414-11e1-a656-3c2e396d3c46_1 | NASA’s science missions bring the universe into sharper focus even as agency struggles with manned flight | of NASA) Science at NASA is not without serious problems, a fact expected to be reflected in the Obama administration’s budget request Monday. The James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble, has gone far over budget and is still years from launch. The next Mars rover has also experienced cost overruns. As ... |
62f75196-558f-11e1-97f5-253e8a4fb5bc_0 | Music Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center | One of the advantages of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s residency at the University of Maryland School of Music is that local audiences get to hear the celebrated conductor-less ensemble in action. On Friday night, the musicians stepped out of the classroom and into the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center for a conce... |
139ebfb0-52b2-11e1-8b3f-981af5242cff_1 | Community banks and credit unions brace for end of Fannie, Freddie | credit unions out of the market. “We want some sort of mechanism or entities that would provide equal access to community banks,” said Ann Grochala, vice president of lending and accounting policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group. “There’s a variety of possibilities out there . . . but we ... |
b65bff46-4cfa-11e1-95b2-656c26bc661a_2 | In Md., fear for the turtles | biologists said. But several wildlife experts said the disease’s short-term effects are probably affecting the food chain in the ICC study area between Muncaster Mill Road and Emory Lane, just west of Georgia Avenue in northern Silver Spring. The birds, snakes and raccoons that dine on salamanders and tadpoles have les... |
b65bff46-4cfa-11e1-95b2-656c26bc661a_4 | In Md., fear for the turtles | leopard frogs in the Virginia Beach area, according to the USGS. No cases have been reported in the District. Ken Ferebee, a National Park Service wildlife specialist in the city’s Rock Creek Park, said he’s seen no signs of the disease in the box turtles and pond life that he monitors about 12 miles south of the Montg... |
6c2ee6f6-5414-11e1-8941-727ff558a2ff_0 | China’s president-in-waiting heads to Washington for a visit crucial to both nations | The man who is expected to become China’s next president will arrive in Washington on Monday for a visit crucial to his political ascension and also to U.S. hopes for easing the mounting tensions between two of the world’s most powerful nations. Xi Jinping He is, for example, quick to mention his fondness for the Ameri... |
430909c8-53d3-11e1-9a35-734534f8a2fd_0 | For China’s next leader, the past is sensitive | After years of persecution by a Communist Party he helped bring to power, Xi Zhongxun was hauled from solitary confinement and taken to see his family. The purged revolutionary could barely recognize his own offspring and recalled a melancholy Tang Dynasty poem: “My children do not know me. They smile and say: ‘Strange... |
4f11bb16-5428-11e1-a656-3c2e396d3c46_1 | Rail and trucking industries call a truce | House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted 33 to 22 on Feb. 2 to delay any expansion in use of trucks weighing more than 80,000 pounds for three years, so the Transportation Department can study the potential effect on highway safety, roads and bridges. The measure, as originally written by House Transport... |
f05211f2-5666-11e1-b179-a3550fc9144e_1 | Love’s injuries came from various impacts, medical examiner tells Huguely jury | senior at University of Virginia and a lacrosse player. A roommate found her body May 3, 2010, face down in blood in her bed. Love, of Cockeysville, Md., was 22. Under questioning by Huguely’s attorney, Gormley agreed that injuries to the right side of Love’s head, right eye and chin could have been suffered in one inc... |
190acd60-5279-11e1-9704-44626e6038a6_0 | Five myths about cheating | 1. Cheating and affairs are more common among the rich and less common in conservative cultures. From golf star Tiger Woods to Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich, cheating seems commonplace among famous and wealthy men. But although studies have found that the more money and celebrity men have, the more li... |
945ffd8c-544a-11e1-93af-92f82ff71464_1 | The myth of China as a harmless tiger | difficulties she encountered as a result of this decision. On the surface, the West has profited from its trade with China. Western consumers can buy vast amounts of cheap Chinese products. However, fundamental values of the West are quietly being eroded: Who knows whether the American flag flying outside your home was... |
fe12447a-4db9-11e1-a6cc-0af555104193_0 | Not up for a marathon? Try a relay race. | A Ragnar Relay D.C. team gets psyched up before the September 2011 race. (Bruce Buckley/Swim Bike Run Photography) On New Year’s Day, when you vowed to run a marathon this year, it probably seemed like an awesome idea. And then the champagne wore off. Maybe you researched some training programs and realized you just ca... |
e9de15fa-5738-11e1-8fb4-e176e27720b6_0 | Report: Yahoo calls off talks on Asia deal | In this Oct. 14, 2010 photo, the exterior of Yahoo Inc. offices are seen in in Santa Clara, Calif. Yahoo Inc. reports third-quarter financial results Tuesday, Oct. 19, after the close of the market. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (Paul Sakuma/AP) Yahoo has reportedly broken off talks with its partners in Asia to work out a dea... |
e13ac7ce-51e1-11e1-8973-35d66bdb2cb8_3 | Eating meat, with a side order of conflicting emotions | Barnard, a physician and president of the PCRM, make no apologies for it. He compares current anti-meat campaigns to those that discourage underage smoking: It’s important to hit ’em while they’re young. “If a kid, like me, found a pack of cigarettes when he was 11,” Barnard says, “that kid is more likely to grow up as... |
2d92de2c-5340-11e1-8b3f-981af5242cff_1 | Eric Waldbaum, entrepreneur in financial services and information technology businesses, dies at 73 | policies at competing markets such as Giant Food and Safeway. Mr. Waldbaum was dismissed by the board for reasons that were never publicly stated. He brought an unsuccessful libel suit against Fairchild Publications, whose Supermarket News wrote that the cooperative was losing money and retrenching under Mr. Waldbaum. ... |
bd0406a4-4f89-11e1-89aa-88e2abdf1db6_5 | Efforts lag to improve care for National Guard | N.C. A sea of Web sites Steve Hale, a Washington National Guardsman sent to Iraq, said that reservists experience a brief honeymoon after returning from war, but that “the ticker-tape parades, the pats on the back, the free beers at the bar” often give way to loneliness, stress and depression. Reservists suffer from hi... |
7702c044-4e87-11e1-9228-1952837c6362_0 | In D.C., a real-life drug investigation straight out of ‘The Wire’ | A game at the Barry Farm public housing project, which prosecutors say was the home turf of a violent drug-running gang led by Mark Pray. (Jonathan Newton/Washington Post) When Crystal Washington checked out of her halfway house and stepped into a gray April morning, the gunman was ready. He silently slipped behind Was... |
f5ed0e90-5766-11e1-826c-a73fe4fb4eef_0 | Guantanamo detainee with Baltimore ties is charged with war crimes | A former Baltimore area resident held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was charged Tuesday by military prosecutors with war crimes, including murder, attempted murder, spying and providing material support for terrorism. Majid Khan, a Pakistani citizen and a former legal resident of the United States, is accused of conspiring ... |
b9f07f30-57de-11e1-826c-a73fe4fb4eef_0 | NATO resumes transfer of Taliban detainees to Afghan government | KABUL — The transfers began again in January after three rounds of inspections by NATO officials at 12 of the 16 facilities where, according to a U.N. report released publicly in October, some detainees were subjected to “systematic” torture. The Afghan government has replaced the directors of several of the facilities... |
9062609e-5341-11e1-8b3f-981af5242cff_2 | Wrestling: Dylan and Olivia Devine find a home on the mat | to focus full-time on wrestling and has only continued improving, finishing third at the National Prep tournament last season. Thanks to a daily workout regimen and an improved diet, he now competes at 195 pounds. For the past two years, he’s had a constant training partner in his little sister. Olivia Devine also grew... |
8d5f7078-5803-11e1-8441-808e761a6883_0 | U.S. will lead new effort to cut global warming from methane, soot | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a security conference in Munich. Clinton is set to announce the five-year climate initiative Thursday. (THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) With global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions stalled, the United States and five other countries are starting a ... |
44622280-57ea-11e1-8441-808e761a6883_1 | Congress must think 10 years down the line when it comes to nuclear carriers | to be able to show our force structure in the Pacific.” But as Navy experts say, you need that number just to keep one in the Indian Ocean, another in the Western Pacific, and enough in reserve for contingencies, such as today’s need to keep two available for South Asia/Middle East use. The general standard for carrier... |
74805672-5848-11e1-a0b0-4cc207a286f0_0 | Norovirus sickens about 85 at GWU | George Washington University officials alerted the campus Wednesday that about 85 students have been infected by noroviruses this week. After testing by the university’s Student Health Service and the D.C. Department of Health, officials confirmed that the norovirus was the cause of dozens of cases of gastrointestinal ... |
261a7a2e-1b91-11e1-ac7a-30507982266b_6 | The Education Issue: Enrichment classes don’t offer credit, but they can change lives | through personal coaching and corporate training sessions. People use the classes not just to perform as storytellers but to learn to make better sales pitches, raise money, teach in academia, become less shy, or “be the life of the party,” says Amy Saidman, artistic executive director. “They finish the class, and now ... |
223a892e-5824-11e1-81f3-600da7abfbda_1 | Consumer agency wants oversight of debt collectors, credit bureaus | gets credit and how much they pay for it. For most consumers, those scores are based on records of loans they have taken out in the past and how well they have paid them off. This information is housed in the Big Three national credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. Lenders use formulas developed by compani... |
d1d225d4-5722-11e1-b179-a3550fc9144e_1 | In Russia, Putin allies sharpen anti-American attacks ahead of elections | anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly. Among recent incidents was a confrontation outside the U.S. Embassy shortly after McFaul arrived in Moscow on Jan. 14. Opposition leaders who visited the embassy for an unannounced meeting with McFaul and visiting Deputy Secretary of State William B... |
d5006768-57fc-11e1-8441-808e761a6883_2 | Genome news flash: We’re all a little bit broken | will help especially in determining whether newly discovered mutations are likely to cause disease or are probably “benign.” As biologists come to understand better how genes interact with one another in complex networks, they may be able to discover how much of what makes each of us unique is a product of what we lack... |
3cb546cc-58ba-11e1-a0b0-4cc207a286f0_3 | Aghan army resorts to tough measures to combat Taliban infiltration | a hard-won improvement from several years ago. A closer look at recruits Training the Afghan army has been a top U.S. priority, and the force stands at 170,000 troops. But after years of rapid growth, defense officials say it’s time to take a closer look at the quality and allegiance of soldiers rather than focusing on... |
3cb546cc-58ba-11e1-a0b0-4cc207a286f0_4 | Aghan army resorts to tough measures to combat Taliban infiltration | appears to be waning. A report commissioned by the U.S. military said at least 58 Western military personnel were killed in 26 attacks by Afghan soldiers or police between May 2007 and May 2011, when the report was finished.“Such fratricide is fast leading to a crisis of trust between the two forces, if it hasn’t reach... |
eeb8c85e-58dc-11e1-aae9-c4d32e347b92_0 | Maryland hospitals to share patient data | Maryland’s 46 acute-care hospitals will soon be able to share basic patient information among themselves and with credentialed doctors, a key step that health officials and clinicians say will improve patient care and cut costs. The development, announced at a news conference Friday at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spr... |
b942739a-52a7-11e1-8b3f-981af5242cff_3 | A world away from China, Geng He seeks justice for her dissident husband | and torture. Gao was arrested in August 2006, convicted of inciting subversion of state power, sentenced that December to a three-year prison term, but was instead given five years of probation and released. He was taken into custody again in 2007 for 50 days, during which Gao says he was beaten with electrified batons... |
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