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| Top News Dangers of war persist for soldiers left in Iraq FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, IRAQ - Col. Malcolm Frost knew there would be questions. The official end to the U.S. combat mission in Iraq was approaching, but his soldiers, operating in two of Iraq's most dangerous provinces, would still be here. (By Leila Fadel, The Washington Post) Washington Redskins put up better effort in third preseason game, beat New York Jets After a 23-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens last week, the Washington Redskins were much improved against a similarly strong defensive team, with Larry Johnson scoring a late TD in a 16-11 victory. (By Jason Reid, The Washington Post) Stephen Strasburg pledges to return in top form from Tommy John surgery On Saturday, as he flies to Los Angeles, where he will undergo ligament-replacement surgery that will place his nascent, breathtaking career on pause, Stephen Strasburg will pull out a piece of paper and write down everything he is thinking. (By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post) More Top News Nation Dangers of war persist for soldiers left in Iraq FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, IRAQ - Col. Malcolm Frost knew there would be questions. The official end to the U.S. combat mission in Iraq was approaching, but his soldiers, operating in two of Iraq's most dangerous provinces, would still be here. (By Leila Fadel, The Washington Post) More Nation World Dangers of war persist for soldiers left in Iraq FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, IRAQ - Col. Malcolm Frost knew there would be questions. The official end to the U.S. combat mission in Iraq was approaching, but his soldiers, operating in two of Iraq's most dangerous provinces, would still be here. (By Leila Fadel, The Washington Post) More World Metro LOTTERIES Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 2-3-1 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 4-7-5-0 (The Washington Post) Local Digest Maintenance work on the Red, Blue and Green lines will complicate Metro rides this weekend, even as riders deal with crowds headed to rallies and marches around the Mall and the Nationals games this weekend. (The Washington Post) Jury finds D.C. police officials violated whistleblower act A D.C. Superior Court jury ruled that senior police officials, including Chief Cathy L. Lanier, violated the District's whistleblower act when they suspended a police officer in 2005 after he informed city officials that the department allegedly brokered an illegal deal to provide security for th... (By Keith L. Alexander, The Washington Post) Statewide computer troubles disrupt Va. government business For a third straight day Friday, none of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles locations were able to issue driver's licenses because of a statewide government computer breakdown. (By Derek Kravitz, The Washington Post) Translation service hit by media's expanding reach For 35 years, Tadahiko Nakamura has wandered outside his Northwest Washington apartment every day at 3:30 a.m. in search of the morning newspapers -- the raw material that he and five other translators will turn into essential reading for the official Japanese community in Washington and beyond. (By Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post) More Metro Business If you rent it, will they come? Tina Lambert and her husband wanted an investment that would help them pay for their kids' college tuition someday. When he insisted on paying $49,000 for a condominium in Ocean City in 1997, she worried. But by the middle of this decade, when housing markets were in full boom, the condo's value ... (By Sonja Ryst, The Washington Post) More Business Technology Don't let the Net sell out On the Internet, when I send my ones and zeros somewhere, they shouldn't have to wait in line behind the ones and zeros of wealthier people or corporations. That's the way the Net was designed, and it's central to a concept called "net neutrality," which ensures that Internet service providers ca... (By Damian Kulash, The Washington Post) Google continues its assault on the price of a phone call What's a phone call worth these days? A Verizon phone booth in a Metro station suggests one answer: 50 cents. Another comes from Verizon's cheapest landline service option, which charges 10.2 cents a call. If you use a cellphone or subscribe to a voice-over-Internet-Protocol calling plan, the num... (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) Personal Tech Live with Rob Pegoraro Rob Pegoraro answers your questions on recent gadget reviews, technology news and provides personal tech buying and fixing advice. (Rob Pegoraro, washingtonpost.com) More Technology Sports First-place Twins acquire reliever Fuentes from Angels SEATTLE -- The first-place Minnesota Twins made their revamped bullpen more versatile for the pennant race by acquiring left-handed reliever and four-time All-Star Brian Fuentes from the Los Angeles Angels Friday for a player to be named. (By GREGG BELL, AP) White Sox awarded waiver claim on Dodgers' Ramirez CHICAGO -- The Manny Watch is on for Chicago's South Side. (By JAY COHEN, AP) Cameron Molina leads Tuscarora to 33-21 win over Woodgrove in debut for both programs Junior Cameron Molina rushes for 103 yards and makes a key interception to lead Tuscarora to a 33-21 victory over Woodgrove in the program debut for both of Loudoun County's newest schools. (By Paul Tenorio, The Washington Post) Natalie Randolph gets shut out in debut as Coolidge falls to Carroll, 28-0 Coolidge gets shut out by Carroll, 28-0, as Colts Coach Natalie Randolph is on the sideline for her first game. Jonathan Haden rushes for 94 yards and two touchdowns for the Lions. (By Alan Goldenbach, The Washington Post) The Durant dichotomy: Team USA's superstar reluctant to be cast as one Given Kevin Durant's rapid career trajectory - he's leaped from rookie of the year to all-star to scoring champion to second in the NBA's most valuable player voting in just three seasons - it may come as a surprise to some that he is not too far removed from one of the most humbling experiences ... (By Michael Lee, The Washington Post) More Sports Style 1 rally, 3 channels and many paths Where you stand on the news of the day often depends on where you sit. In the case of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally on the Mall on Saturday, the three cable news networks have taken decidedly different paths to covering the event. (By Paul Farhi, The Washington Post) As true-blue getaway, Vineyard bears fruit On Sunday at 10:15 a.m., President Obama and his family will leave Martha's Vineyard after 10 days of vacation. During his stay, the president put on a bike helmet and rode through the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest. He waited out the stormy weather with games of Scrabble with friends and trips to... (By Jason Horowitz, The Washington Post) A soldier-poet, distilling paradoxes of war, peace PHANTOM NOISE By Brian Turner Alice James. 93 pp. $16.95 Before the film appeared, before Kathryn Bigelow was a household name, before the Academy Award, there was Brian Turner's "The Hurt Locker," a deceptively simple poem about a soldier exhausted by nights of mortar fire. "Nothing but the hurt... (By Courtney Cook, The Washington Post) Set boyfriend straight on his misguided puppy love Adapted from a recent online discussion: Hi Carolyn: (By Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post) Hillary Clinton's act of defiance: a longer hairdo Whether Hillary Clinton's new style is feminine or pretty or soft are matters of personal opinion. What resonates more broadly is the length. (By Robin Givhan, The Washington Post) More Style Live Online First Things First -- Tracee Hamilton on the latest sports news Every morning, Post columnist Tracee Hamilton discusses the most amazing and outrageous news from the world of sports. (Barry Svrluga, washingtonpost.com) The Real Housewives of D.C. -- Lynda Erkiletian answers your questions at 1 p.m. ET Bravo's Real Housewives franchise has come to D.C. What do you think of the season so far? Chat with housewife Lynda Erkiletian about her experience on the show and what's in store for viewers this season. (Lynda Erkiletian, washingtonpost.com) Shales on TV Today: Tom talks about three decades of Johnny Carson and the new Web site that offers fans thousands of hours of "hysterical and historical" material from The Tonight Show, newly available. (Tom Shales, washingtonpost.com) Carolyn Hax Live: Advice columnist tackles your problems Carolyn Hax takes your questions and comments about her columns and any other questions you might have about the strange train we call life. (Carolyn Hax, washingtonpost.com) Personal Tech Live with Rob Pegoraro Rob Pegoraro answers your questions on recent gadget reviews, technology news and provides personal tech buying and fixing advice. (Rob Pegoraro, washingtonpost.com) More Live Online Today's Editorials Mr. Bernanke's warning CONSIDER THE predicament of Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. The world is looking to him for reassurance that the U.S. economy is not about to go into recession -- again -- despite many worrisome new statistics. Yet in a long-awaited speech at the Fed's annual conference in... (The Washington Post) Picks in Prince George's PRINCE GEORGE'S County's all-Democratic delegation in the state legislature includes some talented freshmen; journeymen of varying quality; and a few old lions, some of whom haven't quite realized that the 21st century dawned a decade ago. The contested Democratic primaries on Sept. 14 -- there are... (The Washington Post) More Today's Editorials Books We can't turn back time. But we're working on it. LONG FOR THIS WORLD The Strange Science of Immortality By Jonathan Weiner Ecco. 310 pp. $27.99 THE YOUTH PILL Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution By David Stipp Current. 308 pp. $26.95 It's striking that two new books on the same subject -- science's current efforts to slow aging ... (By Susan Okie, The Washington Post) What's the big idea? It's an article of faith among the liberal, open-minded, well-meaning, Davos-crowd intelligentsia: The leadership of the big global institutions -- the International Monetary Fund, the U.N. Security Council, the World Bank and the like -- must be opened up to emerging powers. The current structures... (By Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post) TRUE CRIME THE MURDER ROOM The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's (The Washington Post) Murder most feline THE TIGER A True Story of Vengeance and Survival By John Vaillant (By Sy Montgomery, The Washington Post) They put the "I" in "team" Michael Weinreb traces the transformation of the modern athlete to the mid-'80s with "Bigger Than the Game." (By Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post) More Books Ombudsman As errors grow, so does a credibility gap A single major error can damage a news organization. But incessant lesser ones can be more harmful. Like a cancer, they gradually destroy credibility and eventually sever the organization's bond of trust with its audience. (By Andrew Alexander, The Washington Post) More Ombudsman | ||
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