Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

Monday, March 31, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Bush to Meet NATO Allies Divided Over Adding Troops in Afghanistan President Bush heads to Europe today to try to rescue the faltering mission in Afghanistan, and key NATO allies plan to meet his demands for more forces with modest troop increases, though not by as much as U.S. military officers say is needed to put down a stubborn Taliban insurgency. (By Peter Baker and Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post) A 'Storybook Ending' Homer Gives Nationals a Memorable Close to $611 Million Stadium Opener (By Dave Sheinin and Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) Sadr Tells His Militia To Cease Hostilities Cleric, in Return, Wants Followers' Release, Amnesty (By Sholnn Freeman and Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post) States Are Hit Hard by Economic Downturn Many Cutbacks Felt by Most Needy (By Keith B. Richburg and Ashley Surdin, The Washington Post) Obama, McCain Forged Fleeting Alliance Efforts to Collaborate on Ethics Reform Fell Apart Within a Week (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS Obama, McCain Forged Fleeting Alliance A year into his tenure on Capitol Hill, Barack Obama (D-Ill.) approached John McCain on the Senate floor to propose the two work together on a lobbying and ethics reform bill. The four-term Arizona Republican, 25 years Obama's senior, quickly saw a willing apprentice to help shake up the way... (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) Gore Launches Ambitious Advocacy Campaign on Climate (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) The Obama-Casey State Tour (The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION States Are Hit Hard by Economic Downturn NEW YORK -- In Illinois' Cook County, women in poor neighborhoods no longer have access to free mammograms from two mobile vans testing for breast cancer. (By Keith B. Richburg and Ashley Surdin, The Washington Post) A Wolf Saved From Extinction but Snared in Politics Deaths Due to Management Diminish Wild Population's Genetic Diversity (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) Gore Launches Ambitious Advocacy Campaign on Climate (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) As TV Goes Digital, Some Viewers May Be in the Dark (By Kim Hart, The Washington Post) Missing Ohio Soldier's Remains Identified in Iraq (The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Bush to Meet NATO Allies Divided Over Adding Troops in Afghanistan President Bush heads to Europe today to try to rescue the faltering mission in Afghanistan, and key NATO allies plan to meet his demands for more forces with modest troop increases, though not by as much as U.S. military officers say is needed to put down a stubborn Taliban insurgency. (By Peter Baker and Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post) Sadr Tells His Militia To Cease Hostilities Cleric, in Return, Wants Followers' Release, Amnesty (By Sholnn Freeman and Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post) Tallies Show Mugabe Vulnerable Unofficial Returns Posted at Polling Stations Give Zimbabweans an Early Picture (By Craig Timberg and Darlington Majonga, The Washington Post) Israel to Remove 50 West Bank Barriers Rice Calls Pledge 'a Very Good Start' (By Griff Witte, The Washington Post) Diplomacy Defines Rice's Final Months Skeptics Question What Can Be Achieved (By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) More World METRO Real Estate Road Trips Scout Troubled Market A new form of sightseeing is catching on in the Washington suburbs, offering investment advice, free cookies and some eye-opening discoveries among the empty ramblers and forsaken townhouses of the region. (By Nick Miroff, The Washington Post) Ocean City Fire Damages Restaurant, Store, Arcade (By Maria Glod and Tom Jackman, The Washington Post) A 'Storybook Ending' Homer Gives Nationals a Memorable Close to $611 Million Stadium Opener (By Dave Sheinin and Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) Cheers Not Just for the Home Team but for Timely Rails, Clear Roads (By Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post) D.C. Residents Wait In Stadium's Shadow Neighbors Worry About Ballpark's Effects (By Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Back in the Game R. Donahue Peebles has built a small empire of luxury hotels and estates in Florida, from Miami to Key West. In Las Vegas, he plans to launch construction this year on a $2.5 billion high-rise condominium and hotel complex. Just south of San Francisco, he recently bought 90 acres of oceanfront pr... (By Anita Huslin, The Washington Post) Union Reaches Deal With Safeway, Giant (By Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post) States Are Hit Hard by Economic Downturn Many Cutbacks Felt by Most Needy (By Keith B. Richburg and Ashley Surdin, The Washington Post) As TV Goes Digital, Some Viewers May Be in the Dark (By Kim Hart, The Washington Post) Gore Launches Ambitious Advocacy Campaign on Climate (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY New Microphones Are Bringing Crystal-Clear Changes The little black devices, the shape and size of small cellphones, have begun to appear in hundreds of Washington area classrooms. Hanging from the necks of elementary school teachers in Alexandria and kindergarten and first-grade teachers in Prince George's County, they might herald the most sign... (By Jay Mathews, The Washington Post) Yahoo Launching Site for Women 25-54 (By ANICK JESDANUN, AP) As TV Goes Digital, Some Viewers May Be in the Dark (By Kim Hart, The Washington Post) Govern by Number (By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS A 'Storybook Ending' The senses were overwhelmed on a near-perfect Opening Night as the Nats open their season and their sparkling new park with a dramatic victory over the Braves. (By Dave Sheinin and Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) KU Forces Ball, Game From Curry Kansas 59, Davidson 57 (By Camille Powell, The Washington Post) Young's Big Night Ends With OT Loss Lakers 126, Wizards 120 (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) The Face of the Franchise Becomes the Hero of the Night (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) Arenas Would Take Pay Cut for Jamison (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE This Diamond Isn't a Gem The gentle slope of the land on which new Nationals Park sits has one striking architectural consequence: After a visitor passes through the main-entrance gate, the field is laid out below, a sumptuous swath of green as satisfying to something primal in the American soul as a field of gazelles is to... (By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post) VIPs Warm to the Occasion (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) Wall St. Journal Makes Politics Its Business (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post) WNO's 'Rigoletto': Needs Direction Music Is Grand but the Drama's Lacking in Malfitano's Staging (By Anne Midgette, The Washington Post) Jean Nouvel Wins Architecture's Top Prize (By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post) More Style LIVE DISCUSSIONS NCAA Tournament Post college basketball writers Eric Prisbell, Adam Kilgore and Camille Powell discuss the results of the Sweet 16 and to preview the Final Four. (Eric Prisbell, Adam Kilgore and Camille Powell, washingtonpost.com) Black Perspectives on America Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Death of Martin Luther King Jr. (Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Lynette Clemetson, washingtonpost.com) Talk About Travel Trip Tips and Deals (The Flight Crew, washingtonpost.com) The Chat House Sports News (Michael Wilbon, washingtonpost.com) Outlook: The Anxiety Industry Medical Companies Have Americans Convinced That Every Pre-Condition Needs a Pill (Shannon Brownlee, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions Drop Out, Drop Off A16-YEAR-OLD in Maryland can't vote, buy a beer or join the military. Parental permission is needed to get a driver's license and to marry. Incredibly, though, a 16-year-old needs no permission to drop out of school, a decision of devastating consequence. This is an archaic, even immoral, law tha... (The Washington Post) Free Colombia A trade pact everyone can love (The Washington Post) The Vienna Convention The U.S. must ensure that arrested foreigners can contact their consulates. (The Washington Post)

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Long Fight Ahead for Treasury Blueprint Lawmakers and regulators said yesterday that an ambitious plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action stretching over several years and would not help the economy out of its current credit crisis. (By David Cho, Neil Irwin and Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post) Clinton Vows To Stay in Race To Convention She Stresses Finding Solution On Michigan, Florida Votes (By Perry Bacon Jr. and Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post) For Missing Guards' Kin, An Agonizing Conclusion (By Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post) After a Baby, Full Time or Part? When Family and Career Collide, Working Mothers Struggle With Their Answers (By Amy Joyce, The Washington Post) How Did Fans Fare Getting To the Game? Traffic Flows Smoothly, But Trains Are Packed (By Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS Long Fight Ahead for Treasury Blueprint Lawmakers and regulators said yesterday that an ambitious plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action stretching over several years and would not help the economy out of its current credit crisis. (By David Cho, Neil Irwin and Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post) Obama Overstates Kennedys' Role in Helping His Father (By Michael Dobbs, The Washington Post) Staff Alleges Abuses by Top Iraq Auditor Employees Tell Grand Jury, FBI of Mismanagement in Inspector General's Office (By Robin Wright, The Washington Post) GOP May Find Comfort in Soft Money (By Chris Cillizza and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) The Talk Shows (The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION States Maneuver to Avoid Penalties of New Federal ID Program The governors of Maine and South Carolina are working with the Department of Homeland Security to avert a showdown before tomorrow's deadline over a federal demand for new driver's licenses that could leave residents of those states unable to board aircraft, officials said. (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post) The Big Apple's Little Boom As Fewer Parents Head for the Burbs, Manhattan Is Crawling With Kids (By Robin Shulman, The Washington Post) For Missing Guards' Kin, An Agonizing Conclusion (By Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post) Cities Go Dark in a Display of 'Green' (By Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post) Another Firm Joins the Commercial Space Race (By Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Colombian Troops Kill Farmers, Pass Off Bodies as Rebels' SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia -- All Cruz Elena González saw when the soldiers came past her house was a corpse, wrapped in a tarp and strapped to a mule. A guerrilla killed in combat, soldiers muttered, as they trudged past her meek home in this town in northwestern Colombia. (By Juan Forero, The Washington Post) Fresh Melee in Lhasa As Armed Police Move To Check Residents' IDs (By Jill Drew, The Washington Post) British Troops, Taliban In a Tug of War Over Afghan Province In One Town, a Small Force Battles for Yards of Ground (By Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post) For Missing Guards' Kin, An Agonizing Conclusion (By Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post) Staff Alleges Abuses by Top Iraq Auditor Employees Tell Grand Jury, FBI of Mismanagement in Inspector General's Office (By Robin Wright, The Washington Post) More World METRO Brand-New Venue, Same Old Enthusiasm Every place Alan Poe has worked has had its challenges. At old Griffith Stadium, there were no fixed seats out past center field, so Poe and the other ushers had to set up row upon row of metal folding chairs before each Redskins game. At RFK Stadium, there were so many obstructed-view seats that... (By Marc Fisher, The Washington Post) Ballet School Turns to Legislature for Help Youth Academy, in Debt After Moving to Silver Spring Facility, Seeks $200,000 From State (By Philip Rucker, The Washington Post) Putting On the Glitz In National Harbor Hotel, Pr. George's Gets Long-Sought Upscale Development (By Avis Thomas-Lester, The Washington Post) D.C. Parents Look Outside the Box for Public Education Tuition Paid to Md., Va. Schools (By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post) How Did Fans Fare Getting To the Game? Traffic Flows Smoothly, But Trains Are Packed (By Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Long Fight Ahead for Treasury Blueprint Lawmakers and regulators said yesterday that an ambitious plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action stretching over several years and would not help the economy out of its current credit crisis. (By David Cho, Neil Irwin and Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post) Debt Addicts Get A Dose of Reality (By Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post) A Find Worth the Wait (By Renae Merle, The Washington Post) After a Baby, Full Time or Part? When Family and Career Collide, Working Mothers Struggle With Their Answers (By Amy Joyce, The Washington Post) In Sale to Bank of America, Countrywide Executives to Get $19 Million in Stock (The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Another Firm Joins the Commercial Space Race The race to become the first private company capable of launching paying customers into space got more crowded last week as a small but well-respected California firm announced plans to have a two-seat spacecraft ready within two years. (By Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post) Fast Forward's Help File (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) Outsourcing Music Videos to the Fans (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS East Region: Top Seed Tar Heels, Hansbrough Overpower Cardinals Tyler Hansbrough has 28 points and 13 rebounds to help UNC hold off Louisville, 83-73, sending them to the Final Four for the first time since winning the championship in 2005. (By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post) Langhorne Scores, Defense Soars Terps Advance With Dominant Win Over Vandy: Maryland 80, Vanderbilt 66 (By Kathy Orton, The Washington Post) Caps Stay Within Striking Distance Capitals 3, Panthers 0 (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) Nationals Will Be Entering a New Dimension (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) TCU Hires Away Christian From Kent State (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE The Captain in the Harbor Milt Peterson is sitting in his offices looking down with childlike glee on National Harbor, a new city he is building on the Potomac. (By Paul Richard, The Washington Post) Feelings? Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Now! (By Linton Weeks, The Washington Post) At 10 O'Clock, It Just Doesn't Seem Like 'Today' (By ROBIN GIVHAN, The Washington Post) "What is the reason that they're fighting for? We just want to live in peace." Juanes Sings a New Refrain About His Native Colombia (The Washington Post) CAROLYN HAX (By Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post) More Style Don't Stop Campaigning THE GROWING chorus among some Democrats and other interested observers for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) to get out of the race for the Democratic Party's nomination for president is troubling. We're not promoting Ms. Clinton over Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), or either of them over Republican Sen.... (The Washington Post) Mr. Wynn's Ignoble Exit Don't let the revolving door hit you on the way out. (The Washington Post) Building a Ballpark It only seems finished. (The Washington Post)

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said. (By Lori Montgomery and David Cho, The Washington Post) Treasury Wants to Reshape Regulation Overhaul Would Include New Agencies, Powers (By David Cho, The Washington Post) Clinton Resists Calls To Drop Out Dean Says Nomination Should Be Set by July (By Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post) 19 Tense Hours in Sadr City Alongside the Mahdi Army After Calm Year, Fighting Engulfs Shiite Enclave (By Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post) Cuba Lifts Restrictions On Personal Cellphones Devices Offer New Conduit For Exchange of Information (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said. (By Lori Montgomery and David Cho, The Washington Post) In Pa., She's Got a Friend In Murtha (By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post) Clinton Resists Calls To Drop Out Dean Says Nomination Should Be Set by July (By Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post) Treasury Wants to Reshape Regulation Overhaul Would Include New Agencies, Powers (By David Cho, The Washington Post) White House Staffer Resigns Amid Probe (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said. (By Lori Montgomery and David Cho, The Washington Post) Third Marine Is Cleared of Charges, Given Immunity (By Josh White, The Washington Post) Gay Youth's Slaying Spurs Call for Tolerance (By Ashley Surdin, The Washington Post) President Drops a Digit but Gets Help From a Homeowner (By Peter Baker, The Washington Post) Ex-Afghanistan Detainee Alleges Torture by U.S. (By Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD 19 Tense Hours in Sadr City Alongside the Mahdi Army BAGHDAD, March 28 -- The gunfire struck like thunderclaps, building to a steady rhythm. American soldiers in a Stryker armored vehicle fired away from one end of the block. At the other end, two groups of Shiite militiamen pounded back with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. American... (By Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post) Opponents See End to Mugabe Era Mood in Zimbabwe Is Optimistic for Today's Vote, Despite Prospect of Government Vote-Rigging (By Craig Timberg, The Washington Post) Cuba Lifts Restrictions On Personal Cellphones Devices Offer New Conduit For Exchange of Information (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) Third Marine Is Cleared of Charges, Given Immunity (By Josh White, The Washington Post) U.S. Has Little Influence, Few Options in Iraq's Volatile South (By Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post) More World METRO Code Violations Plague Owner The owner of the Mount Pleasant apartment building recently destroyed by a five-alarm fire charged onto the District's real estate scene in 2001 scouting for opportunities. (By Debbie Cenziper, The Washington Post) Now Blooming: Digital Models 2 Students Offer Futuristic Alternatives To Traditional Peak Blossom Forecasts (By Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post) Boy Stabbed, Officer Injured In Disturbance Outside School (By Clarence Williams and Martin Weil, The Washington Post) In Md., Teed About Principal's Golf Cart Some Question Need, Expense (By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post) Girl, 7, Wounded as Gunfight Erupts in Neighborhood (By Clarence Williams and Martin Weil, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Treasury Wants to Reshape Regulation The Treasury Department on Monday will propose a far-reaching overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory structure that would reshape the relationship between Wall Street and Washington and redefine the responsibilities of some of the federal government's most powerful agencies, according to a... (By David Cho, The Washington Post) Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan At-Risk Owners Could Get Cheaper Loans (By Lori Montgomery and David Cho, The Washington Post) At Tribune, Change Is Blowin' in the Wind (By Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post) Code Violations Plague Owner Burned Mt. Pleasant Building Not NWJ's Only Troubled D.C. Property (By Debbie Cenziper, The Washington Post) Dollar Signs In Double Helixes Firm Brings Genetic Testing to the Masses (By Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Lockheed Secures Bid for Military Radio System Lockheed Martin of Bethesda yesterday landed two major contracts worth a total of $1.3 billion, including one to overhaul the military's radio system so that all the service branches can communicate with each other. (By Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post) Dollar Signs In Double Helixes Firm Brings Genetic Testing to the Masses (By Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post) Cuba Lifts Restrictions On Personal Cellphones Devices Offer New Conduit For Exchange of Information (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post) 'Economy's Main Engine' Now in Idle Consumer Spending Stagnates, Increasing Likelihood of a Recession (By Renae Merle, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS Five-to-One Ratio Favors Texas Texas closes out the game on a 30-11 run, turning a one-point advantage into a blowout victory over third-seeded Stanford, 82-62. (By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post) Butler Sparks Come-From-Behind Win Wizards Are 2-1 On West Coast Road Trip: Wizards 114, Kings 108 (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) For Nats, What's In A Name? Millions Are Riding On Stadium Sponsor (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) Divide and Conquer Curry Scores 33 Points as Davidson Cruises Past Wisconsin: Davidson 73, Wisconsin 56 (By Camille Powell, The Washington Post) MLB Puts Gibbons's Suspension on Hold (By Marc Carig, The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Restless Soul NEW YORK The best-selling gospel artist of the modern era is sitting in a posh suite in one of the poshest hotels in Gotham, the St. Regis. Central Park is six floors below, shifting patterns of light and shadow, sunshine and clouds. Kirk Franklin is wearing designer jeans, a Dolce & Gabbana ... (By Neely Tucker, The Washington Post) 'Rutlemania': Musical Mystery Tour Proves You Can Kid a Kidder (By David Segal, The Washington Post) NAMES & FACES (The Washington Post) Spoofs Like 'Superhero' Make Anyone Climb the Walls (By John Anderson, The Washington Post) 'Bad Dates': All Dressed Up, No Place to Go (By Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post) More Style Policing Congress THE STRONGEST ethics rules in the world don't mean much without an effective way to enforce them. That's especially clear when it comes to Congress, whose enforcement process is designed to create gridlock and has too often performed accordingly. This month the House adopted an important change t... (The Washington Post) Not Quite Free Mr. Gaddafi might seem rehabilitated, but Libya is still a work in progress. (The Washington Post) Key Vote in Prince George's Adam Ortiz for County Council (The Washington Post)

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