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Bell Tolls for Fairfax School Efforts; Likely Deficit Endangers Changes to Start Times and Bus Routes
Nov 08, 2008; Michael Alison Chandler - Washington Post Staff Writer ... After nearly five years of exhaustive research and parentactivism, an effort in Fairfax County to rearrange the daily routesof more than 1,100 school buses and shift high school start timeslater is in jeopardy because of the school system's projected $220million budget deficit ....
Judge Will Not Discipline SEC Officials
Nov 08, 2008; Marcy Gordon ... An administrative law judge at the Securities and ExchangeCommission yesterday rebuffed a request for disciplinary actionagainst an SEC official in connection with an investigation ofinvestment bank Bear Stearns. The SEC's chief administrative law judge, Brenda Murray, ...
Redskins Pounce on Hall; Once a Big-Time Free Agent, Corner Is Added for Depth
Nov 08, 2008; Jason La Canfora - Washington Post Staff Writer ... The Washington Redskins agreed to terms with free agentcornerback DeAngelo Hall on a one-year deal yesterday, according tosources, adding a two-time Pro Bowl performer who was released bythe Oakland Raiders earlier in the week. Hall will make a prorated $1 million over the final ...
Out: Seances. In: Mutts.
Nov 08, 2008; Dana Milbank ... As the time grew nearer for Barack Obama's first news conferenceas president-elect yesterday, aides announced that the start wouldbe delayed by 10 to 15 minutes. Then they announced a five-minutedelay. Then another. Finally, the next president finally saunteredonto the stage, a ...
Hall's Statistics
Nov 08, 2008 ... 2008 CareerTackles ...
Sprint Swings to Loss as Customers Flee
Nov 08, 2008; Cecilia Kang - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Sprint Nextel said yesterday it swung to a loss in the thirdquarter as it continued to hemorrhage subscribers who have flockedto rival wireless carriers. The nation's third-largest wireless carrier also said itrenegotiated the terms of its revolving credit, loans typically ...
Credit Troubles Force Sunrise to Retrench
Nov 08, 2008; Alejandro Lazo - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Sunrise Senior Living's financial problems deepened in the thirdquarter as the company said it would abandon new development thisyear and further cut staff to conserve cash as it struggles toweather the fallout of a worsening economy. The McLean company is one of the nation's ...
How Free-Marketers Crafted Bank Program
Nov 08, 2008; Peter Whoriskey - Washington Post Staff Writer ... When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. needed someone todesign one of the largest government interventions in the U.S.economy, he turned to one of his staff's most ardent disciples offree-market principles. David Nason, a 38-year-old lawyer, then turned to his ...
The Trail
Nov 08, 2008 ... President-elect Barack Obama continued his round ofcongratulatory calls from foreign leaders Friday, speaking brieflywith six more leaders after chatting with nine on Thursday. The leaders today included Prime Minister Jose Luis RodriguezZapatero of Spain, King Abdullah of Saudi ...
U.S. Objects To Arrest Of Politician In Burundi
Nov 08, 2008; Colum Lynch - Washington Post Staff Writer ... The State Department protested the Burundian government's arrestMonday of an aspiring presidential candidate and former journalistwho was named one of the world's 100 most influential people thisyear by Time magazine. Burundian authorities arrested Alexis Sinduhije at his ...
Utah Boycott Urged After Calif. Vote
Nov 08, 2008; Brock Vergakis ... Utah's growing tourism industry and the star-studded SundanceFilm Festival are being targeted for a boycott by bloggers, gayrights activists and others seeking to punish the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints for its aggressive promotion ofCalifornia's ban on gay ...
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
Nov 08, 2008 ... 5TH DISTRICT HOUSE RACE Democrat Tom Perriello yesterday declared victory in hischallenge against Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., a longtime incumbent insouthern Virginia, although Goode has not conceded and the closecontest might be headed for a recount. "I am proud and humbled to ...
Clear Path to Governor's Race; Attorney General Is Only Republican to File in Time
Nov 08, 2008; Anita Kumar - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell has automatically become theRepublican nominee for governor because no one else filed to run bythis week's deadline. After several years of Republican losses in Virginia, next year'srace for governor will help determine whether the party can ...
Va. Voters Complain Of Missing Registrations
Nov 08, 2008; Josh White - Washington Post Staff Writer ... The Virginia State Board of Elections is investigatingallegations that some Virginians were unable to cast ballots Tuesdaybecause voter registration groups did not submit their officialregistration forms. State election officials have heard complaints from across thestate that ...
Weast Faces More-Challenging Board; New Members Say They Will Demand Accountability
Nov 08, 2008; Daniel de Vise - Washington Post Staff Writer ... The election of one newcomer to the Montgomery County Board ofEducation and apparent election of another this week leaves oneperson on the eight-member panel who was part of the group thathired Jerry D. Weast as superintendent nine years ago. That shift, coupled with the worst ...
WAKE FOREST TEAM STATISTICS ...
Nov 08, 2008 ... CATEGORYWAKE FORESTOPPPassing Yards-Rushing Yards1,595-8751,510-1,003Passing Completions-Attempts160-256128-235Rushing Attempts-Average318-2.8276-3.6First Downs141126Third-Down Efficiency46-128(36%)43-113 (38%)Fourth-Down Efficiency6-12 (50%)5-12 ...
Westfield Rolls in a Rematch
Nov 08, 2008; Preston Williams - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Some football teams earn doughnuts from their coaches forshutting out the opponent. At Westfield, doughnuts are an offensiveline thing, and why not, given the holes the linemen have providedfor senior running back Jordan Anderson all season. Last night, the linemen helped free ...
At Line, Team Is Missing Chances
Nov 08, 2008; Ivan Carter - Washington Post Staff Writer ... The Wizards are shooting just as many free throws in practice asthey have in the past and they shot a solid 78.2 percent as a teamlast season. So Coach Eddie Jordan did not have any simpleexplanations for why his team is shooting 70.4 percent so far thisseason. The Wizards missed ...
Wisconsin Attorney General Seeks To Reverify Voter Registrations
Nov 08, 2008 ... Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has gone back to courtto compel tens of thousands of state voters to reverify theirregistrations. The case, which would not affect the Nov. 4 results, turns on thestate's use of a database of registrations that election officialsargue is ...
Knicks' Pace Too Quick for Wizards
Nov 08, 2008; Ivan Carter - Washington Post Staff Writer ... Knicks 114, Wizards 108 The Wizards and Knicks played at such a rapid pace last night,about the only thing in the building that did not bust a sweat wasthe 24-second shot clock. It made for entertaining basketball, but for the Wizards, thefinal result was familiar: a 114-108 ...
PERSONNEL DEPT. Wizards: Sec ...
Nov 08, 2008 ... Wizards: Second-year F Oleksiy Pecherov, who played for the firsttime during Wednesday's overtime loss in Milwaukee, was inactive. FDarius Songaila did not get into the game after averaging 19.3minutes in the first three games. Knicks: Former Wizards F Jared Jeffries (broken leg), ...
Spartans Score Early and Often
Nov 08, 2008; BJ Koubaroulis ... While West Springfield's star running back Brandon Bailey sat onthe sideline of the Spartans' 72-47 Virginia AAA Northern Regionplayoff victory over visiting W.T. Woodson with his head covered ina hood and his camouflage-colored cast covered by his sweatshirt'ssleeve, quarterback Bryn ...
Killer Audio Completes Your Home Theater; Pros Offer Advice on Surround Sound
Nov 08, 2008; Alan Zibel ... You can't have a great home theater system without great sound. Home theater audio comes with a sometimes confusing set oftechnical terms, including DTS, SDDS, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MasterAudio, to name a few. But all the lingo boils down to somethingrather basic: the number of ...
Preparation and Practice
Nov 08, 2008 ... Installing vinyl siding is basically a matter of knowing a fewtricks with respect to the initial layout and installation of thestarter strips. The first piece of siding installed determines howthe job will look and how the siding goes up the walls. Keep in mindthat the siding needs to be ...
QMy house is very cold, and I ...
Nov 08, 2008; Gene Austin ... QMy house is very cold, and I need to get new entry doors in thefront and back. Which type of entry door is best: wood, steel orfiberglass? Do I need storm doors, too? -- Anna ASteel and fiberglass doors have cores of foam insulation thatgive them better energy efficiency than ...
Real Estate Trends
Nov 08, 2008 ... __ 2007__ __ 2008 __ Total homes sold__ Median purchase price__ Total homes sold__Median purchase price__ Change in median price__ Zip code TOTAL__ 5,050__ $345,000__ 2,120__ $320,000__ -$25,000 __ 3__ $260,000__ -- __ -- __ -- __ 20601 __ 57__ 450,000__ 28__ ...
Turning Right Side Up
Nov 08, 2008; Jack Guttentag ... Q I have been giving my clients an article you wrote about a yearago advising borrowers having payment problems how to request amodification in their loan contract. Could you bring it up to date? A A lot has happened since that column was written. Very shortlythereafter, the Hope ...
Change You Won't See; Elections Don't Do Much to Local Home Market
Nov 08, 2008; Maryann Haggerty - Washington Post Staff Writer ... A new president, new administration, new political appointees --all that has to have an effect on the Washington area real estatemarket, right? "Not much," said John McClain, a senior fellow at the Center forRegional Analysis at George Mason University, which dissects ...
In Times Like This, Only the Freshest Comps Will Do
Nov 08, 2008; Kenneth R Harney ... How fresh are your "comps," the comparable sales of propertiesused as benchmarks in home real estate appraisals? Buyers andsellers rarely had to be concerned about such a question -- oreven understand it -- when values were on the upswing. But in soft and declining markets, ...
Prophetic, Accomplished, Eloquent, Cathey Was a Giant in the World of Horticulture
Nov 08, 2008; Joel M Lerner ... Henry Marcellus Cathey, who died on Oct. 8 at age 79, was abrilliant plant scientist who understood the world of horticulturefar beyond the boundaries that his doctoral degree and study as aFulbright Scholar offered. And Marc, as he preferred to be known, spent a ...
The Fridge Is Missing. Who's at Fault?
Nov 08, 2008; Benny L Kass ... QWe bought a home a couple of months ago and moved into it lastweek. Because we are from out of town, our real estate agent did thefinal walk-through the day before closing. She found everything tobe in order. When we moved in, the refrigerator/freezer was missingfrom the kitchen. The ...
Big Infrastructure Questions Await the Newly Elected
Nov 08, 2008; Roger K Lewis ... During the political campaign, candidates repeatedly promised totackle the challenge of enhancing America's infrastructure. Afterall, they reminded voters, much existing infrastructure isdysfunctional, and developing new infrastructure can produce jobs,help address energy needs and ...
How do you make an open house stand out? Sometimes agents go to extremes, but the glitz doesn't always help.
Nov 08, 2008; Dan Rafter ... David Mayhood isn't a fan of holding raffles, hiring chambermusicians or giving away flat-screen TVs at the open houses that hiscondominium marketing and sales firm holds. But cozy private dinners for six? Demonstrations of high-endkitchen appliances? Pricey wines provided by a ...
Rates Drop as Economy Falters
Nov 08, 2008 ... Mortgage rates dropped this week, providing a dose of welcomenews to prospective home buyers. Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on 30-year,fixed-rate mortgages was 6.20 percent for the week, down sharplyfrom 6.46 percent last week. The retreat in mortgage ...
Homeowners Turn to Technology to Help Thwart Thieves; Comprehensive Security Systems Offer Remote Monitoring, Track Activity Around a Home, Alert Owners Via Cellphone
Nov 08, 2008; Alex Veiga ... Homeowners have more options than ever for making their homesless tempting targets for thieves. But before erecting obstacles for would-be burglars, they mustget past hurdles of their own: Determining just how much securitythey need and how much they can afford. At the top of ...
Shopping for TVs With the Experts; Finding the Best Flat-Screen Set For Your Home
Nov 08, 2008; Alan Zibel ... Technological advances have made giant flat-panel TV screens withintensely detailed pictures affordable to the average Americanconsumer. But which one to choose? Home theater enthusiasts say you can get the biggest bang foryour buck with a system that uses a digital projector. They ...
Can-Do Spirit Keeps Leewood Looking Sharp
Nov 08, 2008; Ann Cameron Siegal ... Living with four dogs in a townhouse isn't easy, but Rose Weberand her canine friends can take their twice-daily romps in any offive well-maintained pocket parks tucked throughout Springfield'sLeewood community. In fact, most of Leewood's solid brick, three-story townhousesback ...
BOUNDARIES: Braddock Road on ...
Nov 08, 2008; Leewood ... BOUNDARIES: Braddock Road on the north, Backlick Road on theeast, Larrlyn Drive on the south and Woodland Drive on the west. SCHOOLS: North Springfield Elementary, Holmes Middle andAnnandale High schools. HOME SALES: In the past 12 months, five townhouses have sold atprices ...
Week 790: If Only!
Nov 08, 2008 ... If the atomic bomb had never been developed, that beach moviewould have been called "How to Stuff a Wild Two-Piece Swimsuit." We wouldn't have believed the following assertion had it not comefrom Russell Beland, late of Springfield and now of Fairfax, who hasan entire shelf in his ...
