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Sunday, June 21, 2009

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Police Unleash Force On Rally in Tehran TEHRAN, June 20 -- Fiery chaos broke out in downtown Tehran on Saturday as security forces blocked streets and used tear gas, water cannons and batons to break up a demonstration against the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Security forces were seen firing warning shots into the air, but... (By Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin, The Washington Post) Health-Care Reform Will Test Obama's Resolve (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) Unsung Players Weather Storm Third Round Is Underway With Barnes in the Lead (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) Timing Next Bus's Arrival Won't Be Guesswork Metro Brings Back Tracking System For Phone and Web (By Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights POLITICS Obama's Travel Mixes Policy, Politics First, a quiz. How many people attended President Obama's town-hall forum in Vermont? (By Scott Wilson, The Washington Post) Health-Care Reform Will Test Obama's Resolve (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) Owego Prepares for Rough Landing Demise of Helicopter Program Means Hundreds of Jobs Lost in Struggling N.Y. Area (By Philip Rucker, The Washington Post) Staying Safe on the W& OD Trail Officials Advise Precautions After Recent Incidents (By Jonathan Mummolo, The Washington Post) More Politics
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NATION Nestlé Recall Leaves A Mystery in Its Wake Federal microbiologists and food safety investigators have descended on the Danville, Va., plant that makes Nestlé's refrigerated cookie dough, trying to crack a scientific mystery surrounding a national outbreak of illness from E. coli 0157, a deadly strain of bacteria, which has been linked to the... (By Lyndsey Layton and Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post) Owego Prepares for Rough Landing Demise of Helicopter Program Means Hundreds of Jobs Lost in Struggling N.Y. Area (By Philip Rucker, The Washington Post) A Quest to Be Heard What Drives a Black Farmer to Work His Fields and the Halls of Congress? (By Krissah Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer, The Washington Post) Jobs, on Leave From Apple, Reportedly Had Liver Transplant (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) Cautious Response Reflects Obama's Long-Term Approach (By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Police Unleash Force On Rally in Tehran TEHRAN, June 20 -- Fiery chaos broke out in downtown Tehran on Saturday as security forces blocked streets and used tear gas, water cannons and batons to break up a demonstration against the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Security forces were seen firing warning shots into the air, but... (By Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin, The Washington Post) From War Crimes To Contempt Case U.N. Yugoslav Tribunal's Prosecution Of Ex-Spokeswoman Draws Criticism (By Edward Cody, The Washington Post) Truck Bomb Kills Dozens in Northern Iraq Kirkuk Blast Follows Maliki's Call for Steadfastness if Violence Increases as U.S. Leaves (By Nada Bakri, The Washington Post) A Change in Mission Lt. Arthur Karell and his Marine battalion were sent to Now Zad, Afghanistan, to train Afghan police. Instead, they had to fight the insurgents who had taken over the town. (By Kristin Henderson, The Washington Post) Reporters Escape Taliban Captors New York Times, Afghan Journalists Were Held 7 Months (By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post) More World METRO Tornado Whirls Across Southeastern Baltimore County An apparent tornado roared across part of Baltimore County yesterday, snapping or uprooting dozens of trees, as wet and stormy weather returned to the Baltimore-Washington region for yet another day. (By Martin Weil, The Washington Post) Female FBI Agents Make Their Mark In Md. Amid Rise in White-Collar Crime (By Henri E. Cauvin, The Washington Post) O'Malley Puts the Brakes on Clemency in Md. Governor Prepares to Clear 7, His First Such Cases, and Remains Far Behind Ehrlich's Pace (By John Wagner, The Washington Post) Va. Bar Protests Letters to Jurors as Harmful to Defense Efforts (By Tom Jackman, The Washington Post) FBI Takes Over Probe Of Burglary at Bank Police Officer Charged in Incident (By Aaron C. Davis, The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Owego Prepares for Rough Landing OWEGO, N.Y. -- When the U.S. military announced in 2005 that it would commission the next generation of presidential helicopters to be built here, this hard-luck area in New York's industrial Southern Tier rejoiced. (By Philip Rucker, The Washington Post) Betting On Death (By Benjamin Popper, The Washington Post) Credit Score Shell Game As High Scores Vanish, Borrowers' Luck Runs Out (By Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post) Jobs, on Leave From Apple, Reportedly Had Liver Transplant (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) If Asked to Divulge a Low Salary, Explain Why You're Worth More (The Washington Post) More Business
TECHNOLOGY With Kindle DX, Amazon Writes New E-Book Chapter Lots of novels have the potential for one good sequel, but not too many can sustain a story over a third book. (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) Jobs, on Leave From Apple, Reportedly Had Liver Transplant (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) Timing Next Bus's Arrival Won't Be Guesswork Metro Brings Back Tracking System For Phone and Web (By Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post) Help File: After the DTV Switch, Some Tinkering Still Required (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS United Draws a Blank, Is Winless in Colorado Since 2000 D.C. United falls to 0-8-2 all-time in Colorado as the Rapids blank the MLS's Eastern Conference leaders, 3-0, on Saturday night. (By Steven Goff, The Washington Post) Harris Launches Nats to Fourth Straight Nationals 5, Blue Jays 3 (By Chico Harlan, The Washington Post) Mystics Respond to Plank's Plea Beard Leads Way in Comeback Victory Over Visiting Chicago: Mystics 81, Sky 72 (By Katie Carrera, The Washington Post) Roberts's Ninth-Inning HR Leads Orioles Past Phillies Orioles 6, Phillies 5 (By Jeff Zrebiec, The Washington Post) Moros's Goal Sends Freedom Past Athletica (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE One-Liner Works Bear Messages Worth Repeating VENICE -- Last in a series of articles on the 53rd Venice Biennale. (By Blake Gopnik, The Washington Post) Winging It for 'Transformers' (The Washington Post) The Nest of Times: Making 'Seagull' Fly Anew (By Celia Wren, The Washington Post) A Century After Birth, Errol Flynn Is In Again (By Nick Thomas, The Washington Post) The Built-In Response to Terrifying Moments (By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post) More Style Take the Plunge THE D.C. BOARD of Elections and Ethics was right. A proposed referendum that sought to overturn the D.C. Council's law recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, which takes effect next month, was a violation of the District's elections law . (The Washington Post) Innocents Lost A Supreme Court decision increases the risk that the wrongly convicted could be kept behind bars. (The Washington Post)