The Wire: April 19, 2008

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  Disproving many historical 'facts'

  Things are not always as they seem.
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  Cost keeps HD programs from coming into full focus

  As more Americans upgrade their old TV sets to watch shows and events in high definition, broadcasters and programmers said offering a completely HD experience for everyone is easier said than done.
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  Cut and shun

  NEW YORK (AP)
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  Raines to pay $24 million in settlement

  ASSOCIATED PRESS
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  Obama vulnerable on firearms issue

  PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania sportsmen aren’t “bitter” about their guns and balk at what they call Sen. Barack Obama’s double-talk in courting their support.
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  Lo Duca lands on DL to make room for Hill

  MIAMI — Now that the Washington Nationals are done waiting to get their top pitcher back, it’ll be a while before they get to see him throw to their top catcher.
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  Couple face prison for gun parts in duffel bags

  A former International Monetary Fund employee and her husband face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to trying to ship dozens of weapons parts into Sudan on an overseas flight from Washington Dulles International Airport.
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  Nobles and Knaves

  Noble: The family of fallen Utah soldier Sgt. Nathan Barnes for their unbelievable donation to Iraqi children.
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  Oregon claims state law copyrighted

  Lawyers for Oregon are accusing a legal publisher of breaking the law for posting the state code on its Web site.
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  By Madison Orcurto, age 8

  By Madison Orcurto, age 8
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  S. Korea to resume import of U.S. beef

  SEOUL (AP) — South Korea agreed to resume U.S. beef imports, which had been halted over mad cow disease, clearing a key hurdle to a broader trade deal with the United States.
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  Canada may ban bottle toxin

  TORONTO (AP) — A ubiquitous chemical found in hard plastic water bottles, DVDs, CDs and hundreds of other common items came under increased pressure yesterday when Canada said it is potentially harmful and may ban its use in baby bottles.
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  Arenas, Wizards ready for Round 3

  Speaking to the media for the first time since before his April 2 return from a 66-game layoff following knee surgery, Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas said yesterday he feels great and he and his teammates are excited to take on the challenge of beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs for the first time in three attempts.
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  RAINBOW POEM: My teacher, Mrs. Onlgley

  By Antonia da Fonseca Ioannou, age 11
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  Wizards let Game 1 slip away

  CLEVELAND — Well, score one for the Cavaliers.
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  First Down

  TODAY ON WASHINGTONTIMES.COM
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  Rivals' power deal fragile

  Kenya’s new grand coalition government, sworn in this week to end a bloody political crisis that claimed over 1,500 lives, is just a “holding operation” that could still fail if deeper constitutional reforms are not enacted quickly, a top opposition party official said yesterday.
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  The shadow of a giant

  Being the follow-up act to flamboyant former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is a Herculean task. So give credit to Chelsea coach Avram Grant, often dismissively called Average Grant, who is finding it impossible to satisfy the fans who flock to London’s fashionable Kings Road to watch the most expensive team in the world play.
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  Not alone in snobbery

  The odor of elitism is like onion breath: It’s quick to acquire, hard to mask. Try as he might, Barack Obama cannot camouflage the political stink he exhaled when he dissed small-town Americans as “bitter” Neanderthals “clinging” to their guns, faith and belief in strict immigration enforcement. It wasn’t the first time the effete Snob-ama revealed himself.
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  Navy routed at home by Hopkins

  ANNAPOLIS — Johns Hopkins brought a losing record into its annual meeting with Navy for the first time in nearly four decades.
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  Niumatalolo gets early look

  ANNAPOLIS — Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo had two goals coming into last night’s spring game.
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  Bush names pick for HUD chief

  President Bush yesterday nominated Small Business Administration chief Steve Preston as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, replacing Alphonso Jackson who is under investigation for cronyism involving his friends in multimillion-dollar HUD projects.
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  Metro Briefs

  MARYLAND
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  World Scene

  Rice urges Russia to repeal decree
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  Bush pushes for free trade with Colombia

  WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush, ahead of his trip next week to a summit with North American leaders, said Saturday that the House’s decision to block a vote on a Colombia free trade agreement was a “serious error” and urged Congress to reconsider.
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  Pope confronts sex scandal again in New York

  NEW YORK Pope Benedict XVI today celebrated the third anniversary of his election as pope with a solemn Mass for 3,000 at St. Patrick”s Cathedral in Manhattan, where he made the fifth reference of his trip to the priestly sex-abuse scandal that has engulfed the American church.
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  Teague sticks with solid play

  ANNAPOLIS — It takes most college athletes time to figure things out, a few years to fine-tune everything to ensure past pitfalls aren’t repeated.
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  Checklist

  Regional
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  Boudreau's team not having fun in quarterfinals

  Back in November, when the Washington Capitals were 8-14-1, they were having fun.
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  Bjerknes' legacy in ABT II visit

  American Dance Institute, the splendid dance center in Rockville created by Michael Bjerknes, is presenting a world premiere this weekend danced by American Ballet Theatre II, the junior training company of ABT.
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  Carter meets with exiled Hamas leader

  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter met yesterday with the exiled leader of Hamas and the militant group’s deputy chief, men the U.S. government has labeled as global terrorists and Israel accuses of masterminding suicide bombings and kidnappings.
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  FAA to play bigger role in safety inspections

  The federal government yesterday announced changes to its airline inspection system to avoid the kind of safety lapses that led to the grounding of thousands of aircraft this month.
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  Earnings reports spur Wall Street to a strong week

  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street topped off a strong week with a big rally yesterday, after results from companies like Citigroup Inc. and Google Inc. helped ease investor anxiety about the health of corporate profits.
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  Judge orders genetic tests in polygamy case

  More than 400 children taken from a ranch run by a polygamous sect will stay in state custody and be subject to genetic testing, a judge ruled yesterday.
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  FORUM: Pushing eco-panic buttons

  Despite sensational rhetoric, very few people actually want to pollute. It’s not good business, and we all want clean air and water. When we get sucked into eco-panic, however, cooler heads seldom prevail. Sometimes the end result is a loss of costing jobs and even lives.
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  Quake rattles Midwest

  WEST SALEM, Ill. (AP) — Bricks shook loose and fell from buildings. Walls cracked. Books tumbled off shelves.
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  American Scene

  Camp counselor accused in choking
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  Wizards Capsule

  Breaking down the matchups
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  Lively, bold performances in '1776'

  It’s life, liberty and the pursuit of zestiness at Olney Theatre’s staging of “1776,” directed and choreographed by Stephen Nachamie without a whit of the wax-museum mustiness that sometimes clings to productions of this 1969 musical about the Founding Fathers.
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  Dependable Redding wins

  MIAMI — In this meandering start to the 2008 season, when the Washington Nationals have searched in vain for anything resembling consistency, they got another reminder last night of what’s looking like the surest thing they have right now.
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  Capitals built for the future

  There are two ways to consider the youth and relative inexperience of the Washington Capitals.
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  Obama, Clinton tout new backers

  PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Barack Obama yesterday scored the backing of a former Clinton Cabinet member and two former senators, while his rival said Mr. Obama can’t take the heat of being the Democratic front-runner.
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  Taliban kills son of Dutch general

  KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb attack on a patrol of Dutch soldiers killed the son of the Netherlands’ top military officer yesterday, a day after his father took command of the country’s armed forces, officials said.
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  Local Calendar

  APRIL 19
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  Great Pickle's food fight with evil vegetable cabal

  This chronic feature lets me review what has recently passed my bloodshot pupils. So pull up a chair, break out the sarcasm filter and welcome to:
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  Religious Briefs

  Parishes ready for independence
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  Benedict's visit sends pope memorabilia flying off the shelves

  Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the District sent local Catholic stores scrambling to meet the demand for memorabilia, as many of them sold out of “any and everything pope.”
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  Bush defends declarations stance

  CAMP DAVID, Md. President Bush today rejected the notion that the U.S. has lowered the bar for North Korea’s declaration of nuclear activity, pushing back against criticism from a former top administration official.
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  Capitals stave off elimination

  There will be at least one more road trip for the Washington Capitals this season.
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  Benedict first pope to visit synagogue in U.S.

  NEW YORK — Pope Benedict XVI made interfaith history yesterday by being the first pope to visit an American synagogue — a 125-year-old New York landmark where congregants gave him a standing ovation and Jewish children sang a joyous greeting song.