The Wire: November 27, 2012

Baseball
6:15 p.m.
Former baseball union head Miller dead at 95
Marvin Miller was a labor economist who never played a day of organized baseball. He preferred tennis. Yet he transformed the national pastime as surely as Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, television and night games.
Politics
6:13 p.m.
TWT
Party's over for would-be U.S. rock diplomat
Forget talk of ambassadors and national security. The State Department had a glittering flirtation with the Office of Party Hearty. It was brief. It was sensational. It failed.
Economy
6:12 p.m.
Stocks slide on 'fiscal cliff' warning
Stocks slumped on Wall Street Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he was frustrated by the lack of progress in talks over the U.S. budget impasse in Washington.
World
6:08 p.m.
Kremlin tests Cossacks as an auxiliary police force
Renowned for their sword-fighting prowess and notorious for their anti-Semitism in czarist Russia, the Cossacks are taking on new foes: beggars, drunks and improperly parked cars.
Ncaa
6:07 p.m.
TWT
ACC sues Maryland over exit fee
The Atlantic Coast Conference sued the University of Maryland in a Greensboro, N.C., court Monday to compel the university to pay the conference’s exit fee of more than $50 million, according to the complaint obtained by The Washington Times.
Economy
6:05 p.m.
TWT
Critics angry Obama administration won't label China currency manipulator
On an issue that dogged President Obama during his re-election campaign, the Treasury Department said Tuesday that China’s currency remains undervalued, but the administration stopped short of branding the country a currency manipulator.
National
6:03 p.m.
Texas schools install tracking system
To 15-year-old Andrea Hernandez, the tracking microchip embedded in her student ID card is a “mark of the beast,” sacrilege to her Christian faith — not to mention how it pinpoints her location, even in the school bathroom.
Soccer
6:02 p.m.
TWT
Kevin Payne resigns as D.C. United's president, CEO
When D.C. United take the field to kick off a new season in March, the club for the first time will do so without Kevin Payne pulling the strings from the front office.
Baseball
5:53 p.m.
Marvin Miller: Former baseball union head dead at 95
Marvin Miller was a labor economist who never played a day of organized baseball. He preferred tennis. Yet he transformed the national pastime as surely as Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, television and night games.
Ncaa
5:42 p.m.
FSU's Mark Stoops named coach at Kentucky
Kentucky has found its football coach.
Economy
5:37 p.m.
Economy Briefs: BP pleads not guilty in oil spill case
A lawyer for BP PLC entered a not-guilty plea for the company as it was arraigned on charges stemming from a deadly 2010 rig explosion and massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ncaa
5:30 p.m.
Balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents
Deciding whether to fire a college football coach often comes down to balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents.
Entertainment
5:23 p.m.
‘Melrose Place’ actress jailed for vehicular homicide
Amy Locane-Bovenizer, 40, had sought to shift blame for the fatal accident to a third motorist whose car the defendant had rear-ended and who had been pursuing the actress, and also to the husband of the car accident victim for making what witnesses said was a slow turn in front of her SUV.
Ncaa
5:23 p.m.
TWT
Colonials flattened by the press in defeat
There wasn’t much for George Washington coach Mike Lonergan could say after Monday’s 65-56 loss to Mount St. Mary’s, yet so much that needed to be said.
Hockey
5:06 p.m.
TWT
NHL lockout 2012: Reality is, mediation might not solve anything
As the league and NHL Players’ Association have spent months trying to end the lockout, many ideas have been shared across the bargaining table and from the outside. Bringing in a federal mediator was one.
Entertainment
5:06 p.m.
Taking Names: Rolling Stones face fine for breaking noise curfew
The Rolling Stones are facing a fine that some estimate could reach $320,000 after the rock band played past a strict London noise curfew Sunday night.
Basketball
5:02 p.m.
TWT
Randy Wittman's talk with Wizards players produces cohesive practice
John Wall had a huge smile. Martell Webster told a joke. Cartier Martin and Bradley Beal were laughing. The Wizards’ afternoon practice had just ended Tuesday, and the four players were at the far end of the court, putting up shots and enjoying a rare light moment.
Entertainment
5:01 p.m.
Tuning in to TV: Audra McDonald to host ‘Live From Lincoln Center’
Broadway superstar Audra McDonald is adding a new chapter to her long history with Lincoln Center. The singer-actress is the new host of “Live From Lincoln Center,” the center said Tuesday.
Football
5:00 p.m.
Dallas ground game stuck in neutral without Murray
The Dallas running game is stuck in neutral without running back DeMarco Murray.
Technology
5:00 p.m.
UN nuclear agency reports being hacked
The International Atomic Energy Agency acknowledged Tuesday that one of its servers had been hacked after a previously unknown group critical of Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program posted contact details for more than 100 experts working for the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
World
4:47 p.m.
World Briefs: Specialists exhume remains of Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat’s political heirs on Tuesday opened his grave, and foreign specialists took samples of the iconic Palestinian leader’s remains as part of a long-shot attempt — eight years after his mysterious death — to determine whether he was poisoned.
Entertainment
4:30 p.m.
Bon Jovi, Grohl added to Sandy benefit concert
Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder are adding to the star power at next month’s Superstorm Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden.
Basketball
4:27 p.m.
TWT
SNYDER: Knicks-Nets rivalry already blossoming in the Big Apple
With few exceptions, professional sports rarely contain the emotion and fervor normally associated with the college game. Aside from storied matchups like Lakers-Celtics, Cowboys-Redskins and Yankees-Red Sox, passion runs a lot cooler at the pay-for-play level.
Entertainment
4:15 p.m.
Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, Nov. 19 to Sunday, Nov. 25:
Local
4:10 p.m.
TWT
Teens detail robbery that led to fatal Metro stabbing
People who were in the group of young men arrested and charged in connection with the armed robbery and stabbing death of a teen at the Woodley Park Metro Station gave police detailed descriptions of the robbery, according to court documents.
Economy
4:00 p.m.
GRAY: Reforms in service of innovation and prosperity
A silver lining for Republicans in the recent election is the opportunity to rethink some basic policy positions.
Entertainment
4:00 p.m.
Lenny Kravitz to play Marvin Gaye in biopic
Lenny Kravitz has signed on for his first leading film role, playing singer Marvin Gaye in a biopic that will be shot next year.
World
3:49 p.m.
U.N. climate scientist: Superstorm Sandy was no coincidence
Though it’s tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was “probably not a coincidence” but an example of the extreme weather events that are likely to strike the United States more often as the world gets warmer, the U.N. climate panel’s No. 2 scientist said Tuesday.
Technology
3:45 p.m.
UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence
Though it’s tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was “probably not a coincidence” but an example of the extreme weather events that are likely to strike the U.S. more often as the world gets warmer, the U.N. climate panel’s No. 2 scientist said Tuesday.
World
3:30 p.m.
Briefly: Syrian planes bomb olive press, killing many at factory
Syrian warplanes bombed an olive press factory in the country’s north on Tuesday, killing and wounding dozens of people, including farmers who were waiting to convert their olives to oil, activists said.
Technology
3:30 p.m.
Apple to start selling new iMacs on Friday
Apple says the smaller version of its new, slimmed-down iMac desktop computers will go on sale Friday. It will also start taking orders for the larger model, but the units won’t ship until next month.
Technology
3:30 p.m.
Hearing on lawyer's motion in NY Facebook case
The latest in a string of lawyers who have represented a New York man in a multibillion lawsuit against Facebook is expected to ask a federal judge Tuesday for permission to withdraw from the case.
National
3:23 p.m.
Ohio Senate puts end to 'heartbeat' abortion bill
An Ohio bill that would have imposed the most stringent restriction on abortions in the nation met its end Tuesday.
Entertainment
3:15 p.m.
'Melrose Place' actress guilty in fatal NJ crash
A former “Melrose Place” actress who was driving drunk when her SUV plowed into another car, killing a woman, was convicted Tuesday of vehicular homicide and jailed after her bail was revoked. She was acquitted of a more serious charge of aggravated manslaughter.
Politics
2:57 p.m.
Obama signs whistle-blower bill for U.S. workers
Federal employees who expose fraud, waste and abuse in government operations now have new protections against retaliation.
Security
2:43 p.m.
Graph suggests Iran is working on nuclear bomb
Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, according to a diagram obtained by The Associated Press.
Entertainment
2:33 p.m.
Laura Ingraham: Conservative talk-show host off the air for now
Conservative radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham is off the air — at least temporarily.
Entertainment
2:30 p.m.
Audra McDonald new 'Live From Lincoln Center' host
Broadway superstar Audra McDonald is adding a new chapter to her long history with Lincoln Center.
National
2:15 p.m.
Millions chase record $500 million Powerball jackpot
Eight months after a trio of ticket buyers split a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot to set a world lottery record, Powerball is offering up a prize that would be the second highest.
Entertainment
2:15 p.m.
Spotify's Top 10 most viral tracks
The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, Nov. 19 to Sunday, Nov. 25, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.
National
2:01 p.m.
Ill. man gets life term for killing wife, 3 kids
A suburban Chicago man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for killing his wife and three school-age children as they sat buckled into the family’s SUV — allegedly so he could start a new life subsisting in the Canadian wilderness.
World
1:54 p.m.
Syrian rebels, civilians brace for long civil war
Before the civil war, Ramiz Moussa was a middle class civil servant who processed fines for littering, illegal construction and disturbing the peace in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.
National
1:47 p.m.
Northern Calif. boy swept to sea still missing
Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon state beach on Saturday, playing fetch with their dog Fran as eight-to-10-foot surf churned the water just feet away like a washing machine.
Entertainment
1:30 p.m.
The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending Nov. 26, 2012
Entertainment
1:30 p.m.
Correction: TV-CBS-Half Man story
In a story Nov. 26 about Angus T. Jones, the teenage actor in “Two and a Half Men,” criticizing the show as “filth” in an online video, The Associated Press misidentified the organization that posted the video. It was Forerunner Chronicles in Seale, Ala., not Forerunner Christian Church of Fremont, Calif.
Entertainment
1:15 p.m.
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
App Store Official Charts for the week ending Nov. 26, 2012:
Politics
1:14 p.m.
TWT
Jeb Bush hammers teachers unions at education summit
In the fight to reform American schools, former Florida Gov. and outspoken education advocate Jeb Bush on Tuesday took direct aim at labor groups and joined a growing chorus who believe real change must start by loosening the grip of teachers unions.
Politics
1:08 p.m.
Republican senators more troubled after meeting with Rice
Three Republican senators who met Tuesday with Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said they are more troubled now over her initial explanations about the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya.
Football
1:00 p.m.
Eagles lose receiver DeSean Jackson to injury
The Philadelphia Eagles will place wide receiver DeSean Jackson on injured reserve after he sustained multiple rib fractures in Monday night’s loss to Carolina.
Technology
1:00 p.m.
India: 2 policemen suspended for Facebook arrests
Two senior policemen in the western Indian state of Maharashtra were suspended Tuesday for arresting two women over a Facebook post criticizing the shutdown of Mumbai for the funeral of a powerful politician last week.