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What happened on August 16, 2011

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What happened on August 16, 2011

LIFESTYLE

The dirt on Hanover tomatoes, well loved in central Virginia By Tim Carman

The beer back: A step forward? By Jason Wilson

Hints From Heloise: Cleaning a cast-iron skillet By Heloise

Whatever Happened to ... the woman who picked lice? By Monica Hesse

Darkest Hour: The D.C. band delivers a dutiful set at 9:30 Club By Aaron Leitko

Recommended Charles Krug wines By Dave Mcintyre

BBC’s ‘The Hour’: A Cold War enigma, layered in ’50s style By Hank Stuever

Cooking for One: What grows on you By Joe Yonan

Apologizing for past marriage misdeeds By Carolyn Hax

Ask Amy: Baby steps needed for children to bond By Amy Dickinson

Mondavis keep Napa Valley strong By Dave Mcintyre

TV highlights: ‘To the Mat,’ ‘CMT Made’ By Emily Yahr

Asian-Latin relish wins Top Tomato 2011 By Bonnie S. Benwick

Theater: Name change for Washington Shakespeare Company By Jane Horwitz

BUSINESS

General Dynamics to acquire Arlington contractor for nearly $1B By Marjorie Censer

Pondering impact of drilling off remote northwest Alaska By Steven Mufson

Stocks drop as Europe posts weak growth By Cezary Podkul

Obama lauds rural America, announces growth initiatives in Iowa By Zachary A. Goldfarb

Obama offers measures to help rural economies By Zachary A. Goldfarb

German economic slowdown yields more sour news for Europe By Howard Schneider

Patent wars continue By Nilay Patel Of This Is My Next.

Carlyle Group in diversification flurry By Thomas Heath

Four titans of tech are racing to be king of digital age By Jia Lynn Yang

Analysis: Perry’s criticism of money-printing may portend more political pressure for Fed By Neil Irwin

WORLD

Scandals tarnish Citibank’s image in Indonesia By Andrew Higgins

Tejo, Colombia’s macho game, becomes a pastime for women By Adam Liebendorfer

Anna Hazare, India’s leading anti-corruption activist, refuses to leave Delhi jail By Simon Denyer and Rama Lakshmi

U.N. cites reports of Syrian forces shooting defectors By Colum Lynch

Former News of the World reporter writes that hacking was ‘widely discussed’ at British tabloid By Kate Holton and Georgina Prodhan

20 years ago, Soviet press pushed hard By Will Englund

Clinton defends U.S. response to crackdown in Syria By Joby Warrick

OPINIONS

The sad facts behind Rick Perry’s Texas miracle By Harold Meyerson

Justice for Hariri’s killers requires the world’s support By David M. Crane and Carla Del Ponte

The real grand bargain Washington should seek By Katrina Vanden Heuvel

A Gates team at the Pentagon By David Ignatius

The straw poll winner: Barack Obama By Eugene Robinson

Tim Pawlenty and the limits of ideological purity By Michael Gerson

An ugly start to Rick Perry’s campaign By Editorial

In D.C., questions about police bias after an assault By Editorial

Lawmakers’ destructive gamesmanship with judicial nominees By Editorial

A watershed moment for Obama on climate change By Bill Mckibben

SPORTS

Women’s pro soccer team owner faces players’ union grievance By Steven Goff

Mike Rizzo is clearly crazy about the Nationals’ draft picks By Thomas Boswell

To return or not return, that is Brandon Banks’s question on Redskins kick returns By Rick Maese

Maryland’s Randy Edsall brings a no-nonsense approach to his toughest challenge yet By Mike Wise

Increase in NFL touchbacks riles coaches, returners By Mark Maske

POLITICS

Critics call on Obama to cancel his Martha’s Vineyard vacation By David Nakamura

Perry warns of Fed treason, challenges Obama By Dan Balz

Federal Player of the Week: Bringing creativity to Natural History Museum exhibits By The Partnership For Public Service

The Take: Is Perry built for a general election? By Dan Balz

Disabled protesters spark security scare in Kabul By Al Kamen

The 2012 election brings a new kind of fundraiser: The super bundler By Dan Eggen

VA revamps its social media policy By Steve Vogel

LOCAL

Louise Behrend, concert violinist and Suzuki method teacher, dies at 94 By Emily Langer

Viola Drath’s husband, Muth, charged with second-degree murder in her killing By Josh White, Jenna Johnson and Clarence Williams

Stolen: A bike and a piece of a woman’s faith in humanity By John Kelly

Commercial foreclosures threaten Prince George’s tax base By Ovetta Wiggins

Va. education officials quash plans for earlier Standards of Learning testing, retakes By Emma Brown

Albert N. Brown, oldest survivor of Bataan Death March, dies at 105 By T. Rees Shapiro

Patricia C. McCarthy, executive assistant By Adam Bernstein

Roger Clemens-autographed baseballs given to courthouse guards By Del Quentin Wilber

Government Accountability Office reports workers took 25 percent spike in premiums By Lisa Rein

Viola Drath’s husband, Albrecht Muth, charged in her murder By Josh White, Jenna Johnson and Clarence Williams

Gray scraps tickets plan for early viewing of King Memorial By Tim Craig

Harold Baer, NIH laboratory chief By Bart Barnes

Ex-official of National City Christian Church convicted of stealing more than $500,000 By Del Quentin Wilber

Lawyer claims $50,000 offered for testimony against Albert Haynesworth By Keith L. Alexander and Jason Reid

Montel Williams among D.C. medical marijuana license seekers By Mike Debonis

Suspect arrested in January assault of Maryland pastor By Dan Morse

Stamos considered front-runner in Arlington commonwealth’s attorney race By Christy Goodman

Report blasts D.C. transportation service for special-education students By Bill Turque

Cuccinelli might challenge Warner for Senate seat in 2014 By Anita Kumar