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What happened on March 29, 2011

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What happened on March 29, 2011

LIFESTYLE

Pati Jinich: Made for TV By Tim Carman

The charms of lesser nebbiolo wines By Jason Wilson

On NBC, the missing story about parent company General Electric By Paul Farhi

Baseball books for kids By Tracy Grant

Dear D.C. gyms: Please offer adult gymnastics By Vicky Hallett

The Gastronomer: What if one futurist had made his ideas more delicious? By Andreas Viestad

Sendak mural being restored, put on display By — Associated Press

Backstage: Synetic Theater clowns around with Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ By Jane Horwitz

A bitter-‘Sweet’ return to youth: Monica Hesse on ‘Sweet Valley Confidential’ By Monica Hesse

Cooking for One: Learning how to ‘Serve Yourself’ By Joe Yonan

Ask Amy: Workplace friend’s jokes are wearing thin By Amy Dickinson

Ask Amy: Ex-fiancee ponders options with cheater By Amy Dickinson

Theater review: ‘And the Curtain Rises’ at Signature Theatre By Peter Marks

TV Highlights: Spike’s ‘Coal,’ Elton John songs on ‘American Idol’ By — Emily Yahr

Wiz Khalifa’s ‘Rolling Papers’: Playground hip-hop mixes with synth jams By Allison Stewart

Beer Madness, Round 3: Choosing the Elite 8 By Greg Kitsock

Music review: J. Reilly Lewis and Scott Dettra at National Presbyterian Church By Joan Reinthaler

The TV Column: ‘Mad Men’ will be back in 2012 for a fifth season By Lisa De Moraes

Miss Manners: Privacy rules, even during a video chat By Miss Manners

Mary Mary’s ‘Something Big’ is an enjoyable ’80s/’90s throwback By Allison Stewart

The Navigator: The travel industry moves to preempt customer complaints By Christopher Elliott

Carolyn Hax: Friends with benefits (of the doubt) By Carolyn Hax

Dirty Beaches’ ‘Badlands’: Innocent and inauspicious intersect on this album By David Malitz

What John Bolton, former U.N. ambassador, would bring to the GOP presidential field By Jason Horowitz

BUSINESS

Federal regulators propose 20% down payment for best home mortgages By Zachary A. Goldfarb

Portugal downgraded again By Howard Schneider

Drop in home prices in January raises fear of double dip By Elizabeth Razzi

Ahead of mortgage settlement talks, banks offer to change their ways By Brady Dennis

Levin: Major changes needed before Colombia trade pact can proceed By Howard Schneider

FDA chemist charged with insider trading By David S. Hilzenrath

Consumer bureau’s Richard Cordray, from state regulator to federal enforcer By Brady Dennis

NATIONAL

In Ishinomaki, Japan, stories of survival and loss By Andrew Higgins, Brigid Schulte and Joel Achenbach

Japan’s earthquake and tsunami: An American teacher’s account By Elizabeth Flock

For one Japanese neighborhood, a tsunami and radiation end a way of life By Michael Alison Chandler

LOCAL

At National Airport, aborted landings are not uncommon By Ashley Halsey Iii

Timing of Va. Tech’s warnings during massacre leads to $55,000 penalty By Nick Anderson and Ian Shapira

Thomas Eisner, who explored the romance and danger of insect life, dies at 81 By Emma Brown

Bristow parents face charges after children found in filth By Josh White and Jennifer Buske

Montgomery County again shoots down charter schools By Robert Samuels

Want to engage your federal employees? Just Google it By Tom Fox

Religion notes for Alexandria and Arlington By — Compiled By Ria Manglapus

Alexandria and Arlington crime report By — Compiled By Ria Manglapus

Fairfax approves names for new Metro stations By Kafia A. Hosh

Stretching the ‘title’ bout to a third day By John Kelly

ACLU protests Mall in Columbia’s banning of homeless people By Henri E. Cauvin

Virginia’s redistricting process gets underway By Rosalind S. Helderman and Anita Kumar

Senior Executive Service’s quality threatened by budget crunch, complex hiring process, senators told By Joe Davidson

For Calvert Cliffs, Japan a reminder of potential perils of nuclear plant work By Annys Shin

Alexandria and Arlington community calendar, March 31-April 7, 2011 By — Compiled By Ria Manglapus

Baker banking on new jobs to improve Prince George’s By Miranda S. Spivack

Henderson asks inspector general to investigate test erasures By Bill Turque

Sparring, but few fireworks at Muslim civil rights hearing By Michelle Boorstein and Felicia Sonmez

Md. budget battle lines drawn By Aaron C. Davis and Ann E. Marimow

Victims’ families, AAA push for stronger vehicular homicide law in Maryland By Ashley Halsey Iii

POLITICS

Supreme Court rules against exonerated death row inmate who sued prosecutors By Robert Barnes

Report clears Justice Department in Black Panther case By Krissah Thompson

Justices question next step for massive Wal-Mart discrimination suit By Robert Barnes

Revenues up for state, local governments but shortfalls persist By Michael A. Fletcher

A primer on health-care ‘exchanges’ By Julie Appleby

Union ad urges federal workers to talk back By Lisa Rein

Lingering Unemployment Likely to Challenge Obama and the Nation By Michael A. Fletcher

Few fireworks at hearing examining civil rights of American Muslims By Felicia Sonmez and Michelle Boorstein

Manslaughter, other charges considered in gulf oil spill probe By Jerry Markon

Obama’s Libya speech answers some questions, but concerns remain By Scott Wilson

John Hinckley seeks more unsupervised visits By Del Quentin Wilber

Report faults Medicaid spending on brand-name drugs By Anna Edney and And Drew Armstrong

Service members battle Afghan insurgents, and U.S. airlines By Al Kamen

Juanita Wheeler By — From The Partnership For Public Service

Federal Player of the Week: Opening the door for federal job-seekers By The Partnership For Public Service

SPORTS

Nobody knows what makes a good relief pitcher By Thomas Boswell

For Stephen Strasburg, the hard part of Tommy John surgery recovery starts now By Adam Kilgore

Good Counsel All-Met Finucane to transfer to O’Connell By Alan Goldenbach

Shaka Smart’s grandfather dies after long illness By Steve Yanda