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What happened on April 30, 2012

OPINIONS

NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

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LOCAL

BUSINESS

WORLD

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What happened on April 30, 2012

OPINIONS

The path to bin Laden’s death didn’t start with Obama By Jose A. Rodriguez Jr

President Obama, campaigner in chief By Dana Milbank

Ex-CIA counterterror chief says Pelosi ‘reinventing the truth’ about waterboarding By Marc A. Thiessen

Witch hunt for the zombie voter By Eugene Robinson

Why Reform Conservatism deserves a chance By Michael Gerson

Sometimes the death penalty is warranted By Charles Lane

A Dream Act that Republicans should take up By Editorial Board

How long must Syrians wait? By Richard Cohen

Harry Thomas doesn’t deserve leniency By Editorial Board

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng escaped. Will the U.S. support him? By Yang Jianli

Egypt is taking U.S. money and running By Editorial Board

NEWS

Closing advice: Navigating settlement in a for-sale-by-owner real estate deal By Harvey S. Jacobs

Indians say their lives are getting worse, despite fast economic growth By Simon Denyer

Green and read all over: Earth-friendly books By — Juliet Eilperin

Congress ethics office clears Bachus of insider trading By Scott Higham

Bentley Designer Lays Out Brand’s Future Plans By Viknesh Vijayenthiran | Highgearmedia.com

Bosch Drowsiness Detection System To Make Alertness Tech More Common? By Nelson Ireson | Highgearmedia.com

National Building Museum explores concepts of home in new exhibit By Abha Bhattarai

Why green-certified products may not always be the best choice By Katherine Salant

ENTERTAINMENT

‘It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With The New Politics of Extremism’ by Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein By Robert G. Kaiser

Book review: Toni Morrison’s ‘Home,’ a restrained but powerful novel By Ron Charles

Ben Fountain’s ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ By Jeff Turrentine

Exhibit review: ‘House & Home’ at the National Building Museum By Philip Kennicott

Kioi Sinfonietta concert unusual, but interesting By Joan Reinthaler

Washington Bach Consort: Divine music-making at National Presbyterian Church By Cecelia Porter

Seasoning needed for ‘The Big Meal’ By Peter Marks

NATIONAL

Terminal breast cancer leads woman to pick palliative care, not aggressive therapy By Amy Berman | Health Affairs

Tornado scientists are surprised to find ‘ribbon’ in thunderstorm data By Jack Williams

Scientists worry that warming seas may be harming the endangered right whale By Peter Brannen

Pastor’s loss of faith started with loss of hell By Kimberly Winston| Religion News Service

Anxiety about dental procedures is common but acknowledging fears can be helpful By Consumer Reports

Climate explains why West Coast trees are much taller than those in the East By Brian Palmer

Astronaut joins effort to profit from harvesting raw materials in space By Brian Vastag

Scientists try to figure out what makes some storms spawn deadly tornadoes By Jack Williams

White House releases public/private guidelines By Adelle M. Banks| Religion News Service

EPA official who compared enforcement to crucifixion resigns By Juliet Eilperin and Lisa Rein

Churches attacked in Kenya, Nigeria By Fredrick Nzwili| Religion News Service

For clergy, lost faith can lead to lost family, jobs By Kimberly Winston| Religion News Service

Physicist’s book tries to dispel the notion that scientists are stuffy bookworms By Aaron Leitko

To improve your health, eat right and toss out those stilettos, magazine advises By Whitney Fetterhoff

George Zimmerman’s defense team launches social media campaign By Melissa Bell

Study finds value in counseling problem drinkers during emergency-room visits By Michelle Andrews

For those with heart disease, the benefit of fish oil supplements seems to be nil By Linda Searing

LOCAL

Reggie ‘Polo’ Burwell, leader of bounce beat band TCB, is in a coma but not forgotten By Timothy Wilson

Young and hurting: 18- to 21-year-olds with nowhere to go By Petula Dvorak

Old streetcar removed from Glen Echo Park By John Kelly

Petworth’s coffee community grows, slowly By Paul Abowd

Corvette Club members teach Prince William teens how to drive safely By Sarah Lane

Colleges hit up graduating seniors for donations By Jenna Johnson

Cost of flying from Washington up 10 percent By Ashley Halsey Iii

Loudoun School Board adopts budget By Caitlin Gibson

Occupy movement prepares for nationwide general strike By Annie Gowen

Prince William County health calendar By — Compiled By Sarah Lane

D.C. Council poised to pay $22 million to city workers for furloughed holidays By Tim Craig

Pr. William raises real estate taxes, passes fiscal ‘13 budget By Jeremy Borden

Prince William supervisors to decide fate of Haymarket development By Jeremy Borden

Jim Graham, D.C. Council to continue Harry Thomas investigation By Tim Craig

Matchmaker waits in the wings as zoo resumes the panda mating game By Michael E. Ruane

Silver Spring Transit Center cost rises again, by about $11 million By Victor Zapana

BUSINESS

Apple’s tax rate: 9.8 percent? By Hayley Tsukayama

Microsoft’s ads target young users, haters By Hayley Tsukayama

Microsoft buys stake in Barnes and Noble’s Nook e-reader By Cecilia Kang

Sunoco purchased by Energy Transfer Partners for $5.3 billion By Sarah Halzack

Fewer Americans form households after recession, hampering economic recovery By Michael A. Fletcher

Romney campaign seems to have forgotten about Bush’s economic crises By Ezra Klein

Barnes & Noble shares surge on Microsoft deal By Hayley Tsukayama

Massachusetts payment-reform bill would overhaul how health-care providers are paid By Sarah Kliff

Why is Microsoft investing in the Nook? By Hayley Tsukayama

WORLD

Brennan speech is first Obama acknowledgment of use of armed drones By Greg Miller

Germany struggles with homecoming of Afghanistan veterans By Michael Birnbaum

Bin Laden’s last stand: In final months, terrorist leader worried about his legacy By Joby Warrick

Chen Guangcheng must weigh loss of prominence against protection of U.S. asylum By Steven Mufson