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What happened on August 31, 2012

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What happened on August 31, 2012

NEWS

Short sales will soon become an option for many more underwater borrowers By Kenneth R. Harney

Flights for less than $200? Yes, they exist. By Becky Krystal

How the presidential election affects the real estate market By Katherine Reynolds Lewis

On Love: Kate Brandt marries Sean Grant By Janet Bennett Kelly and — Janet Bennett Kelly

House Watch: Smart planning can make smaller houses feel not-so-snug By Katherine Salant

“The Man with the Bionic Brain: And Other Victories over Paralysis” by Jon Mukand By Timothy R. Smith

In Avenel, the resort life in Montgomery County By Amy Reinink

Personal meeting helped sway patent examiner By Gosia Glinska

2013 Cadillac XTS: Like a smartphone on wheels By Warren Brown

Ride-Sharing Apps Take Off By Suzanne Kane | Highgearmedia.com

Montgomery County veterans want slots at meeting halls By Daniel Leaderman | The Gazette

In the new St. Petersburg, echoes of D.C. By Roger K. Lewis

10 inviolable rules for dealing with the sharks on Wall Street By Barry Ritholtz

“We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency” by Parmy Olson By — Justin Moyer

NATIONAL

It’s Official: Coke and Pepsi are OK for Mormons By Peggy Fletcher Stack| Religion News Service

‘Colors of Confinement’: Japanese internment camp photographs by Bill Manbo By May-ying Lam

Democrats gather in the heart of Billy Graham country By Lauren Markoe| Religion News Service

Prominent priest apologizes for controversial sex abuse remarks By David Gibson| Religion News Service

Is work a punishment from God? By Daniel Burke| Religion News Service

Romney casts himself as a disciple of a truly American religion: Success By Lisa Miller

Priest who found love now searches for work By Amanda Greene| Religion News Service

OPINIONS

What about Israel’s nuclear weapons? By Patrick B. Pexton

Five myths about Hurricane Katrina By Jed Horne

Are all women born to be mothers? By Jessica Valenti

The failure of a noble idea By David Ignatius

Can we save American capitalism? By Steven Pearlstein

“On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War” by Bernard Wasserstein By Gerard Degroot

“The Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of an American Faith” by Joanna Brooks By John G. Turner

Judge rules that poker is a game of skill. Poker pro says: Duh. By Matt Matros

Mitt Romney’s Etch a Sketch speech By E.j. Dionne Jr

“The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics” By Fredrick C. Harris By Patricia A. Sullivan

Why the right to form a union should be a civil right By Richard D. Kahlenberg and Moshe Z. Marvit

When ambition trumps ethics By Howard Gardner

The GOP’s dangerous animals By Dana Milbank

Mitt Romney’s ideas don’t matter By Matt Miller

$35, four years and one broken D.C. parking meter By Martha M. Hamilton

The elephant in the room By Kathleen Parker

The Bushies are back, and playing for Romney By David J. Rothkopf

The GOP is wrong to say Obama cut nuclear weapons budget By Editorial Board

Conventions don’t decide elections By Colbert I. King

A measure of security for some of Montgomery County’s lowest-paid workers By Valerie Ervin and Phil Mendelson

Romney’s square deal By Michael Gerson

Out of the helicopter, into the hurricane By Janice L. Kaplan

The night Obama first shone By David Maraniss

What if Metro put riders first? By Douglas M. Duncan

Who had the worst week in Washington? Clint Eastwood. By Chris Cillizza

Taisia Osipova, victimized by Russian injustice By Editorial Board

Ending pay-to-play in D.C. By Editorial Board

Liberalism, as we know it By George F. Will

The election’s invisible war By Fred Hiatt

LOCAL

Seacrets’ success: Ocean City megabar pulls in crowds, big bucks By Jenna Johnson

Former congressional aide accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women By Keith L. Alexander

Georgetown civic group looks to surveillance cameras to combat crime By Peter Hermann

Arlington school officials stick to bus cuts despite complaints By T. Rees Shapiro

Regardless of road project, Fairfax County stables will shut down By Corinne Reilly

D.C. police arrest two in taxi robbery, investigating links to others By Peter Hermann and Maggie Fazeli Fard

D.C. marks a 50th day of 90-plus degrees By Martin Weil

Power outage darkens Tysons Galleria By Jeremy Borden

Olney residents confront would-be thieves, retrieve dirt bikes By Martin Weil

Labor Day a time for reflection on the value and spiritual meaning of work By Bill Haley

The trial of ex-Army Ranger Gary Smith: Day 2 By Michael Laris

Police report new lead in killing of H Street deli owner By Peter Hermann and Keith L. Alexander

D.C. environmental official dismissed for ‘breach of protocol’ By Mike Debonis

Police expand search for evidence in slaying of Kettering teen By Daniel J. Gross | The Gazette

Kettering teen’s slaying remains a mystery By Matt Zapotosky

ENTERTAINMENT

”The Bartender’s Tale” by Ivan Doig By Jon Clinch

‘Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews,’ by Carl Rollyson By Charles Matthews

Book review: ‘500 Days,’ by Kurt Eichenwald, on Bush’s response to 9/11 By Dina Temple-raston

Love Story By Kati Marton By Ann Gerhart

John Cage Centennial Festival: Will it silence critics in Washington? By Anne Midgette

‘Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity’ climbs into the ring at Woolly Mammoth By Nelson Pressley

LIFESTYLE

Amazingly odd performance from reborn ‘Sugar Man’ By Dave Mckenna

The new generation of airports By Andrea Sachs