Dates of Publication in the Washington Post
What happened on December 14, 2012
NEWS
What to do when an appraisal comes in below the selling price By Katherine Reynolds Lewis
Concrete guidance on floor systems for sheds By Tim Carter
Fort Totten is more than just a Metro stop By Amanda Abrams
FHA extends loan support for houses that investors buy, repair and sell quickly By Kenneth R. Harney
Mortgage insurance is a service generally used by lenders, not borrowers By Ilyce R. Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin
Ferrari Releases First Photos Of Enzo Replacement (F70) By Viknesh Vijayenthiran | Highgearmedia.com
Con artists fleece desperate homeowners By House Lawyer
Chicago-area School Street project: A spec-built community with flexibility By Katherine Salant
NATIONAL
Does it pay to know your type? By Lillian Cunningham
What’s in Susan Rice’s future? By Jena Mcgregor
Atlantic fisheries commission limits menhaden catch By Darryl Fears
Is ‘The Hobbit’ a ‘Christian’ film? Yes and no. By Kay Campbell and Greg Garrison| Religion News Service
Gunman kills mother, then 26 in Conn. grade school before turning gun on himself By Marc Fisher, Steve Vogel and Steve Hendrix
Albert O. Hirschman, influential social scientist, dies at 97 By Emily Langer
Junk food is sin of choice for the end of the world By Lisa Miller
Amid grim news of school massacre, Newtown, Conn., becomes Everytown, America By Joel Achenbach
EPA tightens soot rules by 20 percent By Juliet Eilperin
The shared roots of Hanukkah and Christmas By By Ambassador Michael Oren| Religion News Service
The few places where job satisfaction in federal goverment is up By Tom Fox
WCC blasts U.S. for blocking ecumenical meeting in Cuba By By Peter Kenny| Religion News Service
Muslim cabbie sues for right to wear religious garb By By Denise Hollinshed| Religion News Service
At Christmas, the babe in the manger isn’t always white By By Adelle M. Banks| Religion News Service
Colorado starts to plot course for legal pot By Brady Dennis
POLITICS
Sandy Hook Elementary shooting leaves 28 dead, law enforcement sources say By Steve Vogel, Sari Horwitz and David A. Fahrenthold
School shooting: President Obama’s remarks on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (Transcript)
A normally stoic president sheds tears over mass shooting of ‘our children’ By Philip Rucker and Scott Wilson
LIFESTYLE
‘Downton Abbey’ cast comes to U.S. to support Season 3, be loved by Anglophiles By Monica Hesse
Ask Amy: Child laborer fed up with demanding parents By Amy Dickinson
Miss Manners: Knife placement is convenient for eating, not attacking By Miss Manners
Candy spat leaves bitter taste By Amy Dickinson
Ask Amy: Holy moly: Godparents’ gift-giving should end By Amy Dickinson
Ask Amy: Spread some generosity around By Amy Dickinson
Hints From Heloise: Need a gift idea? Bath salts! By Heloise
Conn. school shooting: When children are witnesses, how should media proceed? By Paul Farhi
Carolyn Hax: Who should be in a ‘family photo’; questioning bridesmaid’s gown By Carolyn Hax
Ask Amy: Election causes estrangement in family By Amy Dickinson
Ask Amy: Adolescent boy struggles with Christmas limits By Amy Dickinson
Carolyn Hax: Significant other’s truth-telling sometimes hurtful By Carolyn Hax
Ask Amy: Grandmother wants to round off square peg By Amy Dickinson
Ask Amy: This year, help Santa put a book on every bed By Amy Dickinson
Ask Amy: Public interruptions drive wife to distraction By Amy Dickinson
Plan now for the new tax rates and tax deductions coming in 2013 By Katherine Boyle
Hints From Heloise: A no-win situation By Heloise
On Sale: Holiday shopping discounts By — Janet Bennett Kelly
Ask Amy: Prospective fiance mulls over his choice By Amy Dickinson
ENTERTAINMENT
Melissa Francis’s ‘Stage Mother’s Daughter’: Memoir filled with troubles By Carolyn See
The decision to cast Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher By Kevin Nance
Why is the character of Jack Reacher so popular? By Kevin Nance
Families flock to National Children’s Museum for long-awaited opening By Lonnae O’neal Parker
Smithsonian American Art Museum channels Nam June Paik By Philip Kennicott
Notes on film: Classical music on the big screen By Anne Midgette
‘Million Dollar Quartet’ sounds so rich because its stars are singers first By Nelson Pressley
Review: Phillips Collection concert showcases Matthias Pintscher By Anne Midgette
The accidental Smiths, lacking the glue that binds By Aaron Leitko
Why fans’ love for ‘The Bachelor’ endures, even if its couples usually don’t By Emily Yahr
A ballet in the land of sweets
Washington Post bestsellers By Timothy R. Smith
OPINIONS
Why all the kvetching about female rabbis? By Scott Perlo
To solve our debt problems, let’s sell Alaska By Steven Mufson
Why Japanese life is good By Ezra F. Vogel
Will washingtonpost.com cost you money? By Patrick B. Pexton
“Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year” by David Von Drehle By Harold Holzer
Social History of the World s Most Versatile Instrument By David Schoenbaum By Tim Page
The risk of salmonella in raw dog food
Environmental justice for Ivy City By David Alpert
“Isaac’s Army: A Story of Courage and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland ” by Matthew Brzezinski By Thane Rosenbaum
Why Moscow doesn’t make anyone’s list of the world’s most livable cities By Will Englund
Time to talk about gun control By Editorial Board
“Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame” edited by Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy By Steven V. Roberts
Who needs a Franciscan monastery to find inner peace?
“Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers” by John J. Ross By Susan Okie
“Harvest: An Adventure Into the Heart of America’s Family Farms” by Richard Horan By — Moira E. Mclaughlin
The anti-corruption movement: Human rights’ natural partner By Anne Applebaum
Misplaced news priorities
The trouble with an electrical cord
The critical coverage of local issues
The admiral’s partner
The best of Army-Navy competition
A dedicated federal prosecutor
A Santa who plays favorites? By Sarah Mcglone
Using math to bewitch
D.C. cab colors: Hailing confusion
At the mercy of backbenchers By Dana Milbank
What the District can learn from the Graham affair By Kathleen Clark
The date that lives in infamy
A dedicated federal prosecutor
Who was the perpetrator?
The actions in a gun death
A fiscal cliffhanger? Of course, it’s in our nature. By Rebecca D. Costa
The best of Army-Navy competition
D.C. campaign finance misdeeds call for further inquiry By Colbert I. King
Breaking into the military’s ‘band of brothers’
Less confrontation, more democracy is key to easing Egypt’s strife By Editorial Board
To save the oceans, zone them By Justin Moyer
A date that will live in infamy
The fairness of guardian fees
Justice Scalia and gay marriage
To get along with deer, we need to shoot a few By Jim Sterba
New face at the top but the same North Korea By Blaine Harden
Five myths about tax reform By Greg Ip
Book review: ‘The Gershwins and Me’ by Michael Feinstein with Ian Jackman By Meryle Secrest
Who had the worst week in Washington? U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. By Chris Cillizza
For secretaries of Defense and State, Democrats’ short list is far too short By Yochi Dreazen
An etiquette tip for RGIII
The Michigan watershed on right-to-work By George F. Will
The coastal conundrum By Skip Stiles
BUSINESS
Black jobless rate is twice that of whites By Michael A. Fletcher
Facebook, Amazon recruiting programmers based on social “footprint” By Mohana Ravindranath
Entrepreneurs east of the Anacostia share space at the Hive 2.0 By Mohana Ravindranath
States face double fiscal whammy: Federal aid cuts and spiraling health-care costs By Michael A. Fletcher
Google fights mobile misclicks with new ad format By Hayley Tsukayama
With U.S. awash in natural gas, why aren’t fuel bills falling? By Steven Mufson
Brother of Newtown school shooter races to dispel false ID on Facebook: ‘It wasn’t me’ By Craig Timberg
Instaplayer: New iPad app to create animated, musical slideshows from live Instagram feeds By John Koetsier | Venturebeat.com
Wall Street succumbs to Apple’s fall, ‘cliff’ uncertainty By Caroline Valetkevitch
In post-cliff world, risk remains By Howard Schneider
Potential fiscal cliff deal still being debated By Washington Post Staff
D.C. appointments for the week of Dec. 17
Head of wind energy industry group resigns By Steven Mufson
Apple’s next iPad mini may have better screen By Hayley Tsukayama
Behind the Career: Shannon Brown
Google+ adds 24 features, including photo improvements By Hayley Tsukayama
Fed proposes tougher capital rules for foreign banks By Danielle Douglas
LOCAL
DNA leads police to Vanessa Pham murder suspect By Justin Jouvenal
D.C. home sales
D.C. judge exonerates Santae Tribble in 1978 murder, cites hair evidence DNA test rejected By Spencer S. Hsu
Frederick C. Ihrer, software developer
Suspect Adam Lanza was obscure in life, now is infamous in death By Greg Jaffe, Paul Duggan and Colum Lynch
Two killed early Friday in Beltsville accident By Emily Langer
Lab helps Metro find escalator fixes By Lori Aratani
Arlington woman wins $1 million in Powerball drawing By Emily Langer
Officer who beat U-Md. student is sentenced to home detention By Matt Zapotosky
Allen R. Coale, C&P Telephone supervisor
Today in D.C.: Four things to watch for By Maggie Fazeli Fard and Emily Langer
Fire forces evacuation of 12 people on Jay Street NE in D.C. By Emily Langer
Religion Events Calendar
All D.C. charter schools shouldn’t have to admit neighborhood kids first, panel says By Emma Brown
Ivan L. Kestner, special agent for the Interior Department
Prince George’s interim superintendent presents budget proposal By Ovetta Wiggins
N. Joseph Woodland, co-inventor of bar code, dies at 91 By — From News Services
Joan F. Marsh, author and historian
42 years for D.C. man in August 2010 killing By Keith L. Alexander
Russell G. McCarty, construction superintendent
Bolling opposes the lifting ban on uranium mining in Va. By Laura Vozzella
Alice H. Lackey, GSA forms designer and cartographer
Va. agency head apologizes to McAuliffe’s company for ‘inappropriate’ e-mail By Ben Pershing
D.C. man who killed cousin sentenced to 33 years in prison By Keith L. Alexander
Robert D. Barendsen, Education Dept. employee
Della B. Quillian, CIA office manager
McDonnell opts for federal health exchange By Laura Vozzella
Gerald M. Truszynski, NASA engineer
Loudoun community corrections director to retire By Jim Barnes
Myra D. Harrod, secretary
WORLD
U.S. troops will man Patriot batteries along Turkey’s border with Syria By Ernesto Londoño
Cyril Ramaphosa, anti-apartheid activist turned tycoon, re-enters S. Africa politics By Andrew England | Financial Times
In Germany, cobblestones mark lives lost in Holocaust By Michael Birnbaum
Egypt tense ahead of vote on constitution By Griff Witte
New nuclear talks with Iran may be possible in coming weeks, U.S. says By Joby Warrick
Portuguese grow weary of playing by euro zone’s rules By Edward Cody
A discontented Japan is likely to return opposition party to power By Chico Harlan
Iran election laws under debate By Jason Rezaian
Cries for sterner laws, as well as those for caution, ring out anew By Sari Horwitz and Peter Finn
SPORTS
Magruder grad Garland Owens emerges as college basketball prospect By Eric Detweiler
If Robert Griffin III gets the green light, buckle up By Tracee Hamilton
Wizards guard John Wall gets encouraging news about injured knee By Michael Lee
Robert Griffin III shouldn’t have to ‘prove his blackness’ By Jason Reid
Kelli Prange fights off foul trouble to lead Damascus over Northwest By Roman Stubbs
NFL playoffs: Redskins focus on Browns, look at favorable schedule ahead By Mike Jones
Loudoun Valley’s Jovon Miller doesn’t let free throw troubles slow him against Potomac Falls By Brandon Parker
Wizards vs. Lakers: Kobe Bryant scores 30 as Los Angeles wins matchup of struggling teams By Michael Lee
Dodgers’ spending spree means it’s time to get MASN deal done By Thomas Boswell
Big East basketball schools mulling best way to leave league By Liz Clarke
Preview: Tina Thompson She Got Game Classic By Roman Stubbs
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