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What happened on December 18, 2012

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What happened on December 18, 2012

WORLD

Civilian analysts gained Petraeus’s ear while he was commander in Afghanistan By Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Review of Benghazi attack faults ‘grossly’ inadequate security, leadership failures By Anne Gearan

Chinese leaders still suspicious of religion, party document shows By William Wan

In Iraq, Exxon oil deal foments talk of civil war By Ben Van Heuvelen

NBC correspondent Richard Engel and crew freed in Syria after kidnapping ordeal By Carol Morello and Debbi Wilgoren

Many insider attacks in Afghanistan stem from personal motives, data suggest By Ernesto Londoño

Syrians at home and abroad try to ease humanitarian crisis??? By Michael Pell, Abeer Allam and Abigail Fielding-smith

Guangdong party secretary replaced By Rahul Jacob

Opposition protest fizzles in Egypt By Griff Witte

Paula Broadwell will not be charged with cyber-stalking in Petraeus probe By Sari Horwitz

U.S. rebukes Israeli plans for new settlements in East Jerusalem By Anne Gearan

LIFESTYLE

More women are picking up power tools and taking over home repairs By Emily Wax

Media too quick to fill in the gaps in story of school shooting in Newtown, Conn. By Paul Farhi

Kayla Wenger, 12, lived life in ‘fast forward’ as she battled brain cancer By Emily Langer

Champagne: Get the good stuff By Dave Mcintyre

Smoked prime rib deserves sit-down treatment By Jim Shahin

First Person Singular: Preston Sacks, reproductive endocrinologist By Amanda Abrams

Edwin H. Richardson: A warrior and a scholar By T. Rees Shapiro

Matchbox near U St. corridor By Tom Sietsema

Learning how to say ‘thank you’ during the holiday season By — Moira E. Mclaughlin

Julia Child Slept Here: ‘Big Garland’ was a key addition at Olive Street home By Kathy Orton

Six true Champagnes bargains By Dave Mcintyre

A spirited year — or was it a century? By Jason Wilson

Washington Post food calendar for Dec. 22-Jan. 9 By Becky Krystal

Trials of parenting — and dealing with parents By Carolyn Hax

Gene Weingarten: The dummy’s curse By Gene Weingarten

Date Lab: When we get it wrong, can mom get it right? By Amanda Mcgrath

Adele McQueen: A pioneer in and out of the classroom By Lonnae O’neal Parker

The gift of a holiday goose By Cathy Barrow

Fitness gizmos you might have some day By Lenny Bernstein

An unmotivated first-grader By Marguerite Kelly

Hal Keller: He put baseball under the gun By Mark Giannotto

Chu Moy: From China to Chinatown By Annys Shin

Tom Sietsema: Put your resolutions on the dinner table By Tom Sietsema

Gene Weingarten: An unlikely union By Gene Weingarten

Jamal Muhammad: WPFW DJ’s life was lived, and saved, through jazz By Terence Mcardle

LOCAL

Energy drink popularity booms at college despite health concerns By Jenna Johnson

Frank Beardsley, whose big, blended family inspired ‘Yours, Mine and Ours,’ dies at 97 By Adam Bernstein

Montgomery man appeals for help in finding brother’s killers By Michael Laris

Fingerprint match led to suspect in 2010 slaying of 19-year-old Falls Church woman By Justin Jouvenal

Federal plaintiffs sense victory in fight against Defense of Marriage Act By Joe Davidson

Federal Faces: Benton D. McGee By Partnership For Public Service

McDonnell, O’Malley take opposing sides in response to Newtown shootings By Laura Vozzella, John Wagner and Ben Pershing

Transporting precious cargo to Children’s Hospital By John Kelly

Today in D.C.: Four things to watch for By Maggie Fazeli Fard

O’Malley ‘still having conversations’ about raising more revenue for transportation By John Wagner

6 Prince George’s companies get $2.4 million in county loans By Miranda Spivack

D.C. Council rejects Gray request to hire 48 police officers By Mike Debonis

O’Malley eying limits on guns, other measures in wake of Conn. shootings By John Wagner

McDonnell: Arming principals might help By Laura Vozzella

40 percent of area residents plan holiday travel By Ashley Halsey Iii

Pr. George’s official set to announce historic drop in homicides By Matt Zapotosky

On Metrorail, pastor tries to raise Christmas spirit to morning commute By Dana Hedgpeth

Tab in MWAA ouster case tops $2M By Lori Aratani

NATIONAL

The five worst CEOs of 2012 By Sydney Finkelstein

Mary Ann Fischer, mother of quintuplets, dies at 79 By Emily Langer

Death penalty grows rarer in U.S. By By Lauren Markoe| Religion News Service

Gun industry recoils from horror By Brad Plumer and David A. Fahrenthold

EPA IG audits administrator’s private e-mail account By Juliet Eilperin

After Newton shooting, business leaders are changing their tune on guns—but for how long? By Jena Mcgregor

Suffer the children By By Tom Ehrich| Religion News Service

Unbelief is now the world’s third-largest’religion’ By By Kimberly Winston| Religion News Service

European austerity measures reach the Vatican budget By By Alessandro Speciale| Religion News Service

Thousands journey to Newtown to remember victims, share their grief By Kevin Sullivan and Peter Finn

Newest front in the Christmas wars: billboards By By Kimberly Winston| Religion News Service

BUSINESS

Instagram, Facebook stir online protests with privacy policy change By Craig Timberg

FTC orders data brokers to explain use of consumer profiles By Craig Timberg

TheStreet.com, 3 executives settle SEC accounting fraud charges By Dina Elboghdady

Amgen to pay $762 million settlement over drug marketing By Jessica Dye

U.S.-China talk trade in a time of transitions By Howard Schneider

Majority of Americans have benefited from entitlements, poll finds By Michael A. Fletcher

Boehner’s backup tax plan shakes up ‘fiscal cliff’ negotiations By Paul Kane and Lori Montgomery

Retired veterans beat Textron for nearly $1 billion military drone contract By Brendan Mcgarry

Google exec blames LG for Nexus 4 shortage, also manages to apologize By Venturebeat.com