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What happened on December 20, 2012

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What happened on December 20, 2012

OPINIONS

The roots of mass murder By Charles Krauthammer

Counting up the profits, losses in bailouts By Editorial Board

Gun-control fights won’t solve the real issue By Debbie Dingell

Valery Yarynich, the man who told of the Soviets’ doomsday machine By David E. Hoffman

Bipartisanship takes a hit with retirement of Lieberman and Lugar By Editorial Board

Rules for compounding pharmacies need to change By Margaret A. Hamburg

Still here? Happy New Bak’tun By Eugene Robinson

The Va. speaker’s late awakening By Editorial Board

Making a ‘B’ line to the cliff By Ruth Marcus

In Pakistan, Taliban makes healers the targets By Michael Gerson

Abe’s election in Japan will affect America’s Asian pivot By Glen S. Fukushima

LIFESTYLE

A crafts explosion in Somerville, Mass. By Robin Soslow

Adam Lanza, and others who committed mass shootings, were white males By Paul Farhi

Disney World’s New Fantasyland, appealing to the royalty in everyone By Becky Krystal

Postcard from Tom: Three ways to eat in Vietnam By Tom Sietsema

Takoma Park fixture Video Americain yields to new reality By Emily Wax

Turtledoves and gray partridges are on the decline in Britain By Eliza Mackintosh

This week’s best travel bargains By Carol Sottili and Andrea Sachs

Most Googled in 2012: Whitney, PSY, Sandy By Ryan Nakashima

Rolf Beck leads NSO, soloists in a workmanlike version of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ By Charles T. Downey

One of rock’s ‘angry men’ has a lot less to rant about By Neal Justin

Redskins’ RGIII, Nationals’ Jayson Werth provided great sports memories for 2012 By Fred Bowen

The Navigator: Fliers’ bumpy road to denied-boarding compensation By Christopher Elliott

Carolyn Hax: Holidays and rotating boyfriends; getting a spouse’s cold shoulder By Carolyn Hax

Style Invitational Week 1002: Ring out the OED by repurposing an obscure word By Pat Myers

LOCAL

Traffic deaths increase in U.S. By Ashley Halsey Iii

D.C. house inspires 168 bids in red-hot real estate market By Annys Shin

Michael Taborn, Metro Transit Police chief, to retire By Dana Hedgpeth

UDC president was fired without cause, attorney says By Nick Anderson

D.C. schools lose millions on meals program By Emma Brown

Flying with the kids? Take your seats — but not necessarily together By Katherine Shaver

Jody Leleck, Montgomery County educator, dies at 62 By Emily Langer

Phil Mendelson shuffles leaders, makeup of D.C. Council committees By Mike Debonis

Chasing an elusive motive By Tim Craig

In OpenBand lawsuit, stage set for complex case By Caitlin Gibson

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

In the Christmas season, let your light shine By Aaron Graham

Embattled U-Va. rector facing opposition to reappointment By Errin Haines

Prince George’s County development projects By — Jillian S. Sowah

At Santa’s side this week, the children and their wish lists seem especially poignant By Petula Dvorak

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day closings By Malu Banuelos

Former Md. congressional candidate charged with illegal voting By Ben Pershing

Administration says furloughs are possible, but not immediately By Joe Davidson

Judge rules Albrecht Muth competent to stand trial By Keith L. Alexander

Virginia signs $1.4 billion highway deal By Laura Vozzella

Penn National Gaming might bid on new casino in Prince George’s By John Wagner

BrotherSpeak: Exploring the lives of black men By Chris Jenkins

ENTERTAINMENT

Ballet isn’t rocket science, but the two aren’t mutually exclusive, either By Rebecca Ritzel

Michelangelo’s David-Apollo returns to Washington By Philip Kennicott

‘Million Dollar Quartet’ hits all the right notes By Nelson Pressley

Everyman Theatre is nearly ready to welcome Baltimore audiences By Nelson Pressley

Hot off election coverage, Tapper trades ABC News for CNN By Lisa De Moraes

Cheyenne Jackson: A New Year’s celebration with a classic overachiever By Peter Marks

Book World: Teen confronts adult reality in ‘It’s Fine by Me,’ by Per Petterson By Bob Thompson

WORLD

Syrian conflict’s sectarian, ethnic dimensions growing, U.N. warns By Joby Warrick

China targets members of doomsday cult By Jamil Anderlini | Financial Times

Vietnam scars shape Hagel’s outlook By Craig Whitlock

As foreign workers flow to Germany, tensions on both sides By Michael Birnbaum

State Department to beef up security at diplomatic posts in dangerous areas By Anne Gearan

India’s Narendra Modi wins 3rd term as state leader, setting stage for prime ministerial bid By Rama Lakshmi

Journalist Austin Tice’s family pleads to have him home for Christmas after capture in Syria By Ernesto Londoño

Reporter Austin Tice’s parents appeal to his captors By Marc and Debra Tice

U.S.- and European-backed force will try to rebuild Mali’s military By Colum Lynch

Under Park Geun-hye, a cautious South Korea appears open to dialogue with North By Chico Harlan

Putin is noncommittal on U.S. adoption ban By Michael Birnbaum

POLITICS

How Boehner’s Plan B for the ‘fiscal cliff’ began and fell apart By Paul Kane, Ed O’keefe and Lori Montgomery

When the Postal Service plays Santa By Mary Wisniewski

Connecticut massacre thrusts Michigan gun bills — and tea party — into spotlight By Felicia Sonmez

Sen. Daniel Inouye honored in U.S. Capitol Rotunda By Ed O'keefe

BUSINESS

Since Newtown school shootings, sales of kids’ bulletproof backpacks soar By Caitlin Dewey

Struggling homeowners may lose critical tax break in fiscal cliff talks By Amrita Jayakumar

The 10 best and worst things to happen to cleantech in 2012 By Katie Fehrenbacher | Gigaom.com