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What happened on February 07, 2012

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What happened on February 07, 2012

LIFESTYLE

The psychology of cupcakes By Andrea Adleman

Resurrecting a slice of history? Easy as pie. By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Helping a child who’s averse to good hygiene By Marguerite Kelly

Hints From Heloise: Heloise’s fudge recipe By Heloise

Carolyn Hax: Doesn’t matter who’s wrong (or right); a backhanded compliment By Carolyn Hax

Taste Test: Sticky Fingers vs. Georgetown Cupcake By — Jane Touzalin

Lemongrass food truck in Arlington By Rina Rapuano

Ask Amy: Stepkids sing, ‘Happy birthday to — who?’ By Amy Dickinson

Theophilus London mixes dance and un­or­tho­dox love songs at 9:30 Club By Sarah Godfrey

Washington Post food calendar for Feb. 11-Feb. 21 By Becky Krystal

End of Lance Armstrong probe raises questions about media’s reporting By Paul Farhi

Kids get to play at California ranch where ‘Star Wars’ films are created By — Sean O’connell

Music review: Thurston Moore stays cool at the Black Cat By David Malitz

Pakistan’s new envoy brings liberal charm but faces slim chance for diplomatic thaw By Pamela Constable

Playwright Grote takes a turn at writing for ‘Smash’ By Jessica Goldstein

National Geographic to air first documentary on Concordia sinking By Lisa De Moraes

A vegan queen’s cupcakes take the crown By Ellen Mccarthy

Valentine’s Day wine choice can make a statement By Dave Mcintyre

Barley wine’s not just for winter nights By Greg Kitsock

LOCAL

In America, racial oppression is not ancient history By Courtland Milloy

Virginia adding ‘conscience clause’ to adoption laws By Anita Kumar

Sharing the Harriet Tubman story — through wax, at Madame Tussauds By Stefanie Dazio

Cupid’s Undie Run: D.C.’s brave to bare nearly all to fight children’s tumors By Maggie Fazeli Fard

D.C. Council votes to repeal Internet gambling law By Tim Craig

Seeing green in Northern Va. By Danielle Douglas

D.C. Mayor Gray seeks to shift public focus away from stumbles to ‘new economy’ By Nikita Stewart

House Republicans’ transportation bill survives a beating in committees By Ashley Halsey Iii

Some charges dropped against Pr. George’s teen in altercation with police By Matt Zapotosky

Federal employees will gain Roth investment option this spring By Eric Yoder

Kevin Chavous the Younger can’t run a typical campaign By Mike Debonis

A ‘snapshot’ of D.C.’s segregated past comes to light in a roundabout way By John Kelly

GAO scales back to fewer than 3,000 staffers By Ed O’keefe

Barry Landau, collector of presidential documents, pleads guilty to theft By Peter Hermann

Fort Washington family rescued from carbon monoxide leak ‘just in time’ By Katherine Driessen and Jimm Phillips

ENTERTAINMENT

Margot Livesey’s ‘The Flight of Gemma Hardy’ takes ‘Jane Eyre’ into modern era By Ron Charles

New in paperback: Stephanie McAfee’s ‘Diary of a Mad Fat Girl’ By Nora Krug

Antoni Tapies, Catalan painter and sculptor, dies at 88 By Ciaran Giles

Strong cast rarely falters in ‘Next Fall,’ a tragicomedy at Round House Theatre By Jane Horwitz

Books: ‘An Available Man,’ by Hilma Wolitzer By Reeve Lindbergh

POLITICS

California Proposition 8 same-sex-marriage ban ruled unconstitutional By Robert Barnes

Citing Post series, lawmakers push permanent earmark ban By Paul Kane

Power grid updates left system vulnerable to cyberattacks, auditors say By Lisa Rein

Earmark investigation: Rep. Norm Dicks and Puget Sound By Kimberly Kindy

White House seeks to soothe concerns over contraception rule By Peter Wallsten and Sandhya Somashekhar

Obama campaign fears being sharply outspent by GOP super PACs By Dan Eggen and Dan Balz

It’s deja vu as Congress tackles payroll tax cut extension again By Rosalind S. Helderman

Santorum revives campaign with wins in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota By Philip Rucker and Nia-malika Henderson

Federal Diary: House Republicans target federal workforce By Joe Davidson

Capitol Assets: Some legislators send millions to groups connected to their relatives By Scott Higham, Kimberly Kindy and David S. Fallis

NATIONAL

Timeline of key events in Komen controversy By Washington Post Staff

Roger Boisjoly, engineer who warned of Challenger shuttle danger, dies at 73 By Ralph Vartabedian and Los Angeles Times

N.C. Muslims rally around suspects in beheading plot By Religion News Service

Dickens and religion: A tale of two views By Peggy Fletcher Stack| Religion News Service

Bishops seek forgiveness for clergy abuse By Alessandro Speciale| Religion News Service

Komen vice president resigns as details emerge on Planned Parenthood debate By Lena H. Sun and Sarah Kliff

Rick Warren finds a new purpose: weight loss By Lilly Fowler| Religion News Service

Facebook, the new town square By Tom Ehrich| Religion News Service

Appeals court strikes down California ban on same-sex marriage By David Finnigan| Religion News Service

Social responsibility and a new world order By David Weiss

Catholics support White House contraception mandate By David Gibson| Religion News Service

BUSINESS

Trump to turn Old Post Office into luxury hotel By Jonathan O’connell

Hackers leak Symantec source code after failed $50,000 extortion sting By Devindra Hardawar | Venturebeat.com

Latvia at risk of sending more into poverty, IMF report says By Aaron Eglitis

Don’t dawdle on filing taxes. Identity thieves are lurking. By Michelle Singletary

Industry attacks SEC proposals to regulate money market funds By Christopher Condon

Google tackles the world’s big problems By Hayley Tsukayama

Frustrated GOP freshmen target gimmicks that make it hard to cut the budget By Lori Montgomery

Google releases Chrome for Android By Hayley Tsukayama

Bernanke tells Senate: Focus on growth now, deficit cuts later By Suzy Khimm

Wolfram Alpha will be adding ‘Pro’ option Feb. 8 By Dieter Bohn | The Verge

Reworking Windows with Windows 8 By Hayley Tsukayama

Report: Apple ‘iTV’ prototypes at TV makers’ labs By Hayley Tsukayama

Proposed settlement with banks over foreclosure practices dealt a setback By Brady Dennis

Theophilus London mixes dance and unorthodox love songs at 9:30 Club By Sarah Godfrey