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What happened on March 12, 2012

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What happened on March 12, 2012

BUSINESS

Voters blame president for gas prices, experts say not so fast By Steven Mufson

Sean Parker and Al Gore discuss ‘Occupy Democracy’ and the ‘hacking’ of U.S. politics at South by Southwest By Melissa Bell

Yahoo files patent suit against Facebook By Hayley Tsukayama

To create brand attachment, tell your origin story By Kenneth C. Wisnefski

Pre-orders for iPad sell out By Hayley Tsukayama

Gowalla goes dark during SXSW 3 years after launch By Meghan Kelly | Venturebeat.com

Is CNN in talks to buy Mashable? By Dean Takahashi | Venturebeat.com

Instagram hits 27 million, preps Android app By Hayley Tsukayama

Fed to release results of bank stress tests By Jia Lynn Yang

Fed action unlikely amid mixed economic signals By Zachary A. Goldfarb

WTO upholds ruling against Boeing subsidies By Howard Schneider

Apple TV proposal was rejected by CBS, report says By Hayley Tsukayama

Government asks judge to approve landmark settlement over banks’ foreclosure practices By Brady Dennis

How the new iPad stacks up to competitors By Hayley Tsukayama

Ezra Klein: Living large in the big city By Ezra Klein

NATIONAL

Doctors in private practices are now joining hospital staffs By Manoj Jain

Mysterious ‘nodding syndrome’ affects many Ugandan children; experts seek cause By Jocelyn Edwards

Extreme photographer captures aurora borealis By Brian Vastag

Antipsychotic drugs grow more popular for patients without mental illness By Sandra G. Boodman

Allergy season comes early this year because of the unusually mild winter By Carolyn Butler

Bishop hopes to restart White House contraception talks By David Gibson| Religion News Service

Rapture pet rescue business wishes Harold Camping would keep predicting By Adelle M. Banks| Religion News Service

U.S. Christians hope for an ‘ecumenical spring’ By Adelle M. Banks| Religion News Service

Peter Goodwin, aid-in-dying advocate, ends life at 83 By Associated Press

Health-care law will prompt changes in 2012, unless the Supreme Court intervenes By Michelle Andrews

Rules give shape to health insurance exchanges By Julie Appleby

F. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Prize winner, dies at 84 By T. Rees Shapiro

Priest who denied Communion to lesbian put on leave By Adelle M. Banks| Religion News Service

Space scientist at NASA helped get the U.S. back on the road to Mars By Brian Vastag

Journalists cite danger of concussions in sports; registry lists genetic tests By Whitney Fetterhoff and New Scientist

Untreated depression and antidepressants may both affect unborn child By Linda Searing

Uncivil discourse By James Calvin Davis| Religion News Service

LIFESTYLE

‘Game Change’: Critics react to Sarah Palin movie By Maura Judkis

‘Doonesbury’ creator Garry Trudeau wades into ultrasound-before-abortion debate By Cara Kelly

Peter Russell becomes artistic director at Vocal Arts DC By Anne Midgette

Miss Manners: One surprise is enough for 50th birthday party By Miss Manners

Hints From Heloise: It cost what? By Heloise

Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital features Trump, toads, tigers and more By Mark Jenkins

Quick spins: ‘4eva N a Day’ by Big K.R.I.T. By Sarah Godfrey

‘Marriage of Figaro’ is a dull affair By Charles T. Downey

Quick spins: ‘Sounds From Nowheresville’ by the Ting Tings By Allison Stewart

A Haitian girl’s life, two years after the earthquake By — Kem Knapp Sawyer and Kidspost@washpost.com

Steven Osborne performs at the Phillips Collection By Joan Reinthaler

Ask Amy: ‘Mostly monogamy’ belongs on Broadway By Amy Dickinson

Carolyn Hax: In time of need, best friend’s gone AWOL By Carolyn Hax

Herbie Hancock performance full of funk, energy By Mike Joyce

Thymos Quartet at Kennedy Center Terrace Theater By Stephen Brookes

Britain’s man in Washington By Frances Stead Sellers

The TV Column: Oprah’s interview of Whitney Houston’s daughter scores network’s biggest rating By Lisa De Moraes

Helping a child with the transition to middle school By Marguerite Kelly

Quick spins: ‘Nu World Trash’ by SoSaLa By Bill Friskics-warren

OPINIONS

D.C. Council member Vincent Orange finds problems in his campaign donations By Editorial Board

Sarah Palin’s foolishness ruined U.S. politics By Richard Cohen

An alliance the world can count on By Barack Obama and David Cameron

The prepared politician can still be authentic By Michael Gerson

In the war of words, we are all losing By Charles Lane

End the Afghan mission now By Eugene Robinson

The U.S. falls again for North Korea’s tricks By Editorial Board

Voter ID rules: A solution in search of a problem By Editorial Board

Truth to tell, the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Bruce Brown

Liberal superheroes don’t exactly have super PACs shaking in their boots By Dana Milbank

LOCAL

Adviser to immigrants accused of misrepresentation By Justin Jouvenal

Fugitives have hard time hiding from this deputy U.S. marshal By Del Quentin Wilber

Suspensions at Northwestern High in Md. create an uproar By Ovetta Wiggins

George Kerchner, Army Ranger who led D-Day attack on German gun positions, dies at 93 By Adam Bernstein

TED offers free video lessons for high school and college students By Lyndsey Layton

Mother pleads guilty to misdemeanor in death of son left in car seat By Jeremy Borden

D.C. primary change means the flocking of candidates comes at different season By Tim Craig

Protesters seek resignation of Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold By Nicole Fuller

Prince William County news in brief By — Compiled By Sarah Lane

Leila J. Elliott, publisher, dies at age 84 By — Bart Barnes

Carmakers respond to demand for hands-free electronics By Ashley Halsey Iii

Louisa Bowen, homemaker and secretary, dies at age 102 By — Emily Langer

Ethics office provides easier access to financial disclosure forms By Eric Yoder