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What happened on February 14, 2013
NATIONAL
The corporate kabuki of performance reviews By Jena Mcgregor
First U.S. artificial retina approved; device could restore some sight to blind By Brady Dennis and Lena H. Sun
Asteroid’s pass near Earth a close call in cosmic terms only By Joel Achenbach
Fish exposed to anxiety medication show altered behavior, study finds By Brady Dennis
South African Paralympian Pistorius faces murder charges in shooting of girlfriend By Kevin Sullivan
Postmaster takes case for five-day mail delivery to skeptical senators By Joe Davidson
Wanted by American nuns: A pope who listens to and appreciates female leadership By Lisa Miller
Lone Wolf fights his party’s effort to extend freeze on pay of federal workers By Joe Davidson
Minn. teen finds a religious mandate for gun control after father’s death By Beth Kissileff| Religion News Service
Benedict intends to live ‘hidden from the world’ By Alessandro Speciale| Religion News Service
Cardinal Mahony’s vote in papal conclave stirs ire, shrugs By Sarah Parvini| Religion News Service
St. Louis Archdiocese gives up fight for control of breakaway parish By Tim Townsend| Religion News Service
Joseph Ratzinger, the last of the traditional popes By A. James Rudin| Religion News Service
Is God the missing character in’Downton Abbey’? By David Gibson| Religion News Service
BUSINESS
Interest rate predictions make long-term Treasurys look bad By Allan Sloan
Married to my small business partner: Stories and advice from 10 entrepreneurial couples By J.d. Harrison
D.C. start-up Hinge helps users date friends of Facebook friends By Mohana Ravindranath
New iPhone ‘hack’ lets users bypass the lockscreen By Hayley Tsukayama
North Carolina’s jobless face a double whammy of aid reductions By Michael A. Fletcher
Senate Democrats propose cuts, tax hikes on rich to avoid sequester By Lori Montgomery
Digital rights activists vow to fight CISPA By Caitlin Dewey
Tesla releases car’s log data to counter negative review by NYT By Hayley Tsukayama
Wearable tech is cool, but who’s watching the iWatch? By Hayley Tsukayama
On Twitter, language use varies by gender By Caitlin Dewey
Warren fights for CFPB again, but this time as a senator By Danielle Douglas
The State of the Union’s middle class promise By Michelle Singletary
Awash in liquidity, the global economy remains sluggish By Howard Schneider
OPINIONS
Ted Cruz, making quite an entrance By Ruth Marcus
The humanities are just as important as STEM classes By Danielle Allen
In defense of Obama’s drone war By Charles Krauthammer
How Obama can avert another Cold War By Stephen F. Cohen
Why Tarantino is better than Spielberg at portraying slavery By Ann Hornaday
The U.S. needs to tame the cyber-dragon By Editorial Board
A natural gas strategy Democrats should heed By Editorial Board
Obama’s immigration agenda By Michael Chertoff
Obama, winning the argument By Eugene Robinson
Obama’s ideological fatigue By Michael Gerson
What vendetta against S&P?
The problem with targeted killings
A chance for Md. to be a wind pioneer
Adults need help with English, too
Bill, Shelley and hope for the future
How homeowners and associations can get along
D.C.’s odd resistance to more charter schools By Editorial Board
Learn to live with a nuclear North Korea By Ted Galen Carpenter
LOCAL
Virginia legislature moves to seal concealed gun permits By Fredrick Kunkle
D.C. home sales
Ronald Dworkin, influential legal theorist who argued morality’s tie to law, dies at 81 By Matt Schudel
Woman loses her life and then her privacy after an abortion By Petula Dvorak
University of Maryland shooting victim remembered by friends By Jenna Johnson
Catania aims to end ‘social promotion’ in D.C. schools By Emma Brown
Steuart Pittman, designer of fallout-shelter program at peak of Cold War, dies at 93 By Emily Langer
Is a rabid fox ‘a really good sign’ for the city? By Annys Shin and Theresa Vargas
D.C. home sales
Broad Run High School Twitter-bombs RGIII By Susan Svrluga
‘Tebow bill’ gone for session after failing to advance in Va. Senate committee By Errin Haines
Georgetown University police say man caught trying to break into student homes By Peter Hermann
Elsie B. Paull, tennis player
Stratford Landing playground structure no longer to be off-limits to Fairfax students By T. Rees Shapiro
Metro: Miscommunication complicated Green Line chaos last month By Dana Hedgpeth
Libraries under budget microscope as Prince George’s struggles to rebound from recession By Miranda S. Spivack
D.C. home sales
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bolling urges transportation compromise By Laura Vozzella
Thursday in D.C.: 4 things to look for By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Pr. George’s school board again opposes state bills related to task force, artificial turf By Ovetta Wiggins
D.C. will invest more in schools next year, Gray says By Emma Brown
Farm sales bill dies before Va. Senate panel By Laura Vozzella
Maryland House offers mea culpa for locking out reporters By Aaron C. Davis and Kate Havard
Catherine M. Brady, publishing company executive
Maryland governor appeals to lawmakers to end death penalty By John Wagner
Metro closing seven Blue, Orange Line stops for weekend track work By Mark Berman
Airline passengers won’t see big changes soon from mega-merger By Ashley Halsey Iii
Fairfax official says Metro is playing favorites in fight for FBI headquarters By Corinne Reilly and Jonathan O’connell
Edward Stallknecht, realty broker
Public safety, privacy at issue in domestic drone debate as Virginia weighs 2-year ban By Errin Haines
Alexandria man, 94, who was found dead in his home is identified By Allison Klein
McDonnell says Va. will control management of plans under federal health care exchange By Errin Haines
ENTERTAINMENT
Showtime’s ‘History of the Eagles’: Soaring, and occasionally still sore By Hank Stuever
Book World: ‘Exercises in Style’ by Raymond Queneau By Scott Esposito
A rousing ‘Spring Awakening’ at Olney Theatre Center By Nelson Pressley
Mumford & Sons brings unplugged approach to Patriot Center By Dave Mckenna
Two Mamet plays are on the boil on D.C. stages By Peter Marks
John Reuss paintings get under the skin By Mark Jenkins
Low humor of ‘Black Comedy’ brings high guffaws By Jane Horwitz
LIFESTYLE
Puerto Rican food, beyond rice and beans By Stacey Hocheiser Fox
The Navigator: Some rental car companies’ damaging practices By Christopher Elliott
Discovering Cameroon, a microcosm of the African continent By Christopher Vourlias
Impulsive Traveler: Douglas MacArthur and Joyce Kilmer, brothers in arms By James F. Lee
E! pulls the plug on Whitney Cummings’s talk show By Lisa De Moraes
On Love: Dan Hagerty weds Michael Cook By Janet Bennett Kelly
Date Lab: It ain’t over till the drag queen calls bingo
Carolyn Hax: Stepping on stepmom’s toes By Carolyn Hax
Take the kids this weekend: ‘Scooby Doo Live!’ and more By On Parenting
What’s the Deal? Week of Feb. 17 By Carol Sottili and Andrea Sachs
NYLO Warwick/Providence: A boutique hotel on the fringe By Andrea Sachs
Style Invitational Week 1009: What’s in a name, plus the winning super- (and not-so-super-) heroes By Pat Myers
Details, Cameroon
If you go, Norfolk
D.C. wellness calendar, Feb. 14-21 By Gerri Marmer
Hints From Heloise: Cut back on catalogues By Heloise
‘Top Chef Seattle,’ Ep. 15: Special delivery By Carol Blymire
The results of Week VIII and Week 617 of The Style Invitational
On Love: ‘We couldn’t have scripted it any better’ By Ellen Mccarthy
Calling all beer lovers
Carolyn Hax Valentine’s Day advice: Should she text him? By Washington Post Staff
Details, Puerto Rico
Smart Mouth: Hot dog! Chicago sausages worth waiting for. By Kate Silver
POLITICS
Obama to tout his proposed expansion of early childhood education By Michael Alison Chandler, Lyndsey Layton and Susan Svrluga
Obama touts plan for universal preschool By Zachary A. Goldfarb
Senate Republicans filibuster Hagel nomination By Paul Kane
Obama’s proposed voting commission under partisan fire from both sides By Nia-malika Henderson and Felicia Sonmez
Climate change could burn a hole in the government’s finances, GAO says By Lisa Rein and Juliet Eilperin
Senate Republicans block vote on Hagel nomination By Paul Kane and Ed O’keefe
Another GAO report says the U.S. government is facing a shortage of skilled workers By Eric Yoder
Who wants to be labor secretary? By Al Kamen
Americans for Prosperity campaigns to let the sequester take effect in March By T.w. Farnam
Poll finds support for five-day mail delivery By Josh Hicks
Cabinet officials caution against automatic spending cuts By Josh Hicks
Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey won’t seek reelection By Ed O’keefe
Playwright’s op-ed attack on Pope Benedict XVI is off the mark
SPORTS
Agent David Falk slams John Wall, Washington Wizards By Mike Wise
Wrestling with IOC’s misguided decision By Tracee Hamilton
Virginia Tech’s Michael Cole retires from football because of neck injury By Mark Giannotto
City Title game makeover: DCSAA announces new postseason basketball tournament By Brandon Parker
Virginia AAA Concorde District boys’ basketball tournament: Herndon and Robinson reach final By Brandon Parker
Freedom-South Riding names Jared Van Acker its new football coach By Gabe Hiatt
Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper, now men, on a mission for Washington Nationals By Thomas Boswell
Nationals pitcher Drew Storen accepts his 2012 failure in Game 5, and now moves on to 2013 By Adam Kilgore
Virginia basketball faces decisive stretch of the season By Mark Giannotto
Baltimore Orioles’ leffy Mark Hendrickson tries new delivery By Eduardo A. Encina
TV and radio listings: February 15
Tianna Hawkins scores 30 to lead No. 7 Maryland women over Clemson, 75-45 By Gene Wang
Girls’ basketball: Robinson Coach T.J. Dade inspires team toward Northern Region tournament berth By Preston Williams
Georgetown vs. Cincinnati: Hoyas’ scout team is big reason for recent success By Liz Clarke
Capitals vs. Lightning: Eric Fehr scores twice as Washington wins third straight, 4-3 By Katie Carrera
WORLD
At Pentagon, ‘pivot to Asia’ becomes ‘shift to Africa’ By Craig Whitlock
As war in Syria continues, refugees in Turkey open a high school By Jenna Johnson
Iran could use U.N. talks as cover to build bomb, Ban Ki-moon says By Anne Gearan
Syrian rebels take town, part of oil field, in north By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Ahmed Ramadan
Hopes for Syrian negotiations disappear as two sides reject Russian overture By Karen Deyoung and Babak Dehghanpisheh
Sponsors rethink links to Oscar Pistorius By Vanessa Kortekaas | Financial Times
Oscar Pistorius arrest shocks South Africa By Andrew England | Financial Times
Syrian business exodus gains pace By Abigail Fielding-smith and Simeon Kerr | Financial Times
Australian-Israeli prisoner had been charged with grave security crimes, lawyer says By Joel Greenberg
NEWS
Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Safe Haven,’ ‘Beautiful Creatures’ and ‘Identity Thief’ By Jane Horwitz
Nordic Cool 2013 takes over the Kennedy Center By Stephanie Merry
‘Walter McConnell: New Theories’ at Cross MacKenzie Gallery By Michael O'sullivan
Ann Hornaday reviews ‘56 Up’ By Ann Hornaday
‘Sound City’ movie review By Michael O'sullivan
Week 1009: Playing the har moniker, and we cultivate a new generation By Pat Myers
Eclectic entertainment, in the Pinch By Fritz Hahn
Why? album review: ‘Mumps, Etc.’ By — Mark Jenkins
Gallery opening of the week: ‘Adaptation’
A history of manipulated photography
Yo La Tengo album review: ‘Fade’ By — Catherine P. Lewis
The Plums and Talk It album reviews By — Mark Jenkins
Mary Alouette brings electronica into the mix By Jess Righthand
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