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What happened on February 21, 2013

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What happened on February 21, 2013

ENTERTAINMENT

‘The Dinner,’ by Herman Koch By Lisa Zeidner

Tame Impala sows Beatles-esque pop vocals into a futuristic sound grid By Aaron Leitko

Once-reviled Orientalist art inspires Egyptian industrialist to improve East-West relations By Bill Turque

Architect presents plan for Randall School redevelopment in Southwest By Philip Kennicott

At McLean Project for the Arts, tales go spinning into a world of strange By Mark Jenkins

At Kennedy Center, ‘Bird in Magic Rain with Tears’ is intriguingly enigmatic By Celia Wren

LOCAL

Providers of free online college courses add schools, including many foreign ones By Nick Anderson

Study finds teenagers in relationships are threatened online or in texts By Donna St. George

At National Zoo, sequester could threaten exhibits but not animal care By Steve Hendrix

Former ATF agent shot and killed in Prince William while walking dog By Jeremy Borden

Van Hollen meets with imprisoned Md. contractor Alan Gross in Cuba By Ben Pershing

Pete Snyder launches convention app By Laura Vozzella

William T. Randall, outfielder in the Negro leagues, dies at 97 By Emily Langer

Montgomery fifth-grade teacher charged with sex abuse By Dan Morse and Donna St. George

U.S. schools brace for federal funding cuts By Emma Brown

Va. assembly showdown over Medicaid expansion threatened By Laura Vozzella and Fredrick Kunkle

Md. House unanimously approves dog bite legislation By Kate Havard

Man, two young sisters killed in Prince George’s County house fire By Matt Zapotosky

Child killed by family vehicle in Oxon Hill By James Arkin and Dan Morse

Ex-D.C. official charged in nonprofit scheme involving Harry Thomas Jr. By Ann E. Marimow and Mike Debonis

Pat Derby, Hollywood animal trainer turned animal rights activist, dies at 70 By Christine Mai-duc

D.C. Council member Jim Graham fights back against resolution By Tim Craig and Mike Debonis

4 Orange Line stops closing for weekend Metro work; single-tracking planned on Red Line By Mark Berman

Prince George’s and Southern Maryland Going Out Guide By Jillian S. Sowah and Carrie Donovan

Md. Senate panel approves measures on death penalty repeal, tighter gun-control By John Wagner and Aaron C. Davis

Is Md. Gov. Martin O’Malley running for president or not? By Paul Schwartzman and John Wagner

OPM to simplify hiring for the disabled By Eric Yoder

Montgomery schools chief trims county budget request in wake of more state aid By Lynh Bui

Thursday in D.C.: 4 things to look for By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Committee chairman predicts death penalty repeal will advance to Md. Senate floor By John Wagner

Delegates support pay raise for Pr. George’s sheriff, despite county budget challenges By Miranda S. Spivack

Where’s the outrage when six Prince George’s students die in gun violence? By Petula Dvorak

McAuliffe, Bolling urge support of Va. transportation funding compromise By Errin Haines

5 big states show mixed results in math, reading over last 20 years By Lyndsey Layton

WORLD

Russia tries to improve life expectancy with laws curbing drinking, smoking By Kathy Lally

Military service chiefs warn budget cuts will undermine readiness By Ernesto Londoño and Lisa Rein

Air Force Gen. Breedlove said to be Obama’s pick for NATO commander By Craig Whitlock

U.N. gets conflicting signals from Iran’s nuclear facilities ahead of talks By Joby Warrick

Explosions rip through southern Indian city By Rama Lakshmi

Bombings, clashes reported in Syrian capital By Babak Dehghanpisheh

Car bomb kills at least 50 as rebels push fight deeper into Damascus By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Ahmed Ramadan

Hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners sets off clashes in West Bank By Joel Greenberg

Land claims in Kenya fuel risk of strife surrounding presidential election By Katrina Manson | Financial Times

OPINIONS

Can India shake its bad corruption habits? By Anne Applebaum

We don’t need a military draft By Melvin R. Laird

Immigration — the lesser of two evils By Charles Krauthammer

Obama needs a Plan B for Syria By Vance Serchuk

The Republican Party needs a reality check By Michael Gerson

Cooling the Tunisia crisis By Editorial Board

Republicans rewrite history on the sequester By Ruth Marcus

How six Oscar winners tell the story of America By Jim Cullen

The West should support Japan’s recovery By Editorial Board

Green light for Mr. O’Malley By Editorial Board

No winners in this game By Eugene Robinson

LIFESTYLE

CIA whistleblower Kiriakou gets posh send-off to prison By David Montgomery

In Baltimore, finding more than just true grit By Marc Fisher

The Iwo Jima photo and the man who helped save it By Paul Farhi

Surrounded by serenity in frozen Fairbanks, Alaska By Kate Siber

The Navigator: The truth about flight delays By Christopher Elliott

Style Invitational Week 1010: A good old caption contest, and the crossword clues By Pat Myers

Carolyn Hax: Keeping a manipulator at a distance; setting an agenda for therapy By Carolyn Hax

On Love: ‘She just kind of glowed in her snow suit’ By Ellen Mccarthy

Entering the ‘Twilight’ zone, or a day in the life of Stephenie Meyer By Monica Hesse

Date Lab: He’s formally known as prince By Amanda Mcgrath

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

Meet me at Grand Central for the 100th By Andrea Sachs

‘Top Chef Seattle,’ Ep. 16: Craft work By Carol Blymire

David Gregory reenlists for the Sunday morning talk wars By Lisa De Moraes

On Love: Cara Selick weds David Mieles By Janet Bennett Kelly

Side Order: In Vermont, one bridge falls, another rises By Anne Lawrence Guyon

At Kennedy Center, ‘Metamorphosis’ turns Kafka’s tale on its side By Nelson Pressley

NATIONAL

Federal employees worry about paying bills if hit with unpaid furlough days By Joe Davidson

One-third of seafood mislabeled, study finds By Juliet Eilperin and Tim Carman