EXPRESS_12122012

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A LOSS FOR LABOR

Michigan governor signs two laws limiting the power of unions 3

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eye openers

‘DEAR SANTA, WE WISH TO NOT BE CONSIDERED FOOD’: Dressed in a Santa Claus

outfit, a diver performs with sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday.

Christmas is a huge holiday in South Korea, where more than half of the population are Christians.

MALE NUDITY

Imagination and Reality Collide, Imagination WinsAn Austrian museum says a man took the concept

of life imitating art to an extreme when he sudden-

ly stripped at an exhibition of pictures and sculptures

portraying nude men through the ages. Vienna’s Leo-

pold Museum says the man calmly sauntered through

the exhibition, dressing again only after a security

guard asked him to do so. (AP)

FAILED ESCAPES

‘Dinner Table, Here I Come’ Police responding to a report of an abandoned vehicle

in Ohio say they found an unexpected passenger in the

back seat: a 250-pound potbellied pig named Penelo-

pe. The vehicle apparently was stolen while the woman

who owns the pig was visiting a friend in town. (AP)

PAYMENT METHODS

She Accepts Credit Cards, PayPal and ‘Cash in a Sack Left by the Side of the Road’A Myrtle Beach, S.C., woman was arrested after depu-

ties in North Carolina say she led them on a high-speed

chase and said she’d stop in exchange for $300,000.

Police began driving after Jennifer Herring when she

refused to pull over at a traffic stop Monday night. Her-

ring called 911 during the chase and said there was no

emergency but that she’d pull over for $300,000. (AP)

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As the chants of angry protesters

filled the Capitol, Michigan law-

makers gave final approval Tuesday

to right-to-work legislation, dealing

a devastating and once-unthink-

able defeat to organized labor in a

state that has been a cradle of the

movement for generations.

The Republican-dominated

House ignored Democrats’ pleas

to delay the passage and instead

approved two bills with the same

ruthless efficiency as the Senate

showed last week. One measure

dealt with private sector workers,

the other with government employ-

ees. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder

signed them within hours.

“This is about freedom, fairness

and equality,” House Speaker Jase

Bolger said during floor debate.

“These are basic American rights

— rights that should unite us.”

After the vote, he said, Michi-

gan’s future “has never been bright-

Mich. Passes Right-to-Work BillsGovernor quickly signs anti-union bills amid angry protests

Lansing, Mich.

Michigan State Police on Tuesday face demonstrators protesting a vote on right-to-work legislation in Lansing, Michigan.

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er, because workers are free.”

Once the laws are enacted, the

state where the United Auto Work-

ers was founded and labor has long

been a political titan will join 23 oth-

ers with right-to-work laws, which

ban requirements that nonunion

employees pay unions for negoti-

ating contracts and other services.

Supporters say the laws give

workers more choice and support

economic growth, but critics insist

the real intent is to weaken orga-

nized labor by encouraging workers

to “freeload” by withholding money

unions need to bargain effectively

with management.

Democrats warned that hard

feelings would be long lasting.

Lawmakers who backed the bills

“will be held accountable at the

ballot box in 2014,” said state Rep.

Tim Greimel, the incoming House

Democratic leader. JEFF KAROUB (AP)

Making the Grades: American fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in math

and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, the Trends in International Mathematics and Sci-

ence Study revealed Tuesday. Although the U.S. remains in the top dozen or so countries in all subjects tested, the gap

between the U.S. and the top-performing nations is much wider at the eighth-grade level, especially in math. (AP)

In Brief

SISSONVILLE, W.VA.

W.Va. Gas Line Explodes

At least five homes went up in flames

Tuesday afternoon and a badly burned

section of Interstate 77 in West Vir-

ginia will be closed for at least two days

after a natural gas line exploded in an

hourlong inferno. No injuries were im-

mediately reported, but several people

were treated for smoke inhalation. An

investigation is under way. (AP)

CHICAGO

Court Strikes Down Ill. Concealed-Carry LawIn a big victory for gun-rights advocates,

the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on

Tuesday struck down a ban on carrying

concealed weapons in Illinois — the only

state where it had remained entirely il-

legal. The court said state lawmakers

have 180 days to write a new law that

legalizes concealed carry. (AP)

WASHINGTON

NTSB: Use Ignition Locks for All Drunken DriversEvery state should require all convicted

drunken drivers, including first-time

offenders, to use devices that prevent

them from starting a car’s engine if their

breath tests positive for alcohol, the Na-

tional Transportation Safety Board said

Tuesday. The ignition interlock devices

are already required for all convicted

drunken drivers in 17 states. (AP)

Backstory Republicans acted so quick-

ly that opponents had little time to plan massive resistance on the right-to-work bills. Gov. Rick Snyder and GOP leaders rapidly introduced and pushed the legislation through the Senate on Thursday and House on Tuesday. Snyder said the matter wasn’t handled with undue haste. (AP)

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The military’s small, top-secret

version of the space shuttle rock-

eted into orbit Tuesday for a repeat

mystery mission, two years after

making the first flight of its kind.

The Air Force launched the

unmanned spacecraft Tuesday

hidden on top of an Atlas V rocket.

Clouds quickly swallowed up the

rocket as it disappeared out over

the ocean.

It is the second flight for this

original X-37B spaceplane. The craft

circled the planet for seven months

in 2010. A second X-37B spacecraft

spent more than a year in orbit.

These high-tech myster y

machines — 29 feet long — are

about one-quarter the size of NASA’s

old space shuttles and can land

automatically on a runway. The

Military mum on reason for sending craft back to space

Cape Canaveral, Fla.

An Atlas V rocket, carrying an X-37B

experimental robotic spaceplane, lifts

off Tuesday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

two previous touchdowns occurred

in Southern California; this one

might end on NASA’s three-mile-

long runway once reserved for the

space agency’s shuttles.

The military isn’t saying much

if anything about this new secret

mission known as OTV-3, or Orbit-

al Test Vehicle, flight No. 3. In fact,

launch commentary ended 17 min-

utes into the f light, and a news

blackout followed.

But one scientific observer, Jon-

athan McDowell of the Harvard-

Smithsonian Center for Astrophys-

ics, speculates that the spaceplane

could have on-board sensors that

are capable of imaging or inter-

cepting transmissions of electron-

ic emissions from terrorist train-

ing sites in Afghanistan or other

hot spots. “All the sorts of things

that spy satellites generally do,” he

said. MARCIA DUNN (AP)

George Zimmerman was in court for a

hearing Tuesday in Sanford, Fla.

Zimmerman Forced to Keep GPS

George Zimmerman must remain

under 24-hour GPS monitoring

while awaiting trial in the fatal

shooting of Florida teenager Tray-

von Martin and must stay in the

Seminole County jurisdiction where

the shooting took place despite the

defense’s concerns about his safe-

ty, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The defense presented a lengthy

bond modification argument to

Judge Debra Nelson that included

Zimmerman’s probation officer tes-

tifying that the former neighbor-

hood watch volunteer was comply-

ing with all terms of his release on

a $1 million bond.

Following a rebuttal by the pros-

ecutors, Nelson, without explana-

tion, denied the request for modi-

fication of the bond terms.

Zimmerman is charged with

second-degree murder in the kill-

ing of 17-year-old Martin following

an altercation in Sanford in Feb-

ruary. He has pleaded not guilty,

claiming self-defense under Flor-

ida’s “stand your ground” law. (AP)

Sanford, Fla.

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almost half of Virgin Atlantic as it tries to catch up to rivals in the

lucrative New York-to-London travel market. (AP)$360M

DECISIONS

Replacing DeMintSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley

has finalized a list of candidates to

replace outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint,

CNN reported Tuesday. They are:

Rep. Tim Scott, Rep. Trey Gowdy, for-

mer state Attorney General Henry

McMaster, former South Carolina

first lady Jenny Sanford and attor-

ney Catherine Templeton. (EXPRESS)

Mystery Mini-Shuttle Blasts OffBackstory The X-37B program, which dates back to 1999, is operated by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and geared toward space experimenta-tion. The X-37B wingspan is 15 feet, and the 11,000-pound, Boeing-built vessel requires the United Launch Alliance’s hefty Atlas V rocket for hoisting. It is solar powered. (AP)

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CARACAS, VENEZUELA

Chavez Preps for Surgery

Venezuelan Presi-

dent Hugo Chavez

was preparing to

undergo a new can-

cer surgery Tuesday

in Cuba, his govern-

ment said, after his

illness reappeared

despite a year and

a half of surgeries and treatments.

Chavez, who was re-elected in October

to another six-year term, said over the

weekend that recent tests had again

found cancerous cells. (AP)

BAMAKO, MALI

President Names New PMMali’s president on Tuesday named

Django Sissoko, a longtime public ser-

vant, as the country’s new prime min-

ister, hours after the position’s former

occupant was arrested and forced to

resign by the soldiers behind a spring

coup. Prime Minister Cheikh Modibo Di-

arra announced his resignation Tuesday,

and officials denied that the premier was

forced to quit, saying soldiers simply

“facilitated” his departure. (AP)

JOHANNESBURG

Mandela Hospitalized With Lung InfectionMilitary doctors are treating South Af-

rica’s former president Nelson Mandela

for a lung infection, officials said Tues-

day. It’s an ailment the anti-apartheid

leader remains susceptible to because of

his age, 94, and his 27 years in prison. (AP)

In Brief

Supporters and opponents of Egyp-

tian President Mohammed Morsi

chanted competing slogans Tues-

day afternoon as they marched

toward separate points near the

presidential palace, where the army

— newly empowered to make civil-

ian arrests — has erected barriers

and was standing guard.

Some of the first anti-Morsi

protesters to arrive at the palace

climbed atop the concrete barriers

and attempted to dismantle some

metal parts of the barricade. Sev-

eral hundred had gathered at the

site by early evening; others were

expected.

Morsi’s supporters, mean-

while, marched toward Rabaa al-

Adawiya Square, about a 20-min-

ute walk away.

“Yes, yes, I love Morsi!” they

chanted, waving the green f lag

of the Muslim Brotherhood. “Ask

Morsi’s Crisis Intensifies in CairoJudges plan boycott of vote as protesters on both sides rally

Cairo

Protesters dismantle an exterior wall around the presidential palace in Cairo on

Tuesday during demonstrations against President Mohammed Morsi.

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for [Islamic law]; don’t be afraid!”

The demonstrations center on

the controversial draft constitu-

tion, backed by Morsi, on which

Egyptians are scheduled to vote

Saturday.

On Tuesday, the head of a pow-

erful judge’s union said 90 per-

cent of the group’s members would

refuse to oversee the referendum,

which they consider illegitimate.

The group is stacked with old-

regime loyalists. It had already con-

demned Morsi for a Nov. 22 decree,

since rescinded, in which he grant-

ed himself sweeping powers.

The judges’ boycott is unlikely

to derail the referendum, howev-

er, because other members of the

judiciary have said they are will-

ing to oversee the vote.

The demonstrations and judges’

boycott came hours after masked

assailants set upon opposition pro-

testers staging a sit-in at Tahrir

Square, firing birdshot and swing-

ing knives and sticks, according to

security officials. They later said

that five “hardened criminals”

were arrested in connection with

the attack. (THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)

U.K. Bank to Pay Record $1.9B FineAmerican authorities on Tuesday

cited “astonishing” dysfunction at

the British bank HSBC and said it

had helped Mexican drug traffick-

ers, Iran, Libya and others under

U.S. suspicion or sanction to move

money around the world.

HSBC agreed to pay $1.9 billion,

the largest penalty ever imposed

on a bank.

The U.S. stopped short of charg-

ing executives, citing the bank’s

immediate, full cooperation and

the damage that an assault on the

company might cause on econo-

mies and people, including thou-

sands who would lose jobs if the

bank collapsed.

Outside experts said it was evi-

The settlement avoided a legal

battle that could have further sav-

aged the bank’s reputation and

undermined confidence in the

banking system. HSBC does busi-

ness in almost 80 countries.

Officials noted that the deal for

the first time resulted in U.S. court

supervision of a foreign banking

institution and lengthy monitor-

ing of a radically changed bank

that had revamped all its top man-

agement.

Before the government stepped

in, HSBC used only one or two

compliance officers to monitor its

banknotes business — the whole-

sale buying and selling of bulk cash

around the world — even though

the business is highly vulnerable

to money launderers. (AP)

New York

dence that a doctrine of “too big to

fail,” or at least “too big to prose-

cute,” was alive and well four years

after the financial crisis.

TECHNOLOGY

iLost in the DesertThe city of Mildura is not at the end

of a dirt road in the Australian bush,

in tire-choking desert sand. But

Apple’s much-maligned Maps app

thinks so. Australian police called

the app “potentially life-threaten-

ing” because the bad directions it

has given several Mildura-bound

drivers who needed to be rescued in

recent weeks. Apple apologized for

the app two months ago, but police

on Tuesday said Apple had only “sort

of half-fixed” the problem. (AP)

“It’s not even worth discussing.”

Hearsay

— T H E R E V. J O S E F U N E S , THE

VATICAN’S TOP ASTRONOMER, SAYING IN

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Meanwhile … With four days to go before the vote on Egypt’s new constitution, the oppo-sition has yet to decide whether to campaign for a “no” vote or call for a boy-cott — something many see as a reflection of divisions within the opposition. The opposition has rejected dialogue with President Mohammed Morsi until he shelves the draft constitution and postpones the referendum. They had also demanded that Morsi rescind decrees giving him near absolute powers. He withdrew those powers Saturday but insisted the referendum will go ahead. (AP)

Backstory Court documents show HSBC let more than $200 trillion between 2006 and 2009 slip through relative-ly unmonitored, including more than $670 billion in wire transfers from HSBC Mexico, making it a favorite of drug cartels and money launderers. Top executives who felt “the pres-sure of the bottom line” continually cut staff that might have discovered how criminal enterprises were tak-ing advantage of the bank, U.S. offi-cials said. (AP)


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Advance Token to AfricaNigeria’s largest city of Lagos is no boardwalk,

but now Monopoly is taking inspiration from

the city’s sprawling chaos. Officials unveiled

a Lagos-themed Monopoly board game Tues-

day in the city. The most expensive property is

not Boardwalk, but Banana Island, an artificial

isle with mansions. The cheapest is Makoko, a waterfront slum. The

game still has chance and jail, with the option of just visiting. (AP)

This tent camp sheltering Syrians

uprooted by their country’s brutal

civil war has lost the race against

winter: The ground under white

tents is soaked in mud, fights erupt

over scarce blankets, and volunteer

doctors routinely run out of medi-

cine for coughing children.

“I have nothing left except

the mercy of God,” said Mari-

am Ghraibeh, a 60-year-old war

widow whose home in the town

of Kafr Awaid was destroyed in an

airstrike. Ghraibeh and her family

of 15 now huddle in tents.

The most basic necessities are

missing or in short supply, from

toilets to generator-powered elec-

tricity. Volunteers cook the day’s

single warm meal in huge pots on

gas burners, and on Tuesday that

meant just potatoes.

The camp is home to some

3,000 children under the age of 12,

who make up the bulk of some 200

to 300 patients a day in the camp

clinic, said Dr. Abdel Majid Akkad.

Atmeh, Syria

“The situation is really bad,

winter is already here,” said camp

manager Yakzan Shishakly, 34, of

Houston, Texas, who returned to

his native Syria last year to help

victims of the civil war.

The camp is run by the Maram

Foundation, which was set up by

Shishakly and other Syrian-Amer-

icans. Shishakly is trying to make

conditions more bearable by build-

ing a storage room, a kitchen and

toilets from crude cinder blocks.

Weather-proofi ng looks like an

impossible challenge, Shishakly

said. “We are fi ghting with time.”

KARIN LAUB (AP)

Onset of Winter in Syria Adds to Refugees’ Misery

The number of Syrians who are

internally displaced, out of a pop-

ulation of 23 million, according

to U.N. data released Tuesday. At

least 510,000 others have regis-

tered or are awaiting registration

as refugees in nearby countries,

the U.N. said. (AP)

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Frustration courses through the

lunch crowd at Robie’s Country

Store and Deli, a popular outpost

500 miles from where Washing-

ton is again locked in tense nego-

tiations over taxes and spending

as a critical deadline looms.

Store owner Debbie Chouinard

says she’s burned out from election

season and “tired of all the bull.”

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nation to go over the fi scal cliff,

triggering broad tax increases and

massive cuts that economists warn

could lead to another recession.

“I have no faith at all they’ll

do the right thing,” Pfeifl e said of

Congress.

And why would these voters

have confi dence in Washington?

The scene playing out on Cap-

itol Hill is a familiar one as law-

makers with competing ideologies

wage an 11th-hour battle to avert a

predictable crisis. This one comes

just a year after an equally divid-

ed Washington nearly let the coun-

try default on its loan obligations.

Weary Americans report wide-

spread concern. They relate the

debate in Washington over their

tax dollars with their own lives:

average Americans who are strug-

gling to make ends meet. And dis-

tracted by the holidays and tired

of politics after a bitter presiden-

tial campaign, they are calling on

Washington to get its act together.

There is a vague sense that the

fiscal cliff is more serious than

other recent Capitol Hill clashes.

But barely a month after the pres-

idential contest ended, most peo-

ple say they’re not following the

daily developments that consume

Washington.

Here’s what you need to know

to catch up. STEVE PEOPLES (AP)

Cliff NotesSo, How DoWe Solve It?Options abound, including going over the cliff, going over it but then making a deal quickly in January, extending the problem or making a deal. President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met Sunday to discuss a potential deal. Some of those elements may include:

More TaxesFresh tax revenue, generated in part by

raising rates on the wealthy, as Obama

wants, and in part by limiting their

deductions, as Republicans prefer, is

likely unavoidable. The top rate could

be held below 39.6 percent, or the defi-

nition of the wealthy could be shifted

to include those making more than

$375,000 or $500,000, rather than

$250,000 as Obama has proposed.

Potential SavingsSavings from health and retirement

programs, a concession from Demo-

crats necessary to sell tax hikes to the

GOP, may also be a factor. Obama has

proposed $350 billion in health sav-

ings over the next decade. Boehner has

suggested $600 billion from health

programs, and an additional $200 bil-

lion from reducing cost-of-living in-

creases for Social Security recipients.

Sequestration on HoldExtra savings would be needed to post-

pone roughly $100 billion in across-the-

board agency cuts set to hit in 2013,

known as the sequester, and to match

a debt-limit increase. The sequester

could serve as a new deadline. (TWP)

What Is theFiscal Cliff?The term is Washington shorthand for a series of automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to take effect in January, including about $100 bil-lion in automatic cuts to defense and domestic spending and about $400 billion in tax hikes.

About Those Cuts Last year, when a bipar-tisan supercommittee failed to agree on a bud-get deal, across-the-board cuts to both defense and nondefense spending—i.e. the sequester — were scheduled to automatical-ly take effect after Dec. 31, 2012. The cuts are project-ed to total $1.2 trillion.

RECESSION: Analysts have said that going over the fiscal

cliff could derail the economy’s fragile recovery. The non-

partisan Congressional Budget Office predicts that a reces-

sion would be significant but brief, with unemployment

peaking around 9 percent. It is currently at 7.9 percent.

TAX INCREASES: The Tax Policy Center estimates that

if we go over the fiscal cliff, Americans will see their tax

bill rise on average by $3,446 in 2013. But that average

obscures a bigger hit to the rich than the poor.

PLUS MORE 2012 TAXES The alternative minimum tax is a flat tax with two brackets, 26 percent and 28 percent. Those who owe more under AMT rules than under normal tax rules must pay the higher amount. More than 26 million households may face the AMT for the first time, which threatens to tack $3,700, on average, onto taxpayers’ bills for the current tax year. Residents of high-cost urban areas, including Wash-ington, would be hit hardest, with an estimated 2 million households in Maryland, Virginia and the District in line to face the AMT. (TWP)

What Happens if We Go Over?

On Tuesday …The White House and congressional

Republicans bargained in secret and

sparred in public Tuesday over a deal

to prevent year-end tax increases for

the middle class. Both sides say they

want a deal to prevent damage to the

economy, but details were sparse and

evidence of progress scarcer still. (AP)

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Authority Adds to BoardAirports’ governing body selects former Fairfax County exec

Washington

Former Fairfax County executive

Tony Griffin is the newest mem-

ber of the board of the Metropoli-

tan Washington Airports Authority.

Griffi n, 65, spent 23 years work-

ing in Fairfax government, includ-

ing 13 years as county executive.

He retired from that post this year.

Griffi n was appointed to the board

by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Griffi n is one of six people who

have joined the 17-member board

of the airports authority over the

past few months. MWAA was

recently the topic of a scathing fed-

eral inspector general’s report that

detailed problems with contracting,

nepotism and ethics. MWAA offi -

cials said they hope the new appoin-

tees, combined with revised ethics

and travel policies, will help repair

the authority’s battered image.

Griffi n is well-versed in the big-

gest of MWAA’s projects: construc-

tion of the $5.6 billion Dulles Rail

extension. In 2011, he was among

those at the table with Transpor-

tation Secretary Ray LaHood rene-

gotiating funding to pay for the

rail extension.

In addition to the rail exten-

sion, MWA A oversees Wash-

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and Reagan National airports

as well as the Dulles Toll Road.

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar

endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove

a disputed inscription from the

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial,

rather than cut into the granite to

replace it with a fuller quotation.

Salazar said he had reached

an agreement with King’s family,

the group that built the memorial

and the National Park Service to

remove a paraphrase from King’s

“Drum Major” speech by carving

MLK Memorial Quote to be Cut Salazar OKs plan to remove controversial inscription on statue

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The quote on the side of the memorial

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grooves over the lettering to match

existing marks in the sculpture.

Memorial sculptor Lei Yixin rec-

ommended removing the inscrip-

tion this way to avoid harming the

monument’s structural integrity.

Critics including poet Maya

Angelou complained after the

memorial opened in 2011 that the

paraphrased quotation took King’s

words out of context, making him

sound arrogant. The paraphrase

reads: “I was a drum major for

justice, peace and righteousness.”

The full quotation was taken

from a 1968 sermon about two

months before King was assassi-

nated. It reads: “Yes, if you want

to say that I was a drum major, say

In a statement provided to

the Associated Press, Salazar

explained the resolution of the long

disagreement over the inscription

and how it should be repaired.

“I am proud that all parties

have come together on a reso-

lution that will help ensure the

structural integrity of this time-

less and powerful monument to

Dr. King’s life and legacy,” Sala-

zar said.

Work is scheduled to begin

after the presidential inaugura-

tion, which falls on the King hol-

iday, to commence in February or

March with completion expected

in the spring, according to federal

officials. BRETT ZONGKER (AP)

that I was a drum major for jus-

tice. Say that I was a drum major

for peace. I was a drum major for

righteousness. And all of the other

shallow things will not matter.”

In Brief

WASHINGTON

Bonds Named Interim D.C. Council Member

Anita Bonds has been

selected as an interim

member of the D.C.

Council. Bonds was

selected Monday

night by District of

Columbia Democratic

Party officials, who

by law replace party members on the

council. Bonds is the chairwoman of the

D.C. Democratic State Committee. She

will serve until a special election April

23 and has said she intends to run in

that race. (AP)

ANNAPOLIS, MD.

Franchot to Run for Comptroller Re-ElectionMaryland Comptroller Peter Franchot

says he will seek re-election as comp-

troller instead of running for governor in

2014. Franchot made the announcement

in a letter to supporters Tuesday. Fran-

chot, a Democrat, has been comptroller

since 2007. In the letter to supporters,

Franchot says it is no secret that in

recent months he has given thought to

running for governor. (AP)

ARLINGTON

County Officials Reject Electric Taxi Fleet PlansArlington County officials have re-

jected plans for an electric taxi fleet.

The Arlington County Board voted 3-2

on Monday against the proposal by the

Electric Vehicle Taxicab Co. A lack of

charging stations and the travel range

of the vehicles were among the issues

cited by board members who voted

against the proposal. Company founder

Malik Khattak says he will look at other

jurisdictions in the region for support. (AP)

Bonds

BWI Deals With Mice ProblemLinthicum, Md.

Passengers at Baltimore-Wash-

ington International Thurgood

Marshall Airport say they have

been waiting for flights with mice

recently.

Airport officials are blaming

construction work for creating

openings that are letting mice in.

And they say they are working to

clear the terminal of the unwant-

ed guests.

Airport spokesman Jonathan

Dean says the airport is surround-

ed by woods and grasslands. And

since this summer, the side of the

terminal facing the runways has

been open for a construction proj-

ect to improve security and pas-

senger access.

Dean told the Baltimore Sun

that a pest-control company has

set hundreds of traps inside and

outside of the terminal.

He said getting rid of the mice

is a major priority for the air-

port. (AP)

CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AS WORKERS BUILD the platform for the presidential inauguration ceremo-ny on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Obama’s second inauguration will be Jan. 21.

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Tagliabue Overturns NFL Bounty SuspensionsPro FootballIn a sharp rebuke to his succes-

sor’s handling of the NFL’s boun-

ty investigation, former Commis-

sioner Paul Tagliabue overturned

the suspensions of four current and

former New Orleans Saints players

in a case that has preoccupied the

league for almost a year.

Tagliabue, who was appointed

by Commissioner Roger Goodell

to handle the appeals, still found

that three of the players engaged in

conduct detrimental to the league.

The Cleveland Browns are on a three-game win streak, the franchise’s longest such streak since 2009, when they finished 5-11.

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when it meets Virginia Tech in 2018 in Norfolk. The athletic directors from both schools announced Monday that

ODU and Virginia Tech also will play in Blacksburg in 2016 and 2019. Old Dominion is leaving the Colonial Athletic

Association for Conference USA next season. (AP)

Slip of the Tongue Redskins WR Pierre Garcon told ESPN Tuesday that backup quarter-back Kirk Cousins will start against Cleveland Sunday. But a person fa-miliar with the Redskins’ planning quickly said the team has not ruled out starting Robert Griffin III. “We have Kirk starting,” Garcon said on ESPN. When questioned further about Cousins starting, Garcon ap-peared to backpedal a bit, saying: “We have to prepare for the worst.” MARK MASKE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

The Browns are still mathemati-

cally alive in the AFC playoff hunt.

It’s a long shot, but they haven’t

been eliminated with three games

remaining.

And with every win, Pat Shur-

mur’s odds of returning as Cleve-

land’s coach improve.

With the Browns, who face

the Redskins on Sunday, riding a

three-game winning streak — the

team’s longest since 2009 — Shur-

Browns Turn It AroundAfter 0-5 start, team wins 3 straight to stay in playoff hunt

Pro Football

mur feels good about the progress

of his young team, which is fi nally

showing an ability to fi nish games

after so many close losses earlier

this season.

But despite the good vibes

emanating from one of the NFL’s

youngest teams, there remains

uncertainty about the future.

Swirling around Shurmur are

rumors and reports that the Browns

intend to make a coaching change,

including one involving Alabama

coach Nick Saban.

The clock seems to be ticking

on Shurmur, who insists he’s not

focused on anything but getting his

team ready to play the next game.

“Listen, I’m not worried about

After starting 0-5, the Browns

(5-8) have turned their season

around, and Sunday’s 30-7 blowout

win over Kansas City was Cleve-

land’s best all-around performance.

The Browns gave up an 80-yard

touchdown run to Jamaal Charles

on the game’s opening play, but

responded by scoring 30 unan-

swered points and posted their

most lopsided win since 2003.

It was another positive sign for

Shurmur, who seems to be improv-

ing in his second season along with

his roster of rookies, fi rst- and sec-

ond-year players. Shurmur was

quick to point out during his news

conference that Cleveland’s rookies

have combined to make 72 starts

— a league high. Indianapolis is

second with 44.

“That’s good for the future

because we’re fi nally starting to

find how to win football games

with these young players,” Shur-

mur said. TOM WITHERS (AP)

any of that,” Shurmur said Mon-

day. “I’m not worried about saving,

I’m worried about doing my job and

that’s it. I just want to do my job.”

Shurmur will have at least three

more games to strengthen his case

to return, starting Sunday against

the Washington Redskins, who

won’t know until later this week

if they’ll have rookie quarterback

Robert Griffi n III. He sustained a

mild sprain of a ligament in the

right knee against Baltimore and it’s

too early to know if he’ll be ready.

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He said they participated in a

performance pool that rewarded

key plays that could merit fi nes.

But he stressed that the team’s

coaches were very much involved.

The entire case, he said, “has

been contaminated by the coach-

es and others in the Saints’ orga-

nization.” The team’s “coaches and

managers led a deliberate, unprec-

edented and effective effort to

obstruct the NFL’s investigation,”

the ruling said. BRETT MARTEL (AP)

“I now vacate all discipline to be imposed upon these players. This entire case has been contaminated.”— PAU L TAG L I A B U E , FORMER NFL

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TENNIS

Nadal Set to Return To Court in Abu Dhabi

Rafael Nadal has confirmed he is ready

to return to competitive tennis at the end

of the month in an exhibition tournament

in Abu Dhabi, following a six-month

break to recover from a knee injury. The

11-time Grand Slam champion said on

his Facebook page Tuesday that he “can’t

wait to get back on court in Abu Dhabi,”

and that he “would love to get my hands

on the trophy again this year!” (AP)

PRO HOCKEY

NHL, Union to Resume Labor NegotiationsNHL labor negotiations will resume

Wednesday, with mediators rejoining

the talks at an undisclosed location in

an effort to save the hockey season. The

Canadian Press on Tuesday reported the

restart of bargaining between the league

and union, citing unidentified people on

both sides of the lockout. U.S. federal

mediators Scot Beckenbaugh and John

Sweeney are to return to the process.

They took part in sessions Nov. 27 and 28

before deciding they couldn’t help. (AP)

Rafael Nadal has been on a six-month

break to recover from a knee injury.

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New Women’s Pro Soccer Team Dubbed Washington Spirit

With women’s professional soccer

getting another go-round in the

United States, the team to be based

in the nation’s capital has released

pertinent details about its involve-

ment in the new league set to kick

off in the spring.

The D.C. franchise revealed its

name Tuesday: the Washington

Spirit. The team will follow on the

heels of the D.C. United Women,

who participated in the W-League

for two seasons.

“We wanted a name that speaks

directly to Washington, D.C., that

has a lot of different meanings

and something where every one

of those meanings was positive,”

Spirit general manager Chris Hum-

mer said. “One of the core missions

of this club is to empower women

through sport, and we wanted a

name that could be used direct-

ly in just about any statement sur-

Washingtonrounding that topic.”

A l o n g w i t h

Boston, Chica-

go, Kansas City,

Western New York,

New Jersey, Port-

land and Seat-

tle, D.C. is hosting

one of the charter

teams in the as-yet-

unnamed new professional league.

Player salaries will be subsidized by

the U.S., Canadian and Mexican soc-

Though he spent much of his first

season at Maryland being as dip-

lomatic as possible about it, Mark

Turgeon could scarcely hide his

frustration with Terrell Stoglin’s

ball-hogging ways.

It simply was not the way the

coach believed the game of basket-

ball should be played.

A year ago, the sophomore hoist-

ed 533 field-goal attempts, nearly a

third of the attempts on a 15-man

squad. Stoglin led the team in scor-

ing by a wide margin, but the team

concept was being stifled.

After the season, Stoglin was

suspended by the university for one

year for violating a university rule,

and he chose to leave the school.

In Stoglin’s absence, the Terra-

pins (8-1) have reaped the benefits

of balance. The top three scorers

have attempted 86, 83 and 81 shots

respectively, and 68 percent of field

goals have been assisted, compared

with just 46 percent a year ago.

But the team, which faces Mon-

mouth University in New Jersey

on Wednesday, has been strick-

en by heaps of turnovers with the

increased ball movement. Though

the Terrapins are fourth among

the 12 ACC schools in assist-to-

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critical turnover margin at -4.56.

“Lack of concentration and not

valuing each possession the way

we should are two big things,”

Turgeon said last week. “Part of it

is also trying to make a spectac-

ular play instead of just the easy

one. In hockey, they give an assist

to the guy that passes to the guy

who gets the actual assist, and in

our game I wish they did that. Our

guys always want to make the pass,

especially to the basket, instead

of the pass that leads to the pass.

If they would think that way and

still feel good about that pass, that

would really help our team.”

Af ter notching 14 assists

against 19 turnovers in a victory

over George Mason on Dec. 2, the

Terrapins have improved in their

past two games, combining for

43 assists against 26 turnovers.

If Maryland can continue to tally

positive assist-to-turnover ratios,

it should fare better in ACC play.

In practice, Turgeon has intro-

duced consequences for avoidable

mistakes.

Turn the ball over? Drop and

give him five push-ups.

“We’ve turned the ball over

way too much to start the year,”

freshman guard Seth Allen said.

“Since nobody wants to do push-

ups, we really focus on protecting

the ball and not turning it over.”

DEREK TURNER (FOR EXPRESS)

TV Lineup

WIZARDS (8 P.M., CSN) Randy Wit-

tman’s boys continue their road trip

against the Rockets in Houston.

PRO HOOPS (8 P.M., 10:30 P.M.,

ESPN) The Mavs head to Boston to

tip off against the Celtics in the early

game and later, the Jazz host the

Spurs in a Western Conference battle.

cer federations in an effort to cre-

ate a stable environment.

The Spirit will be carrying over

plenty from the former W-League

franchise’s 2012 incarnation. The

team will maintain the Mary-

land Soccerplex in Boyds, Md., as

its home facility. The club is also

retaining head coach Mike Jorden,

and Cindi Harkes, wife of former

D.C. United star John Harkes, will

remain an assistant coach with the

club. AVI CREDITOR (FOR EXPRESS)

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Feng Xiaogang,the directorrenowned forhis year-endurban comedies,is offering ahistorical saga so

tragic that tears run dry beforethe movie reaches a midpoint,at least for the characters.Unusually, this comes during aseason that he almost single-handedly turns mindlessly jovialby way of films that escape fromthe heavy themes in life.

I have always suspected thatburied deep inside the comedicfacade of this movie populist issomeone who not only strivesfor depth but also ponderssome of the most puzzlingphilosophical questions thatplague the country, such as whybad things keep happening toChina. The superstar directorhas done a very good job hidinghis gravitas — until now.

Long-neglected episodeBack to 1942 is about the

famine that affected 30 millionpeople in Henan province inthe title year, killing one-tenthof the population. The naturaldisaster, caused by locustsand drought, was exacerbatedby the imminent invasion ofthe Japanese army — andsomething more.

Indeed, the snakingand grinding multitude ofemaciated figures is onlyhalf the sad story. The biggertragedy was the unwillingnessto help. The neighboringprovince blocked fleeingrefugees at gunpoint.Japaneseinvaders bomb them as theywere mingled with retreatingChinese soldiers. The nationalarmy, instead of offeringhumanitarian assistance,imposed a levy of grains on analready-starving population —in the name of protecting themfrom invaders.

Screenwriter Liu Zhenyunand director Feng deliverexcruciating human sufferings,but most eye-popping isthe behind-the-scenesmanipulation by politicians,who place their own interestsabove the survival of ordinarypeople.

On the surface,nobody in thebureaucracy is a bad person:The governor is constantlydespondent over the fate of hispeople, and Chiang Kai-shek, isaloof yet not exactly uncaring.

The most poignant detailstend to be those seeminglyunessential to the narrative,such as a group of province-level officials squabbling overthe distribution of food aidand the pompous preparationto welcome visiting Americandignitaries in the wartimecapital. They hint at the realcauses of the catastrophe,which as is often the case inChina, is manmade rather thannatural in origin.

The ensemble cast usesa lavish lineup of top-ratedperformers in roles that aremeaty rather than big. ZhangGuoli plays a rich landlord,

who is reduced to the samedire straits as his farmers — ina rebuke of the oft-used classtheory by which he is supposedto exploit those around him.

Grassroots law enforcement,personified by Fan Wei’scharacter, is laughablyenfeebled by the engulfingviolence and misery aroundhis court-on-the-move. AdrienBrody and Tim Robbins, bothOscar winners, espouse thehard choices that confront thepress and the church.

Subtle touches of blackhumor seep into the tone, suchas the landlord’s daughterselling herself into prostitution

and finding it hard to serveher first customer for she hasfilled her stomach with toomuch food and is unable tobend down — reminiscent of amoment in Zhang Yimou’s ToLive.

The movie is fertile forpolitical satire: At the end,when the generalissimo asksthe governor about the totalfamine toll, he is first giventhe official account of 1,062.Chiang matter-of-factlypushes for the real number,and,after a pause,the governorsays: “Around 3 million.”

The biggest irony is Chiang’ssurprise at the Japanese

reaction. Chiang believes it is asmart move to let the Japanesehandle the hot potato of tensof millions of refugees. But theJapanese are cunning enoughto bring them onto their sideby providing food, a detail sotricky it is hinted at, rather thanpresented outright.

Feng also uses a visualanalogy for the Japanesetactic: A Japanese officer usesa bayonet to feed a Chineserefugee and, when rejected,pushes the steamed bun andthe bayonet through his mouthand skull.

Yearning for recognitionIn terms of return on

investment,Feng is indisputablythe most profitable filmmakerin China. Some of his comedieseven made the investedmoney back without selling a

single ticket because he wasso inundated with productplacement offers he had to turnmost of them down.

Despite his popular appeal,Feng is lacking in criticalapproval, especially fromEuro-centric jurors and theirChinese followers. He isconsidered too lightweight inboth subject matter and style.Winning the AIC Award forbest cinematography and theGolden Butterfly Award at theRome Film Festival, where Backto 1942 had its internationalpremiere, has not reallydispelled that perception.

Feng once bitterly joked thatforeign critics complain theycannot understand his movies,while Chinese movies evenhe has difficulty decipheringare happily embraced outsideChina. The wild popularity ofalmost all his movies in China,coupled with a cold shoulderfrom the West, is partly causedby his use of melodrama andthe culture-specific undertonesthat fail to translate to thoseunfamiliar with a country in awhirlpool of change.

Unlike some of hiscontemporaries, Feng isevolvinginwhatIseeastherightdirection. In Cellphone (2003),he delivers more sociologicalsubstance in a comedy thanmost message movies offer. Heis palpably scaling up to artisticheights, bringing his audiencewith him instead of stooping topander to them.

While uneven, his body ofwork aspires to Jane Austen-level sophistication, especiallyin comedies of manners. Hisefforts to branch out intoweightier genres, except for TheBanquet (2006), which I see asa Zhang Yimou imitation, havebeen largely successful. But willhis vast audience follow him toa tale of consequence totallydevoid of entertainment value?

Back to 1942 is not a three-handkerchief tearjerker; rather,it asks tough questions manyfilmgoers are either too youngor too blase to face. But, forFeng,it is a project with which hecan finally prove himself. Withthis movie, he will likely get therespect he has long deserved.

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Cui Jian, the godfather ofChinese rock ‘n’ roll, plans toopen a security company.

His plans were sparked by hisobservations at rock concerts inChina,wheresecurityguardsareseen stopping audiences fromstanding up and interacting withthe performers.

“The concept of securityguards is confused here.Security guards should bethose who are paid to protectaudiences and performers,”asserts the 51-year-old.

“I want to have a companyto train people to become realsecurity guards — servinginstead of controlling theaudience,and guaranteeing thatthe audience has a good time.”

Wearing his trademark whitecap with a red star on it, Cuirevealed his idea during a newsconference in Beijing to promotehis Dec 15 concert at Beijing’sMasterCard Center.

He also wants to change theperception of rock music.

“Rock music has beenconsiderednoisyanddangerousin China for the longest time.

“But I can tell you that rockfans are very peaceful, pure andsimple, just like rock music itself.They shouldn't be managed inmy concert,” Cui added.

It has been 26 years since Cuilaunched his debut, Nothingto My Name, which became aninstant hit and turned Cui into alegend.

The musician is proud tosay that he has never stopped

performing in live shows, eitherat small venues or on big stages.

Thinking and moving onto new ideas, he says, is justas important as keeping anonstage presence.

One of his new ideas wasto use colors to describe theelements of rock music and life.In his 2005 album, Show YouColor, Cui used red to signifyrock music, blue for electronicmusic and yellow for pop music.

Cui is set to make hisdirectorial debut with BlueBone. To be released in early2013, he wrote the plot in 2005when he released the album ofthe same name.

Divided into three parts,it tells the story of a youngunderground rocker andnetwork hacker who encountersan unknown singer. The twothen find out their parents' sadlove story during the years of the“cultural revolution” (1966-76).

“I wasn't trained infilmmaking. I made the film theway I would sing a rock song,telling stories in my own way,”Cui said.

For the upcoming show, hehas prepared a line-up bothfamiliar and unfamiliar to theaudience, including some of hisclassics like A Piece of Red Clothand Nothing to My Name, aswell as new songs like The LostSeason, which was featured indirector Ning Hao's film Gunsand Roses.

Audience will get a previewof his new song from his 2013album, Girls Out There, whichfeatures English lyrics. Thesong is about a village boy froma farm who longs to see theoutside world.

“The English lyrics are notdesigned for foreign listeners,but to create a fusion effect,” hesaid. “I don't design my musicintentionally. All the elements Iused serve the music.

“I want to try new ideas. Evenwhen I sing Nothing to My Nametoday, I want to remix it withdifferent musical ideas. But I willkeep to the melody.”

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The music of “Nashville,” which

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CAPITAL HEIGHTS 1 BR, bsmt apt. Near bus line &Metro. $800/mo + utils.

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M-F 8:30-5:00Open Saturdays by appt. only3551 Jay St. NE • Washington, DC 20019

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NE- Huntwood Court. Under new management.1BR $840. 2BR $935. 5000 Hunt St NE. Bring ad, Noapplication Fee! 202-399-1665 NMI Prop Mgmt.

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2300 Good Hope Rd. SEWashington DC 20020Welcome to Marbury Plaza Apartment, thenewAnacostia! Minutes away from shopping,entertainment and the new stadium.Leave your car at home because publictransportation is at your doorstop. Relaxin your new home and enjoy breathtakingviews of the radiant District of Columbia!

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Studio-2BRs Starting at $898

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no pets, Call 202-388-3900 ext 10S.E. DANBURY ST. - Attractive 1BR $750.1st month rent free. Good Credit Required.Metro Bus at Corner. Call 202-563-1791SE- Hanover Court. Under new management.1 BR $750. 2 BR $820. 2412 Hanover St. SE.202-506-6416 NMI PropertyManagement

SE- NEWCOMB ST - 2BR/3BR from$810 + electric. Sect. 8 welcome.

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866.759.0564

Minutes to 295, 395, 495 and Downtown DC.FREE HEAT, GAS, WATER, W/W Carpet, ModernKitchens/Breakfast Bar, Gated Community,

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1.877.870.0243All Utilities Included!

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1 BR from $889 • 2 BR from $1009ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED for a small fee

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CAPITAL HEIGHTS - 4 bedroom, 2 bath house$1600/month. 1 mile from Metro.Call 240-706-6369 for more information.

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Holiday SpecialMove-in by Dec. 21streceive 1/2 off Deposit

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301-760-4270

2BEDROOMS$1102.00

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Lease Now and Receive1/2 Off

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Application Fee

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PACE AWARD WINNINGCOMMUNITY 2011 & 2012!EFFICIENCIES FROM $779!1 BEDROOM’S FROM $889!2 BEDROOM’S FROM $1161!

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1, 2 & 3BRSFROM $1017

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MOVE-IN SPECIAL1ST Month's

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HYATTSVILLE Green Line Metro1 &2 BRS Available Ask For Specials!!!

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Hyattsville

1829 Belle Haven Drive, Hyattsville, MD 20785Security Deposits From $250

• Electronic entrybuilding system

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# Occupants Maximum Income

1 $44,580

2 $50,940

3 $57,300

4 $63,600

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ARDEN POINTELaurel, MD

1, 2 & 3 BRs from $990

301.850.448013301 Arden Way #21

• Washer/dryer in every apartment• Eat-in kitchens• Fitness center & clubhouse coming soon• Pet friendly• Minutes to I95 & B/W Pkwy

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Arundel Apartments301-277-6202

MOVE IN SPECIAL1st Mo. Rent

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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENTCome view our newly renovated1 & 2 bdrm apts with spaciousfloor plans, huge walk-in clos-ets, wall-to-wall carpet & laun-dry care facilities in every bldg.

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Forest Hill Apartments301-894-7800

OXON HILL- 3BR, 1BA, eat-in-kitchen,fenced back yard, basement, near Bus line &

Wash Harbor. $1,575. 301-283-0382

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Delwin Realty301-577-7917

6747 Riverdale Rd. Riverdale, MD 20737East Pines Terrace

M-F 9-5 • Sat. 10-2

• All Credit Considered• Hardwood Floors• Central A/C• Laundry Room• Gas Heat & Cooking• Near I-295• Vouchers Welcome

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SILVER SPR/Forest Glen Metro

Move In Special1st mo. rent $599

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301-593-0485Close to the Forest Glen Metro

Off-Str. Prkng/Controlled AccessCeiling Fans

Housing Vouchers WelcomeUTILITIES INCLUDED

SUITLAND, MD - Share SFH. Fully furnishedroom with refrigerator, microwave, CATV,wireless net. $150/week. Call 301-775-0019

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Call today for a tour in our Apartment Model!*Prices subject to change

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Amenities• Large Walk-In Closets• Washer & Dryer inevery apartment home

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PARKWAY TERRACE1 BRs fr $8602 BRs fr $968

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Furnished Efficiencies: $399 Wk � $1470 MoCable � Internet � Utilities � Housekeeping

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Saratoga—2,850, 4 br, 2.5 Ba, Hot tub, Lg Deck,Sc Pch, DW, WD, Hw Flrs, EIK, Form LR & DR, CoPool, 2Car Grge, 7875 Godolphin DR, 703-489-5268

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ALEXANDRIA- 1BR 1BA for rent in shr'd apt, highrise bldg, F pref, cable & utils incl $700,

571-245-4257ALEXANDRIA- 1BR 1BA for rent in shr'd apt, highrise bldg, F pref, cable & utils incl $700, 571-245-4257COLLEGE PARK & MOUNTRAINER Beautifulroomfor rent. M/F. $625-$675/month,utilities includedSafe & clean. Near bus Prof. mgmt 301-220-1613HYATTSVILLE/Riggs & East-West Hwy. Lrg rmw/ Qn size bed $525/month, cable, internet &

utils. 202-709-2208LANDOVER- Unfurn lrg Rm, Shr BA & Kit. Closeto metro & bus stop $500 incl all utils301-526-2663

LANHAM-1 FurnishedRoom in SFH,quiet,no-smoking, W/D.

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Cable/TV$610/monthor $170/week,incl utilities.Sharekitchen& W/D. Call 301-370-6587

NW- Room in new,very cleanhouse.3 blockstoPetworthMetro.$550cable & utilitiesincluded+

deposit.$50 app fee.202-241-9739

SEABROOK, MD - Male prefd, N/S,furnished BR in house, shared bath. 1yr lease.

$500/mo + $200 dep. 301-332-8091SE - Furn room in house, share BA/kit. Near metro

& harbor. Pref female. $165/week incld util.301-922-6393

TEMPLE HILLS- Furn rm for 1 person. WiFi &satellite TV. Near subway & metro. Utilities incl.$170/wk + $100 sec dep. N/S.Call 202-491-9912

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LANHAM/UPPER MARLBORO, MD- Half pricehomes for sale. Can rent with option. Vet avail.Credit check. Call Ike, Metro RE, 301-335-4447

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new year.

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