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A Sunday Of Sorrow
A TIPPING POINT?
Newtown rampage adds weight to calls for stricter gun laws 3
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Kirk Cousins leads the Redskins past the Browns, into fi rst 15
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BAD IDEAS
‘Hmm, Better Get the Ark Out of Storage and Open It’ University of Chicago officials in the admissions de-
partment are puzzled after receiving a package ad-
dressed to “Henry Walton Jones Jr.,” the main char-
acter in the Indiana Jones film franchise. The package
contained a replica of the journal from the “Raiders of
the Lost Ark” film — but no explanation. Lucasfilm offi-
cials say they weren’t responsible for the package. (AP)
TRAVEL PLANS
“It is as normal as sleeping in a slug-like space can be.”— T R AV E L B L O G G E R T O M H A L L , ON STAYING AT THE HOTEL
CASANUS IN BELGIUM, WHICH IS MODELED AF TER THE HUMAN
COLON, KOAT REPORTED LAST WEEK
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
‘Personal Pace-Keeping Emu’ Is SkyMall’s Top-Selling Item A man in Virginia Beach picked up an unusual jogging
partner when an emu began following him. Animal
shelter supervisor Wayne Gilbert says Virginia Beach
residents contacted the city after the emu showed up
Thursday alongside the jogger in the Highgate Green
neighborhood. Gilbert said the bird, which is legal to
own in the area, had drifted away from its home and
was returned to its owner. (AP)
RIO MOMS: ‘I’M NOT DOING YOUR LAUNDRY’ People dance Sunday after the Color Run 5K in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Runners start the race wearing white, but during each kilometer of the race, volunteers throw different color powders on them.
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Nation
El Gordo DrawingEl Gordo, the world’s oldest weekly lottery, will be drawn Saturday in Spain. This year, $3.3 billion is expected to be distributed, making it the biggest jackpot prize in world history.
Democratic lawmakers and indepen-
dent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday
that military-style assault weapons
should be banned and that a national
commission should be established to
examine mass shootings in the U.S.
The proposals were among the first
to come from Congress in the wake of
Friday’s school shooting in Newtown,
Conn. The time for “saying that we
can’t talk about the policy implica-
tions of tragedies like this is over,”
said Rep. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.,
who won a Senate seat in the Novem-
ber elections.
President Barack Obama and Sen-
ate Democrats haven’t pushed for new
gun controls since rising to power in
the 2008 national elections. Outspo-
ken advocates for stricter laws, includ-
ing Sen. Dianne Feinstein, say that’s
because of the powerful sway of the
National Rifle Association.
But advocates also say the latest
shooting is a tipping point that could
change the dynamic of the debate
dramatically. Feinstein, D-Calif., said
she will propose legislation next year
that would ban big clips, drums and
strips of more than 10 bullets. “It can
be done,” she said Sunday of reviving
Lawmakers: Ban Assault WeaponsConn. school shooting is tipping point in the debate, advocates say
Washington
Supporters of gun control gather Friday in front of the White House during a vigil for the victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
the 10-year ban that expired in 2004.
Senate Democratic Whip Dick
Durbin of Illinois said he would
support a panel, adding that it was
time for a “national discussion” that
included school safety.
Superstorm Sandy AidOn Monday, the Senate will start debating a bill on a $60.4 billion disaster-aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims while fiscal cliff discussions continue.
S. Korea ElectionSouth Korea will hold a presidential election Wednesday. Conservative Park Geun-hye is the candidate of the ruling Saenuri party and would be the country’s first female president.
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Pentagon Front-Runner Has Obama Ties
Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel
is a contrarian Republican moderate
and decorated Vietnam combat vet-
eran who has suggested he is likely
to support a more rapid withdraw-
al of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
As President Barack Obama’s
could come this week — and con-
firmed, he would succeed Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta. Although
Panetta said he intends to leave early
next year, he has not said when.
To insiders, Obama’s preference
for Hagel makes sense.
“A Hagel nomination signals an
interest in, and a commitment to,
continuing a bipartisan approach
to national security,” said David
Berteau, senior vice president at
the Center for Strategic and Inter-
national Studies. LOLITA C. BALDOR (AP)
top candidate for defense secre-
tary, Hagel has another creden-
tial important to the president: a
personal relationship with Obama,
forged when they were in the Sen-
ate and strengthened during over-
seas trips they took together.
Hagel, 66, emerged last week
as the front-runner for the Penta-
gon’s top job, four years after leaving
behind a Senate career in which he
carved out a reputation as an inde-
pendent thinker and blunt speaker.
If Hagel is nominated — which
Republican moderate Hagel top candidate for defense secretary
Washington
FOSSILS
A Big, Toothy FindTwo front-leg fossils unearthed
in the hills north of Las Vegas in
June belong to a saber-toothed cat,
researchers from California’s San
Bernardino County Museum said
Saturday. The discovery marks
the first of its kind in the fossil-rich
Upper Las Vegas Wash. (AP)
Backstory As defense sec-retary, former Ne-braska Sen. Chuck Hagel would pre-side over the with-drawal of combat
troops from Afghanistan and the waning days of the war, direct some of the steepest cuts in Pentagon spending in years and restructure a pared-down military. (AP)
“We have tolerated school shootings, mall shootings, theater shootings, sniper shootings, workplace shootings, temple and church shootings, urban neighborhood shootings for far too long.”— T H E V E RY R E V. GA RY. H A L L , TELLING HIS CONGREGATION SUNDAY AT THE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL CATHEDRAL TO EXERCISE COURAGE TO HELP LAWMAKERS PASS LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO WEAPONS IN THE AF TERMATH OF THE CONNECTICUT SHOOTING
Hearsay
Gun-rights advocates appeared
reluctant to make their case against
tougher gun laws. “Meet the Press”
host David Gregory said NBC invit-
ed all 31 “pro-gun” senators to appear
on Sunday’s show, and all 31 declined.
All eight Republicans on the Senate
Judiciary Committee were unavailable
or unwilling to appear on CBS’ “Face
the Nation,” host Bob Schieffer said.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, was
the sole representative of gun rights’
activists on Sunday talk shows. In
an interview on “Fox News Sunday,”
Gohmert defended the sale of assault
weapons and said that the principal at
Sandy Hook Elementary School, who
officials say died trying to overtake
the shooter, should have been armed.
“I wish to God she had had an M-4
in her office, locked up so when she
heard gunfire, she pulls it out and
she didn’t have to lunge heroically
with nothing in her hands,” Gohm-
ert said. ANNE FLAHERTY (AP)
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Weekend Review
WA SHING T ON
Clinton Faints While Ill, Suffers a ConcussionSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clin-
ton, 65, sustained a concussion last week
after fainting while suffering from a stom-
ach virus, the State Department said. She
had been set to testify Thursday on the
Benghazi, Libya, attack but was advised
to cancel work events for the week. (AP)
CA R ACA S, V ENE ZUEL A
Castro Visits Chavez As Leader Recovers President Hugo Chavez is in full control
of his mental faculties and has been get-
ting daily visits from Fidel Castro while
recovering from cancer surgery in Cuba
on Tuesday, his son-in-law said Satur-
day. Chavez is due to be sworn in for an-
other term Jan. 10. (AP)
K A BUL , A FGH A NI S TA N
Karzai Urges U.S., NATO To Speed WithdrawalAfghan President Hamid Karzai said
Saturday that the U.S. and NATO troops
transferring security to local forces
should leave the country’s villages as
soon as possible. “There will be a change
in our relations with the world in 2013,”
Karzai said. (AP)
MOS C OW
Anti-Putin Activists Mark Year of Mass ProtestsThousands of protesters staged an un-
authorized rally Saturday in Moscow to
mark a year of mass protests against
President Vladimir Putin. The turnout
was far smaller than the tens of thou-
sands who filled Moscow streets in pro-
tests after fraud-plagued parliamenta-
ry elections last December. (AP)
H AVA N A
Search for Oil Reserves Near Cuba to RenewA platform arrived in waters off Cuba’s
north-central coast for exploratory drill-
ing by a Russian oil company, authori-
ties said Saturday, renewing the island’s
search for petroleum after three failed
wells this year. Drilling is to begin “in the
coming days,” according to the Com-
munist Party newspaper Granma. (AP)
WA SHING T ON
20%The reduction in the maxi-mum amount of soot allowed from smokestacks, diesel trucks and other pollution sources, under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule. It was its first major regulation since the election. (AP)
Pakistan’s Littlest VictimsDoctors treat a child in Peshawar, Pakistan, after militants staged a rocket attack on an airport in the city Saturday. At least three civil-ians and five militants were killed, and three dozen civilians were injured, officials said.
“There are a bunch of things I did that I regret when I was a kid. … I want to discourage drug use.”— P R E SI D E N T B A R AC K O B A M A , ALLUDING TO HIS PAST MARIJUANA USE IN AN INTERVIEW FRIDAY WITH
ABC NEWS’ BARBARA WALTERS. OBAMA SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS “BIGGER FISH TO FRY” IN THAT
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HAVANA
Castro Among Nominees For Parliamentary Seat
Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro is
being nominated for a seat in the coun-
try’s parliament. A TV news broadcast
on Sunday said he heads a list of 25
names from the city of Santiago de Cuba.
There was no indication of whether Cas-
tro, who now spends most of his time out
of the public eye, intends to accept. (AP)
TRIPOLI, LIBYA
4 Police Officers Slain In Benghazi AttackFour policemen were shot dead in Libya’s
troubled eastern city of Benghazi on
Sunday when gunmen fired rocket-pro-
pelled grenades on a security compound
there, according to the Interior Ministry.
Security in the country’s south is also a
concern, and Libya’s parliament on Sun-
day voted to close the country’s borders
with Sudan, Niger and Chad, declaring
the south a restricted military area. (AP)
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
Palestinian PM: Boycott Israeli-Made ProductsPalestinian Prime Minister Salaam
Fayyad called on his people Sunday to
boycott Israeli products, the latest in an
economic battle between Palestinians
and Israelis after the U.N. granted the
Palestinians observer status last month.
The boycott is in protest against Israel’s
withholding of funds to the Palestinian
Authority, he said. (AP)
PARIS
Thousands Stage March For Same-Sex MarriageTens of thousands of people supporting
the Socialist government’s plan to legal-
ize same-sex marriage and adoptions
marched in Paris on Sunday. President
Francois Hollande said he would enact
his “marriage for everyone” plan within
a year of taking office in May. The plan
will go to parliament next month. (AP)
In Brief
Nevine Mustafa finally had enough
after 10 hours of waiting to cast
her “no” vote in Egypt’s referen-
dum on a disputed draft consti-
tution. She and the other women
in line were convinced the judge
running the polling station was
deliberately stalling to drive away
voters opposed to the document.
So the 39-year-old and dozens
Polarized Egypt on EdgeOpposition rejects referendum vote as Islamists tout gains
Cairo
Riot police block a street in Cairo on Sunday, a day after the first round of a highly contentious referendum on a constitution.
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of other women blocked the street
and chanted against the judge in
an upper-class district of Alexan-
dria, Egypt’s second-largest city.
“The line was not moving since
8 a.m. I protest. It is now 7 p.m.,”
Mustafa said at the time. “He wants
us to get bored and leave.” New
offi cials were brought in to speed
up the process.
The scene was a refl ection of
the deep distrust of Egypt’s ruling
Islamists and their management of
a referendum on a draft constitu-
tion that they largely wrote.
Questions raised Sunday over
the referendum’s legitimacy sug-
gest the confrontation between
Islamists and their secular, liberal
and Christian opponents will not be
resolved by the long-awaited vote.
As Islamist President Moham-
med Morsi rushed the referendum
despite opposition, the dispute over
the charter has turned into a fi ght
over the Islamists’ hold on power,
and the ballot has become a yes or
no vote on the president himself.
Activists and opponents of the
constitution said Sunday that the
fi rst round of voting a day earlier
was marred by violations. A coali-
tion of rights groups said the fi rst
round should be held over again.
That appeared highly unlike-
ly. The Muslim Brotherhood said
the draft was on route to approval.
But the margin from the fi rst
round of voting, which took place
in 10 of Egypt’s 27 provinces, was
narrow — and only a 32 percent
turnout.
Preliminary results showed
55.8 percent backed the draft,
according to the Brotherhood.
The head of the referendum
commission said the offi cial results
will be announced after the second
round this Saturday. SARAH EL DEEB (AP)
Syrian VP: Civil War Cannot Be Solved Militarily
Syria’s longtime vice president said
Sunday that his regime and the reb-
els are both going down a losing
path after 21 months of civil war,
a rare admission by a top govern-
ment official that President Bashar
Assad’s victory is unlikely.
Farouk al-Sharaa told the Leba-
nese newspaper Al-Akhbar that nei-
ther the rebels nor the Assad regime
Beirutcan “decide the battle militarily.”
His comments came as an
Islamist faction of Syrian rebels
captured an infantry base in Alep-
po, and Syrian warplanes blast-
ed a Palestinian refugee camp in
Damascus, killing eight people and
wounding dozens, activists said.
A statement Sunday by the al-
Tawheed Brigade said the rebels
“fully liberated” the Aleppo facil-
ity Saturday. (AP)
A woman in Cairo votes Saturday dur-ing Egypt’s constitutional referendum.
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“It is a joke. I don’t trust them.”— A M I N A F O UA D, 43, OF ALEX ANDRIA,
EGYPT, ON THE COUNTRY’S CONSTITU-
TIONAL REFERENDUM HELD SATURDAY
“I hand over my passport to you and my social security card, which I have never used.”
Hearsay
— G E R A R D D E PA R D I E U, A TOP FRENCH
ACTOR, IN AN OPEN LET TER SUNDAY TO
FRENCH PRIME MINISTER JEAN-MARC
AYRAULT, WHO INSULTED HIS DECISION
TO MOVE TO TA X-FRIENDLY BELGIUM
Meanwhile ... Iran is backing presidential
elections in Syria as part of a six-point plan outlined Sunday to halt the 21-month civil war in Tehran’s main Middle East ally. Iran in the past has offered initiatives to end the Syrian bloodshed, but none are likely to gain any momentum with the main rebel forces. (AP)
294 The number of seats the conservative Liberal Democratic Party won Sunday in elections for Japan’s 480-mem-
ber lower house parliament, according to unofficial results. The landslide win likely means former prime minister
Shinzo Abe will get a second chance to lead Japan, becoming the seventh prime minister in six-and-a-half years. AP)
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Votes Test Chavez’s InfluenceCaracas, Venezuela
Venezuelans were choosing gover-
nors and state lawmakers on Sun-
day in elections seen as a key test of
whether President Hugo Chavez’s
movement can endure if the social-
ist leader leaves the political stage.
The vote was the fi rst time in
Chavez’s nearly 14-year-old presi-
dency that he has been unable to
actively campaign. He hasn’t spo-
ken publicly since undergoing can-
cer surgery Tuesday in Cuba.
Governorships in the country’s
23 states were being decided in
the elections. Chavez’s party now
controls all but eight of the states.
Vice President Nicolas Mad-
uro urged supporters Sunday to
vote for Chavez’s allies, imploring
voters at a news conference: “Let’s
not fail Chavez.”
Opponents called his remarks a
blatant violation of electoral law. (AP)
BUSINESS
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Cover Story
The gunman in the Connecticut
shooting rampage was carrying
an arsenal of hundreds of rounds
of especially deadly ammunition —
enough to kill just about every stu-
dent in the school if given enough
time, authorities said Sunday, rais-
ing the specter that the bloodbath
could have been far worse.
Adam Lanza shot himself in the
head just as he heard police draw-
ing near to the classroom where
he was slaughtering helpless chil-
dren, but he had more ammunition
at the ready in high-capacity clips.
The disclosure Sunday sent
chills throughout this New Eng-
land community as families sought
Shooter Had Vast Ammo SupplyPolice: Lanza carried enough bullets to slaughter hundreds
Newtown, Conn.
Connecticut state police Lt. Paul Vance answers reporters’ questions Saturday.
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to comfort one another in the wake
of the massacre at Sandy Hook Ele-
mentary School, where 20 children
and six adults were killed Friday.
Authorities said they found
multiple 30-round magazines
and hundreds of unused bullets
at the school.
was the type designed to break up
inside a victim’s body and inflict
the maximum amount of dam-
age, tearing apart bone and tissue.
A Connecticut official said the
gunman’s mother was found dead
in her bed Friday, shot four times
in the head with a .22 caliber rifle.
The killer then went to the
school with guns he took from his
mother, got inside by breaking a
window and began firing.
Gov. Dannel Malloy said the
shooter decided to kill himself
when he heard police closing in
about 10 minutes into the attack.
Malloy offered no possible
motive for the shooting, and police
have found no letters or diaries that
could shed light on it.
Officials couldn’t say wheth-
er the school, which had about
670 students, would ever reopen.
JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN AND MATT APUZZO
(AP)
“There was a lot of ammo, a lot
of clips,” said state police Lt. Paul
Vance. “Certainly a lot of lives were
potentially saved.”
The rifle used was a Bushmas-
ter .223-caliber, a civilian version of
the military’s M-16. The chief med-
ical examiner said the ammunition
How It BeganThe ShooterAdam Lanza was a skinny, withdrawn, socially awkward 20-year-old who excelled in
academics. Investigators said he attended Sandy Hook Elementary School years ago but couldn’t explain why he went there Friday and gunned down 26 people. Authorities said Lanza had no criminal history, but he had been diagnosed with Asperger’s, a mild form of autism.
His FamilyLanza’s mother, Nancy Lanza, was the first victim of the Friday killings and the last
discovered. She collected guns, though how many she had is not clear. Authorities say several were registered to her, including the ones used in the massacre. She was divorced, neighbors said, and has another son, Ryan Lanza. (AP/TWP)
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How to Fix an Escalator It takes skill. And Metro’s training lab is the place to learn.
Landover, Md.
At the end of a long corridor in a
building the length of three foot-
ball fields, engineers and techni-
cians are trying to find solutions to
one of the Metro system’s most vex-
ing problems: escalators and ele-
vators that won’t go up and down.
Housed in the transit agency’s
service complex in Landover, Md.,
Metro’s escalator/elevator training
lab is equipped with more than
$1 million worth of equipment. It
is where Metro workers learn the
ins and outs of maintaining and
troubleshooting the system’s 588
escalators and 283 elevators.
Broken escalators are a chron-
ic complaint among Metro riders
and a perpetual headache for Metro
officials. Even though WMATA
has poured millions of dollars into
repairs, maintenance and replace-
ment, out-of-service escalators
remain a problem.
Even recently replaced ones are
not trouble-free. In their fi rst few
months of operation, three esca-
lators at the south entrance of the
Dupont Circle station have expe-
rienced about 20 outages ranging
from 10 minutes to two days. And
while Metro officials maintain
that such occurrences are part of
a “breaking-in” period, that is of
little comfort to riders.
Offi cials opened the training
lab in 2006 to have a place to offer
hands-on training. Previously, offi -
cials had to take escalators and ele-
vators out of service in order to give
workers the experience required
to do the job.
Escalator/elevator instructor Bobby Mizelle addresses members of Fairfax County Fire & Rescue at Metro’s escalator/elevator lab and repair center Dec. 10.
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Outage UpdateA check of Metro’s website Sun-day showed 546 escalators working, 19 undergoing sched-uled maintenance and 23 in un-expected outages. Of the sys-tem’s elevators, four were out of service for scheduled mainte-nance and two were in unexpect-ed outages. (EXPRESS)
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“The big benefit allows us to
troubleshoot problems without hav-
ing to interrupt service,” said Rodri-
go Bitar, head of Metro’s escalator
and elevator division.
Two elevators and an escalator
dominate the two-story room, which
is open 24 hours a day, seven days a
week to allow technicians the free-
dom to work as long as they choose.
The equipment has clear sides
so that workers — and visitors —
can see the guts of the machinery.
The escalator is a Westinghouse
Modular 100, the most common
model in the Metro system and
one that comes with a long history
of problems.
Metro was the f irst transit
authority to open such a facility,
Bitar said. Today, more are follow-
ing WMATA’s lead. New York’s Met-
ropolitan Transportation Authority
opened an escalator training lab in
2009, and Philadelphia’s Southeast-
ern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority is halfway through con-
struction of its lab, which is expect-
ed to be fi nished next year and has
begun training workers.
Each month, about 200 to
300 people go through Metro’s
training and refresher courses.
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With all the holiday hoopla of par-
ties and presents, no one could
blame you if you’re spending more
time thinking about tinsel than
taxes. But the biggest financial
mistake you can make this season
is forgetting that 2013 will bring
sweeping changes to the tax code,
even if the fiscal cliff is averted.
“These are unprecedented
changes to tax law,” said Gil Char-
ney, principal tax analyst at the
Tax Institute at H&R Block. “The
exemptions you qualified for before
you may not qualify for now.”
New tax rates and changes to
deductions are complicated — but
there are some basic tax truths to
Cliff or No Cliff, Taxes Will Go UpYou will likely see new rates, changes to deduction rules
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know before 2013 comes. Here’s a
simplified list:
Make Charitable Donations in 2012Charney says there has never been
a better time to donate to chari-
ty and the discussion about lim-
Go to the DoctorThe threshold for deducting medi-
cal expenses is set to rise next year.
Currently, most people can deduct
medical expenses after they pass
7.5 percent of adjusted gross income.
For most, that number will rise to 10
percent next year. That may seem
like a high threshold, but if you’re
deducting yourself, your spouse and
dependents, the costs add up. The
Internal Revenue Service says pay-
ments to doctors, dentists, in-patient
hospital care or nursing-home ser-
vices can be included.
Write Next Semester’s Tuition ChecksIf you’re a college student or the
parent of a student, you can pay the
tuition bill for spring semester this
month to decrease tax liability for
2012. “The American Opportuni-
ty [Tax] Credit expires in a couple
weeks, and it was [a] much more
iting itemized deductions is lead-
ing more people to donate large
amounts to charity this year. But
if you can’t itemize, Charney said,
“you get no tax benefit for charita-
ble contribution.” And if you didn’t
itemize last year, it may not bene-
fit you to do so this year.
generous version of the 2009 Hope
credit it replaced,” Charney said of
the program, which gives up to a
$2,500 tax credit to pay for college
expenses. “If it’s not extended into
2013, it makes even more sense to
make the payment in 2012.”
Expiring or Expired Tax CreditsCharney notes that in addition to
the American Opportunity Tax
Credit expiring, the child tax credit
is decreasing from $1,000 to $500
in 2013. But there were a lot of tax
credits that expired in 2011, affect-
ing education, business and energy..
Don’t Go It AloneNervous about all this? We are, too.
Don’t go it alone. Get some last-
minute tax tips from an accountant
or a tax preparer if you’re unsure
how the changes will affect you.
Even if you’ve relied on tax soft-
ware in prior years, your taxes
may not be the same in 2012. And
in 2013, they’re certain to change.
KATHERINE BOYLE (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Conquering the North
James Jones had three touchdowns, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 21-13 win over the Chicago Bears to clinch their second-straight NFC North title.
Falcons 34, Giants 0
Packers 21, Bears 13
Vikings 36, Rams 22
Dolphins 24, Jaguars 3
Saints 41, Buccaneers 0
Broncos 34, Ravens 17
Texans 29, Colts 17
Seahawks 50, Bills 17
Cardinals 38, Lions 10
Panthers 31, Chargers 7
Raiders 15, Chiefs 0
Scoreboard
Torrey Smith, WR, Ravens He left with a concus-
sion after hitting his head trying to make a leaping catch.
Ryan Mathews, RB, Chargers The injury-prone
back left the game after hurting his shoulder.
Tyler Polumbus, RT, Redskins The offensive line-
man suffered a concussion during the win.
Injuries
Top Dogs
Adrian Peterson, RB, Vikings
With two games left, the NFL’s leading rusher is now just
188 yards away from 2,000 and 294 away from breaking
Eric Dickerson’s single-season record. Peterson rushed for
212 yards, including an 82-yard score, in a 36-22 win over
the St. Louis Rams.
Chris Harris, CB, Broncos
Late in the first half, the Ravens had an opportunity to cut
into a 10-point deficit. But Harris stepped in front of Anquan
Boldin to intercept a Joe Flacco pass and raced 98 yards for
a momentum-changing touchdown. The Broncos went on to
a 34-17 victory, their ninth-straight win.
Drew Brees, QB, Saints
After throwing one touchdown and seven interceptions in
his past two games, Brees bounced back against Tampa
Bay’s NFL-worst pass defense. The Saints quarterback
threw for 307 yards and four scores in a 41-0 win.
Arian Foster, RB, Texans
The Colts’ defense held Foster out of the end zone, but the
Texans running back ran for a season-high 165 yards and
helped Houston control the clock in its AFC South-clinch-
ing 29-17 win over Indianapolis.
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COLLEGE HOOPS (7:30 P.M., ESPN2) Jim Boeheim will try to become the
third Division I men’s coach to reach 900
wins as No. 4 Syracuse hosts Detroit.
NFL (8:30 P.M., ESPN) Despite all
the New York Jets’ troubles, they are
still in the playoff hunt with a favor-
able schedule remaining, starting
with a crucial game vs. the Titans.
NBA (7:30 P.M., NBATV) Linsanity
returns to Madison Square Garden as
the New York Knicks face point guard
Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets.
Teams Pay Tribute to Sandy Hook Victims
Fans paused for a moment of silence before the Ravens-Broncos game.
Two players who wear No. 26
joined hands with the coaches of
the St. Louis Rams and Minnesota
Vikings in tribute to the victims of
the school massacre in Newtown,
Conn., and New York Giants’ play-
ers wore decals with the initials of
Sandy Hook Elementary School.
There were moments of silence
before all NFL games Sunday. The
ceremony in St. Louis included
Rams coach Jeff Fisher and Vikings
coach Leslie Frazier, along with
Rams running back Daryl Rich-
ardson and Vikings cornerback
Antoine Winfield.
The players were selected
because their number represents
Bank Stadium when the Baltimore
Ravens hosted the Denver Bron-
cos in one of the eight early games.
With the Maryland National
Guard standing on the opposite
end of the field from the flag bear-
ers, the scoreboards went black as
the public address announcer asked
the crowd to observe “silent reflec-
tion” in the wake of Friday’s “hor-
rific tragedy.”
Just before the national anthem
was sung by Gatlin Brothers at
Cowboys Stadium in Arlington,
Texas, there was a moment of
silence, which included the huge
video screen hanging over the
field going black. Also, the ribbon
boards and other electronic signs
were turned off. (AP)
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the total slain at the elementary
school Friday.
Dozens of children wearing uni-
form jerseys held hands with play-
ers in a circle extending from the
30-yard lines at the Edward Jones
Dome, centered on the Rams’ logo at
midfield. Richardson, Winfield and
the coaches formed an inner circle.
In Atlanta, Giants players wore
decals with the acronym “SHES”
on the backs of their helmets.
“As a parent you drop your kids
off at school many times. It’s hard
to put into words what that com-
munity and those families must
feel like. We obviously kept them
in our prayers,” Miami Dolphins
coach Joe Philbin said after his
team’s home game against Jack-
NFL
sonville. Philbin’s 21-year-old son
Michael fell into a Wisconsin river
and drowned in January.
Flags were at half-staff at M&T
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They’ve both played superheroes.
They’ve both hosted the Oscars. But
what unites “Les Miserables” co-stars
Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
most is a deep, some might even say
geeky, love of musical theater.
Yes, Catwoman and Wolverine
can sing.
Musical ardor does not always bur-
nish the reputations of action stars.
But in Tom Hooper’s new film of the
famed musical, opening Christmas
Day, Jackman, as Jean Valjean, and
Hathaway, as the unfortunate Fan-
tine, are finally exercising their musi-
cal chops on the big screen.
You two each grew up dreaming of Broadway, have played superheroes and have hosted the Oscars.Hathaway: One of us successfully.
Do you feel at all simpatico?Jackman: I’ve always felt simpatico
with Anne ever since we met. When
we first started to really work together
on the Oscars thing, I instantly loved
her. I’ve been hounding Annie to do
any number of films.
Hathaway: I think I’ve probably
known about you longer than you’ve
known about me. Hugh was always
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A passion for musical theater unites ‘Les Mis’ co-stars Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Film Q&A
Musical CinemaHugh Jackman isn’t worried about the Oscar hopes of “Les Misera-bles” but says it could help get more musicals made into films. “The thought that there maybe is some recognition for the film,” he says, “that [we’ve found] a new way to deliver the genre, to make it feel immediate — that’s exciting.” (AP)
Awards
A Shared Dream
rain singing. The good thing about
that was, they couldn’t tell if you were
hitting the wrong key because they
couldn’t hear the accompaniment.
Hathaway: I really want someone to
go and talk to the crew and find out
from their perspective what it was
like to see dozens and dozens of actors
every day standing there looking at
the camera and then all of a sudden
bursting out into eight-part harmo-
ny simultaneously.
Jackman: It was weird how natural
it became.
For you, Anne, what was the day you performed “I Dreamed a Dream” like?Hathaway: It came right after I cut
off my hair so it was a little bit of an
intense one-two punch. It wasn’t my
favorite scene to shoot just because
there was so much pressure of expec-
tation. … [After the second take,] I
closed my eyes and I remember think-
ing, “Hathaway, if you do not do this
in this moment, you have no right to
call yourself an actor. Put aside all
that [expletive] and just do your job.”
That was the one that I let rip and
that was the one that was in the piece.
JAKE COYLE (AP)
this myth in the Broadway and West
End community. And though I never
did a show, I did a lot of workshops
and readings and things like that.
Everybody had a Hugh Jackman
story. Hugh’s always been this bea-
con of light out there, someone who
could do theater and film.
In “Les Miserables,” you’re belting out songs with a live pianist accom-panying you through earpieces. But the set is totally quiet.Jackman: It was a weird set to go on.
It was a bunch of crazy people in the
“Hugh was always this myth in the Broadway and West End
community. ... Everybody had a Hugh Jackman story. Hugh’s
always been this beacon of light.”— ANNE HATHAWAY
“I’ve always felt simpatico with Anne ever since we met. When we first started to really work together on the Oscars thing, I instantly loved her.”— HUGH JACKMAN
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8. Playing for Keeps
$3.2M
10. Silver Linings Playbook
$2.1M
6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
$5.2M
3. Lincoln
$7.2M
4. Skyfall
$7M
5. Life of Pi
$5.4M
9. Red Dawn
$2.4M
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1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
$84.8M
2. Rise of the Guardians
$7.4M
7. Wreck-It Ralph
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“Rumors” is split almost down
the middle between two types of
songs: more traditional fare like
“Mama Told Me,” a gleeful funk jam
that makes wise use of a frequently
miscast Kelly Rowland; and slower,
synthier, blip-and-bloop-type offer-
ings spearheaded by the cool kids.
The latter can get weird, as
on “Shoes for Running,” featur-
ing B.o.B. and the strange stoner
kid from Wavves, two people who
should probably never be placed
in proximity to each other. It’s
hazy and impenetrable, a noble
experiment, even when it’s a mess.
ALLISON STEWART (THE WASHINGTON POST)
The Villain Inside ‘Sherlock’ actor Benedict Cumberbatch turns full-on baddie in the ‘Star Trek’ sequel
Personalities
Big Boi’s Weird, Wild Circus ActThe OutKast rapper bends genres on his second solo release
Album Review
Big BoiVicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
Once and possibly future OutKast
rapper Big Boi serves as a one-man
hipster public-works project on
his offbeat, excellent sophomore
disc, “Vicious Lies and Dangerous
Rumors.” The record is packed with
features, from such usual suspects
as Ludacris and T.I. and from such
decidedly non-hip-hop blog champs
as Little Dragon and Wavves.
It’s tough to think of another
rapper who has employed so many
avant-popsters for the purpose of
genre-bending cross-pollination.
The end result is a crackling three-
ring circus of an album.
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Benedict Cumberbatch had a busy
24 hours last week. The British actor
was nominated for a Golden Globe
on Thursday, was chased by the
paparazzi in London and unveiled
the first nine minutes of next year’s
“Star Trek Into Darkness” on Friday.
At a special IMAX presentation
of the footage in London, Cumber-
batch’s menacing character John
Harrison was introduced early
on. Cumberbatch isn’t allowed to
reveal much about the plot, but
the 36-year-old does admit that he
auditioned for the role of Harrison
— whom he describes as “a phe-
nomenal one-man weapon of mass
destruction” — on an iPhone in his
friend’s kitchen.
How did it feel seeing your face so big
on that screen?
I look away when it’s me, I don’t
like being my own audience. It’s
very weird. … You probably
saw my nostril hairs, count-
ed how many pores I’ve got
on my nose and which one
of my teeth is wonky.
It’s obviously in the great tradition
of having an English baddie.
I’m following in the very hallowed
footsteps of [Jeremy] Irons, [Alan]
Rickman and Tom Hiddleston, my
great friend in “The Avengers.”
There are a few of us who have
done it before, it stretches back as
old as time. … It’s hugely flattering
but you’re not going to see me do
a whole raft of villains after this.
Have you celebrated your Golden
Globe nomination for best actor in
a miniseries for “Sherlock?”
I went out with my niece, who is
my [personal assistant] Emily,
and we got papped [followed by
paparazzi] to the point that I
couldn’t actually see and I had
to put my head down and just
blink a couple of times. …› Poor
girl, she’s never experienced that
before — I’ve never experienced
that — like 15 of them hang-
ing off the bonnet of the car.
HILARY FOX (AP)
Cumberbatch plays the villain in J.J.
Abrams’ “Star Trek Into Darkness,” due in May.
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Time Is WastingNot done with your Christmas shopping? What
is WRONG with you? Fix it at the Downtown
Holiday Market, where 60 booths
offer food, jewelry, art and toys.
The exhibitors change daily, so
it’s a rotating artisanal mall
— one you can stride right
through on your way to the
Metro. F Street between 7th and 9th streets NW;
through Sun., noon-8 p.m.; Downtownholidaymarket
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Television as ArtVideo-art pioneer Nam June
Paik, shown, was one of the
first to use televisions and TV foot-
age in serious art. A vast exhibition of
his work — including some rare piec-
es on loan from his estate — is now
on display at the Smithsonian. Check
out “TV Garden,” which combines
multiple televisions and live plants.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW; through Aug. 11, free; 202-633-7970, Americanart.si.edu. (Gallery Place)
Angry’s Not the Only Way to Be There were a lot of sounds
coming out of Los Angeles in the early
’80s that weren’t the hair metal of
Motley Crue. Concrete Blonde’s dark
and dreamy rock is one example — sort
of like the Pretenders, with less rockin’,
more moodiness. The band released a
new disc in ’04, but this small tour is not
connected to an album. It’s just a rare
chance to catch them live. 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW; Mon., 7 p.m., $30; 202-265-0930, 930.com. (U Street)
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Hawaii Five-0 Forever a favorite of “Star Trek” fans as Mr. Sulu, George Takei, left, guest stars as Chin’s uncle. Interestingly, Takei also appeared in a 1975 story on the original incar-nation of this series. Unlike Ed Asner’s recent
appearances here, though, Takei’s characters are not the same. (TRIBUNE MEDIA)
1600 Penn Television’s newest take on the White House gets a sneak preview prior to its
official Jan. 10 premiere. Bill Pullman has played president before (“Independence Day’’), but he puts a comedic spin on the Oval Office as a chief executive whose family affairs are as critical to him as affairs of state. Especially perturbing to him is his eldest son (Josh Gad, left, “The Book of Mormon’’), who’s just returned home.
Take It All After a week when this Howie Mandel-hosted game show aired almost every night, it wraps up its run with players again going for big-money prized in a high-tech variation on “Secret Santa.”
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under 50 minutes.
The little, offbeat movie “Picture
Paris” breaks quite a few rules. For
starters, it’s narrated in French with
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And it follows, and lampoons, the
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or “Fin,” as they say in France.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You mustn’t neglect those who are on the periphery today; one or more of them are likely to have valid ideas to offer.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You’ll want to give others a reminder so they know what you are up to — and when you can lend a hand in their affairs.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You’ve earned the trust of someone who, in the past, has been rather doubtful that you have what it takes. It’s time to work together.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You may have more trouble getting things done than anticipated, mostly because you have not taken a certain truth into account.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You may not be enjoying the things you usually enjoy — but you can make a few chang-es to increase your own satisfaction.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’ve been dealing with someone for some time who has been keeping his or her true feelings well concealed. Today, you may learn the truth.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) You can break a habit or two today — at least temporarily — and this will inform a great deal that you are up to in the com-ing days.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You know where you’re going, but you may not be get-ting there as quickly as you might like. Imagine an improvement, and you can make it so.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’re in no mood to socialize with those who do not understand what it is you tackle on a daily basis.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You may find yourself on the sidelines for a while, but what goes on in the game is certainly worth watching at this time.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’re waiting to hear from someone who has promised to provide you with an excit-ing opportunity. Today may be the day.
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Friday’s Solution
EDITED BY TIMOTHY E. PARKER
Crossword SMILES ALL AROUND
ACROSS1 Walk with a hitch
5 Breaking ball
11 Org. for attorneys
14 Cosmetic additive
15 City on the Rio Grande
16 Bodybuilder’s unit
17 Good news
19 Vanishing PC monitor
choice
20 Prepare to fire
21 Area on a liner
23 Silly as a goose
26 Exclamations of content
27 ___ one’s time (waits
patiently)
28 Air intake cavity
30 Giving off light
31 Scottish negative
32 Get rid (of)
35 Annual refrain
40 Against the rules
41 Hold out one’s paw, say
43 Word with “cord” or
“column”
46 Greatest of the apes
49 “Ripley’s Believe It ___”
50 Pledge-week network
52 Not up to the task
53 Twelve months ago
55 Genetic material
56 Hurricane’s center
57 Satisfied about
62 ___ down (disappoint)
63 Grammarians’ concerns
64 Soloist’s rendition at the
opera
65 365-day periods, roughly
66 Some Japanese-
Americans
67 Pinings
DOWN1 Bring up the rear
2 Word with “mannered” or
“equipped”
3 Bygone bird of New
Zealand
4 Educated showoff
5 Like some pickings
6 Young boy
7 Type of whiskey or
setter
8 They may be hammered
out
9 Narrow winning margin
10 Common garden sight
11 Pinball palace
12 Candice of “Murphy
Brown”
13 Best suited
18 Bleacher feature
22 Prepared potatoes
23 Quaint stopover
24 Man known for double
takes?
25 Floating away?
26 Suspect’s need
29 Pastoral poem
30 Powerball game
33 Attack word
34 Bluenoses
36 Wine grape
37 Egg-laying mammal of
Australia
38 Having the means
39 Bark like a dog
42 Piece in a B-movie,
perhaps
43 To the exclusion of
all else
44 Bedtime recitation
45 Maps in maps
47 Casaba’s covering
48 From one viewpoint
50 Praiseful hymn
51 Eschews humility
54 “Born Free” lioness
55 “I Love Lucy” co-star
Arnaz
58 Match a poker bet
59 Intense anger
60 Kind of foil or soldier
61 “The time ___ come!”
1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright of
Dayton, Ohio, pilot the first
successful powered airplane flights near Kitty
Hawk, N.C.
1944 The U.S. Army says it is end-
ing its policy of excluding
Japanese-Americans from the West Coast.
2011 North Korean leader Kim
Jong Il dies after more than a
decade of iron rule.
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