Sports

Arenas waxes on return

By: KEVIN DUNLEAVY
Free-falling Wizards host Rockets tonight at Verizon The Wizards will roll a wax figure of Gilbert...

Weekend area college basketball outlook

By: CRAIG STOUFFER
Vermont at Maryland Where » Comcast Center When » Friday, 8 p.m. TV/Radio »...

Caps hunt Ducks early, often, 6-4

By: BRIAN MCNALLY
Washington kicks off westward swing with a bang Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau says that the first...

If you’re looking for sacks ...

By: JOHN KEIM
Blache tired of talking about his top squad not reaching the quarterback His voice rose and his...

After losing top rebounders, Hoyas fragile around the glass

By: CRAIG STOUFFER
Thompson: Georgetown needs to get tough inside As harbingers go, rebounding rightfully is the...

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Sports

Hal Steinbrenner: Offer to CC will have time limit

CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the New York Yankees' contract proposal. "We've made him an offer. It's not going to be there forever," Hal Steinbrenner said Thursday after he... Full story

Business

A tough auto market? Not if you're a Maserati exec

With the U.S. all but certainly in a recession and many skittish consumers hesitant to buy even a Honda Accord, it would seem the last thing anyone would need is a $400,000 Rolls-Royce... Full story

Entertainment

Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise

Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality. The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free... Full story

Inauguration crowds will test D.C.’s transit, lodging capacities

Federal officials have called D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty’s estimates of as many as 5 million attendees for Barack Obama’s inauguration an exaggeration in part because of their experience... Full story

Transportation and services for mentally disabled may take hit

Proposed cuts in Fairfax County’s mental health services would shunt more than 300 mentally disabled riders off the county’s trusted transportation service, as well as squeeze other... Full story

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The honest Nazi

A Louisiana man wearing a World War II Nazi uniform and carrying a powerful German rifle was arrested after he explained to police why he was dressed the way he was: He was on the way to kill a... Full story

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3 US airports open new runways amid economic woes

Planes began taking off from new multimillion-dollar runways at three U.S. airports on Thursday with aviation officials heralding the increased capacity as crucial to reducing delays, even in the... Full story

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