Jan Vesely, the Wizards’s top draft choice from June’s draft , is listed as day-to-day with a right hip injury and is unlikely to be available for the season opener on Monday against the New Jersey Nets. Coach Flip Saunders hoped to have Vesely on the active roster for opening night and gave his players the day off on Saturday to help them get prepared for the upcoming grind of the 66-game season . A day of rest did little to subside the pain in Vesely’s right hip and he sat out Sunday’s two-hour practice at Verizon Center. Read full article > >

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Jan Vesely likely out for season opener

Former vice president Dick Cheney on Sunday called last week’s CIA drone strike against al-Qaeda operative Anwar Awlaki a validation of the George W. Bush administration’s terrorist-fighting strategy, and said that President Obama should apologize for his past criticism of those policies. Cheney endorsed the killing of Awlaki as “justified,” despite Awlaki’s U.S. citizenship, and suggested that the Obama White House was being hypocritical when it approved a deadly strike against the New Mexico-born Awlaki while condemning Bush’s use of so-called enhanced interrogation methods of al-Qaeda prisoners. Read full article > >

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Cheney: After Yemen strike, Obama owes apology to Bush

Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau, Alex Ovechkin and Mike Knuble discuss the hard-fought, 2-1 victory in overtime against the New York Rangers on Wednesday night at Verizon Center.

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Caps reflect on ‘Baptism by fire’ in Game 1

The Post’s Katie Carrera previews Game 1 of the Capitals’ playoff series against the New York Rangers.

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Ready for some hockey?

A lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky lodges an appeal against the new jail term handed down to the former Russian oligarch.

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Jailed Khodorkovsky lodges appeal

Senator Mitch McConnell said that he would vote against the new arms control treaty with Russia, rallying opponents of the pact as it approaches the decisive vote.

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Senate Republican Leader to Oppose Missile Treaty

A federal judge hinted that he might be the second to rule against the new health law.

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Judge Hints He May Rule Against Health Law

Brett Favre’s record consecutive starts streak ended at 297 on Monday when he did not suit up for the Minnesota Vikings’ game against the New York Giants.

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Brett Favre Inactive, Streak Ends at 297