ATLANTA —The Washington Nationals embarked Monday on a nine-game, 10-day trip they would use to measure themselves against the National League East . Five games in, even after Stephen Strasburg blew a four-run lead Saturday afternoon, the construct has flipped. It is the division, perhaps, that needs to measure itself against the Nationals, their surging offense and their 19-year-old force of nature that does not come equipped with an off switch. Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Braves: Bryce Harper homers as Washington wins, 8-4

The American grenade that nearly killed 10-year-old Shah Mohammed landed on an unmarked firing range in a scrubby desert, in the shadow of the largest U.S. military base in the country. Like hundreds of other U.S. explosives fired here, it was supposed to detonate on impact. Like hundreds of others, it didn’t. Read full article > >

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MILWAUKEE—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), facing a recall election on June 5, came under sharp attack here Friday night from his Democratic rival, who accused the governor of creating a political civil war in the state and of seeking to become “a right-wing rock star” at the expense of the people he serves. Read full article > >

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Gov. Scott Walker challenged by Tom Barrett in debate on Wisconsin recall

In one of his characteristic conniptions about people who frustrated him, Theodore Roosevelt, progressivism’s first president, said of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, “I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone than that.” TR was as mistaken about Holmes’s spine as are various progressives today about Chief Justice John Roberts’s. Read full article > >

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Liberals put the squeeze to Justice Roberts

It takes two meetings, and much of a day, for editors and reporters to prepare the next day’s front page of the printed Post. It’s like a large team preparing a sit-down dinner, with a lot of discussion during the day over the menu, presentation, seating chart, dinnerware and decoration. Read full article > >

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The art of The Washington Post home page

When Rick Nielsen talks about his home town in northern Illinois, you might expect him to riff on one of his rock band’s hits. Maybe “I want you to want Rockford.” Or “Surrender, surrender . . . to Rockford.” The Cheap Trick guitarist and songwriter could even economize and simply invoke the group’s 2006 album, “ Rockford .” Read full article > >

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Their Town: Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen rocks Rockford, Ill.

TIANJIN, China — Few temples to conspicuous consumption are as quirky as the Florentia Village, a sprawling “authentic Italian luxury outlet center” on the outskirts of China’s northern city of Tianjin that boasts its own ersatz Colosseum. Read full article > >

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Chinese urged to spend more, save less

We’ve been hiking a narrow canyon for nearly half an hour, hemmed in by huge sunset-colored cliffs, and the suspense is killing me. Where’s Petra?  “It’s becoming clear why it was lost for so long,” quips one of my fellow travelers to the ancient Middle Eastern city. Read full article > >

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Petra, Jordan’s famous city of stone, faces a preservation struggle

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Something exceedingly strange is happening at the John Edwards trial : all four alternate jurors dressed in red shirts Friday. They each wore bright yellow the day before.    Coincidence? Few here think so. Read full article > >

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John Edwards trial: Alternate jurors — all in red — are talk of the courtroom

During the past decade, Washington has become a magnet for ambitious 20-somethings . Not only does the city offer good jobs and better-than-average public transit, it also boasts food trucks and, of course, cupcake shops. Read full article > >

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D.C.’s growth is fueled by 20-somethings. Can the city grow up with them?

Sink your teeth into today's top stories from around the globe. We'll shut up our mugs if you fill up our jugs with these good ol' hillbilly cocktails. – Details For a very swine Memorial Day, try making this Filipino-style roasted pork belly. – Serious Eats Speaking of pork belly, BACON! Homemade BACON! – Food 52 Has Giles Coren, arguably the world's angriest food critic, gone soft? – London Evening Standard Another day, another story about kids in restaurants: Susan Tahmasian claims a Sydney restaurant turned her away because she had her baby in tow. – Sydney Morning Herald

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Box lunch: ‘Hicktails’ and pork belly

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate appeared likely to face off against either a former prime minister who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak or a leftist contender whose popularity surged at the end of the race, according to predictions Friday by political parties based on preliminary results in Egypt’s first free presidential election. Read full article > >

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Islamist candidate likely to face runoff in Egyptian presidential vote

Memorial Day (originally called Decoration Day) began after the Civil War as a chance for the country to commemorate and visit the graves of citizens who died during military service. Some contributors to The Washington Post’s faith leader network shared their religion’s prayers of remembrance intended to honor those who have passed away. Read full article > >

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Memorial Day a time for prayers of remembrance from all faiths

It’s tough to play favorites when it comes to the members of One Direction. There’s Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson — also known as the cute one, the cute one, the cute one, the cute one and the cute one. Read full article > >

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One Direction whips Patriot Center into a G-rated frenzy

For this small group of fit folks with sunglasses, beach season begins as it always does, a week before Memorial Day in a small bathroom at the 10th Street Medical Center. One by one, a woman in a floral blouse and blue latex gloves calls them in and hands them a sterile cup. Read full article > >

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For Ocean City’s lifeguards, summer starts with beach boot camp