The Redskins’ losses in the locker room are outpacing their woes in the standings, as two more key offensive contributors joined their growing list of injured players Monday. Coach Mike Shanahan said that running back Tim Hightower tore the ACL in his left knee in Sunday’s 33-20 loss at Carolina and will be placed on season-ending injured reserve. Wide receiver Santana Moss should return this season, but he’ll be out five to seven weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a broken bone in his hand, Shanahan said. Read full article > >

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Redskins’ offense loses Tim Hightower for season and Santana Moss for five to seven weeks

An Iraq war veteran who claimed The Hurt Locker was based on his own experiences has his court case dismissed by a judge.

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Players know. That’s the bottom line. They know when a corner is cut or when a principle is violated and turns into lip service. They know who doesn’t work quite as hard, and who is chronically late, and they know how those little things turn into big things on the field, compromising performance and corrupting the locker room. Players know — and what the Washington Redskins know is that they finally have good habits, and they no longer have false hope. Read full article > >

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Washington Redskins 2011: No more false hope

Once again, Leonard Hankerson was among the last players off the practice field at Redskins Park. While teammates walked toward the locker room, the rookie wide receiver made a beeline toward the Jugs machine and waited his turn. On Wednesday, he caught 60 balls after practice, each spit out of the machine like a leather rocket. The day before he caught 85 and on Monday 60. “In practice, you’re only catching three to five balls a day. That’s not enough balls,” Hankerson said. “So this helps.” Read full article > >

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Washington Redskins rookie wide receivers compete for few roster spots

NEW YORK — Not quite an hour had passed since the conclusion of the Washington Nationals ’ fifth loss in seven games, and right fielder Jayson Werth sat near his locker staring at the carpet in front of his bare feet. He had no answers — no substantive answers, anyway. Not about his sharp grounder to third in the ninth inning, the play in which it appeared to everyone in the Washington dugout that Werth either had beaten the throw to first or should have been called safe because the throw pulled the first baseman off the bag. Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Mets: Dillon Gee shuts down Washington, 1-0

Hayley Russell was 13 and worried about another acne flare-up when she brought an orange prescription bottle to Rachel Carson Middle School in Fairfax County. She placed the medication on the top shelf of her locker so she could retrieve an antibiotic pill to take at lunch.

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Teenager suspended from Fairfax County school over acne drug

Jake Locker led the Huskies past the listless Cornhuskers in the Holiday Bowl on Thursday night.

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Washington 19, No. 17 Nebraska 7: Washington Upsets Nebraska in Bowl