They are two of Washington’s architectural and historical gems: The Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue and the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building on the Mall. The good news is that both are slated for renovation and what the bureaucrats like to call “re-purposing.” The bad news is that, in both cases, the process is headed in the wrong direction. Read full article > >

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What D.C. doesn’t need: a Trump Tower

Nicklas Backstrom stood outside the Washington Capitals’ dressing room Thursday night at Verizon Center, leaning against a doorway in a charcoal gray suit. He caught up with his Swedish countrymen from that evening’s opponent, and occasionally cracked just the slightest smile. Read full article > >

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Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom has ‘day-to-day’ struggle with concussion

DURHAM, N.C. — To have any chance against 10th-ranked Duke on Saturday, Maryland’s front court had to do a better job against Mason Plumlee than it had three weeks earlier, when the 6-foot-10 forward paced Duke’s 74-61 victory at Comcast Center with a game-high 23 points . Read full article > >

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Maryland vs. Duke: Plumlees lead Blue Devils past Terrapins

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said a modification offered by the White House did not go far enough in protecting religious liberty.

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Bishops Criticize Proposal on Birth Control Coverage

Mohammed Waheed Hassan said he would support an independent investigation into the political turmoil that led to the resignation of his predecessor.

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New President of Maldives Meets With U.S. Envoy

CHARLOTTESVILLE — As more than two dozen witnesses took the stand this week for George Huguely V’s trial for the murder of his former girlfriend Yeardley Love, jurors kept hearing about Love’s bedroom door. Read full article > >

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Huguely trial: Jurors see Love’s damaged bedroom door

Rag & Bone offered a rich display of wintry woolen stripes, rich herringbones and great prints.

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The swampy heat swaddles everything like a wet diaper. The coffee-colored Sekonyer River looks tempting to cool off in, but then there are the crocodiles and the water snakes. Somewhere out there, too, are rumors of headhunters — and not the K Street kind. Read full article > >

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Visiting orangutans in the wild in Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park

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Hacker Takes Down Porn Site

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — They now inhabit regal mansions in the nation’s capital, but the prime minister and the president of Pakistan have known their share of more lowbrow addresses — namely, jail cells. Read full article > >

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For Pakistan’s prime minister, a question of loyalty

For most of three quarters on Friday, the Washington Wizards played with enough ambition and resolve that on other nights may have been sufficient to produce a victory. The opponent in this case, though, was reigning Eastern Conference champion Miami, so an incomplete performance instead yielded a 106-89 loss before a Verizon Center crowd of 20,282 that booed the Heat’s LeBron James at virtually every turn. Read full article > >

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Wizards vs. Heat: Dwyane Wade torches Washington as Miami rolls to 106-89 win at Verizon Center

On a chilly afternoon at a community clinic in Southeast Washington, three young doctors are busily laying the foundation for the health-care law’s success. Jacob Edwards flips through a manual on skin conditions, diagnosing a rash that looks like chicken pox. Jessica O’Babatunde consults her supervisor on treating an adolescent’s obesity, which is literally off-the-charts. And Julie Krueger peppers 3-year-old Daphauni with questions at her physical: How do you spell your name? What did you eat for breakfast? What’s your favorite vegetable? (Cheese.) Read full article > >

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Success of health reform hinges on hiring 30,000 primary care doctors by 2015

Blue Ivy Carter, the much-heralded baby daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z , has officially made her public debut. The president and first lady of hip-hop have shared their first baby photos via Jay-Z’s Web site, Life + Times , an apparent follow-up to Beyonce’s public appearances earlier this week, her inaugural ones since giving birth . Read full article > >

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A few days after country singer Julie Roberts lost her record deal, she watched her car float down the block. The Sunday morning floodwaters had risen to the front door of her west Nashville home — a condo she shared with her mother, her sister and four dogs. She remembers the rain slashing away at the rooftop and the eeriness of watching the Mercedes she had just paid off silently wash away. She and her family ran upstairs, snacked on Cheese Nips and waited for a rescue boat. Read full article > >

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After lifetime of hurdles, country singer Julie Roberts ready to make music again

There is no more potent symbol of Egypt’s economic fragility than the pocket bread that is a staple of life here. Every day, the Egyptian government allocates 25-pound bags of subsidized flour to designated bakeries to produce the Frisbee-shaped loaves, which Egypt’s impoverished and working poor buy for about eight cents per 10 loaves. But sometimes, there is not enough to go around. Read full article > >

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In Egypt’s bread, signs of economic weakness