THE POST published an article last week about a John Huston movie you probably haven’t seen, although it was made more than 65 years ago and its director is among the legendary names of Hollywood. It’s a documentary that deals with the treatment of American service members suffering from what used to be called “shell shock” and is now generally known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Memorial Day

Memorial Day serves as the unofficial start of summer for most of America, with many trekking out to the beach and soaking up some sun. Here at Wonkblog, we’re taking a different sort of trip: a journey through the science of a visit to the beach. It’s not quite seaside reading, but scientists have learned a decent amount about how we change when we’re close to water. So, without further ado, here are a few of their most choice findings. Read full article > >

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A shark attack probably won’t kill you, and other lessons from the science of the beach

“Mommy, is this a dream?” An 8-year-old girl steps out of the late-May sun beating down on a Georgetown parking lot and right into her own little version of heaven — a food truck. Except this truck isn’t selling ice cream or cupcakes. She has climbed into a sartorial treasure chest filled floor to gilded ceiling with high-end jewelry, clothing and accessories — all housed inside what was once a potato chip delivery truck. Read full article > >

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The glamorous life of a (fashion) truck driver: Behind the scenes of ‘The Styleliner’

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Maryland men’s lacrosse team is one win from its first national title since 1975. Maryland advanced to the title game with a 16-10 victory over No. 3 Duke before 31,774 at Gillette Stadium. The unseeded Terrapins (12-5) will face No. 1 Loyola (Md.) in the national title game on Monday at 1 p.m. Read full article > >

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2012 NCAA lacrosse tournament: Unseeded Maryland beats Duke to reach title game

HAMERSVILLE, Ohio — The first dollar Rick Doyle ever earned as a $3 million-a-year dealer of after-market motorcycle parts is tacked to the wall of a dusty barn in rural Ohio, where two custom-built bikes have been pushed to the corner, forgotten. There is nothing here now except a 10-year-old tractor. The biker calender above the desk still reads February 2006. Read full article > >

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Some after-market motorcycle parts don’t meet safety or environmental standards, experts say

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 feuding has commenced again, complete with shootin’, spittin’ and cussin’ (not to mention corncob pipes and moonshine). But the hills where the latest Hatfields vs. McCoys skirmish has flared up are not in the Appalachians, where the battle dragged out over decades near the West Virginia/Kentucky border. Read full article > >

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Hatfields and McCoys square off again — but on unfamiliar terrain

BEIRUT — Opposition groups on Saturday accused Syrian government forces of killing at least 90 people during an intense bombardment of the central village of Houla, amid what appeared to be an escalation in violence in several parts of the country. Read full article > >

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Bombardment of Syrian village leaves more than 90 dead, activists say

BEIRUT —Syrian forces killed dozens of civilians in a village in central Syria, opposition groups and witnesses said Saturday, amid growing questions about the effectiveness of a U.N. monitoring mission that is supposed to be observing a cease-fire. U.N. officials said that at least 32 children were among the dead. Read full article > >

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Bombardment of Syrian village leaves dozens dead

CAIRO — Former Egyptian prime minister and presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq sought Saturday to dispel his authoritarian image by vowing to uphold democratic principles and respect all segments of society. Read full article > >

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Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq pledges not to be new Mubarak

Why are we talking about Bain Capital again? The answer, it seems, is that the two presidential campaigns want it that way. The Romney campaign wants us talking about Bain Capital LLC because Mitt Romney says his time leading the firm prepared him for the presidency. Read full article > >

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Why neither Obama nor Romney wants to talk about Romney’s record

Jon Goldwater was riding his New York commuter train, just two weeks into his new job as co-chief executive of Archie Comics, when a fellow passenger tossed off a remark that blindsided him. The fresh executive had an Archie folder on his lap, Goldwater recounts, “when a woman sitting near me turned and said: ‘They still make those?!’ ” Read full article > >

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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

Thursday night’s Howard Theatre concert — one of only six stops on a mini-tour of the United States — was a rare stateside performance by Babasonicos. The Argentine rock band, which co-headlined Puerto Rico’s Indie Fest with psychedelic rockers MGMT last month, is accustomed to playing huge, sold-out venues in Latin America, and the audience of about 200 was treated to a (relatively) intimate show. Read full article > >

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Argentine rock band Babasonicos plays to small, energized crowd

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.