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with catchy titles? Try this sculpture, apparently named for a MGMT lyric: “Yeah it’s

overwhelming but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices and wake up for the daily commute.” Its creator, Miik

Green, is one of more than 60 artists in Perth, Australia’s Sculpture by the Sea show. (EXPRESS)

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DI MILO OUT OF SNOW. A COP MADE HER CLOTHE IT.

Patients of a Covington, Ky., psychiatrist jailed on a

charge he stabbed a woman with a sword have tried to

keep appointments with him in jail. Deputies have had

to turn away several patients of Douglas Rank. Some

have asked if they could drop off Rank’s prescription

pad at the jail so he could write their prescriptions. The

requests have been denied, as prisoners are not al-

lowed to practice their trade in jail. (AP)

A Pittsfield, Mass., funeral home is trying “bring life”

to the business with a chili cook-off, a murder-mystery

show and free limo rides to couples on their 50th anni-

versaries. Terry Probst of the Devanny-Condron Funer-

al Home hopes the events will remind people that the

funeral home is a center for community life. If custom-

ers know that the funeral home also can be the setting

for other, happier activities, they might take some com-

fort in the place later when dark times come. (AP)

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A L B A N Y, N.Y.

Aide to Gov. Paterson Resigns Amid Scandals

The top spokesman

for New York Gover-

nor David Paterson

resigned Thursday,

becoming the third

administration mem-

ber to jump ship as

the governor faces

two misconduct investigations. Peter

Kauffmann’s e-mails were critical in a

charge by the Public Integrity Commis-

sion that Paterson illegally obtained

World Series tickets. (AP)

NE W YOR K

Imam Enters Guilty PleaAn imam linked to the suspects in an

aborted suicide bomb plot against New

York City pleaded guilty on Thursday

to lying to the FBI. Ahmad Afzali told a

judge that he lied to the FBI about his

conversations with admitted al-Qaeda

associate Najibullah Zazi. (AP)

MI A MI, F L A .

Visa Fraud Ring AllegedA language school helped illegally obtain

visas for foreign nationals who never went

to class, violating laws enacted after the

Sept. 11 attacks, authorities said Thurs-

day. Eighty-one student visa holders at

the Florida Language Institute were ar-

rested, authorities said. (AP)

Kauffmann

Despite doubts among many law-

makers that it’ll create many jobs,

the House on Thursday passed

legislation giving companies that

hire the jobless a temporary pay-

roll tax break.

The measure passed 217-201

on a mostly party-line vote. The

bill also extends federal high-

House OKs Tax Breaks for HiringDemocrats say more legislation to create jobs is forthcoming

way programs through the end

of the year.

Some Democrats feel the

approximately $35 billion jobs bill

is too puny, while others say the tax

cut for new hires won’t generate

many new jobs. However, the pres-

sure is on to address the employ-

ment issue and deliver a badly

needed win for President Obama

and a Democratic Party struggling

in opinion polls and facing major

losses in the upcoming midterm

elections. Further jobs measures

are promised.

“If that’s the only thing that I

provisions. First, it would exempt

businesses hiring the unemployed

from the 6.2 percent Social Secu-

rity payroll tax through December

and give them an additional $1,000

credit if new workers stay on the

job a full year. The Social Securi-

ty trust fund would be reimbursed

for the lost revenue.

Second, it would extend highway

and mass transit programs through

the end of the year and pump in

$20 billion in time for spring con-

struction. The money would make

up for lower-than-expected gas tax

revenues. ANDREW TAYLOR (AP)

can vote on ... I’ll vote for it, obvi-

ously,” said Rep. Bill Pascrell,

D-N.J. “We’ve got to get something

moving. We’ve got to get some-

thing done.”

“It’s really not a jobs bill,” said

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. “It’s one

small piece.”

The jobs bill contains two major

the University of California, Berkeley, block the school’s Sather Gate Thursday as they demonstrate as part of a national day of protests against funding cuts and tuition increases at American colleges and universities. Education cuts have been particularly devastating in California, which has been grappling with massive budget shortfalls .

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Support from his own party in

doubt, President Obama summoned

more than a dozen House Demo-

crats to the White House Thurs-

day, pleading with them to put

aside their qualms, seize a histor-

ic moment and vote for his mas-

sive health care overhaul.

It’s the opportunity of a genera-

tion, he told them — and a chance

to revive the party’s agenda after

his rough first year in office.

In back-to-back meetings in the

Oval Office and Roosevelt Room,

Obama urged uneasy rank-and-file

moderates and progressives to focus

on the positives rather than their

deep disappointment with parts of

the bill. The lawmakers said Obama

assured them the legislation was

merely the first step, and he prom-

ised to work with them in the future

to improve its provisions.

Cranking up the pressure, con-

gressional leaders said they were

hoping for votes on the legislation

in as soon as two or three weeks.

White House spokesman Robert

Gibbs told reporters he believes the

House is on schedule to approve the

landmark legislation by March 18.

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We are clergy and religious leaders across Maryland from manyfaiths and denominations. We are but a sample of Marylandclergy who support marriage equality and wish to marry same-sex couples legally.

We are Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, Episcopal, Interfaith, JewishConservative, Jewish Reconstructionist, Jewish Reform, Lutheran,Metropolitan Community Church, Methodist, Presbyterian,Reformed Church of America, Unitarian Universalist, UnitedChurch of Christ and Unity Fellowship Church.

We are Maryland clergy and religious leaders of many faiths, races,ethnicities, sexual orientations and gender identities. We representreligious institutions that serve Marylanders in every county andin the District of Columbia. We stand united by a commondedication to achieving true and lasting peace, justice and equality.

On Wednesday, February 24, 2010, Maryland Attorney GeneralDoug Gansler released a legal opinion declaring that the state of

Maryland may recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.Maryland has long recognized the legal marriages of couplesthat marry out of state.

Because this opinion compels state agencies to provide equalprotections to couples with valid licenses, this will ensure thatthousands of Maryland families — many with children — willbe protected. This is the correct result: hardworking Marylandfamilies should be protected.

We declare that our faith calls us to support marriage equalityfor all couples.

Our diverse religious traditions and texts teach us that God islove. Wherever love is present, God is also present. One ofGod’s greatest gifts to us is our human capacity to love oneanother. The ability of two people to enter into relationshipsand form families of love and care is one expression of this gift.It is holy and good. We therefore affirm the right of loving

same-gender couples to enter into such relationships on anequal basis with loving heterosexual couples.

We recognize that there are principled differences on this issuewithin the religious community.

We affirm that the state should not require any religious groupto officiate at, or bless, same-gender marriages. However, thestate also should not favor the convictions of one religiousgroup over another by denying individuals their fundamentalcivil right to marry whom they love.

Recognizing that there is heartfelt disagreement on this issue, wecall on the people of Maryland, the Free State to engage in arespectful and loving dialogue on marriage equality. As religiousleaders, we commit ourselves to such a dialogue and encourage ourcolleagues on all sides of this issue to do the same.

Learn more at www.equalitymaryland.orgEquality Maryland • 1201 S. Sharp Street Suite 109, Baltimore, MD 21230 • 410-685-6567

Rev. David Carl Olson, FirstUnitarian Church of Baltimore

Rev. Larry Leon Brumfield,Westminster Church of theBrethren

Rev. Phyllis Hubbell, UnitarianUniversalist

Rev. Bruce G. Swanson (ret.), Firstand St. Stephen’s United Churchof Christ

Rev. Arthur Dan Gleckler, BethesdaUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Frank Smith, New Church inSpirit

Rev. Juan A. McCoy, Bethel ChristianChurch

Rev. Jill McCrory, Open Door MCCRev. Lisa Ward,UU Fellowship of

Harford CountyRev. Darren Phelps,Bethel Christian

ChurchRev. Michael Hydes, New Light MCC

HagerstownShelly M. Mohnkern,Universal Life

ChurchDavid M. Baker, Non-Affiliated

BuddhistRabbi Robert Saks,Congregation Bet

MishpachahRabbi Warren Stone, Temple

EmanuelRev. Robert A. Renix, Covenant

Baptist ChurchRev. Tom Harris, Govans

Presbyterian ChurchDr. D. Doreion Colter, First

Unitarian Church of BaltimoreRev. Nancy Webb, Grace United

Methodist ChurchRev. Starlene Joyner Burns, National

Spiritual Science Center

Olivia Cammack, One God OneThought Center for Better Living

Rev. Robert J. Fagan, CITI MinistriesRev. Dr. Wayne Schwandt, Metropoltan

Community Church of theChesapeake

Rev. Christa Fuller Burns, FaithPresbyterian Church

Rev.David L.Pollitt, Presbytery ofBaltimore

Rev. Alison Halsey, The First andFranklin St. Presbyterian Church

Rev. Steven Ostendorf-Snell, UnitedChurch of Christ

Charles R. Butler III, EcumeniconFellowship

Rev. Amanda Poppei, WashingtonEthical Society

Rev. Bruce T. Marshall, DaviesMemorial Unitarian UniversalistChurch

Most Rev. Lawrence J. Harms, Christthe King Pastoral Center

Rev. Cynthia Snavely, GoodloeMemorial Unitarian UniversalistCongregation

Rev. Daniel R. Hamlin, GreenbeltCommunity Church

Tiffiany Mork, American PaganismRev. Megan Foley, Sugarloaf

Congregation of UnitarianUniversalists

Rev. James E. Taylor, Mt. VernonPlace

Rev. Susan Davison Archer, CedarLane Unitarian UniversalistChurch

Rev. Clare Petersberger, The TowsonUnitarian Universalist Church

Rev. Roger Scott Powers, Light StreetPresbyterian Church

Rev. James W. Dale, Brown MemorialWoodbrook Presbtyerian Church

Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton,Congregation Beit Tikvah

Rev. Mary Gaut, MarylandPresbyterian Church

Debby Morris, Circle SanctuaryRev. Dr. Jamie Washington, Unity

Fellowship Church of BaltimoreMinister Sam Offer, Unity Fellowship

Church of BaltimoreMinister Debora Ruffin, Metropilitan

Community Church of BaltimoreElder Harris Thomas, Unity

Fellowship Church of BaltimoreRev. Angela Jones, Metropolitan

Community Church of BaltimoreRev. Cheryl Alston, Unity Fellowship

Church of BaltimoreCarlos J. Vazquez, Unity of Washington

DCPreston K. Mears, Jr., Episcopal

ChurchRev. Melissa McDade, Norrisville

United MethodistRev Alida DeCoster, Unitarian

Universalist - Washington OfficeRev. Henry N. (Fritz) Williams,

Baltimore Ethical SocietyRev. Elizabeth Lerner Maclay,

Unitarian Universalist Church ofSilver Spring

Rev. Rik Fire, Ecumenicon FellowshipRev. Anna-Sara Fire, Ecumenicon

FellowshipRev. Andrew Foster Connors, Brown

Memorial Park AvenuePresbyterian Church

Rev Lawrence Obern, NomadicChantry of the Gramarye

Rev. Dr. Terence Ellen, UnitarianUniversalist Fellowship of GreaterCumberland

Rev. Cynthia Terry, Chaplain,Goucher College

Rev. K. L. MacLeod, Universal LifeChurch & member of EcumeniconFellowship

Rev. Archene Turner, Cedar LaneUnitarian Universalist Church

Rev. Heather K. Janules, Cedar LaneUnitarian Universalist Church

Debra Kolodny, ALEPH: Alliance forJewish Renewal

Archbishop Mark Shirilau,Ecumenical Catholic Church

Cornelia E. Jones, National SpiritualScience Center

Lloyd Bailey, Unity of WashingtonDC

Mary E. Hunt, Sisters Against SexismRev. Dr. Kenneth E. Kovacs,

Catonsville Presbyterian ChurchRev. Kathleen E Corbett-Welch, St.

Luke’s BrightonRev. Cheryl L Tatham, North Chevy

Chase Christian ChurchRev. Nancy Wilson, Metropolitan

Community ChurchM. E. Fiedler, Interfaith CollaborationRev. Marty Kuchma, Westminster,

MarylandMost Rev. Craig Bergland, The

Universal Anglican ChurchRev. Dr. Richard W. Scott, St. Mary’s

United Church of ChristRabbi Gerald Serotta, Shirat

HaNefesh CongregationRev. Ronald H. Miller (ret.),

Episcopal Church

Rev. Zuri Nia, National SpiritualScience Center

Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL,National Coalition of AmericanNuns

Robert L. Davis III, NSSCRev. Carolyn L. Roberts, United

Church of Christ of Seneca ValleyRev. Mark W. Hanna, Roland Park

Presbyterian ChurchRev. Fredric Muir, Unitarian

Universalist Church of AnnapolisFrancis DeBernardo, New Ways

MinistryRev. Bruce Amon James, Unity of

DCSister Hope Bauerlin, Sisters of St

FrancisRev. Stuart W. Wright, Episcopal

ChurchRev. Jennifer Walters, Krider’s UCCLucy Brady, St. Paul’s United Church

of ChristRabbi Susan N. Shankman,

Washington Hebrew CongregationRev. Diane Teichert, Paint Branch

Unitarian Universalist ChurchRev. Erin Ostendorf-Snell, United

Church of ChristRev. Candy Holmes, New Covenant

Metropolitan Community ChurchBishop Darlene Garner, Metropolitan

Community ChurchesRev. Roberta J. Scoville, United

Methodist (ret.)Rev. John T. Ames, Presbyterian (ret.)Rev. Lonnie Weinheimer Lee,

National Spiritual Science CenterRev. Ben H. Smith, Jr., Cathedral of

the Incarnation

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Italian Judges: No Holes in the Case vs. Knox

The brutal 2007 murder of a British

college student in Italy by Amer-

ican Amanda Knox and her Ital-

ian ex-boyfriend was not premed-

itated, the judges who convicted

them said in a document released

Thursday.

Instead, the

killing occurred

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began as a sexu-

al assault on Mer-

edith Kercher, a

21-year-old Briton,

the judges said.

In fact, Knox — Kercher’s room-

mate — and Raffaele Sollecito had

felt no resentment toward the vic-

tim. After the murder, they showed

a “sort of repentance” for their

crime when they covered Kercher’s

naked dead body with a duvet.

The judges also said they found

no holes in the prosecution’s case

against Knox and Sollecito. The

two were convicted in December

by a court in Perugia. Both have

insisted they are innocent. (A P)

Pakistan’s intelligent agents have

arrested a senior Afghan Taliban

commander, officials said Thurs-

day, the latest move in a crack-

down against the insurgent net-

work in Pakistan.

Agha Jan Mohtasim, a former

finance minister for the Taliban

before the U.S.-led invasion in 2001,

was detained in the southern city

of Karachi, two intelligence offi-

Pakistan: Another Militant HeldKey Afghan Taliban commander detained in the city of Karachi

cials said. They did not say when

the arrest was made, and spoke on

condition of anonymity because

they were not authorized to give

their names to the media.

Pakistan and Afghan officials

have said at least four other Afghan

Taliban leaders have been arrest-

ed in Pakistan in recent weeks,

including the No. 2 leader of the

movement, Mullah Abdul Ghani

Baradar.

The arrests have been hailed

by U.S. officials and many ana-

lysts as a major blow to the Taliban

in Afghanistan, though they cau-

tion that the group has rebound-

ed from the death or detention of

previous leaders.

Opinion is divided on wheth-

er the crackdown signals that the

country’s powerful intelligence

forces are adopting a harder line

against the militants.

There had been speculation that

Mohtasim was in the running to

replace Baradar, who was report-

edly arrested in a joint raid with

American intelligence officials.

Born in the late 1960s, Mohta-

sim was considered close to Tali-

ban leader Mullah Omar.

Mohtasim was not consid-

ered to be among the most hard-

line group within the Taliban.

MUNIR AHMED (AP)

next to the bodies of victims of a stampede that killed 63 people at a Hindu temple in Kunda, India, on Thursday. Nearly all of the victims were women and children who had gathered at an anniversary event to mark the death of the wife of local religious leader Kripalu Maharaj in the small northern Indian town. The stampede occurred during a midday handout of food and clothing donations to the poor. Government official Ashok Kumar said 44 people were injured.

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chewing gum sales, a policy that has helped shape the city-

state’s image as a tightly controlled island. The ban, first imposed in 1992, is necessary

to reduce gum-related vandalism, Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, parliamentary secre-

tary of the national development ministry, told lawmakers. “We remain concerned that

lifting the ban could result in gum litter resurfacing as a problem,” he said. (AP)

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S T O CK HOLM, S W EDEN

1,100 Stuck in Baltic IceNearly 1,100 people were trapped

Thursday on two passenger ferries and

two cargo ships that got stuck in ice in

the Baltic Sea off Sweden’s east coast.

Rescuers were on standby to evacuate

them if needed, officials said. (AP)

DUESSELDORF, GERMANY

Four Guilty of Terror PlotTwo German converts to Islam and two

Turks were found guilty Thursday of

plotting a thwarted attack that a judge

said could have killed large numbers of

U.S. soldiers and civilians. They received

reduced sentences of between five and 12

years due to their willingness to tell how

they were convinced to carry out the at-

tack by the Islamic Jihad Union. (AP)

A NK A R A , T URK E Y

U.S. Envoy Recalled Over Resolution on Genocide Turkey said Thursday it would recall its

ambassador to the U.S. for consultations

following a resolution declaring the killing

of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around

the time of World War I genocide. Turkey,

a NATO ally with a pivotal role for U.S.

interests in the Mideast and Afghanistan,

had warned that the resolution could

jeopardize U.S.-Turkish ties. (AP)

AT HEN S, GREECE

Bond Issue Raises CashGreece raised badly needed cash with a

new bond issue Thursday, passing a key

test of its ability to avoid a disastrous

debt default and dig out of a financial

crisis that has shaken the European

Union. The five-year bond was three

times oversubscribed, with $20.5 billion

in offers received. (AP)

A cargo ship is trapped in ice in the Bal-

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Dozens of militants on Thursday attacked a security checkpoint in the northwest, close to the Afghan border, sparking a gunbattle that left 30 insurgents and one soldier dead, officials said. The battle occurred in the Chamarkand area of the Mohm-and tribal region, government and military officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Chamarkand borders the Bajur tribal region, where the army said Tuesday it had finally defeated Taliban and al-Qaeda mili-tants after more than a year and a half of fighting. (AP)

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Nelia Desarmes, 2, stands with her fam-ily in San Bernardo, Chile, Wednesday.

The Desarmes family left their

native Haiti two weeks after the

devastating Jan. 12 earthquake,

joining the eldest son in Chile for

what seemed a refuge from the fear

and chaos of Port-au-Prince.

Their sense of security lasted

barely a month. It was shattered

at 3:43 a.m. Saturday when one of

the most powerful quakes on record

shook a swath of Chile.

All the Desarmes’ immediate

family survived both quakes. But

“I left my country and came

here because of an earthquake,”

Seraphin Philomene, a 21-year-old

student and cousin of Desarmes,

said Wednesday.

“And here, the same thing!”

Pierre Desarmes, 34, managed

to get his family out of Haiti thanks

to personal contacts at the Chilean

Embassy in Port-au-Prince and the

Chilean armed forces. Nine mem-

bers of his family — his parents, two

brothers and their families, and three

cousins — arrived in Santiago on a

Chilean air force plane Jan. 23.

Saturday’s earthquake has made

a difficult transition even more

traumatic. “When the aftershocks

come, they refuse to stay in the

house,” Desarmes said. (AP)

Haitians survive both tremors in Santiago and Port-au-Prince

twice cursed, the family now sleeps

in the garden of a home that the

eldest son, Pierre Desarmes, found

for them just south of the Chilean

capital of Santiago. They fear yet

another temblor will strike.

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Iraqi National Al-liance: A broad religious Shiite co-alition led by the Iranian-backed Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council and backed by followers of anti-Ameri-can cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, above, and the religious group Fadhila.

State of Law Co-alition: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Dawa Party is the backbone of a moderate coalition that includes smaller, independent groups of Shi-ites and Sunnis. The coalition did well during the 2009 provincial vote.

Iraqiya: Led by for-mer Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, a Shi-ite, and prominent Sunni politician Saleh al-Mutlaq. The coalition, billed as secular, is backed by Shiites and Sunnis as well as former members of Saddam Hussein’s regime.

One Vote for the Future Iraqis head to the polls to decide who will lead them in the post-American era

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Iraq is on the cusp of a parliamen-

tary election that was supposed to

showcase a peaceful democracy

poised to stand on its own feet after

the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

Instead, the Sunday ballot is

likely to reveal that the Iraqi people

are still at odds over what path the

country’s government should take

— whether to become secular or

Islamic, pro-Iran or pro-West.

The country has seen progress

since the darkest days of the insur-

gency. Explosions and the number

of bodies at the morgue are fewer,

and people move freely around

the cities. But the election run-up

suggests the core issue that drove

the violence —the power-sharing

struggle among Sunnis, Shiites,

and Kurds — remains unresolved

and may be sharpening. That rais-

es grave questions about what will

happen when U.S. troops leave.

With more than 6,200 candi-

dates competing in the election, no

one is expecting a straightforward

outcome with the quick seating of a

new government. It’s unlikely any

single group will win an outright

majority in the 325-member par-

liament, which may mean weeks

or months of political maneuvering

to form a ruling coalition.

However, it’s been during such

periods of instability that violence

has spiked in Iraq, so all eyes will

be watching for a peaceful transi-

tion of power.

The choices for Iraq’s 18.9 mil-

lion registered voters are stark.

Should the country throw its sup-

port behind a religious, Shiite-

led government with close ties to

neighboring Iran? Or should the

reins of power be given to the Iraq-

iya coalition, a group led by for-

mer Prime Minister Ayad Allawi

that has appeal among Sunnis

and Shiites?

Prime Minister Nouri al-Ma-

liki’s State of Law Coalition lies

somewhere in the middle. A com-

promise choice in 2006, Maliki

has survived and even thrived by

portraying himself as nationalist

candidate who can cross sectarian

lines to secure the country.

But a series of bombings target-

ing government and other build-

ings in Baghdad have tarnished

al-Maliki’s security credentials.

In response, he has raised sectar-

ian tensions by repeatedly blam-

ing members of Saddam’s ruling

Baath Party for the spate of attacks

while suggesting they are linked

to al-Qaeda in Iraq.

For the U.S., whose influence in

the country has dropped sharply,

a key concern is leaving behind a

relatively stable government after

the sacrifice of more than 4,300

American lives and billions of dol-

lars in taxpayer money.

The U.S. currently has fewer

than 100,000 troops in the country

and plans to withdraw all combat

troops by the end of August. The

remaining forces are scheduled to

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al plan to stay longer if necessary.

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past Aug. 31 could prove political-

ly untenable for the White House,

which is sending more forces to

Afghanistan. REBECCA SANTANA (AP)

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Police arrested 28 post-game rev-

elers in College Park after the Uni-

versity of Maryland’s basketball win

over Duke, officials said.

Accounts varied wildly, with

some students saying they were act-

ing peacefully when officers went

overboard. Video footage aired by

WUSA-9 showed what appears to be

an officer clearly ramming a night

stick into a young man’s head.

Police officials defended their

actions Thursday morning, with

one saying students’ behavior was

“just ludicrous.”

Some of the officers on the scene

wore riot gear. Some were mount-

ed on horses.

“We understand people want

to celebrate the big win,” said Cpl.

Larry Johnson, a spokesman for

Prince George’s police. “But our

main concern was the safety of

the students and the residents of

28 Arrests in UMd. MeleeSchool says students involved in incident may face expulsions

Police disperse the crowd on Route 1 after a University of Maryland basketball game.

College Park. We have to maintain

order as best as possible to main-

tain those interests.”

Also on Thursday, the uni-

versity released a statement con-

demning the “poor behavior of

a few” fans. The statement says

students involved in the incident

face a judicial review and possible

expulsion.

Johnson said about 1,500 people

poured onto Route 1 after the game

and “started a civil disturbance.”

Eric Nathan, 21, a senior from

Columbia, said students were behav-

ing well on Route 1 when police

“started attacking people.”

“It was really incomprehensi-

ble because it was . . . totally unpro-

voked,” Nathan said.

He described an almost comi-

cal scene of police directing crowds

of students into other police.

“We just pretty much walked

in circles for an hour,” he said.

DAN MORSE (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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D.C. Schools Make Cut in ‘Race to the Top’ Contest

Fifteen states and the District of

Columbia survived the first cut

Thursday in the Obama admin-

istration’s unprecedented $4 bil-

lion Race to the Top school reform

contest.

Analysts pointed to some sur-

prises among the finalists, includ-

ing New York, Ohio and Kentucky. It

haul antiquated teacher evaluation

systems and take steps toward per-

formance pay.

Twenty-five state applicants,

including Virginia, were sent back

to the drawing board. They will in

all likelihood join Maryland and sev-

eral others in applying for a share of

the money in a second round. That

deadline is in June. NICK ANDERSON

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

was also notable that the most pop-

ulous state, California, missed the

cut even though the state’s legisla-

ture approved a significant school-

improvement plan.

Federal officials say the com-

petition has already spurred inno-

vation in public education through

the lure of funding in difficult fis-

cal times, driving several states to

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Alex. 3400 N. Beauregard St.Studio, 1 & 2 BR from $775. Plus electric. Waterand gas incl. Some w/w carpet. Conv. locationwithin Beltway. On bus lines, walking distanceto NOVA. Restaurants & shopping close-by. SorryNO pets.

Larchmont Village ApartmentsCall 703-820-1700

Alexandria Virginia

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Kings Gardens is in walking distance to restaurants,shopping and Huntington Metro. 1 mile from 495 Beltway,minutes toWashington DC,MD,Old Town, Ft. Belvoir

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6300 SOUTH KINGS HIGHWAY,ALEXANDRIA,VA 22306

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BRAND NEW COMMUNITYin the heart of Alexandria,VA

877-345-7027

I W/D in each homeI GREEN apartments means LOW

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$PRINGMOVE-INSPECIAL

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Nr. the New ARTS DISTRICTClose to Shopping & Metro

CASTLE MANOR866-464-0993

• Easy access to 95 & 495• Near Greenbelt Metro + UMD• Ask about our Military discount• Swimming pool + playground

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11457 Cherry Hill RoadBeltsville, MD

1, 2, & 3 BDs rentsstarting at

$740

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5802 Annapolis Rd,Bladensburg, Md

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5033 57th Ave. • Bladensburg, MD 20710

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Autumn WoodsApartments

Amazing Prices on 1,2,& 3 BRsas low as $700!

Burke—$1350, Burke Cove, 2br/2ba, nice-pvt, 1226sq ft 703-323-0213Burke—$1350, Burke Cove 2br/2ba, 1226 sq ft,nice-pvt 703-323-0213

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Addison Chapel Apartments

Hurry Limited Time Only!1 Bedroom’s from - $7992 Bedroom’s from - $909

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$1550. Call 240-353-8931Capital Heights EHO

Woods At Addison6500 Ronald Rd.

Capital Heights, MD 20743888-291-7383

1BRS Starting at $910$99 Security Deposit

H Spacious Floor PlansH Huge ClosetsH On-Site Laundry FacilitiesH Resident Controlled AccessH Choice of Patio or Balcony

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Oxon Hill, Md 20745301-839-4000 office

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625 Audrey Lane, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

877-221-7315www.theparkforest.com

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4440 Willard AvenueChevy Chase, MD 20815

866.482.9054ArchstoneWisconsinPlace.com

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• Walk to Friendship Heights Metro stop

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3 bedrooms for $1299All utilities included

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Fort Washington—$1,1750 3 BR 2 BA SFH, deck,WW, W/D, 301-541-7008

Frenchmans Creek Condominium—$1000, 1 br,5505 Karen Elaine Dr, Balc, Pub Transp, Newly Ren,WW Carpet, parking, 240-832-4315

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866-513-79656220 Springhill Dr.,Greenbelt Md 20770

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1 & 2 Bedroomsfrom $799 - $929

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1 BRs $ 8702 BRs $1075

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Queens Manor(301) 637-2039

Income restrictions apply /call for more info

KETTERING - 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, 2 level Towhome,wall to wall carpeting, W/D. No pets. $1500/month

plus utilities. Please call 301-925-0002LANDOVER, MD - $1550/month. 3-4BR, 2BA

finished wlk-out bsmt, very clean, close to publictransp, sec 8 ok. Call Luther, C21, 301-509-4055

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Colonial Village888-583-3047

908 Marcy Ave. • Oxon HIll, MD 20745

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2252 Brightseat Road • Landover, MD 20785

• Gated Community• Free Gas & Water• State-of-the-art fitness

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3817 64th Ave. • Landover Hills, MD 20784

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5249 Kenilworth Ave. • Hyattsville, MD 20781

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RiverdaleVillage

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Call: 202-510-1595

NE EHO

The Pentacle Group

2 BRs from $850Completely renovated communityNO RENT INCREASE

FOR 2YRS

H Metro bus stops right at the communityH Across the street from shoppingH Resident controlled accessH Close to Eastern MarketH Off street parkingH Income restrictions applyH HousingVouchersWelcome

888-656-25441507 Benning Rd.,NEWashington DC 20002

www.thepentaclegroup.com

NE

JETU APARTMENTS869 21st St

1 and 2 BR Starting @ $745H FREE UTILITIESH Wall-to-Wall CarpetH Resident Controlled EntryH On-site Laundry & PlaygroundsH 24-hr. Emergency MaintenanceH Steps away from Cafe, Shopping & MetroH Pick your accent wall

877-814-0692William C. Smith & Co./EHO

www.wcsmith.com

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driveway, $1600 plus $800 sec. 301-237-0280

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Studiosfrom $899

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888-804-332414706 Normandy CourtLaurel, MD 20708SummerlynPlaceApts.com

1BRs$699

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888-217-19015603 Cypress Creek DriveHyattsville, MD 20782CypressCreekApts.com

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1BRs$888

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888-687-75825306 85th Ave.New Carrollton, MD 20784SuttonWalk.com

1BRs from$828

Eastdale RIVERDALE, MD

888-795-70426021 67th AvenueRiverdale, MD 20737EastdaleApts.com

• Spacious floor plans with hugeclosets and updated kitchens!

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1BRs $8992BRs $10993BRs $1299

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888.429.6556

GREENWOOD MANOR APTS.

888.349.9884

• 1 & 2 Bedrooms Available• Starting From $700• Private Parking Lot• Spacious Floorplans with Hardwood Floors• 5 Minutes to the Green Line Metro

2343 Green Street SE • Washington, DC 20020

888-264-4495Professionally Managed By CIH Properties, Inc.

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SE

SE 1210 & 1212 MAPLEVIEW PLACESection 8 vouchers welcome.

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SE-- 1 & 2 Bedrooms . $715 & up + electric. No Pets.202-265-4814, 202-629-2606

Fred A. Smith Co.SE/154 Xenia St., DC - Large 2 BR apt, secure

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Delwin Realty 202-561-4675SE/1550 27th St. - Spacious 2 BR apt, securebuilding, near metro, laundry facilities onsite, hard-wood floors. $825/month. utilities included.Delwin Realty 202-561-4675

SE- 3017 4th St SE. Newly renovated.4BR 2BA apt. W-W carpet. $2200/month.Section 8 ok. Call Jerome 202-321-5596

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1-866-286-2476

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Manor Village1717 Alabama Ave., SE

1-888-275-2914

SPECIAL ONSpaciousEfficiencies, 1 bedroom

and 2 bedroom Apartments

3, 4, 5 BedroomsAlso Available

Wingate Tower and Garden Apartments4660 MLK Jr. Ave, SWWashington, DC 20032

877-737-0549

$495 - $950

Monday-Friday8:30am - 5:00pm

Saturday9:00am-4:00pm

Sunday Closed

SE/3313 C Street EHO2 BEDROOMS FROM $885

H Remodeled kitchensH Wall to wall carpetH Convenient to Metro and Buslines

RIVERBEND APTS. 202-575-0323

Horning Brothers welcomes Housing ChoiceVouchers where rental amounts are within vouch-er limits.

SE - Southern Ridge Apts. 1BR & 1BR + denavailable. Min/max income requirement set. $150off first month rent with March 15 move in. Must

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SE

Alexander Gardens1615 17th St.,SE

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SE-Randall Highlands

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1BR: $695

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A year ago, Greivis Vasquez pro-

claimed Cameron Indoor Stadi-

um his house and then led the

Maryland Terrapins down to

Duke where they lost by 41 points

and his brash talk left him and

his team open for plenty of crit-

icism.

And they got it — from the

media, national and local, and

from basketball fans, also nation-

al and local. Only a late run to the

NCAA tournament salvaged that

season.

But on Wednesday night,

Vasquez, a year older and perhaps

wiser, took a different approach

after No. 22 Maryland’s exhausting

senior night victory over the No. 4

The Talk of the CrownOlder, wiser Terps can silence doubters with the ACC title

share of the regular-season ACC

championship, along with Duke

(25-5, 12-3).

Such an achievement would be

particularly gratifying for long-

time coach Gary Williams, who

avoids creating bulletin-board

material but never hesitates to

use slights real or perceived to

his advantage.

He angrily defended his pro-

gram against critics during last

season’s struggles. And this year,

with his team winning, he tweaked

the voters who left his squad out

of the national rankings until

the Terrapins finally cracked the

top 25 on Monday.

Disrespect has been one of his

preferred motivational tools.

“We got dogged pretty good last

year,” Williams said. “I’m really

proud of our players because they

kind of stuck it to a lot of people

who had a little too much to say.”

With the win over Duke, the

fans spilled onto the court and later

out into the street on Route 1 – and,

for some particularly rowdy fans,

straight into the back of a police

paddy wagon.

The players, however, went

from the bouncing on-court cel-

ebration straight into the weight

room, where they were sweat-

ing through a postgame workout

even as the clock ticked toward

midnight.

“I’ve never been on a team like

this that’s focused 24/7,” senior

Landon Milbourne said. “I’m gonna

miss that.” DEREK TURNER

— G R E I V I S VA S Q U E Z , ON THE TRANSITION HE AND HIS TEAMMATES HAVE MADE THIS

YEAR AF TER TALKING TOO MUCH TRASH BEFORE IMPORTANT GAMES LAST SEASON.

Greivis Vasquez basks in the pandemonium after Maryland’s victory over Duke on Wednesday night. The Terps close out the regular season against Virginia on Saturday.

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Blue Devils sparked a raucous cel-

ebration in College Park. He seized

every opportunity to praise Duke –

“Duke is a great team, great coach,

great players” — and when offered

an opportunity to reflect on those

who criticized the Terrapins then

and now, he demurred.

With a win on Saturday at

Virginia, the Terrapins (22-7,

12-3 ACC) will claim at least a

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Just hours after publicly disclos-

ing that he’d been diagnosed with

diabetes, Georgetown junior Aus-

tin Freeman sat in front of a dozen

reporters Thursday explaining just

how the unexpected illness might

affect him and his teammates.

Then a booming voice from the

back of the room broke in for per-

haps the press conference’s most

important question. “Austin, how

do you feel?” asked former George-

town Coach John Thompson Jr.

“I feel good, I feel fine, I feel

like I can do what I normally do,”

Freeman responded. “I don’t feel

weak or anything. … I want to play

basketball.”

And with that statement, Free-

man put to rest some of the con-

cerns in Hoya Nation heading into

Saturday’s season finale against

Cincinnati at the Verizon Center.

Coach John Thompson III would

not say for certain whether Free-

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ing him “day-to-day.”

No. 19 Georgetown has been

reeling of late, having lost four

of its last five games thanks in

large part to the uncertain status

of Freeman, the team’s leading

scorer this year (17 pointers per

diagnosis after initially traveling

with the team for its 81-68 loss at

West Virginia Monday.

“The important thing is [Free-

man’s] health, we will f igure

out the team aspect of it,” said

Thompson.

Monitored by Stephen Clement,

the head of the Diabetes Center at

Georgetown University Hospital,

Freeman will have to alter his diet

and is getting insulin shots daily

while keeping track of his blood

sugar levels before, during and after

practice. He rejoined the Hoyas on

the court for the first time Wednes-

day. “He hit every shot he threw

up,” said junior Chris Wright. “He’s

been doing it all year, ain’t nothing

changed.” MARK GIANNOTTO

game). He played through a sus-

pected stomach flu in a 78-64 loss

to Notre Dame last Saturday, but

was sluggish and mostly ineffec-

tive, playing just 23 minutes and

scoring a season-low five points.

Freeman was then hospitalized

at Georgetown and given his final

Noon Saturday

Georgetown’s recent skid shouldn’t endanger the Hoyas’ NCAA tournament chances, but could play a deciding role on how far the Hoyas advance in the Big East tournament. Should George-town lose to Cincinnati on Saturday, it would be in danger of falling out of the conference’s top eight, and therefore would not receive a first-round bye in next week’s conference championship. That would mean the team would need to win five games to lift up the trophy. (MG)

Lady Terps Hold On for Victory in ACC Opener

Lynetta Kizer had 22 points and 10

rebounds to help Maryland hold off

North Carolina, 83-77, on Thursday

in the first round of the Atlantic

Coast Conference tournament.

Tianna Hawkins added 13

points and 11 rebounds for the

ninth-seeded Terrapins (19-11),

who saw a 16-point second-half

lead whittled all the way to two

in the final seconds before hold-

ing on.

It was a big win for the defend-

ing tournament champions, who

had lost eight of 12 to put their

NCAA tournament hopes in serious

jeopardy. Now Maryland is head-

ed for Friday’s quarterfinals and

a date with No. 9 Duke, the tour-

nament’s top seed.

It was an unusually early meet-

ing spot for the two programs con-

sidering their standing among the

nation’s elite in recent years.

North Carolina had won four-

straight tournament titles before

the Terrapins beat the Tar Heels

in last season’s semifinals on the

way to their first championship in

two decades. (AP)

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Terrapins Turn Back the ClockFor at least one night, it felt like 2002

again in College Park.

There was a packed house watch-

ing a terrific basketball game be-

tween Maryland and Duke. Heck,

Juan Dixon was even in the house.

The Terrapins lived up to the mo-

ment, too, muscling

past No. 4 Duke to

force a tie in the ACC

standings with one

game left in the regular

season.

The 79-72 victory

was the culmination of

a refreshing year in which all of the

Terps’ drama was left on the court.

Coach Gary Williams hasn’t been

forced to plead his case for a spot in

the NCAA tournament, and not coinci-

dentally, hasn’t been feuding publical-

ly with Athletic Director Debbie Yow

as had become an annual tradition.

Instead, Maryland has just been

winning. And winning.

As recently as this week, some

may have still felt Georgetown was

the D.C.-area’s best team. Not any-

more.

The Terrapins aren’t likely to

make a run to the Final Four, as Juan

Dixon’s group did in two consecutive

years. But senior Greivis Vasquez has

laid his claim to the ACC’s Player of

the Year and looks ready to lead this

year’s team to the Sweet 16.

It’s not what it once was for Wil-

liams and Maryland.

For one special night, though, it

sure felt great to see the magic re-

kindled in a program that has slipped

since its crowning achievement.

The NFL has swallowed the poi-

son pill.

When the league and the play-

ers association reached a new col-

lective bargaining agreement in

2006, a clause called for eliminat-

ing the salary cap in 2010. Both

sides assumed an uncapped season

would be so distasteful that a new

contract would be finalized long

before the cap disappeared.

Even when the owners opted out

of the CBA in 2008, little thought

was given to an actual removal of

the salary cap that generally has

been beneficial for both owners

and players.

On Friday, pro football’s salary

cap dies. Free agency begins under

a whole new set of rules, and no one

is sure where it will lead — perhaps

even to a work stoppage in 2011.

Yes, the most profitable and

popular sport in America is enter-

ing territory even more uncharted

than the end zone was for the St.

Louis Rams last season.

“The situation we’re walking

into is certainly unknown for every-

one,” Tampa Bay Buccaneers gen-

The Great Unknown for the NFLRedskins make big cuts as era without a salary cap begins

eral manager Mark Dominik said.

“So no one can really look at the

crystal ball and say here’s what peo-

ple are going to spend and here’s

what people aren’t going to spend.

It’s all pure speculation.”

What became evident Thurs-

day, though, is that the Washington

Redskins were taking advantage of

the uncapped year to dump some

salaries without fear of penalty.

The Washington Post reported

that running backs Ladell Betts and

Rock Cartwright were among those

given their walking papers. Others

told that they would be released were

wide receiver Antwaan Randle El,

offensive guard Randy Thomas,

defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin

and cornerback Fred Smoot.

Defensive end Julius Peppers

appears to be the grand prize of the

group of unrestricted free agents.

But will he command more than the

$20 million-plus Carolina would

have needed to spend to make him

a franchise player for the second-

straight year? Agents such as Joe

Linta, who represents Ravens QB

Joe Flacco, are optimistic there will

be big spenders.

“The owners are all wealthy,”

Linta says, “and as much as they

need and want to make money, the

need to win is greater than the need

to make money — they already have

plenty.” (EXPRESS/AP)

Dunn Takes Another Swing at First Base

Adam Dunn is working on becoming a

passable fielder at first base this year.

Washington Nationals first base-

man Adam Dunn has lost track of

how many groundballs have been

hit his way this spring.

Quick reaction shots, backhand-

ers in the hole, line-huggers that

draw him toward the base and the

runner. No matter the situation,

he’s worked on it. And for good

reason: Dunn is clearly a work in

progress at his position.

“I didn’t have an expectation

of myself last year,” Dunn said. “I

grounders and getting pointers

from third base coach Pat Listach,

special instructor Tim Foli and spe-

cial adviser to the general manag-

er Davey Johnson.

Manager Jim Riggleman wants

Dunn to be able to field his position

— which allows Josh Willingham

regular playing time in left field

— but has no illusions about the

slugger’s primary contributions

to his team.

“You want somebody to clean it

up and knock in those runs. He’s

our guy,” Riggleman said. (AP)

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wanted to go over and play and I

didn’t think it would be that hard.

It was a lot harder than what I

anticipated.”

When Nick Johnson was trad-

ed to the Florida Marlins last

July, Dunn moved from left field

to first base. The switch kept his

bat in the middle of the lineup, but

Dunn committed eight errors in 67

games at first.

Over the winter, Dunn used jiu-

jitsu sessions to boost his flexibil-

ity and stamina. He’s spent hours

during spring training fielding

COULD BE COMING

Julius Peppers: The Panthers DE is going to make a big splash with a huge payday. No one pays more money than Dan Snyder.Karlos Dansby: The Redskins’ switch to a 3-4 defense makes the Cardinals linebacker an attractive target.

The Redskins figure to be busy dur-

ing free agency, even if new GM Bruce

Allen and coach Mike Shanahan limit

some of Dan Snyder’s spending.

LIKELY STAYING

Clinton Portis: The Redskins don’t want to be paying the back $6.4 million to sit at home. Meanwhile, fellow backs Rock Cartwright and Ladell Betts were sent packing.

WILL BE CUT

Antwaan Randle El: The receiver never worked out here.Randy Thomas: Veteran guard is a victim of a O-line redo.Fred Smoot: Cornerback doesn’t talk a $3.9M-good game.Cornelius Griffin: Defensive tackle may retire after move.

TRADE BAIT?

Jason Campbell: By giving the QB a first-round tender offer, the Redskins scared away some free-agent suitors. But they’ll surely listen to trade offers.Carlos Rogers: The cornerback says he wants a fresh start, but a tender offer puts him in the same position as Campbell. Maybe a trade can appease him.

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You may know Jane Seymour for

her roles as a Bond girl in “Live and

Let Die” and a Wild West healer in

“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.”

But the seemingly ageless Brit

babe, who showed comedy chops

in “Wedding Crashers,” is also an

artistic Renaissance woman who

paints and designs “Open Hearts”

jewelry. She’ll be in town showing

her artwork Friday from 6 to 9 p.m.

at the Wentworth Gallery, Mont-

gomery Mall (Bethesda; 301-365-

3270) and Saturday, 6 to 9 p.m., at

the Wentworth Gallery, Tysons Gal-

leria (McLean; 703-883-0111).

How’d you start painting?Nineteen years ago, I was going

through a terrible divorce. I ended

up taking painting lessons. Instead

of being angry, I poured it out in

watercolors. Strangely, I painted

a serene life — flowers, children’s

portraits.

Which other artists influence your work?I love the Impressionists and John

Singer Sargent, and also Miró and

Chagall. I do lots of different styles,

which you’ll see at my shows. In a

way, it’s like being an actress and

playing different parts.

You paint a variety of subjects — how do you get inspired?I always have my camera and my

sketchbook. I live by the beach,

and I’m a mom of six, so I also

often capture that moment when

you’re watching your child in the

sand with a little red bucket.

What’ll we see at your shows?I’m bringing 80 or 90 pieces —

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watercolors, pastels, oils and

bronze sculptures. The subjects

are everything from Impression-

ism to florals.

What’s the key to placing art into your home?Art is so emotional. If you love

something, you’ll find a place for

it. You can always play it safe when

you buy furniture so you can cre-

ate a backdrop for paintings, pil-

lows or teapots.

You were recently on “Dancing with the Stars.” Is dancing how you stay in shape?It was a huge stretch for me,

because even though I used to be a

dancer, I hadn’t done it in 40 years.

So I was in terrible pain, but there

was joy in my heart from doing it.

Now I do Pilates, Gyrotonics and

some light weights.

Any other beauty secrets?I’m lucky, because I don’t real-

ly like cakes and Twinkies. I’m

happy with raw carrots. I don’t

find myself sitting in the corner

with a big bag of chips. I always

say, if you want to lose weight,

start painting, knitting or doing

something else that you love —

it’ll keep your hands busy.

You’ve played many roles. What’s your favorite kind?At the moment, I love comedy. It

was fun to do “Wedding Crashers.”

When I was younger, it was great

playing romantic heroines. I liked

doing women in peril or really evil

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I’m about to graduate with a masters degree in landscape architecture. I’ve not thought much about footwear, con-tent to wear Wellies in almost all situations. Now, as I begin job interviews, I am nervous. What shoe will convey pro-fessional seriousness, out-doorsy intellectualism and artistic competency? — JANE

Manolo says, to the uninitiated,

the landscape architects are merely

glorified gardeners, but to those who

know about such things, landscape

architects are members of the ancient

and useful fraternity, stretching back

to God himself, who in one of his first

recorded acts redirected the major

water feature to produce the usable

spot of dry land, where he subse-

quently planted the garden.

Of the course, less august land-

scape architects have more mundane

concerns, such as how to convey

the proper image through dress and

style. Like the traditional architect,

the landscape architect must appear

both professional and artistic, with

the extra burden of having to appear

in touch with nature without resorting

to overalls and John Deere caps.

The Manolo suggests expensive

but comfortable tailored suiting

made from natural fibers in wood-

land browns and greens. Think Jedi

Knights meets Robin Hood-meets-

Prada.

Look! Here is Fanny from Donald

J. Pliner ($200, Zappos.com), the

wedge in the walnut-colored leather

that would look good indoors or out.

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Style, NotIn Recess

Grain Trust

grueling workday makes you want to crawl under the duvet (maybe with a

bottle of pinot grigio), perhaps you need to act a little less mature. As in decking out your foyer or den with CB2’s

new hopscotch rug ($199, Cb2.com), a pavement-hued wool beauty that’ll have you mirthfully skipping around —

or at least not feeling like reenacting scenes from “Death of a Salesman” or “The Office” every night of the week.

elevated humble salt to a worship-

ful position once reserved for, say, caviar or Mallomars. Per-

haps it’s because concoctions like Urban Accents’ Mango

Masala Seasoned Salt ($7, Whole Foods) turn simple foods

— roasted asparagus, a nice piece of rockfish — into restau-

rant-worthy treats. The Indian-inflected Mango Masala gave

our shrimp risotto a subcontinental drift; we’d use the Ginger

Szechwan variety to rock a chicken or vegetable stir-fry.

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The Brush Offer

John Paul

Gaultier wins devotees with

his provocative, pretty-gone-

punky clothing (Madonna’s bul-

let bras, this spring’s pop-arty

print shifts). Sadly, styles by the

enfant terrible of Gallic fash-

ion tend to cost as much as a jet

ride to Paris. Still, March 7-April

11, those with not-so-haute bud-

gets can scoop up Gaultier’s line

for Target, including a gendarme-

worthy trench (shown, $60), tat-

too print leggings ($25) and, for

the Material Girl in all of us, a

frothy bustier dress ($40).

to beauty, there are things we’re willing to spend on (pricey conceal-

er that disguises our under-eye circles) and those we’re not (an ill-fated tryst with coral

lipstick). In the splurge category: good brushes, which can make the difference between

makeup looking smoothly blended or strangely cakey. The new brush line from Dolce &

Gabbana The Makeup ($29-$55, Saks Fifth Avenue stores) melds the label’s luxury roots

with top materials, meaning — unlike that teal mascara — you’ll reach for them for years.

Stepping OutSimply Soles scores fans with its chic-

yet-comfy footwear, from printed pumps by brands like Bettye

Muller to well-priced flats from in-house line lillybee. This weekend,

the retailer unveils a new store in The Shops of Georgetown Park

(3222 M St. NW; 202-232-0072). Green and rust paint, plush

seats and a wallpaper “tree” create an earthy vibe for

buys like lillybee’s Esme wedges (shown, $165), hip

jewelry and bags from lines like Bulga and Frye.

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Sorry, shoe fiends. While standout footwear — cage booties! mega-platforms! patterned pumps! — stole the accessories spotlight in recent years, for spring, fashion’s focus switched to bags. On the must-grab list: ultra-bright totes, textured clutches and purses with long straps straight out of the ’80s, which pop against this season’s more neutral clothing palette. We suggest putting your sequined flats into storage and reaching for one of these babies instead. AREZOU DJAVAN

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Color-block tote ($49.50, Banana Republic stores

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Kooba “Arden” bag ($285, Bloomingdale’s, 5300

Western Ave., Chevy Chase; 240-744-3700)

Rebecca Minkoff studded crossbody bag ($295,

Saks Fifth Avenue)

Hobo International “Belinda” clutch ($112, Clover,

502 Main St., Gaithersburg; 301-869-4544)

Kate Spade tote ($140, T.J. Maxx stores)

“In Bloom” clutch ($148, Ann Taylor, Union Sta-

tion, 50 Massachussetts Ave. NE; 202-371-8010)

Marc by Marc Jacobs “Desert Palm” crossbody

bag ($198, Saks Fifth Avenue)

Diane von Furstenberg ikat tote ($185, Neiman

Marcus, 5300 Wisconsin Ave., NW; 202-966-9700)

Tory Burch “Jaden” chain-strap bag ($250, Nei-

man Marcus)

Tie-dyed “Mimi” clutch ($129, Club Monaco,

3235 M St. NW; 202-965-2118)

Lauren Merkin “Allie” clutch ($250, Bloom-

ingdale’s)

Hollywood Intuition nylon crossbody bag ($15,

select Target stores or Target.com)

Red woven clutch ($49, Nine West, Fashion Cen-

tre at Pentagon City, Arlington; 703-413-6642)

Embellished linen tote ($75, Anthropologie,

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Is there a better movie-match than

Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton?

With “Alice in Wonderland,” his

boldly revisionist remix of Carroll’s

beloved tales of a young girl’s jour-

ney down a rabbit hole and through

a looking glass, Burton finely bal-

ances excess and restraint to create

an absorbing, visually rich world

of his very own.

Burton has wisely avoided pro-

ducing a mere pop-up illustration

of the books, instead finding inspi-

ration in Alice, the Mad Hatter,

the Red Queen and other familiar

a wealthy but dull aristocrat. At

the engagement party, Alice spies

the busy rabbit again, chases after

him and falls down a dusty tun-

nel. She winds up not in Wonder-

land but Underland, a place suffer-

ing under the rule of the cruel and

petulant Red Queen (Helena Bon-

ham Carter). When Alice meets a

hookah-smoking caterpillar (voiced

by Alan Rickman), she’s informed

that her destiny lies in returning

the throne to the Red Queen’s gen-

tle sister, the White Queen (Anne

Hathaway), after slaying the dread-

ed Jabberwocky.

Burton’s signature gnarled, goth-

ic aesthetic runs through “Alice in

Wonderland,” which features Johnny

Depp as the Mad Hatter. It’s worth

the price of admission if only to hear

Depp give sonorous voice to Carroll’s

slithy toves and borogoves. “Alice in

Wonderland” is being shown in 3-D,

but the most stunning effects lie in

the film’s makeup and costumes.

Most important, “Alice in Won-

derland” honors the more tender

subtexts of the Alice stories, hav-

ing to do with isolation and loss.

Even considering the liberties

Burton has taken with the origi-

nal text, it’s tempting to think that

Carroll himself would consider

him an altogether frabjous match.

ANN HORNADAY (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Mia Wasikowska gives a strong performance in her breakout role as Alice, a young woman seeking escape from her dull fiance.

Johnny Depp once again show his pen-chant for the bizarre as the Mad Hatter.

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She’s EverywhereAccording to Wikipedia, there are 25 movies and television series that are “directly or com-pletely adapted” from the book. And then there’s a sepa-rate entry titled “Works based on ‘Alice in Wonderland’” that highlights hundreds of other Alice-inspired things. For exam-ple: “Alice in Wonderland syn-drome,” a neurological condition in which objects are perceived to be larger or smaller than they really are. (EXPRESS)

Director: Tim Burton

Stars: Johnny Depp,

Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham

Carter and Anne Hathaway

In a Nutshell: An older and soon-

to-be married Alice does her stan-

dard rabbit-hole disappearing act

For Fans of: “Big Fish”

tiresome marriage — also proves

to be his best and a fine forum for

a terrific breakout performance

from Mia Wasikowska.

After a brief preamble featur-

ing young Alice after a very strange

dream involving a waistcoat-wear-

ing rabbit, “Alice in Wonderland”

leaps forward 13 years, when she

is on her way to being engaged to

characters and putting them into

a brand-new story. His most nervy

decision — making Alice a 19-year-

old young woman on the verge of a

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She’s All That Did you know that an all-female

team has never won “The Amazing

Race?” True. Fifteen seasons and

nothing for our side of the column.

If the Oscars were “The Amaz-

ing Race,” we’d be on season 81. No

woman has ever won Best Director.

Zero. Only four have been nominated.

In 81 years.

Even though I’ve

written about how I’d

like to see “Up” win

Best Picture, I am

standing with the sis-

terhood here and pull-

ing — hard — for Kath-

ryn Bigelow to win

for “The Hurt Locker.” Part of this is

divine and ya-ya and all that, but part

of it is because she deserves it.

It doesn’t hurt that, statistically,

she’s the front runner, having won

both the DGA and BAFTA for directing.

Also in her favor: “The Hurt Locker” is

a great piece of filmmaking, so intense

that, after watching it, I was afraid

to go through my fridge in search

of mayo because, who knows, the

whole thing might be set to explode

and I could touch the wrong wire and

BOOM! No tuna sandwich for me.

But, yeah, I want her to win even

more because she’s a woman. Be-

cause no one who looks like me

(granted, she’s a lot taller and thinner,

but still) has ever gotten to accept the

highest award given in the art form I

love the most. Because it will be a vis-

ible reminder that women are making

advances in film — and, more impor-

tantly, it will lead to more chances for

future Kathryn Bigelows.

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Desperate for television ratings,

eager for public interest and hell-

bent on connecting with the aver-

age filmgoer — whoever that may

be — the Academy of Motion Pic-

tures and Sciences will present a

watered-down list of 10 Best Pic-

ture nominees this Sunday.

It’s the first time since 1943

that the Academy Awards contend-

ers are in double digits. That year,

“Casablanca” won the big prize. As

time goes by, don’t expect any of

this year’s crop to be remembered

as fondly as that classic.

F rom t he i ndu s t r y t h a t

brought you “Five Easy Pieces,”

“The Sixth Sense,” “The Mag-

nificent Seven,” “Eight-Legged

Freaks” and, of course, “Dis-

trict Nine,” comes The Imper-

fect 10. While scraping out five

worthy films seems hard enough

this year, the show must go on.

In that spirit, we present to you

10 educated guesses about what

you will — and won’t — see dur-

ing the 82nd Academy Awards.

MATT SWENSON (EXPRESS)

Kathryn Bigelow will win

the battle of the exes. She’s a

shoo-in as Best Director for her work

on “The Hurt Locker,” which will

also be the last film standing at the

end of the night.

James Cameron won’t be

feeling too blue. Even if “Ava-

tar” is dismissed as a glorified ver-

sion of “Aliens” — which it hap-

pens to be — it’s likely to win the

most Oscars by sweeping the spe-

cial effects categories.

“The Dude” will finally get

his due. Jeff Bridges, some-

how overlooked for even a nomi-

nation for “The Big Lebowski,” will

land his first golden statue in his

fifth bid, resulting from his turn

as a burned-out country singer in

“Crazy Heart.”

Sandra Bullock’s blitz on

Meryl Streep will score her

Best Actress. “The Blind Side” star

came out of nowhere late in awards

season to cook Streep’s goose. For

the record, Streep’s nomination for

“Julie and Julia” is her 16th, but,

remarkably, she last won in 1982.

Mo’Nique will prove she

didn’t sabotage her Oscar cam-

paign. Early on, she tried to pretend

she didn’t care by no-showing to

several critics’ award events — that

is, until an upset seemed possible.

Now that she’s played the game, a

“Precious” Best Supporting Actress

is a foregone conclusion.

“Up” will soar in the Best

Animated Feature category.

The real question is: When will

an animated film take the night’s

biggest prize? The day is com-

ing.

“Up in the Air” will be left

at the gate for every award

except for Best Adapted Screen-

play. Having been diverted from

its Best Picture trajectory long ago,

the George Clooney flick will only

be recognized as 2009’s finest film

long after the fact.

This year’s Academy Awards go big in the quantity department and skimp on quality

All the talk that “Inglouri-

ous Basterds” can pull a Best

Picture upset is just that. Just

because Quentin Tarantino — spoil-

er alert — killed Hitler — end spoil-

er — doesn’t stop the film from

being too violent for its own good.

However, Christopher Waltz will,

well, waltz away with Best Sup-

porting Actor.

Corn will be king when the

superbly done “Food Inc.”

edges out “The Cove” for Best Doc-

umentary.

Steve Martin and Alec

Baldwin will show that

hosting the Oscars isn’t compli-

cated. Just tell a few jokes that

are actually funny while keeping

the ceremony moving along and

you’re already a leg up on Jon

Stewart.

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‘Brooklyn’s Finest’ is a movie about movies about police

If not for the BlackBerryies and

late-model BMWs, “Brooklyn’s Fin-

est” might be construed as a trip

back into the bad-old, pre-Giuliani

days of crackhead New York, when

crime was king, all cops were cor-

rupt and you took your life in your

hands going out for milk. If director

Antoine Fuqua’s (“Training Day”)

objective was lowering Brooklyn

property values, he may have suc-

ceeded.

But it’s the nonprofessionals

he’ll really be putting off, namely

the people buying tickets to what

is not just a relentlessly violent but

relentlessly grim drama about three

cops at the end of their ropes. One

is an alcoholic, suicidal patrolman

on the eve of retirement (Richard

Gere); one a drug-enforcement offi-

cer with family problems (Ethan

Hawke); and one an undercover

narcotics detective (Don Cheadle),

who’s torn between duty and the

drug-kingpin who saved his life in

prison (Wesley Snipes). They’re all

at the breaking point. By the end of

the movie you may be, too.

The misapprehension about

“Brooklyn’s Finest” — which

was first shown at Sundance last

year and has been heavily edited

since — is that it’s a movie about

police. It isn’t: It’s a movie about

movies about police. At no time will

the viewer be under the impression

that the performers are engaged in

anything but a recycling project. JOHN

ANDERSON (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Actress Rachel Mc-Adams (“Sherlock Holmes,” “The Notebook”) is

in negotiations to star opposite Owen Wilson and

Marion Cotillard in Woody Allen’s untitled movie

scheduled to shoot in the summer. As with most

Allen movies, plot details are being kept under

wraps, though the setting for the ensemble is

France. (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

Wesley Snipes and Don Cheadle star in Antoine Fuqua’s bleak, tired new film.

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Director: Antoine Fuqua

Stars: Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke,

Richard Gere and Wesley Snipes

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of cops and dealers are at the end of

their collective rope.

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AVATAR (PG-13, 161 minutes) As James

Cameron proved in 1997’s “Titanic,” he

has a penchant for melding spectacle

and old-fashioned storytelling. Here,

the narrative fulcrum is a classic boy-

meets-girl, boy-loses-girl romance. Is

the dialogue corny? You bet. Does the

movie go kerblooey in its final moments,

during a ferocious, explosive firefight

that will leave your eyeballs bleeding?

Uh-huh. But Cameron has delivered

what he promised with “Avatar”: an

ambitious, fully immersive cinematic

experience. (AH)

THE BLIND SIDE (PG-13, 126 minutes)

Based on the true story of Michael Oher

and Leigh Anne Tuohy, “The Blind Side”

has a straightforward lack of cheap senti-

ment that saves it from being either too

maudlin or saccharine-sweet. Especially

in the film’s soaring, triumphant final mo-

ments, viewers get the sense that this

isn’t a story about race or redemption or

the complexities of class and culture. It’s

a story about family. (AH)

THE BOOK OF ELI (R, 118 minutes) Denzel

Washington beautifully inhabits the film’s

titular hero, a laconic, solitary gunslinger

who’s also custodian of a mysterious

tome, carried in his backpack as he travels

through a burned-out landscape popu-

lated by cannibalistic “hijackers.” Gary

Oldman makes a great villain, tearing into

the part of Carnegie, the corrupt, small-

town boss who also wants Eli’s book for

his personal library. (MO)

COP OUT (R, 107 minutes) Director Kevin

Smith has said that one of the things that

appealed to him about making this action

comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy

Morgan, is that it’s the kind of movie the

filmmaker’s late father would have liked.

It’s a shame the old man isn’t around to

enjoy it. Much of the movie feels about

25 years too late. The very concept — an

odd-couple police partnership made up

of one level-headed guy (Willis) and one

nut job (Morgan) — was starting to show

signs of wear well before “Lethal Weapon

4” (1998); Smith does little to dust off the

antique, other than his casting of Mor-

gan — an unpredictable wild man who

does most of the comedic heavy lifting

and by the end of the film looks like he’s

lost 10 pounds through improv sweat

A young, nameless author (Ewan McGregor) attempts to pen the former British Prime Minister’s memoirs in “The Ghost Writer.”

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alone. What results is a tour de force of

sheer comic energy that threatens to rip

apart the film like a wad of used paper

towels. It’s a performance in search of

a movie. (MO)

THE CRAZIES (R, 101 minutes) Direc-

tor Breck Eisner’s remake of George A.

Romero’s 1973 classic nods to contem-

porary anti-government sentiment, but

its military villains are as faceless as the

virus that turns the residents of Ogden

Marsh into blood-spattered psychopaths

— and substantially less scary. Timothy

Olyphant plays Sheriff David Dutton, the

first to connect a series of shocking local

deaths with a downed military plane in the

nearby swamp. As Ogden Marsh is quaran-

tined— the phone lines cut, the Internet

shut down — Dutton struggles to escape

along with his pregnant doctor wife, Judy

(Radha Mitchell), and his live-wire deputy,

Russell (the terrific Joe Anderson). In the

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end, we’re left with our ragtag trio of sur-

vivors, and the movie’s success depends

on their charms. DAN KOIS

CRAZY HEART (R, 111 minutes) You don’t

have to be a fan of Waylon Jennings, Kris

Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Townes

Van Zandt, Doug Sahm and sundry other

Texans and twangers to love this film.

But it sure can’t hurt. All those musicians

are invoked by Jeff Bridges in this lovely,

bittersweet romantic drama, in which

he virtually channels country music’s

most storied outlaws, rule-benders and

heartbreakers. Bridges plays Bad Blake, a

grizzled singer-songwriter now perform-

ing on the Southwestern bowling alley

circuit. (AH)

DEAR JOHN (PG-13, 108 minutes) It’s not

as if there’s anything wrong with the stars

of this story of young love and heartbreak

centering on the long-distance romance

and postal correspondence between a

young soldier stationed in the Middle

East and the collegiate dream girl he’s

known for all of two weeks. As John and

Savannah, Channing Tatum and Amanda

Seyfried, respectively, make their whirl-

wind courtship about as believable as

any spring fling could be. Then Nicholas

Sparks went and ruined things. No, I’m

not upset by what eventually happens.

Rather, it’s the excuse he came up with

for Savannah’s actions. I don’t know how

else to say this, but it feels like, well, a

lie. (MO)

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THE GHOST WRITER (PG-13, 130 min-

utes) The Ghost, as Ewan McGregor’s

steadfastly anonymous protagonist is

called, is a young author assigned to

pen the memoirs of a retired British

prime minister after the first author’s

mysterious death. The day the Ghost

seals the deal, he’s whisked to an island

off Massachusetts, where former prime

minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan)

lives in an elegantly appointed concrete

bunker with his wife (Olivia Williams)

and a staff of comely assistants. As the

Ghost sets to work on the project, he

realizes that Lang’s distant reticence,

a tight deadline and curiously tight

security around the project will be the

least of his problems. Roman Polanski

smoothly threads viewers through a

story that comes alive with flawless

detail, convincing performances and

an uncanny prescience. (AH)

IT’S COMPLICATED (R, 199 minutes) As

Jane and Jake Adler — 10 years divorced

and with three grown children, yet sud-

denly drawn back into each other’s lives

(and beds) after a drunken fling over the

weekend of their son’s (Hunter Parrish)

college graduation — Alec Baldwin and

Meryl Streep pick up the movie and run

away with it. The writing and direction,

by rom-com veteran Nancy Meyers

(“Something’s Gotta Give”), are deft

enough. But it’s Streep and Baldwin’s

gamely ribald performances, and their

seemingly effortless, effervescent

chemistr y, that put the pep in this

movie’s highly choreographed, yet richly

entertaining step. (MO)

S H E R L O C K H O L M E S ( P G -13 , 12 5

minutes) Directed by Guy Ritchie and

starring Robert Downey Jr., the new-

est contribution to the world of Arthur

Conan Doyle spin-offs is less a product

of genuinely Holmesian DNA than, say,

“Se7en.” There’s black magic here, too;

Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) — who

has been going around London dispensing

with people — has apparently risen from

the dead. (MO)

SHUTTER ISLAND (R, 138 minutes) This

gothic thriller begins in 1954, when two

U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo

DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo),

arrive at the eponymous island just off

Massachusetts, where looms the im-

penetrable Ashecliffe Hospital for the

criminally insane. The marshals have

been detailed to find a prisoner who has

suddenly vanished from her locked cell.

As a hurricane bears down on the island,

Teddy and Chuck match wits with the

hospital’s chief physician, the brilliant

Dr. Cawley, played with poker-faced elan

by Ben Kingsley. Martin Scorsese creates

a pastiche of moody atmosphere, styl-

ized flashbacks and dream sequences,

and a devotion to flagrant violence that

finally turns rancid and repulsive. And

Scorsese’s fascination with images of

dead children — drowned, bloodied,

ashen-faced — isn’t sinister or scary or

even creepy. It’s just weird. (AH)

VALENTINE’S DAY (PG-13, 124 minutes)

For almost all of its 124 minutes, “Valen-

tine’s Day” delivers exactly what anyone

with remedial knowledge of the romantic

comedy genre would expect. It does

surprise once or twice as it unspools

its multiple, vaguely connected, L.A.

lovey-dovey stories. The rest of the film,

however, just runs around the same old

romantic-comedy bases. JEN CHANEY

WOLFMAN (R, 125 minutes) The arms

and legs begin to stretch. The teeth

grow jagged, the head and body sprout

coarse hair and the eyes gleam with

a ferocious killer’s stare. Benicio Del

Toro’s creepy transformation from man

to beast is the highlight of an otherwise

uninspired remake of the 1941 horror

classic starring Lon Chaney Jr. as the

poor sucker who becomes a werewolf

after being bitten by one. Del Toro had

better hope that viewers forget his

cheesy performance here as soon as

possible. BLOOMBERG NEWS

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THE CRAZIES (R) 10:20, 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40COP OUT (R) 11:25, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG)10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) 10:40, 1:30, 4:20, 7:50, 10:35IT'S COMPLICATED (R) 11:30, 2:10, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20

BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) 10:10, 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG) 10:30, 11:30, 1:15, 2:15, 4:00, 5:00, 6:45, 7:45, 9:30, 10:30IN DIGITAL 3-D

THE CRAZIES (R) 11:40, 2:05, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45, 12:15COP OUT (R) 11:15, 2:00, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55, 12:30SHUTTER ISLAND (R)10:15, 12:30, 1:30, 3:45, 4:45, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15, 11:15THE WOLFMAN (R) 4:50, 10:10PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG)11:20, 2:20, 5:05, 7:55, 10:45VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) 10:50, 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:35DEAR JOHN (PG–13) 10:00, 12:35AMC Select

UP IN THE AIR (R) 11:35, 2:10, 4:55, 7:25, 10:05, 12:35AVATAR (PG–13) 11:25, 3:05, 6:40, 10:2011:25, 3:05, 6:40, 10:20AMC Select

CRAZY HEART (R) 10:55, 1:40, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50, 12:25THE BLIND SIDE (PG–13) 11:00, 1:55, 7:20AMC Select

AN EDUCATION (PG–13) 3:10, 5:35, 8:05, 10:25

GREEN ZONE (R)THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG–13)ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG) (11:25, 12:30, 2:05, 3:10, 4:45, 5:50) 7:25, 8:30,10:05, 11:10, 12:40ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) (11:45, 12:05, 2:25, 2:45) 5:05, 5:25, 7:45, 8:05,10:25, 10:45, 1:00BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) (11:35, 12:45, 3:00)4:00, 6:20, 7:10, 9:30, 10:15, 12:30COP OUT (R) (12:40, 2:15)3:30, 6:40, 7:50, 9:20, 12:10THE CRAZIES (R) (12:35, 2:55)5:40, 8:15, 10:40, 12:55SHUTTER ISLAND (R) (11:50, 1:00, 2:50)4:10, 6:10, 7:15, 9:40, 10:20VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) (12:55)PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG)(11:55, 2:35)5:15, 8:00, 10:35THE WOLFMAN (R) (11:40)5:10, 10:30, 12:55VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) 3:50, 7:00, 9:50, 12:35DEAR JOHN (PG–13) 12:45AVATAR (PG–13) (11:30, 3:00)6:30, 10:00

Call theatre for show information

INVICTUS (PG–13) 9:50 P.M.

GREEN ZONE (R)THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG–13)KENNY CHESNEY IN REALD 3D (NR)BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) (12:30, 1:30, 3:35, 4:35)6:40, 7:40, 9:50, 10:50ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG) (10:35, 11:15, 1:20, 2:00, 4:05, 4:45) 6:50, 7:30,9:35, 10:15ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) (12:00, 12:40, 2:45, 3:25, 5:30)6:10, 8:15, 8:55, 11:00, 11:40THE GHOST WRITER (PG–13) (1:00, 4:15)7:20, 10:30COP OUT (R) (11:25, 1:05, 2:05, 3:50, 4:50)6:35, 7:35, 9:20, 10:20THE CRAZIES (R)(12:05, 1:05, 2:40, 3:40, 5:15)6:15, 7:50, 8:50, 10:35, 11:35AVATAR (PG–13) (11:50, 3:30)7:00, 10:40SHUTTER ISLAND (R) (10:30, 1:10, 1:40, 4:55)7:10, 8:10, 11:25PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF(PG) (12:25)(3:15)6:20, 9:10THE WOLFMAN (R) (4:25)10:25VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) (12:20, 3:20)6:30, 9:30FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (R) 12:00DEAR JOHN (PG–13) 12:00

GREEN ZONE (R)THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG–13)ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG) (10:40, 11:30, 1:20, 2:10) 4:10, 4:50, 7:00, 7:40,9:50, 10:30ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) (12:00, 2:40)5:30, 8:20, 11:00BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) (12:20)3:30, 7:10, 10:20THE CRAZIES (R) (11:40, 2:30)5:20, 8:10, 10:50COP OUT (R) (11:00, 1:50)4:40, 7:30, 10:10SHUTTER ISLAND (R) (12:40, 2:50)4:00, 7:20, 9:10, 10:40PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG) (12:50)3:50, 6:45, 9:40VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) (12:10)3:20, 6:30, 9:30THE WOLFMAN (R) (11:20, 2:20)5:10, 8:00, 10:45DEAR JOHN (PG–13) 3:40, 6:20WHEN IN ROME (PG–13) (11:50)6:10TOOTH FAIRY (PG) (10:40, 1:10)AVATAR (PG–13) (12:30)4:20, 7:50

GREEN ZONE (R)THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG–13)ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) (11:25, 12:05, 2:05, 2:45, 4:45, 5:25)7:25, 8:05, 10:05, 10:45ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG) (11:00, 11:45, 1:40, 2:25, 4:20, 5:05) 7:00, 7:45,9:40, 10:25THE CRAZIES (R) (12:00, 2:35, 5:15)8:10, 10:40COP OUT (R) (1:15, 4:15)7:40, 10:20THE GHOST WRITER (PG–13) (1:05, 4:25)7:35, 10:35SHUTTER ISLAND (R) (12:30, 1:30, 3:35, 4:35)6:55, 7:55, 10:15PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG) (1:20, 4:10)7:10, 9:55THE WOLFMAN (R) (4:55)10:30CRAZY HEART (R) (12:55, 3:55)6:40, 9:30SHERLOCK HOLMES (PG–13) (1:55)7:20

BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) 1:30, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) 1:20, 2:20, 4:20, 5:10, 7:10, 8:00, 10:00, 10:40DEAR JOHN (PG–13) 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10THE BOOK OF ELI (R) 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30IT'S COMPLICATED (R) 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30AVATAR 3D (PG–13) 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:20IN DIGITAL 3-D

THE BLIND SIDE (PG 13) 1:40 4:30 7:20 10:05

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15, 12:1510:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) 10:30, 11:45, 2:00, 3:00, 5:15, 6:30, 8:45, 9:45ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG) 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30, 11:30IN DIGITAL 3-D

ALICE IN WONDERLAND: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45IN DIGITAL 3-D

THE CRAZIES (R)11:00, 12:05, 1:55, 2:45, 4:35, 5:40, 7:20, 8:20, 10:30, 11:05COP OUT (R) 10:10, 11:10, 1:10, 2:10, 4:10, 5:10, 7:10, 8:10, 10:10, 11:10SHUTTER ISLAND (R) 11:50, 12:40, 3:20, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30, 10:20, 11:00THE WOLFMAN (R) 10:40, 1:15, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG) 11:15, 2:40, 5:50, 9:10VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) 10:20, 1:50, 4:50, 8:15, 11:20DEAR JOHN (PG–13) 10:05, 1:20, 4:25, 7:50, 10:50FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (R) 10:50, 1:25, 4:05, 7:05, 9:50EDGE OF DARKNESS (R) 12:10, 3:30, 6:40, 9:55THE BOOK OF ELI (R) 12:30, 3:40, 6:55, 10:05SHERLOCK HOLMES (PG–13) 10:35, 5:00, 10:25AMC Select

UP IN THE AIR (R) 2:05, 7:25AVATAR 3D (PG–13) 10:15, 2:15, 6:00, 10:15IN DIGITAL 3-DAMC Select

CRAZY HEART (R) 11:05, 2:20, 5:25, 8:25, 11:25

THE HURT LOCKER (R) 4:30, 9:10THE YOUNG VICTORIA (PG) 12:15, 2:20, 7:05UP IN THE AIR (R) 12:25, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:25A FOREIGN AFFAIR (PG–13) 4:30 P.M.HIGH FIDELITY (R) 7:00 P.M.BIRD (R) 9:15 P.M.

THE GHOST WRITER (PG–13) (1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:15)7:00, 8:30, 9:50CRAZY HEART (R) (1:35, 4:05)6:45, 9:20THE LAST STATION (R) (1:30, 4:15)7:15, 9:40THE YOUNG VICTORIA (PG) (1:40, 4:20)7:05, 9:35UP IN THE AIR (R) (2:10, 4:40)7:20, 9:45AN EDUCATION (PG–13) (4:10)9:30THE WHITE RIBBON (R) (1:05)6:30A SINGLE MAN (R) (1:50, 4:25)7:10, 9:25

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) 1:15, 4:15, 7:35, 10:30THE CRAZIES (R) 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55COP OUT (R) 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45SHUTTER ISLAND (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:15PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG) 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:101:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) 1:10, 4:05, 7:20, 10:20AVATAR (PG–13) 1:30, 5:00, 8:30

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55SHUTTER ISLAND (R) 10:00, 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 10:30PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG)10:20, 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) 1:30, 7:00AMC Select

UP IN THE AIR (R) 10:40, 4:20, 10:10AMC Select

CRAZY HEART (R) 11:15 2:00 4:45 7:45 10:20

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) 10:00, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00, 11:35BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R)10:10, 12:05, 1:05, 3:20, 4:20, 6:45, 7:45, 10:25, 11:00ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D(PG) 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00, 12:30IN DIGITAL 3-D

THE CRAZIES (R)11:30, 2:10, 3:50, 4:50, 6:30, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20, 12:00, 12:45COP OUT (R)10:40, 12:00, 1:30, 2:35, 4:10, 5:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:45, 12:20SHUTTER ISLAND (R) 12:55, 4:05, 7:20, 10:35THE WOLFMAN (R) 7:50, 10:30PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG)10:20, 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 10:10VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) 10:05, 1:00, 3:55, 7:10, 10:15DEAR JOHN (PG–13) 10:30, 1:10TOOTH FAIRY (PG) 12:15, 2:45, 5:20

GREEN ZONE (R)THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG–13)ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG) (11:00, 1:40, 4:20)7:00, 9:40BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) (1:00, 4:10)7:10, 10:10ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) (11:45, 2:25, 5:05)7:45, 10:25THE CRAZIES (R) (1:00, 3:20, 5:40)8:00, 10:30COP OUT (R) (11:50, 2:40, 5:10)7:40, 10:20SHUTTER ISLAND (R) (1:30, 4:30)7:30, 10:25PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG)(11:20, 2:00, 4:40)7:20, 10:05VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) (1:10, 3:50)6:50, 9:45DEAR JOHN (PG–13) (1:05)AVATAR (PG–13) (11:30, 3:00)6:30, 9:50THE BLIND SIDE (PG–13) (3:40)6:40, 9:30

GREEN ZONE (R)THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG–13)ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG)(11:00, 12:40, 1:40, 3:20, 4:20) 6:00, 7:00,8:40, 9:40, 11:15, 12:10ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG)(12:00, 1:10, 2:40, 3:50, 5:20) 6:30, 8:00, 9:10,10:40, 11:40BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R)(12:15, 1:30, 3:30, 4:35)6:45, 7:30, 9:50, 10:30, 12:30THE GHOST WRITER (PG–13) (1:20, 4:05)7:15, 10:05SHUTTER ISLAND (R) (11:05, 12:05, 2:00, 3:00, 5:00)6:20, 8:05, 9:20, 11:00, 12:20COP OUT (R) (11:10, 1:50, 4:40)7:20, 9:55, 12:25(12:50, 3:40)6:10, 8:45, 11:10VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) (11:45, 2:30, 5:15)8:00, 10:50PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG)(11:35, 2:25, 5:10)7:40, 10:25THE CRAZIES (R) (11:30, 1:05, 2:05, 3:25, 4:30)6:05, 7:10, 8:25, 9:30, 10:45, 12:00THE WOLFMAN (R) (11:15, 1:45, 4:10)6:50, 9:35DEAR JOHN (PG–13) (2:15)8:30TOOTH FAIRY (PG) (12:25, 2:50, 5:40)THE BOOK OF ELI (R) (11:25, 5:30)11:05CRAZY HEART (R) (11:20, 2:10, 4:40)7:45, 10:20AVATAR (PG–13) (11:50, 3:05)6:35, 10:15THE BLIND SIDE (PG–13) 8:10, 10:55

GREEN ZONE (R)THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG–13)ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D (PG) (12:05, 2:45, 5:25)8:05, 10:45ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) (12:35, 1:05, 3:20, 3:50)6:35, 7:05, 9:15, 9:50BROOKLYN'S FINEST (R) (12:15, 3:15)6:45, 9:45(12:45, 3:45)7:15, 10:15THE CRAZIES (R) (12:40, 3:35)7:20, 10:20COP OUT (R) (12:20, 3:10)6:50, 9:30TEZA (NR) (1:00, 4:00)7:00, 10:00SHUTTER ISLAND (R) (12:25, 3:25)6:55, 9:55PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG)(12:10, 3:00)6:40, 9:20THE WOLFMAN (R) (12:50, 3:40)7:25, 10:25VALENTINE'S DAY (PG–13) (12:30, 3:30)7:10, 10:05DEAR JOHN (PG–13) (12:55, 3:55)7:30, 10:30AVATAR (PG–13) (1:10, 4:35)8:00

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En FrancaisThis weekend marks

the opening of the

Francophonie Festival — that’s

French-speaking, to those of you

who missed this class. Of course

it starts with a bangin’ party:

the Grande Fete at La Maison

Francaise, featuring musician

Nikolas Metaxas and a whole

lot of food and dancing. When

you buy your ticket, you’ll have

the option to donate $10 to Haiti

relief. F.Z. La Maison Francaise, 4101 Reservoir Road NW; Fri., 7 p.m., $30-$60; 202-944-6000, Francophoniedc.org.

Keep the Speeches Short

You know you want to judge the

gowns and trash-talk this year’s

Oscars hosts, Steve Martin and

Alec Baldwin. The question is:

Why would you leave your liv-

ing room to do it? The black tie

party at the National Museum of

Women in the Arts has an open

bar, and the money from your tick-

et benefits the Red Cross. F.Z.

National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW; Sun., 7 p.m., $100-$175; 703-584-8459, Nmwa.org. (Metro Center)

Cirque de MerveilleWe know you’re afraid of the circus.

Everybody is. But this is a different kind

of circus. “Aurelia’s Oratorio”

is part of the Shakespeare

Theatre’s Youth and Family

Series — but it’s the kind

of show that attracts

adults too. The score

is haunting and jazzy,

the story whimsical

and adventurous. And

no scary clowns. F.Z.

Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St. NW; though

March 7, $20-$25; 202-547-1122. (Gallery Place)

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(CBS) Allison decides to take self-

defense classes after she is mugged. Deva-

los launches an investigation into a teenag-

er’s rape and the possible murder of an un-

dercover cop, a case in which the suspect

may have close ties with Scanlon.

(HBO) Bill wants to be the next state

senator in Utah. If elected, he also wants to be

the first politician to admit that he’s a polyg-

amist. In the season finale, Bill faces a num-

ber of threats to his candidacy, while Barb

(Jeanne Tripplehorn, left), Nicki and Margene

feel their own individual strains. (TRIBUNE MEDIA)

(FOX ) Next time you find yourself thinking that good TV never lasts,

consider “AMW.” It’s in its 23rd season and celebrating a milestone

tonight: its 1,000th episode.

( TNT ) Tom Hanks stars as the captain in

charge of a platoon assigned to go behind enemy lines and retrieve a

private (Matt Damon) whose three brothers have all been killed.

Starry History Lesson

Between the ancestors and the snow, Sarah Jessica Parker can’t stop smiling.

NB

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(NBC) The new series “Who

Do You Think You Are?”

borrows heavily from the

just-concluded PBS series “Faces

of America with Dr. Henry Louis

Gates, Jr.” Only this NBC version

dispenses with the professorial

host, avoids the informative docu-

mentary history aspects of “Faces”

and pretty much allows its famous

subjects to “star” in every install-

ment. It’s “Dancing with the Stars

on Their Way Up the Family Tree.”

On the PBS series, Gates used celeb-

rity to make a show about histo-

ry. On “Who Do You Think You

Are?” history plays a supporting

role in the greater glorification of

celebrity.

In the first installment, Sarah

Jessica Parker jokes with her broth-

er (a Broadway actor) about her

doubts that any of their ancestors

played significant roles in Amer-

ican history. She cracks that the

only way they would have been on

the Mayflower was to have been

among the cleaning ladies. But

before the hour is out, she discov-

ers that a relative on her mother’s

side participated in the California

Gold Rush of 1849. Digging deep-

er, she learns that her mother’s dis-

tant ancestor was among the last

women accused in the infamous

Salem witch hysteria of 1692.

Parker brings genuine enthusi-

asm to each new discovery, but at

the end, things get a little weird.

As she rushes home to her moth-

er, the camera work gets gushier.

Every close-up of Parker becomes

bathed in a golden glow and a slow-

motion musical montage arrives

from out of nowhere. KEVIN MCDONOUGH

(UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE)

Celebs journey into the past on ‘Who Do You Think You Are’

Babs, Signing OffAt least one television tradition ends tonight with the final pre-Oscar “Barbara Walters Spe-cial” (7 p.m., ABC, Sun.), a fix-ture since 1981. This final install-ment will recall many of her past interviews with figures including Steven Spielberg, Halle Berry, President and Mrs. Reagan and Kim Basinger. (For more on the Oscars and our awards picks, see page 29.) (TRIBUNE MEDIA)

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“If there was anyone who could fall into the ‘too racy for the Oscars’ category, Sacha Baron Cohen sits at the top of the list. While we would have loved to see the skit, we get the apprehension on the side of the producers, as Baron

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) The time

may have finally come for you to move

to the front of the pack and do what you

can to protect you and yours — literally

or figuratively.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Do you

know how to read the signs that come

your way? Get up-to-date information,

and study up if you must.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You will

want to position yourself so that you

can see your surroundings with the

most clarity. Social situations provide

a few surprises.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Most

things are not as simple as they may

appear. Be ready to put in more effort

than you had originally planned.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Even though

you have surrounded yourself with a

helpful team, you’ll have to do certain

things entirely on your own. Be sure to

employ caution.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) An obstacle

you must face looks more ominous than

it really is — or are you just flattering

yourself? Real effort will be required.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Someone is

likely to demand a long-overdue apolo-

gy. You’ll realize that you were at fault in

a way you had not understood.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You may

not be satisfied with the results of your

efforts, but you’ll have time to make

plans for renewed efforts tomorrow.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You

will receive certain warnings that clari-

fy the risks and and dangers that you’re

currently facing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You

may have made a few promises late-

ly that are now working against you.

You’re duty-bound to do what you have

said you’ll do.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) An

adventure beckons, but you don’t want

to make a premature start; however,

you may not have the time for thorough

preparations. Weigh the risks.

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1770 The Boston Massacre takes place as

British soldiers who’d been taunted by

a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people.

1970 The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation

of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect

after 43 nations ratified it.

1982 “Animal House” film star and wild-

ly popular comedian John Belushi is

found dead of a drug overdose in a rented bungalow in

Hollywood; he was 33.

Fill in each column, row and 3x3 box with the

digits 1 through 9 without repeating any. The

twist in Samurai Sudoku is that the digits that

appear in the overlapping boxes must work

for both puzzles. A piece of advice to get you

started: Don’t focus on completing one grid

at a time. Keep the whole puzzle in mind as

you go, because filling in a number in one grid

could give you clues to another.

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5 Calm

11 “Capita” go-with

14 Cogito ___ sum

15 Absence of

oomph

16 Wallach of the

screen

17 Tower of London

treasures

19 Went jogging

20 High-society

neck warmer

21 Vain voyages?

23 He gets credits

26 Sargasso, for one

27 On the lam

28 Tread the boards

30 Wandered

aimlessly

31 First half of an

inning

32 Ilium

35 Dangerous

places for Indiana

Jones

40 Like wind and

water

41 “Am I an idiot!”

43 No-Bob link

46Mined find

49Fiber from the

Philippines

50 Joining word

52 “Growing Pains”

star Joanna

53 Destroy en

masse

55 Household title

56 Fury

57 Bullies

62 Honorific for

McCartney

63 “The Odd Couple”

film star

64 Big scallion

65 Barker and

Rainey

66 Studio supports

67 Some are green

with it

DOWN 1 Mistletoe mo.

2 Leave the straight

and narrow

3 Long trailer?

4 Small dresser

5 Punjabi prince

6 Compass pt.

7 Small flycatcher

8 “Animal House”

frat man

9 Corn storage

facility

10 Texas county

11 “... and that’s

final!”

12 Expire

13 Went through a

laundry cycle

18 “... ___ lender be”

22 Where

competitors dig in

their heels

23 Quite bright

24 Blood vessel

obstruction

25 3M product

26 Filthy abodes

29 Ravel’s “Daphnis

and ___”

30 Office flunky

33 Next-to-last

Greek letter

34 Hollow-horned

ruminant

36 Word of Grenoble

gratitude

37 “We the people”

source

38 Sour milk quality

Yesterday’s Solution

Last Week’s Solution

39 Eve’s

counterpart,

poetically

42 Males

43 Penchant for

cruelty

44 Spain and

Portugal,

together

45 Indy entrants

47 Creole

cooking pod

48 Be cozy, in a

way50 Elemental

building blocks

51 “It’s the ___”

(“I’ve changed”)

54 Word with

“rest,” “work” or

“play”

55 Sears section

58 7’7” former NBA

star Manute

59 Donne’s

dinnertime?

60 Go “vroom,

vroom”

61 Daydreamer’s

limit?

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Elin Nordegren is moving back in with husband Tiger

Woods, People.com reported. One source — anonymous, of

course — said Woods needs his wife and family to regain

corporate sponsorships and return to golf: “The marriage

is all smoke and mirrors, but Elin will help Tiger rebuild

his image and gain new sponsorships because this is what

his life is all about. She is doing this more for the kids and

holding the family together, than anything else.” (EXPRESS)

SUSPEN SE

Ticking Time BombStill Waiting to Go OffThe driver who accused Naomi Camp-

bell of assaulting him said Thursday

that he “got angry and overreacted”

and regrets involving the police. “This

whole thing has been blown out of pro-

portion and I apologize to Ms. Camp-

bell,” Miodrag Mejdina said. Campbell

issued a statement saying she was

pleased that Mejdina had apologized

and that she wanted to move on. (AP)GHOS T W RI T T EN

Publicist Pens Statement For Exhausted New MomSinger Keyshia Cole and Cleveland

Cavaliers point guard Daniel Gibson

have announced the birth of their son.

Cole’s publicist said that Daniel Hiram

Gibson Jr. was born Tuesday evening.

“Keyshia would like to give a special

thank you to her fans that have been

with her since the beginning sharing in

her growth as a woman and an artist,”

the publicist added. Cole and Gibson

are engaged. (AP)

CA PI T UL AT ION

This Can’t Be Good

T H A NK YOUS

Shakira Honored for Work With ChildrenShakira has received a medal from

the U.N. labor agency for her work

helping impoverished children. At a

small ceremony Wednesday, U.N.

labor chief Juan Somavia called Sha-

kira a “true ambassador for children

and young people, for quality educa-

tion and social justice.” Shakira said

Thursday that social, economic and

environmental policies must focus on

children and their education. (AP)

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Just Throw in A Dirt Bike and You Have a DealPlaygirl has offered Jon Gos-selin $20,000 to pose nude, E! Online reported. “People aren’t going to be like, ‘Ooh, it’s going to be a hot shoot,’” said Play-girl spokesman Daniel Nardicio, who cited “the novelty factor” as the reason behind the offer. “No offense, but I don’t think [Jon’s] that attractive.” (EXPRESS)

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MARRIAGE ON THE

UPCOMING “BARBARA

WALTERS SPECIAL.”

HUSBAND SID ALSO,

SHE SAYS, APPROVES

OF HER HAIRY LEGS.

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