Friday Morning Headlines [Nov 9, 2012]

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NATION
In tests, malaria vaccine shows some effectiveness
The trials with African babies indicate the shots could save lives.
( by David Brown , The Washington Post)

Hints emerge of a mutating West Nile
Neurologists report severe brain damage not seen in past patients and signs of genetic changes.
( by Brian Vastag , The Washington Post)

Sins of the son
Franklin Graham is destroying the legacy of the Rev. Billy Graham.
( by Sally Quinn , The Washington Post)

Holder unsure whether he'll stay
Attorney general says he still has to talk with the president and with his wife before he makes a decision.
( by Sari Horwitz , The Washington Post)

Loughner sentenced to life in prison
Tucson shooter receives sentence after Gabrielle Giffords and other victims confront him in federal court.
( by James Ball , The Washington Post)

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LOCAL
D.C. regains control of special-ed buses
Federal judge gives D.C. control after 17 years of federal supervision.
( by Emma Brown , The Washington Post)



( by Nick Anderson , The Washington Post)

Teen charged in violent burglary
D.C. police captured a teenager accused of burglarizing a home in Chevy Chase and striking an 81-year-old woman who was inside.
( by Peter Hermann , The Washington Post)

When one identical twin is accused of killing the other
Four years had passed since Wasel Ali's body had been found in Columbia. Now his twin was on trial for his murder.
( by Michael S. Rosenwald , The Washington Post)

Va. governor has eye on 'fiscal cliff'
State officials are asked to suggest 4 percent cuts to their agency budgets in case Congress fails to reach a fiscal compromise.
( by Errin Haines , The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
Debt deal hurdle: GOP stand on tax rates
Republicans say they'll agree to higher revenue, but another way to produce it is needed.
( by Paul Kane and David A. Fahrenthold , The Washington Post)

GOP looks at what went wrong
Top Republican officials, stunned by the extent of their election losses, have begun an exhaustive review to figure out what went so wrong and how to fix it.
( by Peter Wallsten , The Washington Post)

Dear GOP: Forget the angry-white-guy vote
Alienating blacks and Hispanics isn't a good strategy to win elections.
(, The Washington Post)

Va. governor has eye on 'fiscal cliff'
State officials are asked to suggest 4 percent cuts to their agency budgets in case Congress fails to reach a fiscal compromise.
( by Errin Haines , The Washington Post)

Polling-station snarls demand solution
Election Day offered news story after news story about interminable lines at polling stations.
( by Brad Plumer , The Washington Post)

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STYLE
Lang Lang, NSO offer vivid classical music
Not even traffic woes could dampen the lovely music of the pianist and orchestra.
( by Anne Midgette , The Washington Post)

TV's 'The Big C' changes its name
TV COLUMN | Showtime is renaming it "The Big C: hereafter" and billing it as "a four-part limited event series."
(, The Washington Post)

Dogged voter made it to polls
An update on Domonique Williams, American voter who flew from Washington to Boston to cast her ballot on Election Day.
( by Manuel Roig-Franzia , The Washington Post)

Veterans Day is for military kids, too
KidsPost: When dad and mom report for duty, the kids also make sacrifices. Here are their stories.
(, The Washington Post)

Books put Veterans Day in perspective
Military kids write essays and draw pictures to describe the heroism of their parents.
(, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
Independent regulators question proposed cost analysis
Critics say the bill would hamstring regulation; supporters call it common sense.
( by Dina ElBoghdady , The Washington Post)

Obama, Boehner again tackle debt
President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner hold the keys to any deal to tame the national debt. And as they prepare to go another round, the political winds have shifted in Obama's favor.
( by Lori Montgomery and Zachary A. Goldfarb , The Washington Post)

JPMorgan agrees to settle with SEC
JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank, reached a settlement with regulators to resolve claims tied to its home-loan business and said it would buy back as much as $3 billion in shares.
( by Zachary Tracer , The Washington Post)

Twitter 'unintentionally' sends flood of password reset e-mails
Twitter sent out several prompts, initially raising concerns about a hack.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)

Costly votes
While some people didn't bother to vote because they couldn't care enough to participate in the election process, at least two young adults took their responsibility to such great lengths that it cost them a pretty penny.
( by Michelle Singletary , The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
Hokies' upset bid falls short
Virginia Tech falls to 4-6 with a dramatic last-minute loss to ACC rival and eighth-ranked Florida State in Blacksburg to drop the Hokies to 2-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
( by Mark Giannotto , The Washington Post)

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Langley, Stone Bridge advance
VOLLEYBALL | Langley and Stone Bridge move on to the Northern Region final.
( by Matt Brooks and Louis Nelson , The Washington Post)

United advances to conference finals
Rookie Nick DeLeon breaks a scoreless tie in the 88th minute to propel D.C. United past the Red Bulls to secure passage to the Eastern Conference finals, which begin Sunday in Houston.
( by Steven Goff , The Washington Post)

Johnson close to finalizing return
The Nationals and Davey Johnson are close to an official agreement on a contract to bring back the manager.
( by Adam Kilgore , The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Twitter 'unintentionally' sends flood of password reset e-mails
Twitter sent out several prompts, initially raising concerns about a hack.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)

Pinterest to roll out 'secret' boards
The social media site will let users create up to three boards that can be made private or shared by invitation.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)

Foxconn president: We're falling short of meeting iPhone 5 demand
Terry Gou says the iPhone 5 is so hard to put together that his factories cannot build the devices at the rate expected of them.
( by Erica Ogg | GigaOM.com , gigaom.com)

In the post-Solyndra era, still some big bets left for cleantech
This week a young startup with a potentially disruptive energy technology was able to do something pretty rare these days.
( by Katie Fehrenbacher | GigaOM.com , gigaom.com)

Kim Dotcom already having problems with new site Me.ga
Hackers have taken over the Me.ga domain and have threatened to sell it to Dotcom's adversaries.
( by Tom Cheredar | VentureBeat.com , VentureBeat.com)

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WORLD
For Afghan troops, donkeys are the new helicopters
With the U.S. military sending its choppers home, the Afghan army is turning to rudimentary tools of war.
( by Kevin Sieff , The Washington Post)

Holder unsure whether he'll stay
Attorney general says he still has to talk with the president and with his wife before he makes a decision.
( by Sari Horwitz , The Washington Post)

In wake of U.S. vote, Israeli leader accused of tilting toward Romney
Netanyahu says his election foes want to "stir up trouble between us and the United States.''
( by Joel Greenberg , The Washington Post)

Iran warplane shoots at U.S. drone
Attack marks first such incident over the Persian Gulf, and is all but certain to draw attention to Washington's use of unmanned aircraft.
( by Ernesto Londoño , The Washington Post)

U.S. states' pot measures upset Mexico
Legalized use in Colorado and Washington state could be game changer in U.S.-backed drug war.
( by William Booth , The Washington Post)

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EDITORIAL
The way forward
Republicans do not need to radically change.
(, The Washington Post)

Reality-based Republicanism
A little less ideological purity would strengthen the party.
( by Alan Charles Raul , The Washington Post)

A new America speaks
In Obama's victory, voices against privilege.
(, The Washington Post)

Economic affirmative action
Superior to the current race-based system.
( by Richard D. Kahlenberg , The Washington Post)

Renewing the GOP
Conservatives must reconstruct their appeal.
(, The Washington Post)

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LIVE DISCUSSIONS
Got Plans: Advice from the Going Out Gurus
The Going Out Gurus discussed concerts, happy hours, weekend getaways and other ideas for seasonal fun.
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Dr. Gridlock
The Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock, Robert Thomson, will be online to take all your questions about Metro, traffic throughout the region and other transportation issues.
(, vForum)

Celebritology Live
Celebritology blogger Jen Chaney gabbed about the latest celebrity gossip and pop culture news making waves across the Web.
(, vForum)

Ask Boswell: Redskins, Caps, Nationals and more
Sports Columnist Tom Boswell will take your questions about the Redskins, the Capitals, the Nationals, baseball, the NFL and more.
(, vForum)

Celebritology Live
Join Celebritology blogger Jen Chaney to gab about the latest celebrity gossip and pop culture news making waves across the Web.
(, vForum)

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