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Cain accuser offers the rare name and face

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The list of well-known people who have been accused of sexually inappropriate behavior is relatively long. The list of people who have taken their accusations to the news media is not.

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The Fillmore arrives in Silver Spring

What happens to Washington’s greater nightlife ecosystem when the largest music hall of its kind opens shop in a rebounding suburb outside the city?

New York Fashion Week: Faux pas or fashion forward?

The line between creative genious and aesthetically displeasing can be a precarious one in fashion.

The right fit for ‘Fela!’

From its workshop beginnings in 2006, “Fela!” has really belonged to Sahr Ngaujah.

Savoring their opportunities

The Washington region’s musical amateurs are finding more times and places to perform.

Desk stuff becomes the stuff of art

We’re the city of desk jobs, news desks, “what desk are you on at State?” Desk portraiture seems an eerily accurate depiction of Washington living. But E. Brady Robinson excludes the usual bureaucrats. For her, the buck stops at the arts desk.

Summer movie hits and misses

“Bridesmaids” and “The Help” hit. “Green Lantern” and “Cowboys & Aliens” missed. We look at some of this summer’s movie surprises and what they might predict going forward.

Baltimore leads in integrity

Baltimore’s not a Very Important Place — which is just what its residents like about it.

Literary novelists take a page from kid-lit fantasies

Adult fiction that invents, and muses about, wildly popular children’s fantasy series is becoming its own genre.

Martin Luther King Jr., the columnist

Between 1957 and 1958, Ebony magazine published a King-penned series called “Advice for Living.”

Music: Tri Angle Records

The hot indie label’s founder, Robin Carolan, has discovered all of his roster — including oOoOO and Balam Acab — online.

Contemporary classical: A primer

A few things you wanted to know about contemporary classical music but were afraid to ask.

Mother’s vigil for missing son in Libya ends

Six days after Matthew VanDyke arrived in Libya, the freelance writer from Baltimore vanished into the vortex of Libya’s civil war.

Tom Green, a stand-up guy

The comedian may have been too weird to endure in the mainstream, but he’s kept busy since his early-2000s heyday.

A high-velocity ‘Senna’

The documentary about Formula One racer Ayrton Senna, plays like a big-budget Hollywood film.

Renny Harlin talks superpower nations

Director Renny Harlin discusses his new film, “5 Days of War,” and superpower nations.

Advice

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 Carolyn Hax

A bit of forced closeness to a family friend

Honor a mother’s request to get close to her old college friend and “aunt”?

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 Carolyn Hax

A potential ‘other woman’s’ dilemma

A married co-worker is hitting on her, and she’s torn — interested, but feeling guilty about it all.

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 Carolyn Hax

No happy ending in sight

Her friends have stable marriage and children, but her marriage is collapsing, she’s entering her late 30s and she dreads a single, childless life.

Carolyn Hax

 Carolyn Hax

What’s behind the reluctance to live together?

They have a one-year relationship and want to get married. But she’s unwilling to move in with him.

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 Carolyn Hax

Great expectations makes birthday girl a party pooper

With birthdays, pick something you love to do and plan it.

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 Carolyn Hax

She’s homesick and he won’t budge

Husband promised her they’d stay in the Midwest, far from her family, for only five years. It’s been 20, she’s homesick and he’s not cooperating.

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Dealing with a couple’s social disconnect

A newlywed reports that he and his wife cannot agree on how much time can be spent separately with friends.

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Washington Post Magazine

The wizard of robots

The wizard of robots

He arrived at Virginia Tech in 2003. There, Dennis Hong built several of the most compelling designs to emerge in American robotics.

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Lifestyle Videos

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive in Japan

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive in Japan

At the Tokyo premiere of 'Moneyball,' Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reveal that their kids love being in Japan as much as they do and Pitt pays respect to people affected by the catastrophe caused by the tsunami earlier this year. (Nov. 9)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive in Japan

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive in Japan

At the Tokyo premiere of 'Moneyball,' Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reveal that their kids love being in Japan as much as they do and Pitt pays respect to people affected by the catastrophe caused by the tsunami earlier this year. (Nov. 9)
Shakira dedicates star to Latin community

Shakira dedicates star to Latin community

Surrounded by hundreds of screaming, flag-waving fans, Shakira unveils her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and dedicates it to the Latin community in the U.S. (Nov. 9)
Justin Bieber hopes future holds kids

Justin Bieber hopes future holds kids

Justin Bieber was in London this week for promotional events, where he reportedly spent some time in a gay club and also told journalists that he envisions having children in the future. (Nov. 8)

KidsPost

Five generations of a South Carolina family freed

Union forces win a naval victory

At South Carolina’s Port Royal Sound, Union naval forces won a crucial and much-needed victory.

Tess Theodorakos, 8, plays hide-and-seek at the Lincoln Memorial.

Brave kids face medical challenges

Young “champions” coping with serious health problems came to Washington last month for a tour.

Ellen Wales, 9 of Falls Church, created art work for the Wounded Warriors project.

Contests where everyone wins

These contests allow kids to win cool prizes while doing good for others.

Fourth-graders in Jacqueline Moore's class at North Chevy Chase Elementary School weed their native plants garden.

North Chevy Chase Elementary fourth-graders

Fourth-graders share their opinions on pizza toppings, the biggest problem in the world and more.

Working for Freedom The Story of Josiah Henson by Rona Arato

Tour Maryland farm where a slave lived

Kids can tour the farm where Josiah Henson lived as a slave and join in a dig looking for relics.

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