washingtonpost.com - GeorgiaGeorgiaHousekeeping 101- May 8, 2005 Spring is prime time for mud -- tracked by people and pets across carpets and rugs. The Georgia-based Carpet and Rug Institute counsels patience: Getting rid of mud is much easier if you don't try scrubbing but let it dry thoroughly and then vacuum. For tougher stains, see the institute's Web site at www.carpet-rug.org for a list of recommended carpet cleaning products.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4273-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/g... On Eve of Wedding, Ga. Bride-to-Be Still Missing- May 8, 2005 DULUTH, Ga., April 29 -- Jennifer Wilbanks was supposed to marry Saturday, walking down the aisle of a Methodist church before 600 guests -- the event of a lifetime. Instead, her family has been pleading for help finding her, and a national audience, drawn to the compelling tale of her last-minute disappearance, has been waiting for answers.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27003-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Lost: One H-Bomb. Call Owner- May 8, 2005 Just after midnight on Feb. 5, 1958, two U.S. Air Force jets, each traveling 500 mph, collided 35,000 feet over the Georgia countryside. Improbably, all four crew members survived and the accident might have passed into dim memory if not for the thermonuclear weapon jettisoned off Tybee Island, Ga.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59703-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Case of the Missing Bride Was Case of Cold Feet- May 8, 2005 She is a runaway bride, after all.The resurfacing of Jennifer Wilbanks at a 7-Eleven in Albuquerque -- 1,400 miles from her home in Duluth, Ga. -- confirmed it early yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28663-2005May1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/g... DNA Links Ga. Man to At Least 9 Md. Rapes- May 8, 2005 Montgomery County police have used DNA evidence to link at least nine rapes in the county between 1987 and 1991 to a man recently charged with rape in New York City, police said yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18656-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... The Family Channel- May 8, 2005 While 4-year-old Michael spins circles around the toy-filled living room and 4-month-old Evan bounces in a baby seat, Mom and Dad peer at the screens of nearly identical silver PowerBook computers. Maria Sokurashvili and Jeff Steele, home for the evening after work, are tending to their other baby -- the online parenting support group called DC Urban Moms.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32728-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/g... SUNDAY- May 8, 2005 Sports Baseball. Arizona at Washington (Channel 20 at 1); New York Yankees at Baltimore (Channel 66, 1:30); Atlanta at Philadelphia (ESPN at 8).http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57802-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Bush Has Delicate Task Ahead in Moscow- May 8, 2005 As troops march past and planes streak overhead, President Bush will assume his place in the reviewing stand on Red Square in front of Lenin's tomb, marking the 60th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany -- an event that also ushered in decades of totalitarianism for half of Europe.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38475-2005May5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/g... Holding Court on Kwame- May 8, 2005 Third in what might be a continuing series.This is a told-you-so moment for the water-cooler GMs, those self-anointed basketball savants who always seem to know even what they don't know. All over town hoops junkies are doing the good-riddance dance: Bye-bye, Kwame Brown.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41561-2005May6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/g... Fannie Mae Foundation Cutting Budget, Staff- May 8, 2005 The Fannie Mae Foundation, one of the District's largest charitable donors, said yesterday that it is cutting its budget by more than a fifth, closing offices in Atlanta and Chicago, and laying off a dozen employees. But the foundation said it is not reducing its philanthropy in the Washington area.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38590-2005May5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/g... |