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With Unity Plea, Huntsman Quits Democratic group United Wisconsin will mark the end of gathering petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday.

Organizers gathered more than the needed 540,208 signatures.

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Polls in South Carolina showed Romney in the lead, followed by Gingrich, with Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul fighting for third. (AP)

9ebkcX_W" I$9$ Republican Jon Huntsman’s endorsement of Mitt Romney further cements Romney as the favorite in Saturday’s pivotal South Carolina primary, adding another name to the list of party figures calling him best able to beat Democratic President Obama.

However, it leaves Romney’s more conservative rivals still fighting with one another to emerge as his strongest challenger. And it prompted at least one backer of Texas Gov. Rick Perry to urge him to quit the race.

Besides offering Romney his support, Huntsman also appealed for civility in a race that has become defined by attack advertisements paid for by anonymous groups.

“At its core, the Republican Party is a party of ideas, but the current toxic form of our political discourse does not help our cause,” he said, as televisions and telephones across the state hummed with attack messages.

Huntsman’s endorsement offers little in the way of a campaign organization or bankable support to Romney.

But it does add to the sense of inevitability the former Massachusetts governor has worked to portray in a state that has voted for the eventual GOP

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candidat since 1980 and where he is campaigning with backing from the state’s new governor, Nikki Haley, and Arizona Sen. John McCain, winner of the 2008 primary here.

Romney stands a good chance of winning the votes Huntsman would have received. Both tout business backgrounds and are social moderates in a state where social conservatives are an influential bloc. Polls show Romney was most often the second choice of Huntsman backers.

“Certainly, it will help Gov. Romney here; it’s just not clear how much,” said former state attorney general Henry McMaster. An early Huntsman supporter, McMaster had not committed to another candidate after Huntsman’s announcement. KASIE HUNT AND THOMAS BEAUMONT (AP)

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The new research appears in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It offers more evidence that quality face-time with your tot is very important for speech development.

It also begs the question of whether babies who turn out to have developmental disorders learn to speak the same way or whether they show differences that just might provide an early warning sign. Lewkowicz theorizes that there may be different patterns in children at risk of autism, something autism experts caution would be hard to prove.

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Apparently, it doesn’t take them too long to absorb the movements that match basic sounds. By their first birthdays, babies start shifting back to look you in the eye again — unless they hear the unfamiliar sounds of a foreign language.

Then, they stick with lip-reading a bit longer.

“It’s a pretty intriguing finding,” says University of Iowa psychology professor Bob McMurray, who also studies speech development. The babies “know what they need to know about, and they’re able to deploy their attention to what’s important at that point in development.”

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Babies don’t learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they’re lip-readers, too.

It happens during that magical stage when a baby’s babbling gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into that first “mama” or “dada.”

Florida scientists discovered that starting around age 6 months, babies begin shifting from the intent eye gaze of early infancy to studying mouths when people talk to them.

“The baby in order to imitate you has to figure out how to shape their lips to make that particular sound they’re hearing,” explains developmental psychologist David Lewkowicz of Florida Atlantic University, who led the study being published Monday. “It’s an incredibly complex process.”

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Obama set a goal of providing 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years.

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S&P Cuts Credit Ratings Of 9 European Countries Standard & Poor’s swept the debt-ridden European continent with punishing credit downgrades Friday, stripping France of its coveted AAA status. Austria also lost its AAA status; Italy and Spain fell by two notches; and the ratings of Malta, Cyprus, Slovakia, Slovenia and Portugal were cut. (AP)

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Prison inmate Floyd VanHooser, one of four men to accuse a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach of sexual abuse when they were children, on Sunday admitted that he made up his claim. Two other men had accused Bernie Fine, 66, last year of abusing them.

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Reform leader Mohammed ElBaradei’s surprise pullout on Saturday from Egypt’s presidential race dealt another blow to the groups behind last year’s ouster of Hosni Mubarak after their defeat in the ballots and the military’s escalating crackdown. ElBaradei said a fair election will be impossible. (AP)

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Thai police near Bangkok. A Swedish man of Lebanese origin with alleged links to militants was arrested in connection with a terror plot involving the bomb ingredient. (AP)

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Government Partially Restores Gas Subsidies Labor unions ended a crippling nationwide strike Monday in Nigeria after President Goodluck Jonathan partially restored the subsidies that keep gasoline prices low, though it took soldiers deployed to stop protests. But the newly agreed price, about $2.27 a gallon, is still more expensive than the previous price, $1.70 per gallon. (AP)

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There also were smaller protests in another dozen Romanian cities, but it was not clear how many people had gathered across the country. (AP)

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One defining image of Europe’s two-year-old debt crisis is that of the French and German leaders, side by side presenting their latest strategy for the Continent.

But the underlying message of t his image — former foes presenting a united front as the 17 countries that use the euro face their biggest crisis since World War II — may now be under threat.

Standard & Poor’s downgrade on Friday of France’s creditworthiness to AA+ leaves Germany a s t he on l y l a r ge e u r o z one economy with an A A A rating, making it the country that will have to shoulder the currency union’s rescue efforts.

France was the only top-rated country that, at least behind the scenes, had lobbied for more expansionary policies. Its fall f rom t he A A A club leaves it up to Luxembourg, Finland or the Netherlands to challenge Germany.

However, S&P’s knockdown could just as easily force the region’s biggest economy into even closer

of German pockets. Eurobonds, where debt would be backed by all eurozone countries and is seen by many as the solution to the crisis, would mean higher funding costs for Berlin.

But the alternative, a breakup of the euro, would be much more expensive, analysts warn. The German economy depends on exports, and the eurozone’s weaker members have helped ma ke German goods more competitive.

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Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, no civilian government has ever completed a full five-year term before being toppled by a military coup or forced to call early elections. (AP)

he could serve up to six months in prison and be disqualified from holding office.

The country is already grappling with an ailing economy and an Islamist insurgency. The latest clash could also complicate U.S. efforts to get Pakistan to cooperate on the war in Afghanistan.

The ruling boosted the sense that the administration could fall, squeezed between the court and Pakistan’s generals. Gilani warned both the judges and the army that they must protect democracy.

“It cannot happen that they derail system,” said Gilani after a majority in parliament passed a resolution supporting the government. (AP)

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President Obama evoked Martin Luther King Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own words about public service Monday as Obama and his family celebrated the life of the late civil rights leader with a volunteer project.

The president, along with wife Michelle Obama and daughter Malia, joined other volunteers at Browne Education Center in Washington.

During brief remarks, the president said there was no better way to honor King than to do something on behalf of others.

He also acknowledged the controversy surrounding a quote on the new MLK memorial in Washington, which is being changed amid criticism that it did not accurately reďŹ&#x201A;ect Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What he really said was all of us can be a drum major for service, all of us can be a drum major for justice,â&#x20AC;? Obama said.

Top: President Obama participates in a service project Monday in D.C. Bottom: Activist Dick Gregory, the Rev. Al Sharpton and D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray attend a ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on Monday.

The phrase is modiďŹ ed from a sermon known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drum Major Instinct,â&#x20AC;? which King delivered just two months before he was assassinated in 1968.

After meeting with volunteers, the Obamas headed to the school library to help build bookshelves and a reading corner for students.

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For the ďŹ rst time since 2004, the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parade honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had groups joyously marching through the city on the same day as the national holiday remembering the civil rights leader. Previous parades had been moved to the spring for better weather or had been canceled, organizers said.

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At Malcolm X and Martin Luther King avenues â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a spot known for crime and violence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; people tapped their feet to bands and police ofďŹ cers cracked smiles.

Malaika Kennie, 34, of Southeast, brought her 9-year-old daughter to march with her school group.

Kennie said having the parade on the King holiday made it more special. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can name a street after him, a monument, but having it on this day is long overdue,â&#x20AC;? Kennie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes it more significant so that we will remember what he stood for.â&#x20AC;? DANA HEDGPETH (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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The Metro board’s finance committee wants to consider more options than those proposed by General Manager Richard Sarles to close a $116 million shortfall in the transit authority’s next budget.

Sarles had proposed significantly higher fares for people who use paper farecards; cutting day passes; and the elimination of a complicated surcharge for traveling during the system’s busiest times.

Board members said Thursday they want to hear what the public has to say about those options.

They also want input on a possible two-zone fare system and a 5-cent surcharge for travel through some popular stations.

At its Jan. 26 meeting, the board will finalize what options it wants to put before the public at hearings in February and March. Any fare changes would likely go into effect in July.

Sarles has proposed a $1.6 billion operating budget for fiscal 2013 that would raise rates on bus and rail by an average of about 5 percent. About $53 million of the $116 million needed to close the deficit would come from local jurisdictions, while the rest would come from fare increases. Sarles has also proposed a capital budget of about $900 million.

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C[Wdm^_b[ $$$ The team of people responsible for representing Metro to the world is expanding with the recent hire of two people to fill existing vacancies. It’s the latest chapter in a period of severe turnover for the regional transit authority’s media team. Metro’s managing director of public relations, Lynn Bowersox, said the transit authority has hired Caroline Lukas, producer in the Washington bureau of Canadian Broadcasting. Lukas will be the media relations manager reporting to Metro’s chief spokesman and director of communications, Dan Stessel. Philip Stewart, who is a reporter for News Channel 8 and WJLA, will be a public information officer for Metro. (AP)

ee pensions. Metro makes 100 percent of the contributions, and the agency’s labor and pension benefits account for $55 million of its expected cost increase for next fiscal year, officials have said.

Under the new plan, Metro would hire more than 1,000 people, which would cost $88 million in salaries and benefits; $62 mil-

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Shipwrecked After a cruise ship capsizes near Italy, officials look to prevent an oil spill Hec[ Italy’s cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales.

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J^[ 9WfjW_d _d Gk[ij_ed The captain of the cruise liner that ran aground off the Tuscan coast is facing accusations from officials and passengers that he abandoned ship before everyone was safely evacuated and was showing off when he steered the vessel far too close to shore. Costa Crociere chairman and CEO Pier Luigi Foschi didn’t respond directly to accusations against Francesco Schettino, but he suggested Schettino’s conduct wasn’t as bad in the hours of the evacuation as has been portrayed. Some reports have suggested the captain was drinking at the bar shortly before the accident. Schettino has insisted in an interview before his jailing that he stayed with the vessel to the end. (AP)

that 25 passengers and four crew members were missing. At least six people were killed.

Italy’s environmental minister raised the alarm about a potential catastrophe if any of the 2,300 tons of fuel begins to leak into the waters off Giglio, which form part of the protected Tuscan archipelago.

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Capt. Francesco Schettino made an unauthorized deviation that caused the ship to crash into a reef and capsize Friday, the operator said.

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The navigational “fly by” of Giglio was apparently made as a favor to the chief waiter, who is from the tiny island and whose parents live there, local media reported.

A judge will decide Tuesday whether Schettino should remain jailed.

“We are struck by the unscrupulousness of the reckless maneuver that the commander of the Costa Concordia made near the island of Giglio,” prosecutor Francesco Verusio said. “It was inexcusable.” (AP)

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Standing in their way are two inconsistent QBs seeking to fill out their own championship resumes: Joe Flacco of Baltimore and Alex Smith of San Francisco.

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the way they have performed this season, Brady and Manning overmatch Flacco and Smith. When things have gotten tight for New England or New York, the quarterback often has provided the winning edge.

“The team revolves around him,” Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez said of Brady. “When he comes to play, which he mostly does every game, then we’re going to be on fire, and when he’s ready, we’re all ready.”

Ditto for Manning. Even when the Giants hit a four-game slide that jeopardized making the playoffs, he stood out. “He’s just been great,” said receiver Victor Cruz, who had

Jek]^[ij J[ij The New England Patriots were back at team meetings on Monday as they get ready to face Baltimore and its dominant defense in Sunday’s AFC championship game. Two years ago, the Ravens beat the Patriots 33-14 in a wild-card playoff game at Foxborough. But current players say that doesn’t matter now. Tom Brady said Monday on WEEI radio that the Ravens are the toughest team the Patriots will have faced all season.

Baltimore advanced with a 20-13 win at home on Sunday over the Houston Texans and is 9-0 at home this season but just 4-4 on the road. (AP)

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The time certainly is right.

For a decade, it’s been Brady time once New Year’s Day hits. In early 2008, it also was Manning time.

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For now, Smith and Flacco can only wonder whether they have what it takes to grab the ring.

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To expect Smith to trade throws with Saints star Drew Brees was unthinkable, yet there he was, making clutch pass after clutch pass in the late stages of Saturday’s thrilling win. If he’s capable of a similar performance against the Giants, it would enhance San Francisco’s chances immeasurably.

“He deserves all this,” Gore said of Smith’s revival. “He’s had some tough times. But I always believed he could play at this level. We have the right people leading us. And he’s got the right people leading him.” BARRY WILNER (AP)

Tim Tebow will enter training camp as the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback for 2012. The team sought to curb the circus that’s sure to surround Tebow this off-season by declaring him the incumbent at a season-ending news conference Monday. John Elway, a Hall of Famer who rejoined the team a year ago as chief of football operations, has pledged to work with Tebow this off-season to polish his passing game. Tebow took over a 1-4 team in October and guided the Broncos to their first playoff berth since 2005. (AP)

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Capitals fans with their fingers on the panic button can relax. Sunday’s win over the Carolina Hurricanes put Washington back on top of the Southeast Division, with the team overtaking the Florida Panthers.

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Mehaekj0 Because 39-year-old Tara Cooksey has arthritis, she’s often wary about how exercise will affect her joints. “Lifting weights is too rough for me,” she says. But at her first Barre3 class last week, she managed to get her muscles working without her body complaining — although several times, Cooksey felt the shaking that barre workouts are known for, especially when she was seated, leaning back on a squishy ball and twisting to target her obliques.

It’s a tough but doable routine, no matter your fitness level, Warren says. “My mom is in her late 70s, and she can be in the same class as a competitive triathlete,” she says. As students become more advanced, they can go deeper into the movements and up the weights to stay challenged.

At the new Barre3 studio in Georgetown, students learn to rely on the ballet barre as a prop that’ll keep them from falling over when doing yoga poses or other exercises.

=[j j^[ 8WbWdY[ H_]^j To build a better body from front to back, you can lean on Georgetown’s Barre3 There are three main things you need to know about Barre3. It’s a ballet-inspired fitness program.

Madonna does it. And, now that the first Washington location has opened, so can you.

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method has a few distinguishing features. Most notably, students are never directed to tuck their pelvises during movements. “You don’t live here,” says Jill Warren, who owns the new Georgetown location, while demonstrating how unnatural it is to hold a tucked position. “Everything in Barre3 is about finding balance in the front body and back body.”

To see another Barre3 signature, just look down. Georgetown’s two studio spaces — one that maxes out

at 21 students and a cozier room that’s designed for groups of 10 or fewer — both have cork flooring. The material’s more cushiony than hard wood and not as slippery.

Cel[i0 Although the Barre3 repertoire is varied enough to ensure that every class is different, regulars will get accustomed to the sequence. “It’s always work, stretch, work, stretch,” says studio manager/ instructor Leeanne Cress.

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will look familiar to yogis. “We call it sneaky yoga,” Warren says.

“We think of the ballet barre as a prop, like a yoga block.” So grabbing the barre with both hands, keeping your torso horizontal to the ground and lifting a leg is “Warrior 3,” but it’s much easier to hold the position than it would be on a mat. You can also do tons more chaturanga push-ups when leaning on the barre.

As with most barre fitness classes, you can expect to sculpt your legs and “seat” (barre-speak for butt) with tons of pulsing plies.

You’ll also lift light dumbbells (1 to 3 pounds) for high reps to target your arms. The most intense section is the core work, which lasts 15 to 18 minutes and borrows heavily from Pilates.

9hemZ0 Women tend to want to live out their ballet dreams more than men do. (Not that you need to have any tutu experience to follow along.) During the day, many of the ladies packing the studio are moms. So to cater to busy parents, Barre3 also offers child care ($5 per session) in a nook off of the lounge. That’s an amenity that’s tough to find even at large gyms in Washington. “We wanted to make it accessible and welcoming,” Warren says.

In the coming months, she hopes to build the community by reaching out to running and cycling groups using the Capital Crescent Trail, which ends practically outside her front door at the Georgetown Waterfront Park. Maybe they could use some sneaky yoga — or at least a shower. VICK Y HALLET T (E XPRESS) 1000 Wisconsin Ave. NW.; introductory special is three classes for $45; 202-450-3905, Barre3.com/george town.

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D.C.’s two newest CrossFit facilities show off what they’ve done with the place There’s a reason CrossFit gyms are called “boxes.” That’s what they normally look like — sparsely decorated warehouses stocked with an assortment of weight plates, ropes and kettlebells. But Washington’s two newest CrossFit facilities are trying to think outside the box when it comes to developing an identity.

9heii<_j FhWn_i Talk about the next big thing. This place has two separate CrossFit spaces, each with 22-foot ceilings, which leaves plenty of room for ropes and rings to hang. The larger studio boasts a 50-foot-long pull-up bar that accommodated 19 athletes simultaneously during the gym’s November opening. “And you can really do sprints in here,” says head coach Joe Freeman.

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Performing walking lunges across the floor of the vast CrossFit Praxis takes quite a bit longer than it would at other gyms.

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É>[o" 8WXo" Oe]W C[Wdi Kd_edÊ Sick of dating online? Try dating in alignment instead. Kelly DiNardo, owner of Mount Pleasant’s Past Tense Studio (3253 Mount Pleasant St. NW; 202-462-9642; Pasttensestudio.com), thinks people could meet their match on the mats. “I’ve found a yoga studio is a place that fosters community. People make friends in class. Why not take it to the next level?” she says.

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When someone in half moon pose hits you in the eye, that might be YogAmore.

Singles of all levels are invited to attend YogAmore at 8 p.m. on Friday, an hour-long class followed by a mingling session with snacks, drinks and games designed to break the ice. Both parts will be led by Jeffrey Platts, a relationship and dating coach who moonlights as a yoga instructor. He’s made a name for himself in Washington by organizing several unusual social events, including eye-gazing parties, which resemble speed dating, except you just stare into the other person’s pupils for two minutes without saying a word.

his mostly female clientele — many of whom have never done a pullup — to CrossFit. “We’re accessible to everyone,” says Dolge, who explains it’s possible to modify any WOD exercise.

He’s still offering his boot campstyle classes on Saturday mornings, only now, his clients are protected from the elements (and have bathrooms with showers to use to clean up after class). Dolge also offers triathlon coaching.

Membership is $145 for visiting twice a week, or $175 for unlimited workouts. It’s $20 to drop-in.

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Stretching and strengthening, he says, could be just the thing to get into the mood for love. “Yoga allows you to connect with yourself. That’s the first step in any relationship,” he says. He’s planning a romantic playlist, and a practice with several heart-opening poses.

The studio hopes to keep the genders balanced, so if an attendee brings a friend of the opposite sex, they’ll both get $5 off the cost of admission (a single class is $15).

And even if participants don’t feel sparks with anyone in the room, they’ll at least have an invigorating start to the weekend. “Our hope is that people always love their experiences at the studio,” DiNardo says. V.H.

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duce a golden skin color. Just as they give carrots their orange hue, carotenoids act as a skin pigment for you, too. The study showed that people prefer the golden skin color produced from carotenoids to a suntan.

Unless you’re wearing a ski mask, your face takes the brunt of winter weather no matter how well you’re bundled up. We came up with a list of foods that can get your skin back to that healthy, summer look — sans the harmful UV rays.

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October 2011 was the 20th anniversary of the Lotsa Pop Losers festival. Hosted by D.C. labels Slumberland, Simple Machines and Teen-Beat, the event solidified the emerging indie/punk scene of the era.

That anniversary came and went with little notice, but Chickfactor — the ’zine that was born soon after Pop Losers — isn’t going to let its two-decade anniversary pass without a party — 8o 9^h_ijef^[h several, in fact: two Fehj[h nights in Arlington at Artisphere April 6-7, followed by three in New York City.

Chickfactor was started by Gail O’Hara and Pam Berry: The former is a journalist and photographer, and the latter is one of indie’s most beloved singers. (Berry is pictured, far left, with influential D.C. noise-pop band Black Tambourine, for which she did vocals.)

The two covered the indie scene with style, and the ’zine’s spirit has endured, though it has been inactive for some time. (Chickfactor.com is still updated.)

Several groups from that ’90s scene are re-forming for the shows, including much-loved Rhode Island bands Honey Bunch and Small Factory.

But the big news is that Black Tambourine will be playing its first shows in 21 years. Pop losers, no more.

G 7 For its fourth season on Bravo, “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” has a new name: “Tabatha Takes Over.”

Australian hair stylist Tabatha Coffey, 44, is not only improving failed salons; she’s tackling other sorts of businesses: On Tuesday at 10 p.m., she’ll visit a gay bar. Also coming up: a yogurt shop whose yogurt-making machine was so loud that, Coffey reports, “it deafened me.”

You’ve said you don’t like being called a bitch. But on this season’s first episode (which aired Jan. 10), you referred to yourself as a bitch.

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thing, but it isn’t. It’s everywhere now. I know it sounds really trite, but [work ethic] starts at a young age. My mother made sure I was up and dressed and ready for school and uniform pressed because you just didn’t go late. [An employee might say] “I’m only five minutes late,” but I don’t care if it’s a minute, three, five or 20. It’s late.

for me to answer because I don’t think I’m intimidating. That’s not my intention. If people feel intimidated, it’s typically because they’re nervous or they know I’m going to show them something they don’t want to see.

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You’re expanding to other businesses this season. Would you ever come to D.C. and take over Congress?

Ohhh, wouldn’t that be fun?

What would you change?

In this day and age, my fellow gays and I should have the right to get married.

Tell us about Tuesday’s episode, when you “take over” a gay bar.

Ripples was the first gay dance club in Long Beach, Calif., and its owners were coming up on their 40th anniversary. They were still running their bar with an old-school mentality, driving customers away.

They charged a cover just to go in and have a drink, which is crazy.

It’s a bar; it’s not a nightclub. They refused to give you tap water and charged $3.50 for water.

You often work with people who have a lazy work ethic. Is that a peculiarly American thing?

Many of the staffers you work with seem to find you intimidating.

Was this a successful takeover?

I t hink you w ill be happy when you watch the episode.

I’d love to say it’s an American

Am I? That’s a question that’s hard

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JecehhembWdZ0 After Jon Hamm, left, broke news of “Mad Men’s” premiere date last month on the “Doug Loves Movies” podcast, AMC confirmed Saturday that the series’ long-awaited fifth season will open with a twohour movie on March 25. Creator Matthew Weiner hasn’t revealed any plot details, but at a press event over the weekend, he teased that “a couple of [themes] have emerged ... one [being], ‘It’s every man for himself.’” (E XPRESS)

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This production is directed by the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s former artistic director, P.J. Paparelli, left. Shakespeare Theatre’s Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St. NW; through March 4; 202-547-1122, Shakespearetheatre.org. (Archives)

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How much will the success of “Midnight in Paris” change the filmmaker’s career? Not one bit, Allen says.

In nearly 45 years of alternating between toast of the town and yesterday’s news, Allen has barely deviated from a simple formula: Make a movie a year on an economical budget and avoid the show business baubles — counting box-office grosses, obsessing over reviews, glad-

handing for awards — that would distract from his routine.

“I’ve managed to avoid over decades the hit-flop syndrome,” Allen says. “I’ve just sort of existed since 1968 making films kind of on a low flame, burning on a low flame.

And that’s fine, because the fun for me is to make the picture.”

By the time the romantic fantasy “Midnight in Paris” began packing theaters last summer, Allen was on to the next film, preparing to shoot the comedy “Nero Fiddled” in Rome. But his love letter to Paris was charming critics and fans like no Allen film had done in ages.

A clever romp examining people’s perpetual discontent with modern times, the film stars Owen Wilson as an American writer whose yearning for the 1920s Paris of Hemingway and Fitzgerald gives him a chance to spend some quality time with his idols.

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Already the record-holder with 14 writing nominations at the Academy Awards, Allen seems likely to pad that total this year.

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On Sunday’s episode of “Kourtney and Kim Take New York,” Kim Kardashian revealed doubts about her marriage to Kris Humphries, during a conversation with sister Khloe Kardshian. “I’m just so unhappy in life, and I don’t like who I am in this marriage,” Kim Kardashian said. “I don’t like who I am to him, to myself. My gut and my heart is telling me I did this too fast and I’m embarrassed. I got caught up in the fairy tale of it, and I’m not happy.” She continued, “I’m embarrassed that I let my own issues and relationship get in the way.” (E XPRESS)

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