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Day of GOP Upheaval Ahead of S.C. debate, Perry drops out, backs Gingrich as ‘visionary’ Dehj^ 9^Whb[ijed" I$9$ The race for the Republican presidential nomination is veering toward South Carolina surreal.

Mitt Romney was stripped of his Iowa caucus victory Thursday, then was stung by Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s withdrawal and endorsement of Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker who was stunningly accused in turn by

an ex-wife of seeking an open marriage so he could keep his mistress.

“Newt’s not perfect, but who among us is?” said Perry, quitting the race shortly before an evening debate and less than 48 hours before the polls open in Saturday’s first-in-the-South primary. Perry also called Gingrich a “conservative visionary who can transform our country.”

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The number of final, certified votes Rick Santorum had ahead of Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucus, Iowa Republican Chairman Matt Strawn said Thursday.

The Iowa Republican party cannot declare a winner, because the results are incomplete — eight of the state’s 1,774 precincts did not report their certified totals by Wednesday’s 5 p.m. deadline, Strawn said. Declaring himself the winner in Iowa, Santorum said he remained conservatives’ best option and urged them to resist calls to rally behind Newt Gingrich. (AP)

cratic President Obama this fall. It also set off a scramble among the remaining contenders for the allegiance of his supporters and donors, both in the state and nationally.

Recent polls, coupled with Perry’s endorsement, suggested Gingrich was the candidate with the momentum and Romney the one struggling to

In an up-and-down campaign day, Newt Gingrich picked up an endorsement Thursday from Rick Perry but also faced explosive accusations from his second ex-wife, Marianne Gingrich, left, that he had asked her for permission to have an “open marriage” after she learned he was having an affair with Callista Bisek, who is now his wife.

Responding to excerpts from Marianne Gingrich’s interview, Newt Gingrich’s spokesman R.C. Hammond said the revelations “couldn’t be any more opposite of the truth.” The interview was set to air Thursday night on ABC News. (AP)

validate his standing as front-runner.

Whatever else the impact, the day’s events reduced the number of conservatives vying to emerge as Romney’s principal alternative.

The former Massachusetts governor had other challenges in a state, where unemployment approaches 10 percent. He adamantly refused to explain why some of his millions were invested in the Cayman Islands, how much was there or whether any other funds were held offshore.

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by Perry in a debate on Monday — Romney told reporters it wouldn’t happen. “You’ll hear more about that.

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Five days before a critical vote, senators are abandoning an anti-piracy bill they had supported after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with Internet freedoms.

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PIPA bill withdrew their support Wednesday amid a one-day protest blackout by Wikipedia and other Web giants and a ďŹ&#x201A;ood of emails to Capitol Hill ofďŹ ces that at times doubled normal volumes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The overwhelming input Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve received from New Hampshire citizens makes it clear there are many legitimate concerns that deserve further consideration before Congress moves forward with this legislation,â&#x20AC;? said Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., one of the senators who pulled back her support of the bill.

The Senate bill, and the parallel Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in

the House, would allow the Justice Department and copyright holders to seek court orders against foreign websites that steal from American content creators. It would bar advertising networks and payment facilitators such as credit card companies from doing business with the offending websites.

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A young Moldovan woman who says she was called to the bridge of the stricken Costa Concordia to help evacuate Russian passengers defended the embattled captain on Thursday, saying he worked tirelessly and “saved over 3,000 lives.”

Domnica Cemortan, 25, who says she was translating Capt.

Francesco Schettino’s orders during the frenzied evacuation, has emerged as a potential new witness in the investigation into the

officer’s actions the night the ship ran aground.

Schettino is under house arrest, facing possible charges of manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing a shipwreck after he made an unauthorized detour from the programmed route that caused the vessel to slam into a reef and cap-

size off the Tuscan island of Giglio.

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for Russian passengers.

She defended Schettino and crew members against criticism of a chaotic evacuation, saying they saved thousands of lives.

“He did a great thing; he saved over 3,000 lives,” she told Moldova’s Jurnal TV. She said Schettino had stayed on deck until 11:50 p.m., when he ordered her into a lifeboat; the ship hit the reef at 9:45 p.m.

Meanwhile, divers searched for the missing Thursday after a daylong break, and a new audiotape of the doomed vessel’s first communications with maritime authorities showed the ship’s officers continued to report only an electrical problem for more than 30 minutes after hitting the reef. (AP)

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Syrian forces have pulled back from the embattled town of Zabadani, activists and witnesses said Thursday, but at least 16 people were killed by security forces elsewhere as a monthlong Arab League factfinding mission expired.

Arab League foreign ministers will consider extending the League’s observer mission in Syria in a meeting Sunday in Cairo, officials said Thursday. Observers will remain in Syria until a decision is made, they said.

The mission has been mired in controversy, with the opposition claiming it served as a cover for the regime to continue its brutal crackdown against protesters.

The 10-month uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad has turned increasingly militarized as more regime opponents arm themselves and fight back. (AP)

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Officials said Thursday they will likely defer a decision until 2015. (AP)

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It was one of the largest protests in recent times in Bucharest and came after a week of sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations.

As the march reached University Square, protesters blocked traffic and shouted what has become a trademark slogan aimed at President Traian Basescu: “Get out, you miserable dog.”

The square is historically significant for Romanians because it was a centerpiece of the 1989 anti-communist revolution that led to Romania’s birth of democracy. Police said 7,000 attended the rally, while organizers claimed the crowd was far larger. (AP)

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Six months after the U.N. declared Somalia’s capital a famine zone, the number of refugees in the capital is dwindling, as most of the men have gone home to try to revive devastated herds and withered crops.

The women, and kids, would like to join them, but many don’t have enough money. That means fewer hands on the farm and a smaller harvest. Seasonal rains have fallen in recent weeks, raising hopes the drought will improve.

“We can go back and feed ourselves without depending on anybody,” said Halima Mohammed Abdulla, a mother of five who has been living for five months in a Mogadishu refugee camp, where hardship, and danger, remain.

8WYaijeho The U.N. on July 20 declared parts of Somalia a famine zone — defined as when hunger daily kills two adults or four kids per 10,000 people and a third of children are acutely malnourished — and later expanded it. Britain says between 50,000 and 100,000 people have since died. (AP)

U.N. personnel say six explosive devices have been found or detonated in Mogadishu in recent days, including a blast Thursday near a refugee camp that killed two police officers and four refugees.

Dangers also remain in the countryside. One refugee, Halima Haji Mohammed Omar, said she does not want to return home because of militants.

“How can I go back? There is no reason to back when there is still a war,” she said. “They beat us; they conscripted our children.” (AP)

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Metro Theft Alleged 2 workers face charges of taking thousands in cash from the agency MWi^_d]jed Metro employee Horace McDade typically spent his days traveling from one subway station to another, collecting bills and coins from fare machines.

Usually, Transit Police officer Vincent Haile was nearby, watching over McDade as he made his rounds and trucked the cash to a collection facilit y in Alexandria.

But aut horities allege that the two men have Haile been taking an unofficial detour, driving to a spot under the Capital Beltway a few hundred ya rds from the collection building and McDade hiding part of the day’s take.

When their shift was done, they would return in their own cars and make off with the money.

On Wednesday night, federal authorities arrested the two and charged them with conspiring to commit theft.

Surveillance tapes and a confidential source revealed that Haile used bags of the collected coins to buy lottery tickets, according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court.

He often hit the jackpot, collecting close to $63,000 in lottery winnings over the past four years.

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J^[ Fkhfehj[Z Fbej The pair systematically worked rail stations on all five of Metro’s rail lines and would use a transit authority van to carry cash to the collection facility, according to officials involved in the case who were not authorized to speak publicly. Investigators found that Transit Police Officer Vincent Haile would often switch his security assignment with other police officers so he could work with Horace McDade. Once finished with their shifts, the affidavit says, the two would ride through a parking lot at a Marriott Courtyard hotel on Eisenhower Avenue to an underpass and hide bags of money. When they got off work, each man would return separately — Haile in a gray Jaguar and McDade in a green Ford — to get their stashed cash and go their separate ways. Investigators placed tracking devices on their cars and the Metro van. The underpass is located about a quarter-mile from Metro’s revenue collection facility and is in the opposite direction of Haile’s route to his Woodbridge, Va., home, authorities said. (T WP)

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conference is set for Monday.

If convicted, McDade and Haile face a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

It was unclear how much money may have been stolen. Prosecutors say that Haile’s bank records show unexplained cash deposits of more than $150,000 since 2008, and the investigation is ongoing.

The FBI was first tipped off to the alleged scheme in September when it learned about a man in a police uniform who routinely purchased several hundred dollars’ worth of scratch-off lottery tickets from a Woodbridge store, according to the affidavit filed by Metro Transit Police Capt. Kevin P. Gaddis.

A source told agents that the

officer had been coming in for about three years, at first with “what he could hold in his hands” — about 50 to 100 coins — and later bringing in bags containing about $500 in change, the affidavit says. The source said Haile spent $13,050 in October, $7,780 in November and $7,350 in December.

Haile was pretty good at winning: Records from the Virginia Lottery show Haile won $32,000 last year, $17,000 in 2010, $8,400 in 2009 and $5,400 in 2008, according to the affidavit.

The document said an informant told officials Haile had also cashed winning tickets for less than $600. Records aren’t required for the lesser amounts.

(.A The amount, in bills and coins, that Vincent Haile used to buy lottery tickets between October and December, according to an affidavit filed in federal court. (T WP)

Metro chief spokesman Dan Stessel said Thursday that the two men had been suspended without pay and that their jobs with Metro were “pending termination.”

McDade had worked for Metro since February 1979. Haile had worked for the Metro Transit Police department since August 1997.

The supervisor of the revenue facility in Alexandria has also “been relieved of his duties,” according to a Metro press release.

Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn is expected to conduct a “top-to-bottom assessment of all policies and procedures” involving officers assigned to the revenue collection unit, of f ic i a l s sa id. D A N A H E D G P E T H (THE WASHINGTON POST )

EJ>;H FBEJI The two arrests made this week don’t mark the first time Metro employees have been accused of stealing cash.

In 2004, Metro switched from allowing patrons to pay with cash at its parking facilities to requiring they use electronic SmarTrip cards after an investigation found cashiers hired by a contractor stole millions of dollars in revenue over several years. Metro General Manager Richard Sarles said the transit agency’s chief financial officer will “immediately bring in forensic accountants to conduct a thorough review of control systems and management over revenue systems to fully understand how wrongdoing occurred and to implement tighter detection systems.” (T WP)

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The Medical Center station will be closed. Workers will be replacing track circuits along the line.

The transit authority says trains will operate on a normal weekend schedule between Shady Grove and Grosvenor, and between Bethesda and Glenmont. But riders passing through the work zone should expect delays of about 20 minutes on their normal travel times.

On Fr iday night, t he last Glenmont-bound train to operate before work begins will leave Shady Grove at 9:43 p.m. and Bethesda at 10 p.m. The last Shady Grove-bound

train will leave Glenmont at 9:05 p.m. and Bethesda at 9:50 p.m.

The last Red Line train from Shady Grove will leave 15 minutes earlier than usual, at 2:15 a.m.

Saturday and Sunday. (That’s the night-owl service from Friday and Saturday nights.) The last train on Sunday night will leave at 11:15.

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coordinated with the Blue Line to provide trains every 12 minutes at stations from Rosslyn to StadiumArmory, the tunnel segment used by both the Orange and Blue lines.

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Shoulder Use Sought To Ease I-270 Congestion Some Frederick County officials say commuters should be allowed to drive on the shoulders of Interstate 270 to ease rush-hour traffic jams. The Frederick News-Post reported Thursday that Frederick city Alderwoman Carol Krimm and city transportation planner Tim Davis recent made the suggestion to the Frederick Area Committee for Transportation. (AP)

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National Park Service officials detailed some preliminary work plans Thursday as they announced a private donation of $7.5 million toward the project. The federal government is paying the rest of the estimated $15 million tab.

The 555-foot-tall monument has been closed since the magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck the area Aug. 23.

Bob Vogel, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said at a news conference Thursday that the Park Service has awarded a contract for the planning phase of the job.

The company of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, which used

workers suspended on ropes to conduct the exterior inspection of the monument after the quake, already is designing the plan, Vogel said.

The contract for the execution of the repairs will probably not be awarded until late summer, with work starting after that.

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“This is a complex job,” he said. “This is a one-of-a-kind structure that poses challenges for repair that other buildings don’t.”

Park officials said they were not sure whether the monument would remain closed the whole time, but Vogel said that was likely.

The news conference was called to mark the donation to the monument by David M. Rubenstein, a billionaire Bethesda philanthropist.

“I would suggest that [the monument] hadn’t even stopped shaking before David Rubenstein came to me and asked if

8WYaijeho The Washington Monument shook violently during the magnitude-5.8 earthquake on Aug. 23, especially near the top, and many of its stone blocks were cracked and chipped on both the interior and exterior. In the weeks after the quake, workers rappelled down from the top to inspect the damage. What they found included cracks up to 1 1/4 inches wide in the mortar and stone of structure’s pyramid-shaped top, the worst of the damage. (T WP)

he could help,” said Jonathan B. Jarvis, director of the National Park Service.

Rubenstein, 62, is co-founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group, a global assetmanagement firm that handles $148 billion in assets, according to its website.

He also is chairman of Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he is the single largest donor in its history, with gifts totaling $25 million. Forbes magazine estimates his worth at $2.7 billion.

Rubenstein said he has been fortunate in life and wants to donate to worthy causes. “I don’t want my executor to give it all away,” he said.

“I’d like to have the pleasure of giving away to things that I think are good while I’m alive.

The country’s been wonderful to me. The city’s been wonderful to me and my family.” MICHAEL E. RUANE (THE WASHINGTON POST )

Police ID Suspect in Robbing of 84-Year-Old Woman Bill Would OK search to track her down, authori- County police spokesman, said Sunday Hunting MWi^_d]jed ties said Thursday. investigators are exploring whether Prince George’s County police have identified the woman they say used three young children in an elaborate ruse to rob an 84-year-old woman of several thousand dollars and have launched an extensive

Police have obtained a warrant charging Linda McCorkle, 48, of Chillum, Md., with armed robbery and second-degree assault in the Jan. 12 incident, authorities said.

Julie Parker, a Prince George’s

McCorkle might have been involved in similar crimes, but they have found no evidence of that so far. She said they also are working to determine who the other woman and children were. (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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Two bills, consolidated into one, would allow hunting on Sundays on private land. Sen. Ralph Northam of Norfolk said the government had no right telling Virginians what they could do on their private land. (AP)

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The Capitals face the Hurricanes on Friday and rival Penguins on Sunday.

7 P.M. The Capitals visit the Carolina Hurricanes. CSN 7 P.M. Can the Wizards make it two in a row when they host the Denver Nuggets? CSN+ 8 P.M. Both Los Angeles teams are in action as the Lakers visit the Orlando Magic and the Clippers host the Minnesota Timberwolves. ESPN 9 P.M., 3 A.M. (SAT.) The third round of the Australian Open. ESPN2

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Until that time, the game plan evidently is to smother him with praise.

Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs got into a shouting match with Brady in 2009 after the quarterback appeared to be demanding a penalty flag for a late hit. More recently, Suggs suggested that Brady’s two Super Bowl wins were

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“questionable” and that he continues to receive preferential treatment from officials.

Suggs abandoned the grudge Wednesday.

“There is no beef,” he insisted.

“I guess the genesis of that, it was the incident in ’09 where I almost hit him below the waist. I’ve gotten over it. There’s where it all started, but you grow and mature. As you all can clearly see, I am not the same guy I was back in ’09. I am definitely 20 pounds lighter, too.”

The Ravens have plenty of reasons to respect Brady. The cold facts

are that he threw six touchdown passes last week in a 45-10 rout of Denver and is 4-1 lifetime against Baltimore — the lone loss coming in the 2008 playoffs. In four regularseason games against Baltimore, Brady has helped the Patriots generate 24, 27, 27 and 23 points.

No wonder Ray Lewis has this to say about Sunday’s opponent: “You’re talking about arguably one of the two best quarterbacks of all time.”

Brady, similarly, has decided it’s wiser to say nice things about the Ravens than to give them added incentive to come after him Sunday.

“I have a lot of respect for them and their ability to play and perform under pressure,” Brady said.

“They’ve been in the playoffs the last four years, and they’ve won playoff games in the last four years.

They’re a tough team. What goes on off the field and the comments that guys make really has no bearing or impact on this game, nor will it. A lot of my focus and attention is on what I need to do to be at my best this week for my teammates. Hopefully, we go out there and play our best game.” DAVID GINSBURG (AP)

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The playoff run to San Francisco’s second title after the 1984 season also started with a win over the Giants, 21-10.

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“The thing I remember the most was the silence was deafening in the crowd,” Howard said. “The Super Bowl was in their grasp.

Then to all of a sudden have a turnover at that stage of the game and it’s over.”

That play from the NFC Championship game on Jan. 20, 1991, is among the most famous between the teams and is one of many being recalled leading into Sunday’s conference title game.

But it is far from the only postseason moment the teams share.

The Giants and 49ers met six times in the playoffs between the 1981 and ’94 seasons, with the victor going on to win the Super Bowl in four of those cases.

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The rivalry featured Hall of Fame players such as Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Ronnie Lott for San Francisco, and Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson for the Giants.

There were great plays and memorable moments through the years, but the most famous came in the only previous conference championship game between these teams.

San Francisco led 13-9 early in the fourth quarter before Leonard Marshall knocked out Montana with a crushing hit from behind. Gary Rea-

sons then had a 30-yard run on a fake punt to set up Matt Bahr’s fourth field goal to make it 13-12.

The 49ers just needed to run out the clock to seal the win. But on a first-and-10 from the Giants’ 40 with less than three minutes to go, Craig ran up the middle, and Howard shed his blockers and got his helmet on the ball. It popped loose and Taylor recovered at the New York 43 with 2:36 to go.

Seven plays later, Bahr kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired, sending the Giants to a Super Bowl

The 49ers beat the Giants 44-3 after the 1993 season in what proved to be the final career game for Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor.

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Lott and Craig also left after that season and by the time the 49ers won their fifth Super Bowl title following the 1994 season, it was a very different roster.

“It was kind of the end of that era to a certain degree,” former Niners offensive lineman Guy McIntyre said. JOSH DUBOW (AP)

Kiper: Redskins May Be Out of Luck in Picking a QB in the Draft J^[ H[Zia_di The NFL draft is still roughly three months away, but with the EastWest Shrine game taking place this week, and the Senior Bowl next week, and the NFL combine a month from now, the buzz has gotten under way.

ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. released his first mock draft on

Wednesday, and on Thursday, hosted a conference call and offered his opinion on the early projections.

The Redskins currently hold the sixth overall pick, and Kiper believes that the team will have a tough time getting a much-needed franchise quarterback at that pick. Stanford’s Andrew Luck is a shoo-in for the first pick, and Kiper believes Baylor quarterback Robert

Griffin III will go anywhere from second to fourth.

Unless the Redskins are able to trade up to get Griffin before Cleveland (the next QB-needy team after Indianapolis), Kiper predicts that Mike Shanahan & co. would draft for need and take LSU’s Morris Claiborne.

The 6-foot, 185-pound Claiborne last season recorded six interceptions

and 51 tackles for LSU and could help bolster a Redskins secondary that recorded only 10 interceptions.

“There’s no other quarterback after [Griffin] to even consider in the early to mid-first round,” Kiper said. “Claiborne, to me, it’s a need area. It’s a kid that has a high grade. ... Other guys I was considering [for Washington], I feel, will be off the board.” (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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That’s right — Redskins fans ought to think long and hard about cheering for the Ravens.

Not just on Sunday, when the Ravens face the Patriots in the AFC Championship, but in general.

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But it could be healthy for Redskins fans to open their hearts to the team up Interstate 95.

The teams are so different that should be easy.

One is always playing in January; the other peaks in March. The Ravens have had only three coaches since their start in 1996; the Redskins have won three playoff games since 1993.

Making it more convenient, the teams play in the regular season only once every four years. So there’s little conflicting interest.

Loyalty, schmoyalty.

Redskins fans deserve a winner — so let’s adopt the Ravens.

To reach Matt Swenson, e-mail matt.swenson@readexpress.com

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But Blatche turned those boos to cheers with his effort against the Thunder, putting up a 12-point, 10-rebound outing while holding Kendrick Perkins scoreless. A.C.

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time,” said Wall, who is averaging 27.3 points in his past three games.

“It gives us a good opportunity to push the ball up the court.”

After the Wizards’ tilt with Denver, they’ll look to end their five-game homestand on a high note Sunday afternoon against the Boston Celtics — the third meeting between the two clubs in the past three weeks.

“They set the bar,” Saunders said of his team’s improved play. “They’ve proven how they can play. Now there can’t be any excuse for not trying to play up to that level every time you step on the floor.” AVI CREDITOR

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Maybe, just maybe, the Wizards are turning a corner.

On the heels of an inspired fourth-quarter comeback effort that came up short against Houston on Monday, the Wizards notched their second win of the season Wednesday night, at the expense of the team that held the NBA’s best record, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

With a game against the highoctane Denver Nuggets at Verizon Center Friday night, the Wizards have a simple task: Keep riding the momentum.

“They’re a different challenge, a very good basketball team,” Wizards coach Flip Saunders said of the Nuggets. “They’re probably the best running team in the league. Their guards are very dynamic.

John Wall, left, celebrates during the Wizards’ win over the Thunder on Wednesday.

“We just have to try and carry over from Oklahoma City into the Denver game and not worry as much about what they’re doing but more what we’re doing.”

Something Saunders might turn

to against the run-and-gun Nuggets (10-5) is a smaller, three-guard lineup featuring John Wall, Nick Young and Jordan Crawford.

That trio proved highly effective against the Thunder when shar-

ing the floor, combining for 68 of Washington’s 105 points. Defensively, Young rose to the challenge to frustrate Kevin Durant at times, while the ball-handling capabilities of all three make for a cleaner offensive set. The Wizards committed just five turnovers in the second half, when the threesome was featured more heavily.

“You’ve got three guys who can attack and create at the same

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EX_jkWho J[hfi C[dÊi >eefi Of the 15 basketball players on Maryland’s roster, only one, Sean Mosley, is in his fourth year with the program. For that reason alone, he’s the team’s undisputed leader, even though he’s fallen short of the lofty expectations placed on him when he was a freshman.

Mosley arrived as the secondleading scorer in Maryland high school history after starting for four years at Baltimore’s St. Frances Academy, where he was named 2008 Gatorade high school player of the year. But in College Park, despite occasional flourishes, he has drawn criticism for his passivity on

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Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died Thursday, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah.

Burke, who lived near Whistler in British Columbia, was 29. Tests revealed she sustained “irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest,” according to a statement released by Burke’s publicist.

A four-time Winter X Games champion, Burke crashed on the same halfpipe where snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered a traumatic brain injury during a training accident on Dec. 31, 2009. (AP)

Sean Mosley has battled criticism about being too passive in his time at Maryland.

the offensive end of the court.

He achieved his status as leader on the team somewhat by attrition: Everyone else was gone. And yet Mosley’s maturity and calm have proved an antidote for this year’s youthful and often reckless squad.

“I have played with some great players here. Greivis [Vasquez],

Landon [Milbourne] and Eric Hayes all talked the entire practice, and I learned from them,” he said. “It’s carried over. Hopefully, the other guys can pick up some things from me to help us win.”

Mosley’s clutch play late in the second halves of the Terrapins’ two ACC victories this season helped

Maryland (12-5, 2-2) fend off late runs by Wake Forest and Georgia Tech. In those games, Mosley was aggressive offensively, scoring 15 and 18 points, respectively.

In Tuesday’s loss to Florida State, however, Mosley attempted only three shots from the field and finished with three points in a 14-point loss.

Mosley will need to find consistency for the difficult stretch ahead.

On Saturday, the Terrapins travel to face an erratic Temple team, which earlier this month upset then-No. 3 Duke and followed that with a 10-point loss to Dayton at home.

Mosley knows it’s his team — inside the locker room and on the court — and welcomes the responsibility. “I’ve had great times here, and this last year, it’s going to be real special,” he said. DEREK TURNER

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it. That’s as vegan as it gets, and it was one of the most horrific things I’ve ever consumed.

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Is there anything you won’t eat again?

No. I’m always curious to eat things again. I tried durian [a fruit grown in Southeast Asia] 14 times in every possible concoction before I found

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For the Travel Channel series’ sixth season, premiering Monday at 10 p.m., the Minnesota native stays stateside, sampling the odd and unusual foods of America in cities such as Austin, Texas; Boston; San Diego; and Seattle.

to go down to a rural part of America that lives closer to the way that we did 150 years ago than any other state in the union.

How do you decide which bizarre foods to include on the show?

I like to take a place in the world and explore it. Then, I start to use food stories to make our case for what makes that city, town or people special. For example, I didn’t find food stories first for [the “Bizarre Foods America” episode in] West Virginia; I knew I wanted

Is there such a thing as a bizarre vegetarian or vegan food?

There’s something in Ethiopia called enset, which is the root of a certain type of palm tree.

It’s pounded for hours to a pulp, wrapped in a cloth, buried in the ground and left to rot for three months. Then they make a very heavy, nutrient-rich bread from

What did you do in West Virginia?

I went squirrel hunting with people who still hunt at night for their breakfast and in the morning for their dinner. These people have a skill set that’s much greater than yours and mine put together.

someone who cooked it the way I liked it. It was in D.C., last year at the Indonesian Embassy. The chef made a hot spicy chili sambal [sauce] with fermented durian in it as an accompaniment to a roast pork dish, and it was fantastic.

What non-bizarre foods do you eat in your free time?

Last night I had roast chicken, rice pilaf and a cucumber-bib lettuce salad. Pretty standard.

How often do you taste things on camera and not like them?

We don’t cut anything. The network is actually upset with me that I like things too much. Believe me, if there were anything that I didn’t like, it would be highlighted.

You’re now in a Toyota Camry commercial with Kelly Clarkson.

What was it like to film that?

Fantastic. [“Inside the Actor’s Studio” host] James Lipton, [ESPN sportscaster] Chris Berman, Kelly Clarkson and I, we’re just all cut from a different cloth, which is the point of the commercial: What are these people doing in the car together? K ATIE ABERBACH (E XPRESS)

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We’re just three weeks into the new year, and I’ve got the doldrums. Maybe it’s the weather; maybe it’s the let down after the holidays; maybe it’s that I’m stuck in a nowhere job. But whatever the reason, I need a pick-meup. Can you find a shoe to get me out of this funk? — AMANDA

Floating Gardens A LACK OF COUNTER SPACE or greenhouse

access no longer means you can push off that “grow more stuff inside” resolution.

Bosske’s Sky Planters (right, $109 for three, Bosske.com, other styles from $30 each) let you suspend herbs, orchids and other small plants from the ceiling or balcony roof.

The ceramic or plastic vessels contain little discs that hold dirt and plants in; an internal reservoir system keeps them watered even when you’re shirking green-thumb duty.

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menting with lip shades beyond TV Anchor Pinky Beige?

Too much brown makes blondes vampiric; rosy hues give olive-skinned girls a bizarre glow. Clinique’s latest range of Almost Lipstick shades ($10, make-up counters) combats “I stole RuPaul’s makeup kit” syndrome with subtly dramatic, nearly see-through hues like Flirty Honey (a nice coral).

Manolo says, it is the statistical fact that the third Tuesday in January is the saddest day of the calendar, the single day of the year when you are most likely to be down in the dumps.

Top Drawers GUYS FAVOR “Naughty Physician Assistant” teddies for Valentine’s Day; chicks dig pretty-yet-practical underthings. That’s why it’s good news that Old Town panty-PJ temple Bloomers just opened a branch in Shirlington (4150 Campbell Ave.; 571-970-4756). Styles sexy enough to be seen by gentlemen yet comfy enough for the ladies include Hanky Panky lace thongs, above; Mary Green’s bright knit cami and boy-short sets; and PJ Salvage’s cool printed sleepwear.

Lounge Wizard IT’D BE HARD TO MAKE ROOM for a hammock in a D.C. studio apartment,

and if you tacked one up in your group house, your roommates may not appreciate you literally hanging around inside. Innit’s Acapulco chairs, (right, $398-$478), just in at Homebody (715 8th St. SE; 202-544-8445), also boast a lazy, pour-me-a-margarita vibe with a smaller footprint. Made of vinyl cord wrapped around steel, the comfy seats come in Mayan-bright colors, too.

Pop Sugar IN THE PAST, popcorn and cookies were two separate snacks. Trader Joe’s new Kettle Corn Cookies ($4, Trader Joe’s) merge the buttery baked goods with the salty caramel-y goodness of the kernels you buy in Ocean City et al. They’re less sweet than you’d think and quite crispy, meaning the cookies work equally well dunked in a venti latte or doled out to well-behaved small children.

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Now is not just the middle of the winter, but the exact time when the Christmas credit card bills begin to arrive, reminding you of your profligacy in buying your father that goldplated nose-hair trimmer. $199.95!

What were you thinking?

Worse, it is around the beginning of the third week of January when your ambitious New Year’s resolutions start to fall by the side of the road, like the crumpled receipt for your unused gym membership, blown from the window of the leased Lexus.

“I’ve lost four and a half pounds on the Low Carb-Cabbage Soup/Maple Syrup/Grapefruit Cleansing Diet,” you said to yourself as you stepped off the scale this morning. “Time for a celebratory doughnut!

What is required now to ease the pain is shoes: colorful, ridiculous, happy shoes such as these yellow, daisy-print, platform sandals from RED Valentino ($450, Saksfifthavenue.com). Ayyyy! They are so cheery!

Ask the Manolo a question at manolo@shoeblogs.com. Visit the Manolo at shoeblogs.com.

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Our styles editor builds a dream dressing room after moving to a house with — eeek! — no closets

The average size of a closet in a modern U.S. home? A healthy 6 feet by 8 feet, which just might be enough space for my admittedly large collection of shoes (gulp, maybe 100 pairs), new cocktail dresses and vintage coats, with at least a corner left over for my husband’s stuff.

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But the Jazz Age builders of our 1921 rowhouse didn’t have a time machine to see what future buyers might like — or any inkling of what clotheshorses Americans in general, and I specifically, would become.

Which explains why, though the Mount Pleasant abode we bought last spring came with many charms (a breezy porch, crown moldings, honeyed antique floors), it lacked any reasonable amount of closet space.

As in, over 1,800 square feet and two floors, there were two measly, 3-foot-wide closets — perhaps enough rack room for a 12-year-old boy who wears the same snowboard shirt every day.

Why did our new-old house have such puny closets, and why weren’t there more of them? Did the flappers and gangsters — or, more likely, Harding-era government drones — who had first lived here wear the same outfits every day?

“People didn’t have as many clothes,” says Toronto fashion historian Jonathan Walford. “Most people stored what they had in trunks or armoires. Closets were just for hanging wool coats.”

— A NN A K A HOE , CO-OWNER OF GOODWOOD, WHO TURNED THE BASEMENT OF HER LAST HOUSE INTO A GLAMOROUS DRESSING ROOM.

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We went into “This Old House” land knowing storage might be a problem. “There are lots of closet challenges with older homes.

Spaces can be small! You have to start thinking vertically, or outside the box,” says Alabama-based professional organizer Amanda Le Blanc, star of the Style Network’s new clutter-busting show, “The Amandas” (premieres Jan. 30 at 8 p.m.).

After debating ordering closet parts online and doing it all myself, I decided the oddness of the space (a radiator in one corner, a wonky, 1-foot-wide closet filled with HVAC pipes in another) meant I needed pros. I splurged on Arlington’s Eco-nize (Eco-nize.com), which, for a little less than $2,000, crafted me ashy-gray wooden shelving units with hanging bars, spots for shoes and bag cubbies. (To save money and DIY, try Easyclosets.com or John Louis Home, a wooden system sold on Amazon.com).

Eco-nize measured the room (and counted my shoes!), then came back a few weeks later to noisily install the “closet.” The resulting dressing room’s new shelves soared close to the 10-foot ceiling, giving me enough storage to finally start unpacking.

At Le Blanc’s urging, I organized everything — bars of skirts, shelves of pumps — by color. “That helps you know what you’ve got, and can mean you’ll purge more and shop less,” she said.

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So I decided that, since I didn’t really have a closet, I’d build one. Project Dressing Room began. Like many 75-plus-yearold houses in D.C., our pad has what I call Uncle Fester’s Room, a weeny, rather useless space fit only for a tiny kid or a weird relative. Ours, just across from the master bedroom, measures 8 by 10 — enough for all my clothes and then some.

At first, I envisioned filling the room floor to ceiling with hanging bars. But that would have blocked off the little rectangle’s door and window, making it more prison cell than chick cave. “You want it to be like a little department store,” said Anna Kahoe, coowner of GoodWood (1428 U St. NW; 202986-3640), who turned the basement of her last house into a glam space of clothing racks and mirrors. “It’ll prolong the joy you get from shopping and help you see more of your clothes.”

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Jewelry went into neat, velvet-lined drawers; my tights and flats got neatly organized into hanging bags on the back of the room’s doors. And suddenly, there was bin-free, mess-free zen where there had been chaos, and storage where there had been none.

Adding personality to the room — framed fashion illustrations from a Paris flea market on the walls, a sparkly Pottery Barn chandelier on the ceiling, old timey glass pulls on the drawers — made me almost as happy as getting organized. A vintage vanity table from Craigslist and a big Ikea mirror meant I could blow dry my hair and put on my makeup in the room, pretending to be some movie star.

“It ends up being about relishing your feminine side,” says Kahoe. “You’ll buy fewer items of clothing, but see it more and keep it in better shape.”

And who knows — seeing all my stuff on display might even inspire me to shop less. Which I’m sure will help my husband stop resenting his crummy, tiny closet.

JENNIFER BARGER (E XPRESS)

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“Red Tails,” out Friday, proves what writing can do. It can take a great story — in this case, the Tuskegee Airmen’s — and turn it into a horrible script. The first 30 seconds of this film has the worst dialogue I’ve heard in recent cinema, and that includes the “Twilight” films.

Writers John Ridley and Aaron McGruder (the latter is the brilliant mind behind “The Boondocks,” which makes the whole thing 8o Ah_ij[d more confusing) take FW][#A_hXo men who were heroes in Europe and second-class citizens at home and put lines in their mouths that wouldn’t sound out of place in an elementary school play. (You know, like when Soldier No. 1 points to the distance and says, “But look! General Washington approaches!” or when Apple No. 3 says, “I also contain fiber!”) An example: When escorting a squadron of bombers, the Airmen elect not to chase down German fighters, as their white predecessors had. Seeing this, one of the bomber pilots says, “They gave up glory to save our asses!” Yes, writers. We can see that. On the screen. Where a movie is playing. A movie that just showed what you said.

The special effects are breathtaking, but zooming planes and booming guns can’t counteract the clunky writing. The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is one of the best to come out of WWII, and the men who lived to tell their tale don’t deserve to have it told like this.

Read Kristen’s previous columns at: expressnightout.com/thereelist

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Real-life mixed martial arts champion Gina Carano turns in a competent performance as steely super-solider Mallory Kane in the action-packed “Haywire.”

7 9eeb H[ijhW_dj ‘Haywire,’ filmmaker Stephen Soderbergh’s first pure action film, underplays its jolts <_bc H[l_[m Mallory Kane joins Lisbeth Salander and Margaret Thatcher as the latest tough-girl movie heroine leaving a trail of carnage, sulphur and various male body parts in her wake in “Haywire.”

Played by real-life mixed martial arts champion Gina Carano, Mallory is a steely, smoky-voiced creation, a mix of Carano’s authentic chops in the ring and pure male pulp fantasy. It’s debatable whether Lisbeth, Maggie and Mallory qualify as feminist standard-bearers — each defines herself chiefly by men, either as tormentors or champions — but there’s no doubt

that watching Carano outkick, outpunch and outsmart a roster of buff actors delivers a certain compensatory frisson.

One of the reasons “Haywire” is such a pleasure to watch is that its director, Steven Soderbergh, doesn’t overplay the film’s hearme-roar subversions. Temperamentally, he’s an understater, and he approaches his first foray into pure action with the same evenhanded cool he lends to every genre he’s ever tackled.

“Haywire” possesses a lean, unfussy style, from the blown-out lighting to fight sequences that Soderbergh stages with a minimum of unnecessary flourish or fanfare.

Mallory’s encounters unfold, not in a series of cool, whiplash edits set to awesome techno music, but simply as images, often with no music or dialogue.

Just why is she fighting? That

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isn’t immediately clear, certainly not in “Haywire’s” pulverizing opening sequence that begins with Mallory’s taking a pot of boiling water to the face and ending with her slamming a guy’s head into a diner stool. It emerges that Mallory, a former Marine, has something to do with a Blackwater-esque private contractor and a black ops mission gone wonky; as the tale spins out it will take her from Barcelona and San Diego and Dublin to upstate New York, New Mexico and Majorca, kicking the backsides of characters who may or may not include those played by Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas.

Carano’s not a great actress, but she doesn’t need to be in a movie that doesn’t get bogged down in psychology or back stories.

Instead, “Haywire” simply gives audiences what they came to see: bruising fight sequences set up and executed with economy, skill and one or two genuine jaw-dropping jolts.

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De D[]ej_Wj_ed0 William Shatner’s stalwart Capt. James T. Kirk died in the line of duty. Now the actor’s bargain-touting Priceline Negotiator is headed to his final frontier. In a new ad that airs Monday, the Negotiator perishes in a bus crash after saving a group of passengers. “I’m in grief mode,” Shatner says. “It’s not the first time I’ve had an iconic character die off.” He’s been pitchman for Priceline for 14 years, five of those as the relentless Negotiator. (AP)

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The sentiments found in ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ ultimately ring false There’s such a line between precocious and insufferable, and it’s a line continually crossed by “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” Stephen Daldry’s extremely labored and incredibly crass adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel.

The story of how a young boy processes the trauma of his father’s death on Sept. 11, 2001, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” brazenly mines the imagery of that day to create a morbid pastiche of iconographic symbols, from the recurring motif of a man falling from the World Trade Center to a blizzard of papers that blew through bluebird skies. Juxtaposing those ghastly images with a precious, overworked aesthetic of camera-ready eccentricity, Daldry hijacks 9/11 for this own aestheticized agenda: to invest an

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he lost his father, Thomas (Tom Hanks), on what he calls The Worst Day and how a key he left behind somehow figures into an imaginary game they used to play, having to do with Reconnaissance Expeditions in order to find New York’s Lost Sixth Borough.

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The complexions of its heroes aside, this George Lucas-produced dogfight epic could have been made during the same decade the airmen helped beat Hitler. The warmovie cliches are as abundant as the antiaircraft fire, and the dialogue as wooden as a balsa glider.

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Jr. plays Maj. Emanuelle Stance as a man who smokes a pipe.

Stance commands the Red Tails — so called for their planes’ color scheme — at their base in 1944 Italy.

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rence Howard) is in Washington, battling Catch-22 military logic: The airmen haven’t been assigned any significant missions, and the unit is in danger of being disbanded because it hasn’t executed any

The capitals are added, but they convey the sense of Italicized, Underlined Emphasis that pervades “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” which tracks Oskar on an odyssey through New York as he meets random people, tells them about his loss and thereby spins an invisible web of transcendence everywhere he roams. That Oskar comes across as pushy and entitled shouldn’t be blamed on Thomas Horn, the newcomer Daldry plucked from “Jeopardy!” to play him.

Rather, the fault clearly lies with Daldry, who lays the sentiment and studied idiosyncracies on thick. Nowhere is his profligate hand more evident than in the film’s final image, a wish-fulfillment fantasy as cheap as it is cynical.

significant missions. Bullard makes his case, and soon the airmen are escorting U.S. bombers as they lumber toward targets in Germany.

Assisted by a year’s worth of postproduction, director Anthony Hemingway stages several pulseboosting aerial battles. These sequences are all swoop, boom and rat-tat-tat — until a character opens his mouth to utter a line so stilted that it could have drawn giggles in 1946. MARK JENKINS (T WP)

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tion are at odds with the demands of her new job. While Simin, Nader and Termeh confront (or avoid) the simmering anxieties of their family life, Razieh straddles her two worlds of cultural differences and conflicting motivations that unexpectedly explode after an encounter between Nader and Razieh.

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his father while he works.

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<_bc H[l_[m It’s easy to throw around adjectives such as “taut” and “superbly crafted” and “riveting” when reviewing movies, but the Iranian film “A Separation” truly earns those praises, and more. As the latest example of Iranian realism at its most gripping, Asghar Farhadi’s domestic drama takes hold from its first moments and doesn’t let go, even long after the lights have come on.

As “A Separation” opens, Nader (Peyman Moadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) address the camera as a judge is adjudicating their pending divorce. Simin is seeking a divorce from Nader, who has refused to move out of Iran with her and their 11-year-old daughter, Termeh (the filmmaker’s daughter, Sarina). Nader wants to stay home to take care of his elderly father, who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s. When Simin’s request for a divorce is refused and she leaves the house to stay with her parents, Nader hires a nurse named Razieh (Sareh Bayat) to look after

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The “Chipmunks” have a very loyal audience, and “Chipwrecked” serves up more of the derivative chaos that floats this franchise’s boat. SE AN O’CONNELL THE ARTIST (PG-13, 100 minutes) Capping off a year of movies dedicated to high-style nostalgia, “The Artist” arrives like the last, lightest profiterole on the croquembouche. “The Artist” opens in 1927, when the dapper Errol Flynn-esque film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) rules Hollywoodland as its reigning star, his million-dollar grin coming as

easily as the waves of applause that predictably greet every one of his new pictures. When George crosses paths with an eager newcomer named Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), he’s cast in the role of mentor (and maybe more); but when talking pictures become the order of the day, she quickly begins an ascent up stardom’s ladder, while George’s fortunes begin their inevitable slide. A.H. CONTRABAND (R, 109 minutes) Directed by actor-director Baltasar Kormakur, the film has a gloomy, propulsive, workingclass energy that feels slightly more European than Hollywood-y. When we first meet Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg), he has left the smuggling game to raise a family and build a legitimate business in suburban New Orleans. But when his wife’s younger brother, Andy, winds up in hock to a volatile drug dealer (Giovanni Ribisi), Chris is forced to take up his old ways to pay off the debt and to keep Andy from

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The movie’s most unsettling scenes, a brutal rape and an equally torturous act of revenge, are staged by Fincher for maximum shock value. But for the most part, he plays down his stylistic signatures, allowing the performances to project the story’s most subtle meanings. A.H. JOYFUL NOISE (PG-13, 118 minutes) Times are tough for the citizens of Pacashau, Ga., and not just because the recession has shuttered most of the town’s businesses. The director of the Divinity Church Choir has died, making the group’s chances for top prize at the National Joyful Noise Competition look bleak. To

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director Guy Ritchie’s first tweaking of Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective. Not because it’s more subtle: This sequel is just as profligate as its 2009 predecessor, with explosions, anachronisms and quick cuts. But the dialogue is a little sharper, and Holmes gets a worthy opponent in Professor Moriarty, a diabolical mastermind who has begun a series of bombings and assassinations, hoping to spark a “world war.” Robert Downey Jr. plays Holmes as brainy yet highly physical and keen on dressing up. Jude Law returns as Dr. Watson, Holmes’ sidekick. Holmes’ latest case nearly scrubs Watson’s wedding and ends the new couple’s honeymoon before it even begins. Holmes, the filmmakers wink, can’t bear to let Watson go.

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TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (R, 130 minutes) “Trust no one, Jim,” the British spy chief known as Control says as the film opens. “Especially no one in the mainstream.” With those tantalizing words of advice — delivered by John Hurt — the game is deliciously afoot in Tomas Alfredson’s long-awaited adaptation of John le Carre’s Cold War-era spy novel.

Jim Prideaux and his boss, Control, are both working for the British intelligence service, MI6, in 1973 as the film opens, when the Cold War is at its height and Control is certain that MI6 has been infiltrated by a mole. Control sends Jim to Hungary, where the events that transpire will have inevitable reverberations back in London, where veterans engage in

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ish manipulations to a minimum in a movie that moves through its requisite stages — grief, acceptance, zany sight gags and healing — with smooth, entertaining efficiency. The title, by the way, is spoken twice by Mee’s 7-year-old daughter, Rosie, played by the beguiling Maggie Elizabeth Jones, whose scene-stealing cuteness proves to be one of the most likable things in a

movie that’s all about being liked. A.H YOUNG ADULT (R, 94 minutes) Mavis Gary, played with perfect pitch by Charlize Theron, is a 37-year-old divorced writer facing the cancellation of her popular series of young adult novels.

Lonely and depressed, Mavis shuffles around her apartment in sweatpants, swilling booze, eating fast food, watching bad TV and having meaningless

sex, all the while making insensitive comments about other people. The actress wholeheartedly embraces Mavis’ dark — and, let’s face it, somewhat guylike — side with gusto. It’s a performance that’s as hard to look away from as it is to watch, especially when Mavis decides to return to the Podunk where she grew up in order to brazenly seduce Buddy (Patrick Wilson), the guy

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This weekend’s daylong bilingual Children’s Theater Festival offers both plays performed for kids and plays performed by kids — adults will do an English-Spanish adaptation of “Hansel and Gretel” at noon and 4 p.m., but children can also watch their peers from Teatro de la Luna’s workshops perform theatrical, musical and dance numbers.

Artisphere Spectrum Theatre, 1611 N. Kent St., Arlington; Sat., 11 a.m., $10$15; Teatrodelaluna.org. (Rosslyn)

Local movie times DISTRICT

MARYLAND

AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!)

9:45-12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00Movie Times Haywire (R) AMC INDEPENDENT;Digital Presentation: (!) 9:45-12:10-2:40-5:107:40-10:15 The Descendants (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 10:20-1:10-4:00-7:00-9:50 The Artist (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;Digital Presentation: 9:50-12:30-3:205:50-8:35-11:15 The Iron Lady (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT: (!) 10:00-12:45-3:30-6:15-9:0011:45 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 10:30-1:30-4:40-7:5010:55 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Digital Presentation: 11:10-2:50-6:3010:10 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 9:55-1:004:10-7:20-10:30 Carnage (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: (!) 11:20-1:40-10:20 Underworld: Awakening: An IMAX 3D Experience (R) IMAX 3D: (!) 10:1012:40-3:10-5:40-8:15-10:45 Contraband (R) Digital Presentation: (!) 9:40-12:20-3:00-6:00-8:45-11:30 Joyful Noise (PG-13) (!) 10:05-12:50-3:45-6:45-9:30 Red Tails (PG-13) (!) 10:40-1:45-4:50-8:00-11:05 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC-Closed Captions: 10:30-1:30-4:40-7:50-10:55 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 11:00-2:10-5:20-8:25-11:40 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) 4:05-7:10

The Way (PG-13) 12:15 Young Adult (R) 4:45-9:00 The Artist (PG-13) 2:30-4:40-7:00-9:20 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 2:00-4:30-7:10-9:45 My Week with Marilyn (R) 2:40-6:50 The Artist (PG-13) Silver Babies Show: 12:20 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) Silver Babies Show: 11:30AM

www.AMCTheatres.com

AMC Loews Uptown 1

3426 Connecticut Avenue N.W. www.AMCTheatres.com Red Tails (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:45-4:00-7:15-10:30

AMC Mazza Gallerie 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW

www.AMCTheatres.com

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: 10:00-12:10-2:20-4:40-7:00-9:20 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Club Cinema-Over 21 after 6:00 pm;Digital Presentation: 11:30-2:10 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) Club Cinema-Over 21 after 6:00 pm;RealD 3D: 10:10-12:30-2:50-5:10-7:30-10:00 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Club Cinema-Over 21 after 6:00 pm;Digital Presentation: (!) 4:45-7:40-10:35 Joyful Noise (PG-13) 11:00-1:40-4:20-7:10-9:50 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 12:40-4:00-7:20-10:40 Contraband (R) 12:00-2:40-5:20-8:00-10:40 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 10:50-1:50-4:50-7:50-10:45

Avalon

5612 Connecticut Avenue

www.theavalon.org

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 1:00-4:20-7:45 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) 11:45-2:30-5:20-8:15

Landmark E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW

www.landmarktheatres.com

Pariah (R) 1:00-3:15-5:30-7:45-9:55 The Descendants (R) 2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50 The Artist (PG-13) 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 The Iron Lady (PG-13) 2:10-4:40-7:10-9:40 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 12:45-3:45-6:45-9:45 The Divide (NR) 12:00AM A Dangerous Method (R) 2:15-4:45-7:30-10:00 Shame (NC-17) 2:35-5:05-7:35-9:55 The African Queen (1951) (NR) 12:00AM

West End Cinema 2301 M Street NW

http://westendcinema.com/

Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no mori) (NR) English Subtitles: 4:00-6:40 Young Adult (R) Golden Globe nominee Charlize Theron!: 2:40-5:20-9:40 Le Havre (NR) English Subtitles: 2:00 My Week with Marilyn (R) Golden Globe winner Michelle Williams!: 3:107:40-9:55 OKA! (NR) English Subtitles: 4:40-7:20 Melancholia (R) 9:20

The Dreileben trilogy, part of the 20th Film Neu festival, is a collaboration by three German directors: Christian Petzold, Dominik Graf and Christoph Hochhäusler, left.

Each directed one segment of the loosely linked series, which follows many intertwined stories.

E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW; Sun., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., $8-$11; 202-452-7672, Landmarktheatres.com.

(Metro Center)

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AMC Loews Georgetown 14 3111 K Street N.W.

Three on a Reel

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The Fatback DJs aren’t the only ones celebrating their fouryear anniversary — the Kicks! dance party has been going for four years at the Black Cat, and the venue is throwing a dance party to celebrate! Not that it wouldn’t have a dance party normally. DJs Kim and Sara will be spinning the usual beloved mix of rock ’n’ roll, punk and power pop. Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW; Sat., 9:30 p.m., free; 202-667-7960, Blackcatdc.com. (U Street)

8633 Colesville Road

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AMC Loews Center Park 8 4001 Powder Mill Rd.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 11:45-2:15-4:45-7:00-9:15 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 11:00-1:15-3:30-5:45-8:15-10:30 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:303:45-6:45-9:45 Haywire (R) AMC INDEPENDENT;Digital Presentation: (!) 10:45-1:00-3:15-5:308:00-10:15 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:10-1:50-4:30-7:15-10:00 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 10:50-1:454:40-7:30-10:45 Red Tails (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:15-2:00-5:00-7:45-10:50 Contraband (R) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:50-2:30-5:15-7:50-10:25

AMC Loews White Flint 5 11301 Rockville Pike

www.AMCTheatres.com

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: 2:00-4:35-7:00-9:55 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 1:25-4:207:35-10:30 Contraband (R) Digital Presentation: 2:20-5:10-8:10-10:45 Joyful Noise (PG-13) 1:05-4:05-7:15-10:10 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 1:40-4:50-7:50-10:55

AMC Magic Johnson Capital Center 12 800 Shoppers Way

www.AMCTheatres.com

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 11:40-2:00-4:30-6:50-9:10 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 10:10-12:25-2:45-5:10-7:4010:10-12:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Digital Presentation: 9:40-12:503:20-5:50 Haywire (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: (!) 11:10-1:50-4:20-7:00-9:40-12:10 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 8:2011:30 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 10:30-1:30-4:30-7:30-10:50 Red Tails (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 9:30-10:00-12:15-1:00-3:10-4:10-6:207:20-9:30-10:30-12:30 Joyful Noise (PG-13) (!) 9:30-12:30-3:30-6:30-9:50 The Devil Inside (R) (!) 10:20-12:40-3:10-5:40-8:10-10:40 Underworld: Awakening (R) 11:00-1:25-4:00-6:40-9:20-11:40 Contraband (R) (!) 11:25-2:10-5:00-8:00-10:45 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 10:25-1:40-4:40-7:50-11:00

Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema 7235 Woodmont Avenue

www.landmarktheatres.com

The Descendants (R) 1:30-4:15-7:05-9:45 The Artist (PG-13) 1:35-4:05-6:45-9:15 A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (PG-13) 1:00-4:00-6:50-9:40 The Iron Lady (PG-13) 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 1:15-4:10-6:55-9:50 A Dangerous Method (R) 1:25-7:10-9:25 War Horse (PG-13) 3:45 In the Land of Blood and Honey (R) 2:10-5:00-8:00 Carnage (R) 12:55-3:10-5:15-7:45-9:35

Regal Bethesda 10 7272 Wisconsin Avenue

www.regalcinemas.com

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 2:10-4:40-6:50-9:10 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 4:00-6:40 Hugo 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:20-9:40 Joyful Noise (PG-13) 1:15-4:10-7:15-10:05 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 3:30-7:00-10:15 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 1:10-4:20-7:30-10:30 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) 1:30-4:15-7:20-10:10 Contraband (R) 2:20-5:00-7:40-10:20 We Bought a Zoo (PG) 1:05

Red Tails (PG-13) 1:40-4:30-7:10-10:00 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) 3:50-7:45-10:30 Haywire (R) 2:50-5:10-7:50-10:25

Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14 6505 America Blvd.

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 2:10-4:45-7:25-9:50 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 1:00-2:15-4:40-5:40-7:30-9:5010:20 Joyful Noise (PG-13) CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video Service: 1:45-4:40-7:40-10:30 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) 2:20-4:55 Joyful Noise (PG-13) 1:15-4:10-7:10-10:00 The Devil Inside (R) 7:55-10:45 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 1:10-4:35-8:10 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) 1:35-4:00 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 1:25-4:25-7:35-10:35 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) 1:05-4:05-7:05-10:05 Contraband (R) 1:30-2:00-4:20-4:50-7:20-7:50-10:15-10:40 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) 7:00-9:55 Red Tails (PG-13) 1:20-4:15-7:15-10:15 Underworld: Awakening (R) 3:20-8:00 Haywire (R) 1:50-4:30-7:40-10:25

Regal Majestic 20 & IMAX 900 Ellsworth Drive

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 12:30-2:50-5:10-7:25-9:45-12:15 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 1:25-3:45-6:00-8:20-10:40-12:45 Joyful Noise (PG-13) CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video Service: 3:00-5:45-8:35-11:30 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 4:10-6:40-9:10-11:50 The Descendants (R) 2:35-5:15-8:00-10:50 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 1:55-5:30-8:50-12:25 Joyful Noise (PG-13) 2:00-4:55-7:45-10:30 The Devil Inside (R) 6:45-8:55-11:15 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) 1:30 The Iron Lady (PG-13) 1:45-4:20-6:55-9:30-12:00 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 1:05-4:05-7:15-10:25 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) 1:20-3:25-5:40-8:10-10:15 War Horse (PG-13) 3:10-6:15-9:25 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) 12:40-3:50-7:00-9:55-12:45 Contraband (R) 12:55-2:30-3:20-5:00-6:05-7:30-8:30-10:10-11:00-12:40 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) 1:15-4:15-7:10-10:05-12:40 Red Tails (PG-13) 12:50-1:40-3:40-4:45-6:30-7:50-9:20-10:45-12:10 Underworld: Awakening: An IMAX 3D Experience (R) IMAX 3D: (!) 12:453:05-5:20-7:40-10:00-12:20 Haywire (R) 2:15-4:30-6:50-9:05-11:25

VIRGINIA

AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 2150 Clarendon Blvd.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 2:30-4:55-7:15-9:45 Hugo 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 4:20-9:40 Haywire (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: (!) 1:30-3:45-6:00-8:15-10:30 The Muppets (PG) Digital Presentation: 1:45-4:30-7:05-9:35 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 2:05-4:45-7:30-10:15 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 1:50-7:10 The Iron Lady (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT: (!) 1:35-4:00-6:45-9:20 My Week with Marilyn (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 2:10-4:40-7:05-9:30 Red Tails (PG-13) (!) 3:00-6:15-9:15

AMC Hoffman Center 22 206 Swamp Fox Rd.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 9:55-10:55-12:15-1:20-2:30-3:404:50-6:00-7:10-8:20-9:30-10:35-11:50 The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Digital Presentation: 1:40-7:45 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 9:50-11:00-12:10-1:30-2:404:00-5:10-6:20-7:40-8:50-10:10-11:20-12:30 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) CC-Closed Captions: 9:451:00-4:20-7:35-10:45 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Digital Presentation: 9:40-12:002:20-4:40 War Horse (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 10:15-4:25-10:20 Haywire (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: (!) 11:15-1:50-4:25-7:00-9:35-12:10 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Digital Presentation: 7:05-10:00

The Descendants (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 10:25-1:15-4:05-6:50-9:40-12:25 The Iron Lady (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT: (!) 9:35-12:05-2:50-5:30-8:1010:50 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 10:05-1:05-4:10-7:15-10:15 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Digital Presentation: 11:05-2:35-6:10-9:50 Contraband (R) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:30-2:15-5:00-7:50-10:40 Joyful Noise (PG-13) (!) 10:00-12:50 The Devil Inside (R) 4:35-6:55-9:15-11:30 Hugo (PG) 10:35-1:35 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) (!) 11:25-2:25-5:35-8:40-11:45 Red Tails (PG-13) (!) 10:10-1:10-4:15-7:20-10:25 Contraband (R) (!) 3:45-6:30-9:20-12:15 Viral Factor (NR) (!) 10:30-1:25-4:30-7:30-10:30 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:20-2:10-5:05-8:00-10:50 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 9:45-1:00-4:20-7:35-10:45 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) 12:30-3:35-6:40-9:45

Arlington Cinema ‘N’ Drafthouse 2903 Columbia Pike

http://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/

The Rum Diary (R) 7:15

Regal Ballston Common 12 671 N. Glebe Road

www.regalcinemas.com

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 2:20-4:40-7:00-9:20 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 3:40 The Descendants (R) 1:10-4:10-7:10-9:55 The Artist (PG-13) 2:50-5:10-7:30-9:50 The Devil Inside (R) 2:40-5:20-8:00-10:25 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 3:20-6:25-9:30 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 3:00-6:30-10:00 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) 1:20-4:20-7:20-10:20 Contraband (R) 2:00-5:00-7:50-10:30 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 1:30-4:30-7:40-10:40 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) 1:50-4:00-6:20-8:40 War Horse (PG-13) 3:30-6:50-9:40 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) 6:40-9:40

Regal Kingstowne 16 5910 Kingstowne Towne Center

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 12:05-2:20-4:35-6:50-9:05 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 1:00-3:15-5:30-8:00-9:30-10:20 Joyful Noise (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 1:20 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 12:25-2:55-5:25 Joyful Noise (PG-13) 4:10-7:00-9:45 The Descendants (R) 1:25-6:45 The Devil Inside (R) 7:55-10:15 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 12:20-3:20-6:25-9:20 The Iron Lady (PG-13) 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:40-10:10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 1:15-4:50-8:20 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 1:35-4:30-7:30-10:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) 12:10-2:15-4:25 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) 12:40-3:40-7:05-10:00 War Horse (PG-13) 6:55-10:05 Contraband (R) 12:00-2:35-3:50-5:10-6:30-7:50-9:15-10:25 Red Tails (PG-13) 1:30-4:20-7:15-10:05 We Bought a Zoo (PG) 1:05 Underworld: Awakening (R) 4:05 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) 12:35-3:30-6:40-9:35 Haywire (R) 12:50-3:05-5:20-8:10-10:35

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Sec 8 & other orgs welcome.202-441-4623 NE- Simms Pl-1 BR. New upgrades, Near transportation laundry & shops. $650/mo + utils. Call 202-497-1955 NEW CARROLLTON - 4BR, 2.5BA, renovated, $1900. Fenced-in yard, finished basement.

Call 301-877-1505 SWRE NORTHEAST

Fort Chaplin Park 4212 East Capital St. NE

1 Bedrooms fr. $785 2 Bedrooms fr. $925 3 Bedrooms fr. $1150 One Block from Metro - Free Off-Strt Parking Window Treatments - Landscaped Courtyds 5% Disc. Metro & DC Govt Employees

866.299.1530

M-F 9-5. Sat 11-3 Housing Choice Vouchers Welcome where Rents are Within Voucher Limits

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FREE

GAS HEAT, New Year - New Home GAS COOKING & WATER

1 & 2 BRS STARTING FROM

725

$

Central A/C, Convenient to Green Line Metro, Onsite Laundry, Parking, Vouchers Welcome

GREENWOOD MANOR Apartments

M-F 8:30 - 5 PM S 10 - 2 PM

DC RENTALS

202.678.2548

2343 Green Street SE • Wash. DC 20020

WWW.DELWIN-REALTY.COM

HURRY! LIMITED AVAILABILITY

D ELWIN APARTMENTS

FREE $

Gas Heat, Gas Cooking & Water

2 BRs @

825

Min. To National Harbor, Mins. from I295, I395, I495, On-site Laundry/Parking, Vouchers Welcome

Mon-Fri 8:30-5pm • Sat by Appt

202.561.4675 4200 S. Capitol St. Wash. DC 20032

RIVERDALE- 6747 Riverdale Rd. Studio, 1BR & 2BR apts. Move in ready.

Move in special, half off security deposit & no application fee.

Call 301-577-7917 or 301-325-8817

River Hill A P A R T M E N T S

Start the New Year In A New Apartment Home with

•24 hour Maintenance •Wall-to-Wall Carpet, Dishwashers •Controlled Access Units •Laundry Facility in each building •Playground •Parking Lots & Off-Street Parking

866-731-2759

Professionally Managed by CIH Properties Inc.

SE 1 & 2 BR Voucher apts on Greenline. No application fee with voucher . Secure, crpt, nice backyard. Available Immediately. 703-912-4885

(202) 640-4774

Spacious 1 Bedroom from $850 Spacious 2 Bedrooms Electric Entry System 24 hr laundry room All credit considered Steps away from Metro and Shopping her • Free 40 Inch Flat Screen Teac TV upon move In ’t & ounts v o G isc D

Immediate Move In Available

B

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APARTMENTS

Pleas • Apartments starting e for W Call from $815 in Specia ter • Close To Metro, ls!!

Schools & Shopping • Intercom Access To Every Bldg.

• Great Location In A Park-Like Setting • Laundry Facility On Property

202-561-2050

(866) 759-3646

Professionally Managed By CIH Properties, Inc.

A Vesta Property

SE

FREE HEAT

$100 Holding Fee is Waived $25 Gift Card after move-in

DON’T DELAY CALL RIGHT AWAY!

www.wcsmith.com OPEN SAT. • 10AM-2PM

2333 Skyland Place, SE • Washington, DC 20020

888.252.9887 SE- 13th St. 2 min to metro/shops!

2BR from $775 + utilities. No Pets.

Section 8 ok.

Call 202-388-3900x 10

SE

CAPITOL PARK PLAZA

116 Irvington Street SW, M-F 9-5. Sat/Sun 10-4

Housing Choice Vouchers Welcome

OPEN HOUSE SAT. JAN. 21 FROM 10AM-2PM

FRIENDSHIP COURT Individually Controlled Heat

1

Bedrooms No Application Fee Start At

Low Deposit

$

749

Call Today For Details!!!!

202-563-6968 Professionally Managed By CIH Properties, Inc.

STUDIOS FROM $1,114

ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED

1.877.870.0243

M-F 9-6 Sat. 10-5 Sun 12-4

201 I Street, SW • Washington, DC 20024 Restrictions Apply*

Max. Income Qualifications: 1 pers. $44,580 • 2 pers. $50,940 * on selected studio apts.

EHO

3-2-1 SPECIAL!

$300 Off 1st Month $200 Off 2nd Mo/ $100 Off 3rd Mo Meadow Green Courts!

1,2,3 BRs start at $785

5

Stay Warm & Cozy @

PAY NO RENT ‘TIL FEB.*

• Fitness Center/ Swimming pool • Walk to 4 Metro Stations

866-790-5360

1BR: $83

www.wcsmith.com

JAN. 21, 10AM-4PM

W/W carpet, Central Air/Heat, Dishwasher, Laundry facility, Free Parking

EAGLES CROSSING

e., SE sylvania Av

452

1.877.238.8216 MOVE-IN TODAY

Southeast

(888) 545-2

gardenvillage@wcsmith.com

NEW YEAR SPECIAL Effic $700/1 BRs $775

866.646.7056

­ IF YOUR INCOME DOES NOT EXCEED:

FREE

4 HEAT 4 ACCENT WALLS 4 OFF-STREET PARKING 4 METRO SHUTTLE

OPEN HOUSE SAT.

SOUTHWEST/Metro Convenient!

*Except Thursdays

oors Hardwood Fl • Beautiful ce an en nt • 24-Hr Mai ssible • Metro Acce l Hill ce to Capito an st Di t Area • Shor n DC & Outlying tow wn Do to e • Accessibl

Enter raffle to win iPad, big Screen TV & iPod.

William C. Smith + Co., Inc.

SE- NEWCOMB ST - 2BR from $825 + electric.

Sec 8 welcome.

No pets.

Call: 202-388-3900x10

www.wcsmith.com 1812 23rd St., SE • Washington, DC

BROOKLAND MANOR APARTMENTS 2413 14TH STREET, NE • WASHINGTON DC 20018 • 202-529-3150 • 1 TO 5 BEDROOM APARTMENTS • LAUNDRY FACILITIES ON SITE • ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED • 24 HOUR EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE

BROOKLAND MANOR IS A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY & CAMPING OUT ON THE SITE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. MANAGEMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM ANYONE LINING UP ON THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO 7:00 AM OR CAUSING A DISTURBANCE TO OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS.

Call 202-889-4116 for more information.

Open House Daily* 8-7 • Sat. 10-2

2801 Penn

1 BEDROOMS FROM $795 2 BEDROOMS FROM $955

Voucher Holders Welcome

Hillside Terrace

SE

ALL CREDIT CONSIDERED

Emerald 1 BR, $700 Gold 2 BR, $780 Diamond 2 BR $890 Platinum 3 BR 1.5 BA $990

SE - Randall Highlands

• Beautiful Apt. Community • Renovated Kitchens & Baths • Ample Closet Space • Close To Shopping • On and Off Street Parking

w

The Courts

1720 Trenton Pl. SE Open M-F 8-5 • Saturday 9-4

**New Year Special ** 1 month free on select floor plans

CALL FOR SPECIALS!!!

SECTION 8 WAITING LISTS TO REOPEN, NE-DC

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIMITS 1PERSON: $22,600 4PERSON: $32,250 7PERSON: $40,000 2PERSON: $25,800 5PERSON: $34,850 8PERSON: $42,600 3PERSON: $29,050 6PERSON: $37,450 IF YOU EXCEED THESE INCOME LEVELS & OR HAVE A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER WE DO HAVE NON-SECTION 8 UNITS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE MOVE-IN. ­ IF ALL ADULT HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS CAN PASS A CREDIT AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK. ­ IF THE LEASEHOLDERS LAST NAME BEGINS WITH THE LETTERS A THRU M APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD ON: January 25, 2012. & ONLY THIS DAY. ­ IF THE LEASEHOLDERS LAST NAME BEGINS WITH THE LETTERS N THRU Z APPLICATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD ON: January 26, 2012. & ONLY THIS DAY YOU MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION WITH YOU. • GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHOTO ID • SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS • BIRTH CERTIFICATES • PROOF OF INCOME

SE D.C

1 Bedrooms: $845

SE D.C. Rockburne Estates w 2627 Jasper St SE **Holiday Special** 1 months free rent 1BR $895, 2BR Duplex $1180, 2BR Flat $1130.

Call 202-889-7300 for more information

THE WAITING LIST WILL CLOSE ON JANUARY 26, 2012 AT 3:30 PM IN KEEPING WITH HUD REQUIREMENTS NO ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE TAKEN.

CONVENIENT LIVING AT GARDEN VILLAGE

202-575-2990

M-F—8:30-6:00 S—10:00-2:00

Is offering

WDC 1

SE- 154 Xenia St SE. 1 BR & 2 BRs, starting at $775 + gas & elec. sec bldg, pvt prking, CAC/heat, on site laundry. Delwin Realty 202-561-4675 SE- 1550 27th St. SE Spacious 2 BR, in secure building. Near Metro $925/month includes utilities.

Delwin Realty 202-561-4675 SE- 1BR apts & 1BR w/ den apts.$850 & up + elec.

No Pets.202-265-4814,202-629-2606.

Fred A. Smith Co. SE - 3736 1st ST SE Large 1 BR, secured building, off street parking. Near Metro. $650+ gas & elec. Delwin Apartments 202-561-4675 SE- 4569 BENNING RD- 2BR, CAC, near Subway (Blue line). $740 + util. Application fee $10. Open Mon-Sat 11-4pm.ImmedOccupancy202-582-7155 S.E. DANBURY ST. - Attractive 1BR $725.

1st month rent free. Good Credit Required.

Metro Bus at Corner. Call 202-563-1791 SE DC- 1, 2 & 3 BR Apts. Central Air & heat, w-w carpet , W/D, Sec 8 ok. Starting at $1200.

For info call Sakinah 202-361-5813 SE DC - 1, 3 & 4 BR apts, newly renov, brand new appls, sec. 8 ok. $1000-1839.

Call 202-744-2851

305 37th Street SE

Mention this ad and we will waive the application fee!

Skyland Village

DC RENTALS

• 0 Application Fee • 1st Month Rent FREE • 1 & 2 Bedrooms starting at $700

• • • • • •

SOUTH EAST

DC RENTALS

APARTMENTS

3600 Ely Place S.E., Wash. DC 20019

VILLAGE AT CHESAPEAKE

DC RENTALS

$20 APPLICATION FEE!

Convenient to shopping, schools,Dishwasher. Walk-in closets.,w-w ,5% DISC. TO METRO & DC GOVT EMPLOYEES

(877) 464-9774

SW - 1 BR in gated condo community with OSP. $1050/month basic utilities included.

VFI. & credit check required. Call 240-375-1790 SW GALVESTON PLACE -- 4BR, 2BA. $1349 plus utilities, 1st month rent free! Credit check required. Metro Bus close. Call 202-563-1791 TRINIDAD - 2 BR, 1 BA apt, newly renov, W/D, central air, close to public trans. Urban League vouchers ok. $1250.

Call 202-744-2851

WASHINGTON, DC - 1BR & 2BR. NE, NW & SE. Starting at $1000. Section 8 Welcome.

Please call 202-270-4279 WOODLEY PARK - 1BR, wall to wall carpet, CAC, W/D, 1 block to Metro. $1,650/mo. Utils incl. Please call 202-483-6218

3539 A Street SE Mon-Fri. 9-5. Sat. 10-4 Housing Choice Vouchers welcome where rents are within voucher program limits NE

Hilltop Apartments 908 Eastern Ave NE

1 BRs starting from $750-$985 + electric Some with Dens

Free Heat & Hot Water Some with Balconies • Great Location Metro Accessible.

Beautiful and Spacious If interested, please contact Rodney Chiles - 240-863-8284 Frank Emmet Real Estate, Inc.

MD RENTALS

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1, 2, 3

BRs from • Washer & $ Dryer • Eat-in Kitchens • NEW Clubhouse with fitness & business center • PET FRIENDLY

1076

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ADDISON CHAPEL APARTMENTS

Instant PreApproval *Prices subject to verification

HOUSE ➔ OPEN 1/25 - 1/28

1 BR from $869 2 BR from $949

H H H

301-773-6462

8150 Lakecrest Dr,Greenbelt, MD 20770

1525 Elkwood Lane • Capitol Heights, MD 20743

OPEN HOUSE February 11 & 12 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Free Month’s Rent • $0 App Fee SE

Woods at Addison • Resident Controlled Access • Spacious Floor Plans • Onsite Laundry Facilities • Huge Closets • Choice of Patio or Balcony

marlboroughhouse.net

College Park—$1350 1Br-1BT Delux (Utilities included) 301-515-8303 www.KABOL.info

HYATTSVILLE

CYPRESS CREEK APARTMENTS

Call Now For Details

www.summerridgeapartments.net summerridgeleasing@comcast.net

301-277-6610

Performance. People. Pride.

Apartments

Free Application FEE w/AD

Security Deposit As low as $350 or up to 1st month’s rent (based on credit history)

Limited time only

301-760-4270

6617 Atwood Street • District Heights, MD 20747

Fairmount Heights—$900.00, 2 br, 1 ba, 741 60th Place, Nr Pub Transp, 301-254-0904

Rochelle Hall Apartments

NEW YEAR SPECIAL!

One Month Free ! Security Deposit Special!!

Immediate Occupancy 1,2,3 Bedroom Apts. Available Gas & Water Included, Metro Bus Accessible.

Must see : skylights, high ceilings, private entrances. Section 8 welcome. 301-967-0082

Bring in the New Year At

Oakcrest Towers!

2400 OFF

$

SPACIOUS 1 & 2 BEDROOM’S All utilities included for a small fee!

EHO

(limited time only!)

up to 1.5 Months Free Pet Friendly Pay Only Electric Washer/dryer in each apartment Minutes to Metro, Howard U. & DC Fitness Center and Club House Call Today! 888-217-1901 5603 Cypress Creek Dr, Hyattsville, MD 20782

H H H H H

Start The Year Off Right!!!

The Villages At Montpelier

ARTS DISTRICT

GARFIELD COURT APARTMENTS 301-779-1734

Ask About Our -MOVE IN SPECIALOn residential street next to DeMatha HS Off-street parking /Ceiling Fans

1 & 2 BR apts fr. $750 (tenant pays electric)

i Univveenrisent tLoycaCity Con

tion!

Great Location…Close to Metro…

• Bus Line at your front door!

• Fitness Club/Tennis & Volley Ball Courts • WiFi Terrace and so much more!

WWW.OAKCRESTTOWERS.COM 2100 Brooks Drive •Forestville, MD 20747

Don’t Wait 888-831-6315 Ft. Washington-Spac 4BR TH. On bus rte. Near shops/schools. Former model.

Vouchers welcome. $1875. 301-490-3459

866-464-0993

Welcome Home To The Villages At Montpelier In Laurel MD Contact Us For Details 1BR + Den $980.00 2BR $1020.00 2BR + Den $1120.00 3BR $1200.00

Ask About our

MOVE-IN SPECIAL 1 & 2 Bedroom Apts.

* Prices are subject to change *Certain restrictions apply.

from $785

866.914.9712

Ceiling Fans/Lovely Setting

Nr. the New ARTS DISTRICT Close to Shopping & Metro

Suitland

CypressCreekApts.com

HYATTSVILLE

All Utilities Included for a small fee.

1 BEDROOM From $869 2 BEDROOM From $1099 Some restrictions apply

1-866-405-6986

2213 University Blvd. E • Hyattsville, MD 20783

* w/approved credit

Laurel

CASTLE MANOR

Apartments Starting at $968

Woodland Springs

up to

• Free business center Sec. Dep. fr. $250* • Free after school program *Income Qualifications • Walk to grocery stores # Occupants Maximum Income • Newly renovated 1 $44,580 laundry facilities 2 $50,940 • Metro Accessible 3 $57,300 • Bring in ad to rec.

4 $63,600 free app. fee

5 Minute Pre-Approval

Hyattsville

866.979.3938

888.291.7383

Forestville, MD

$

HYATTSVILLE Green Line Metro 1 &2 BRS Available Ask For Specials!!!

Walk to Metro, parks & community center.

Bus F-6 & 13 at your door.

Rosa Parks Elementary School across the street.

Se habla español! 888-735-6478

• DISCOUNTED APPLICATION FEE • LIGHT REFRESHMENTS • GATED COMMUNITY • 24-HOUR FITNESS CENTER • SWIMMING POOL • NEAR METRO

6500 Ronald Rd. • Capitol Heights, MD

• Spacious Floorplans • Minutes to Metro • Sparkling pool • Clubhouse/rec room • Large laundry facilities

Large 1BR 705 Large 2BR 899 1BR $685 2BR $769 3 BR $960 $

3001 BRANCH AVE. • HILLCREST HEIGHTS, MD 20748

www.wcsmith.com William C. Smith & Co./EHO

• 1 BR Starting at $830.00 • 2 BR Starting at $950.00

Call For Specials

Deposit one Month Rent on approved credit

Apply On-Line CharlestowneNorth.com

for a small fee

$500 OFF Month of January

All Utilities Included.

Near Metro & Major Road Fitness Center and Pool

(888) 348-0236

All Utilites Included

1 BRs Starting @ $970 2 BRs Starting @ $1100 3 BRs Starting @ $1275

Hyattsville

OPEN HOUSE JAN. 21-22 Charlestowne North Up to 1.5 MONTH S FREE 1 BRs. from$1288 $200 GIFT CARD at Move In

MD RENTALS

866.507.2283 Quincy Manor/ Summer Ridge Belle Haven Drive, Hyattsville, MD 20785 Monroe Gardens 1829 • Electronic entry building system

Hyattsville

GREENBELT

SAVINGS!!

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• • • •

HYATTSVILLE

FLEETWOOD VILLAGE APTS.

*SELECT UNITS ONLY

721 Chillum Road • Hyattsville, MD 20783

866-315-8849

Classic & Renovated apartments available Spacious bedrooms Ample closet space Exciting community renovations underway!

Andrew’s Ridge 301-850-0045

• FREE WATER, GAS HEATING & COOKING • FREE APPLICATION FEE (with this ad) • Right on DC and Maryland line • Close to Fort Totten & West Hyattsville Metro • Free 6 wk summer camp • Convenient to shops, schools and I-495

FREE JANUARY RENT*

1/2 Month FREE*(1-BR’s) 1/2 Month FREE*(2-BR’s)

MD RENTALS TIMBERLAWN CRESCENT APARTMENTS N. Bethesda - 2 blocks to Grosvenor Metro MONTHLY RENTS

2 Bdrm Townhome

$1,376 $1,343

MAXIMUM INCOME LIMITS

$42,841 $48,953 $55,065 $61,177 $66,078

1 occupant 2 occupants 3 occupants 4 occupants 5 occupants

888-476-2106

5707 Luxemburg St. • N. Bethesda, MD 20852

Nasa—$1900.00, 3 br, 2 ba, Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, heat, water, Elec, Newly Ren, AC, 240-882-4994

NEW CARROLLTON Beautiful, spacious, 1 BR apt, close to subway & bus stop. Secured building. $950/mo W/D on site. Call 301-237-5873 7611 Fountainbleau Drive, Apt 2226

Odenton—$1850.00, 5 br, 2 ba, 499 Williamsburg Lane, Odenton, MD, DW, deck, Nr Pub Transp, WD, Hw Flrs, Fplc, 301-254-0904

SOUTHERN AVE. STATION

OPEN HOUSE

SAT. JANUARY 21ST

n SWEET SAVINGS n Apartments starting @ $830 Free Shuttle Van Service

625 Audrey Lane Oxon Hill, MD

877-221-7315

www.theparkforest.com M, T, Th & F 9-6pm • W 9-7pm Sat 10-5pm (*some restrictions apply)

5601 Regency Park Court • Suitland, MD 20746

*On Select Apts. Limited time offer.

Carlyle at Harbor Pointe

MT. RAINIER 301-277-6202 Close to shops & rec. center.

1BR, $785. 2BR $905.

Utilities Included! (A/C extra)

COMFORT, VALUE & CONVENIENCE IN ONE LOCATION!! $0 Application Fee • One Bedrooms Starting at only $1072 • FREE Utilities Se Habla Español • Instant Pre-Approval All Applications Considered • Metro Stop on community • Clothes Care Center in every building

Lease Today!

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Amenities

• Beautiful Locations • Laundry Facilities • Hardwood Flooring (select units) • Gated Community • Wall-to-Wall Carpet • Ceiling Fan (select units) • 24 Hour On Call Maintenance 3.6 Miles from National Harbor!

1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Apartments Bedooms Starting @ $699 5122 KENILWORTH AVENUE, HYATTSVILLE, MD 20781

866.722.1298 • fountainpark.net

Call Us! 1 (866) 906-3677 New Year. New Home.

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HYATTSVILLE

LANDOVER

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• Swimming pool • Private balconies and patios • Minutes to The National Harbor

select utilities included

WATERFORD TOWER APARTMENTS

14000 Castle Blvd,Silver Spring, MD 20904

Apply Online at WaterfordTowerApts.com Parkland Village Move in Special 2 Bedrooms $1089 Must Move-In by 1/28/12

Silver Spring

East Pines Terrace RIVERDALE MOVE IN SPECIAL 1/2 OFF SEC. DEPOSIT NO APP FEE

LANDOVER

RIVERDALE

RIVERDALE

• Free gas and water • State-of-the-art fitness center • Right by the new Wegmans

Call today or apply online at

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888.742.7270

OPEN SATURDAYS!!

STARTING @ $875 - Near Metro Delwin Realty

301-577-7917

6747 Riverdale Rd. Riverdale, MD 20737

EHO

$100 OFF/MONTH MARKET RENT FOR 15 MONTH LEASE at

Silver Spring

MAPLE RIDGE

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2252 Brightseat Road • Landover, MD 20785

888-583-3045

* Fabulous Location * Full size washer/dryer * Eat-in kitchen * Great closet space * 24-Hour Fitness Center * Beautiful Renovated Clubhouse * Large Pets Welcome

1 BRs fr $1011 2BRs fr. $1195 3BRs from $1582 877-678-8539

Cruise for 2 certificate given at move-in

SILVER SPR/Forest Glen Metro-

Forest Glen Apartments

13802 Castle Blvd. #103 Silver Spring, MD 20904 Text WINDSOR to 29999 for more info

301-593-0485

888-255-6159

Forest Village Apt.

FANTASTIC SPECIAL!

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Roomy Apartments walking distance to MetroBus, shopping and restaurants gStop in or call today for details

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Ask About Our

Move In Special One & Two BR fr. $925

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• Gated Community • Playground Area • Metro Bus Stop • Ceiling Fans (select • Controlled Access units) to Community • Close to Mall • Garbage Disposal • Beautiful Location • Washer/Dryer Excellent Customer Service

$0 Security Deposit!

Office Hours 8:30am-5:30pm (M-F) 10:00am-5:00pm (Saturdays) Sunday (By appointment only)

OPEN HOUSE

SAT. JAN 21ST • 9AM-4PM Free Applications World Class Customer Service, Door Prizes & Refreshments

No rent for Feb. if moved in by Jan. 25th

Suitland

Capital Crossing Available for immediate occupancy.

All Credit Considered

4400 Rena Road Suitland, MD 20746 Call Today! 1(888) 443-6408 Please call to arrange a tour!

www.wcsmith.com

866.204.8061

866-805-0782

GATED COMMUNITY • • • •

Fitness center on property Beautiful kitchens Washer/Dryer Outdoor & Indoor Pools Call Now For Our

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888-251-1872

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1, 2 & 3 BR APTS. HUGE 2 BR TOWNHOMES • Roomy, modern apts.

• Private balconies/patios • Cathedral ceiling Call Now For Our

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5409 Riverdale Road • Riverdale, MD 20737

800-767-2189

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SILVER SPRING SFH, 4BR, 3FBA, 2LRs, den, beaut yd, 2 prkg spaces. Nr pub transp/shops. $2,250.

Please call 301-219-7764

Shadyside Garden Apartments

Rosecroft Mews Apartments

2641 Shadyside Avenue Suitland, MD 20746

Silver Spring

Renovated 2 BRs $1460 Enjoy our park setting, adjacent tennis courts and rec. center.

H H H H H

Designer kitchen & bath avail Min. from Sil. Spr/Beth. Metro Access controlled bldgs.

Highspeed internet/tv avail Community swimming pool

PADDINGTON SQUARE 8800 Lanier Drive. Silver Spring, Md. 20910

(866) 531-0263

UTILITIES INCLUDED 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Apartments Starting at $849!

KINGS SQUARE

3402 Dodge Park Rd. • Landover, MD 20785

GATED COMMUNITY

Washers and Dryers in Each Home

FLETCHERS FIELD

5249 Kenilworth Ave. • Hyattsville, MD 20781

888-583-3047

1 Bdrs from $1000s 2 Bdrs from $1200s

* Select Units Only

• Walk to Metro • Walk to Elementary School • Daycare on Premises • Mins. from Wegmans

908 Marcy Ave. • Oxon HIll, MD 20745

EHO

Up to 1 Month Free

: Spacious 1 & 2 BRs :Walk-in Closet :Balconies :Laundry Room

Silver Spring

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Spring Parc Apartments

RIVERDALE

• Spacious and modern apartments • Wall to wall carpet • Dishwasher • Private balconies/patios

FANTASTIC SPECIAL!

888-892-1121

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OXON HILL

Silver Spring

OPEN HOUSE Jan 21-22

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2 Blocks from Metro!

Amenities

Amenities • Washer & Dryer in every apartment home • Individually Controlled AC/Heat • Wall-to-Wall Carpet • Large Walk-In Closets • Private Patio or Balcony • Courtyard in park like setting • 24-Hour Emergency Maintenance • Sparkling Swimming Pool & Playground • Convenient to shopping, dining, and night life

1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Apartments Starting @ $799

Silver Spring

HILLBROOKE TOWERS APTS. AVAILABLE NOW!

• Beautiful Location • Spacious Apartment Homes • Washer & Dryer • Garbage Disposal • Wall-to-Wall Carpet • Refrigerator in Unit • Central A/C & Heat • Second Chance Program

Office Hours: 8:30AM - 5:30PM (M-F) 10:AM - 5:00PM (SAT)

Call today for a tour in our Apartment Model!

1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Apartments Bedrooms Starting @ $899

Call Us!

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1 (866) 502-4883

1(877) 237-4868

$200 Security Deposit *

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UTILITIES INCLUDED

Concerts, movies, events, restaurants and more.

Concerts, movies, events, restaurants and more.

XX172 1x1.5

XX172 1x1.5

Newly renovated mid-rise apts. CAC, disposals, assigned free parking.

Walk to Metro!

888.833.9784 515 Thayer Avenue *with good credit

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SUITLAND

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‘Then Again, I Do Already Have an Academy Award’ Even though Jennifer Hudson has dropped more than 80 pounds, she says she would have no problem gaining weight for Hollywood if the right role comes her way. “When I do films, it has to be led by something through me — like my passion for it,” Hudson said. “I just don’t want to hop into anything. So if I commit myself to something, then it’ll be worth it no matter what character it is.” (AP)

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DISCLAIMER: Qualifying purchases made on the Ashley Furniture HomeStore credit card at participating stores. APR up to 27.99%. Minimum interest charge up to $2.00. See card agreement for details. Offer valid for consumer accounts in good standing; is subject to change without notice; see store for details. May not be combined with any other credit promotion offer. See store for details. Discounts are for products only, and do not apply to Stearns & Foster, floor models or other items marked with Final Price, sales tax, furniture protection plans or delivery. Previous purchases excluded. Participation times may vary. Cannot be combined with any other promotion or discount. *The tables with the 5 piece living room groups are valued up to $399. 12 months no interest minimum purchase $699 with tax and delivery down. All financing programs require purchase of furniture protection plan. Some pieces and fabric prints may vary by region and by store. †Durablend™ upholstery features a Polyurethane/Leather blend (57% Polyurethane, 26% Polycotton, 17% Leather) in the seating areas with skillfully matched Polyurethane everywhere else. Prices valid for a limited time only. See sales associate for details. All rights reserved. No additional discount off of featured items or sale merchandise. HomeStores are independently owned and operated. ©2012 Ashley HomeStores, Ltd. SEE STORE FOR DETAILS. Although every precaution is taken, errors in price and/or specification may occur in print. We reserve the right to correct any such errors. Sale begins on 1/09/2012 and ends on 1/23/2012.