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Josh Powell, the man who killed his two sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state, will not be buried in the same Powell cemetery as the children, Powell’s mother, Terri Powell, said Thursday. (AP) I7D <H7D9?I9E

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Post Office Says It Will Lose $18B Without Cuts Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Thursday the Post Office will lose as much as $18.2 billion a year by 2015 if Congress doesn’t allow it to nix Saturday mail delivery and make other cuts. (AP)

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Manufacturers have been loading up higher-end vehicles with built-in gadgets in an effort to tempt car buyers who want to multi-task behind the wheel in today’s increasingly connected society.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday proposed voluntary guidelines for manufacturers, including a recommendation that they design dashboards so that distracting devices are automatically disabled unless the vehicle is stopped and the transmission is in park.

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Manufacturers are also urged to make technologies safer that drivers are allowed to use while driving — including reducing to two seconds or less the amount of time drivers must divert their eyes from the road. (AP)

op electronic devices that provide features consumers want without disrupting a driver’s attention or sacrificing safety,” said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland.

Gloria Bergquist, vice president of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said carmakers will review the guidelines. She noted that the industry has had its own voluntary guidelines since 2002.

“Drivers are going to have conversations, listen to music and read maps while driving, and automakers are helping them do this more safely with integrated hands-free systems that help drivers focus on the road,” Bergquist said.

The guidelines would exempt safety devices that alert drivers to potential collisions or lane changes.

GPS and other navigation devices would also be permitted while driving, but the administration is asking that the systems be designed so that drivers can’t manually enter a destination unless the car is in park.

The guidelines are a good first step toward reducing driver distractions, said Barbara Harsha, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway safety offices. But “the safest thing is for drivers not to use these systems at all,” she said. JOAN LOW Y (AP)

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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who has said he was on a suicide mission for al-Qaeda, was the same defiant man who Abdulmutallab four months ago pleaded guilty to all charges related to Northwest Airlines Flight 253. He seemed to relish his mandatory sentence and defended his actions as rooted in the Muslim holy book, the Koran.

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in the name of God. And that is exactly what God told us to do in the Koran,” he said. “Today is a day of victory.”

Earlier, four passengers and a crew member who were aboard the plane told U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds that the event forever changed their lives. Abdulmutallab appeared uninterested during their remarks, rarely looking up while seated just a few feet away.

Abdulmutallab “has never expressed doubt or regret or remorse about his mission,” Edmunds said.

Life in prison is a “just punishment for what he has done,” the judge said. “The defendant poses a significant ongoing threat to the safety of American citizens.”

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assigned to help Abdulmutallab, said a mandatory life sentence was cruel and unconstitutional punishment for a crime that didn’t physically hurt anyone except Abdulmutallab.

Abdulmutallab, the 25-year-old, European-educated son of a wealthy banker, chose to detonate a bomb on the Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight, but the device failed and badly burned him. He quickly confessed after he was hauled off the plane.

The case also had lasting implications for security screening at American airports. The Transportation Security Administration was using full-body scanners in some American cities at the time, but the attack accelerated their placement.

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119 Freed in Prison Break Gunmen from a radical Islamist sect stormed a federal prison in Nigeria on Wednesday, killing one guard and freeing 119 inmates in an assault highlighting the continued instability in the nation, an official said Thursday. Officials have recaptured about 25 prisoners. (AP)

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Six guards, 800 prisoners, one set of keys. The numbers spelled disaster when fire tore through a prison Tuesday night and 355 people died, many of them men who had never been convicted of a crime.

The deadliest prison blaze in a century is exposing just how deep government dysfunction and confusion go in Honduras, a small Central American country with the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest murder rate.

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Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin, 23, morphed into a near-overnight sensation with dazzling performances in the past two weeks, including New York’s 100-98 win Saturday over Minnesota.

The Great Unknown Fans flock to the Knicks point guard as ‘Linsanity’ gives the NBA a needed jolt D[m Oeha The plushest seats at Madison Square Garden are filled with Oscar and Grammy winners, a boxing champion, even a former vice president. But on this night, they were taking in the show. The New York Knicks were up by 26 points when the fans broke into a chant —“We want Lin!” — begging for their newest hero to play a bit more.

Everyone wants Jeremy Lin these days. Unknown just weeks ago, the 23-year-old point guard’s celebrity has skyrocketed, and it’s not just basketball fans who are along for the ride.

Lin’s tale of woe and redemption has been difficult to miss: scholarshipless out of high school, the point guard born to Taiwanese parents went to Harvard. Team-less after the NBA draft, he bounced around the league. Jobless at the start of 2012, he’s now a star. The

NBA emerged from its labor strife last year facing an uncertain future, and at the season’s midpoint, Lin is suddenly the league’s biggest hope.

“At this point, it’s pretty clear he’s bigger than sports,” said ESPN sportscaster Mike Yam. New Yorkers are intoxicated with “Linsanity.” Even such celebrities as Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, Mike Tyson, Mary J. Blige and Al Gore — all present for the Knicks’ 100-85 victory over Sacramento on Wednesday — are simply ticket-holders in awe.

“The fans are on fire,” said Knicks’ forward Amar’e Stoudemire.

The crowd at the Garden wears masks depicting Lin’s face. They wave the Taiwan flag and signs celebrating “Super Lin-tendo.”

“It's a lot right now,” Lin conceded last week. “I think I’m getting used to it a little more.”

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The odds that the Knicks will win the NBA title, according to Bovada.lv, a sports booking site that had the Knicks’ odds at 40-1 before Jeremy Lin’s run. (AP)

Yet, if it wasn’t for injuries to others, the Knicks likely would have waived him. “Every time i try to get into Madison Square Garden, the security guards ask me if im a trainer LOL,” Lin tweeted last month.

Instead, Lin has logged significant minutes in the past seven games, which the Knicks have won — without star guard Carmelo Anthony. Lin scored more points in his first five starts than any player in NBA history. The hapless Knicks are suddenly unbeatable.

In less than two weeks, the Knicks’ television ratings have jumped, Lin jerseys have sold out and ticket prices have skyrocketed. Lin’s Twitter account has more than 365,000 followers.

“What Jeremy Lin is doing is the stuff Hollywood scripts are made of,” said Ronn Torossian, CEO of 5W Public Relations.

Lin’s teammates say he hasn’t changed, even if the world around him has. On Wednesday night, as he discreetly exited the locker room, a friend called out, “Hey Jeremy!” Lin quickly apologized for an unintentional snub.

“I don't look at anybody nowadays,” he explained. “I’m like —” and playfully covered his eyes, walking on.

As if that could shield him from all the excitement that he’s generated.

Like Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, a polarizing football player with a similar underdog tale, Jeremy Lin is eager to share his faith, and his fan base is broader because of it.

“My identity is in Christ and not in basketball,” Lin said recently. “I love playing basketball, and it’s my job. But at the same time, I still recognize I’m a sinner and that’s not going to change regardless of how well I play on the court.”

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The player slowly bobbed his head from side to side, letting the question bounce around a bit. “No,” he finally said. “But I believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing God who does miracles.”

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Patrick Ney made the case for why coffee drinking deserves an exemption to the no-eating-ordrinking rule. The ban “is a decent idea being taken too far. I think the ability to drink coffee in the train is simply more important than the need for absolute cleanliness,” he argued. “I will take the sight of an occasional rat any day over a non-caffeinated commute.” He invites

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Several readers wanted to let me know that when they see something, they also say something. It’s an approach that gets a mixed response. “I’ve told more than my fair share of people that eating and drinking is not permitted on the train, and they look at me like I have a third eye,” reported Mark Size. Once, Lois Steinberg reminded a woman about the rule, and when the woman just kept on eating, Steinberg quipped, “You must be a lawyer.” “No, a law student,” the diner responded.

police to come find him at the Chinatown station at 8:10 a.m.

“Metro-riding rule breakers abound.

I let this one go, but still captured the moment,” tweeted Jim Darling. It was accompanied by photographic evidence, showing a woman stuffing her mouth while squeezing a soda can between her legs. Maybe eaters and drinkers will ignore complaints from other riders — and maybe Metro doesn’t have the staff to adequately police behavior — but a public shame campaign has potential.

Geoffrey Patton found someone setting a really bad example: a Metro employee eating chicken fingers. But he didn’t call her out on it, because he was focused on another problem. Despite reporting it last week, Patton keeps seeing (and smelling) a dead opossum on the tracks at College Park. “Another few days,” he wrote, “and no one will be able to eat on that branch of the Green Line.”

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Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III said Thursday that he wants to see a billion-dollar casino on the banks of the Potomac River, arguing that a “high-end” gaming destination at National Harbor would be a catalyst for economic development and generate much-needed tax revenue.

The announcement, which carries considerable political risk for Baker, a Democrat, is certain to

shake up a debate in Annapolis over legislation to expand Maryland’s gambling program — and add fuel to one in Prince George’s about what kind of development the county should embrace.

The developer of National Harbor endorsed the plan Thursday, but the prospect of bringing a fullfledged casino to Prince George’s faces considerable hurdles, including mixed views among county lawmakers and staunch opposition from the owner of a planned casino in neighboring Anne Arundel County.

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county or the state. ... We’re going to do everything we can to get this bill passed.”

In addition to generating education funding for the state, Baker said, the casino could yield nearly $50 million a year in gaming and other tax revenue for the county.

However, ma ny of Pr ince George’s elected leaders say they remain concerned that gambling preys on the poor and will tarnish the county’s image — even as part of an upscale development.

“Should we make that our hallmark in Prince George’s County? I don’t think it is a great idea,” said Delegate Jolene Ivey, D-Prince George’s. (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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Officials at George Washington University are alerting the campus that about 85 students have been sickened by the norovirus this week.

University officials said in a statement that norovirus was the cause of dozens of cases of gastrointestinal illness.

Officials said students who live at the Foggy Bottom campus, the Mount Vernon campus and off campus were affected but that they could not find a common link.

Students were advised to wash their hands frequently and disinfect surfaces.

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The Wizards continue their trip out west with games on Friday and Monday.

The last time the two teams met, on Feb. 7, the Caps dominated the Panthers with a 4-0 shutout victory for goalie Tomas Vokoun, but since then they have slipped down the standings. But losses to the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks have stalled any momentum the Caps earned. The team may receive an emotional boost if defenseman Mike Green returns to the lineup for the first time since abdominal surgery in January. R.A.

Fork in the Caps’ Road Crucial trip may be the decisive moment in the team’s season J^[ 9Wf_jWbi After practice on Thursday afternoon, on the eve of what could be the most important road trip of the Capitals’ season, coach Dale Hunter said his team isn’t looking at the big picture. At least, not yet.

“You don’t want to look ahead,” Hunter said. “You want to look at one game at a time. … We have blocks of games as far as stats are concerned, but we just need to focus on one game right now.”

Sitting at ninth in the Eastern Conference standings and trailing the division-leading Florida Panthers by three points, the Caps will face the Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes during a road trip that could put Washington back in the playoff picture.

“This whole road trip is extremely important,” defenseman Dennis Wideman said. “We’re going into the [trade deadline], and things are starting to tighten up. We’ve got to have an exceptional road trip.”

The outcome also may affect how active the team is at the Feb. 27 trading deadline.

Washington is among many teams rumored to be ready to deal at the deadline, but the team’s place in the standings could play a decisive role in what direction it goes.

But for now, the focus is on Friday’s game against Florida (65 points), which sits in third in the Eastern Conference because the NHL vaults each of its divi-

sion leaders to the top of the conference rankings.

A win would not only pull the Caps — who have 61 points — closer to the division lead, but it would also help the Caps catch the eighth-place Toronto Maple Leafs (64 points).

But like Hunter, Wideman refuses to think about the grand total of points needed to make the playoffs.

“If you start looking at how many points you need or how many games you need to win in a month, it can seem a little overwhelming,” Wideman said. “We just have to go in and realize the importance of [Friday’s] game and try and get the win.” REED S. ALBERS

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Only four of the eight players Jordan has selected in the first round remain with the Bobcats.

Charlotte still owes Chicago a first-round pick as part of a trade for Tyrus Thomas, who doesn’t start. (AP)

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Six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan continues to struggle as a league executive. The Jordanowned Bobcats are 3-26 and flirting with NBA futility.

Because of the lockout-shortened season, Charlotte won’t challenge the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers’ record of 72 losses. However, the Bobcats have lost 16-straight games and have a worse winning percentage (.103) than that infamous 76ers team.

“Everybody wants to make history, but you don’t want to make history that way,” said Bobcats guard Matt Carroll, currently in his second stint with Charlotte. “You don’t want to be that team.”

Jordan isn’t talking as the losses continue to mount. He declined an interview request through the Bobcats’ media relations department.

Jordan isn’t the only NBA executive having a tough time. There are only nine wins between him and

Michael Jordan’s Bobcats have lost 16-straight games and have three wins this year.

Commissioner David Stern — the league-owned New Orleans Hornets have just six victories.

The Hornets and Bobcats are two of six teams that have failed

to reach double digits in wins in a league that, despite efforts to push toward parity during the recent labor negotiations, seems to have a broadening gap between

the haves and have-nots.

But none seems as low as the Bobcats.

“They’ve totally bottomed out,” said Steve Kerr, an NBA analyst for TNT and a former Jordan teammate. “They are a total disaster right now. They are going to have to get lucky in the lottery and be really strong as an organization in the next couple of years to get out of this.” STE VE REED (AP)

>eoWi >eefi Forget the so-called Princeton offense. It’s the Georgetown defense that has the Hoyas on pace for a bye in the Big East tournament.

Entering Saturday’s game against Providence, Georgetown (19-5, 9-4) is holding opponents to 58.9 points per game — second in the Big East behind surprising South Florida. Buoyed by such stifling defense, the Hoyas are outscoring opponents by 11.7 points per game — also second-best in the conference, even though they are ranked eighth in points scored.

This from a team known more

for coach John Thompson III’s offensive scheme modeled after Princeton’s, which relies on picks and cuts to the basket.

“For the most part, I think our defense has been pretty good for most of the year. From Day One, we’ve stressed, if we defend and rebound, everything else will be OK,” Thompson said this week.

The Hoyas’ zone has been particularly aggressive. Their presence on the perimeter and in the lane has made it difficult for many scoring leaders to get their usual shots.

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season, Porter’s seven rebounds per game are 12th-best in the Big East and a big reaon Georgetown is ranked third in the league in that category.

He a nd t he Hoya s have impressed their foes.

“Georgetown’s a good basketball team,” said University of South Florida head coach Stan Heath.

“They’re more talented than last year, much better team this year and their length bothers you.”

Heath would know. His team was crushed 75-45 by the Hoyas on Feb. 4, but the teams are currently tied for fourth in the Big East standings. KRYSTINA LUCIDO

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Now, though, any fan dreaming that the two-time NHL MVP will be hoisting the Stanley Cup this year is living on a prayer.

Things are so bad that Olie Kolzig, a former star goalie with the Caps who still works for the club, said this week that Ovech8o CWjj kin had better be wary Im[died of the pitfalls of “rock-star status.”

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The scar tissue from years of playoff disappointment is evident.

Benched Capitals Mike Knuble and Michal Neuvirth have been driven to tears this week, with their complaining adding to the team’s woes.

Even with all of the turmoil and struggles, here’s my message to suffering Caps fans: Don’t stop believing.

Let’s go crazy and dream Ovechkin could someday — though probably not in 2012 — regain his old form.

“We are the champions” may still play in Verizon Center — if GM George McPhee can build the right roster around his superstar.

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

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Vikes Will Pass on Moss The Minnesota Vikings need wide receivers — just not Randy Moss. Given the trouble he caused during his second stint with the team, the disinterest in bringing back one of the most popular players among Vikings fans in franchise history comes as no surprise. But general manager Rick Spielman confirmed Thursday the Vikings “will be moving on” without Moss. (AP)

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Rizzo insists that he’s been in “win-now mode” his whole career, but this year when he says it, no eyes are rolled. In each of the last two seasons, the club has won at least 10 more games than it did the prior year. Do it for a third year and the Nationals will find themselves in a playoff race. “We feel that we’re a team that’s going to be very, very competitive in a really, really difficult division,” Rizzo said. “Our goal is to play meaningful games in September and beyond.” DEREK TURNER

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Washington made a big splash by signing Werth to a seven-year, $126 million contract last off-season. Werth responded by hitting .232 with 20 home runs and 58 RBI, well below the pace he set during four years in Philadelphia. Though he may never live up to his contract, it’s fair to expect a significant improvement in 2012.

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Your heroines have flaws, but people love them. Why? Personally, when I read books about women who fly around the world, have amazing sex and buy up companies, I never relate. I try to write heroines that we relate to.

You empathize with people when you feel sorry for them or feel like you’ve been in their place.

In “I’ve Got Your Number,” the heroine picks up a stranger’s phone, and it changes her life.

What made you choose this plot?

I wrote it because I find technology fascinating. We invest such emotional life in it now. My starting point was that you store everything in this tiny device; it becomes like the key to your life.

The book also features a lot of wedding planning. Why do women like to read about that?

I think for a lot of girls, the buildup to the wedding is almost more joyful than the wedding itself. People love to wallow in the details.

Your most famous character, Becky Bloomwood Brandon, is a shopaholic. Is she based on you?

Bits of me are Becky, but she does things that no one ever would do in real life.

So where do you shop in real life?

I’m very fond of Selfridges and Liberty. Liberty has a great fashion and history. In the States, I love Anthropologie. Everything smells great and looks beautiful there.

What’s your own relationship with tech like?

It’s love-hate. I’d love it if we all wrote to each other with quill pens, yet I find myself addicted to IM and email.

Even though your heroines mess up, they usually get a happy ending. Why? I think readers want a satisfying ending, but not necessarily one with all the knots tied up. I like to leave heroines in a position where the future isn’t all wrapped up.

And the book also talks about — gasp — a lost engagement ring?

I did that because I wanted Poppy, the main character, to be in an absolute frenzy at the beginning of

Which authors inspire you?

Jane Austen is my inspiration. She’s such a wit, so funny and romantic.

She loves a flawed heroine as much as I do. JENNIFER BARGER (E XPRESS)

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and puffy, and you taste better than a milk shake.” OK, maybe the s’more’s best friend won’t put G-town Cupcake out of business (and our rap career is looking even more doubtful). But Shauna Severs’ “Marshmallow Madness” ($17, Quirk) makes a case for DIY squishy sweets in flavors such as margarita, above, and salted peanut, as well as ’mallow-powered whoopie pies, roulades and, yes, cupcakes.

Waggles the Doberman really are a joy. REALLY. But since we get up at 5 a.m., scoop his droppings and also feed him spendy kibble, is it too much to ask that he give back? Umbra’s new Doggie Barrel Bag Holder ($6, Umbra. com) hangs from any pup’s collar and holds canine-sized trash bags. Still, we’re unclear whether it’ll inspire Waggles to act heroically, like one of those life-saving Saint Bernards who carried similar-looking barrels full of brandy through the Alps.

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accept fancy free stuff stack their wrists with designer bracelets by Hermes, Gucci and pals. Those who must pay rent or keep journalistic ethics intact can snag Leighelena’s enamel-leather cuffs, just in at Ginger (7114 Bethesda Lane, Bethesda; 301-664-924).

Styles include a wide model (below, $125) and a double-wrap bracelet ($105), which come in eye-popping (not wallet-busting) hides such as orange stingray or green snake.

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thumbtack photos, tickets and other inspiring junk to actual bulletin boards. Pottery Barn Teen revives that old-school concept with its Vintage Frame Pinboard ($69, Pbteen.com), a cloth-covered canvas decorated with a retro design. But to incessantly share the recipe you’re fixing this weekend/photos of your new ballet flats/cute wittle puppy quotes, you’ll also have to get equally old-fashioned and invite people over.

a remedy for shooting range injuries, it’s actually a new breed of supermoisturizer with sunscreen, vitamin C, alpha hydroxy acids and skin-smoothing tint. Garnier’s cream ($13, drugstores), which just arrived in the U.S., is among the cheapest. We liked how it brightened our sallow visage, but we didn’t enjoy its mildly Febreze-like scent.

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This music of Wagner, so stirring, so brilliant, so memorable, works the transformational magic on what is essentially the elevated flapdoodle, and thus the tangled soap opera story of the comic-book superhero is converted into the purest gold.

Plus, how can one resist the overthe-top spectacle of the handsome men being assailed by stout women in armor? It is like candy; very chewy, dense candy.

Speaking of the candy, here is the Licorice Too from the Kate Spade ($350, Zappos.com), glittery perfection for the opera.

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Fashion to revive: Many of the men pictured are wearing actual coonskin caps.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

4212 East Capital Street NE Washington, DC 20019

At home in the heart of Washington and Rock Creek Park. Just steps to Columbia Heights. Spacious Studios and 1BR apts featuring onsite shopping, restaurant, parking, pool and fitness center.

• Free Utilities • Walk to Metro • 24 Hr maintenance • Huge walk in closets • On site laundry and dry cleaners • High speed internet/cable

3539 A Street SE Washington, DC 20019

Village at Chesapeake 818 Southern Ave SE Washington, DC 20032

Autumn Woods

5033 57th Avenue Bladensburg, MD 20710

East Pines Terrace 6747 Riverdale Rd Riverdale, MD 20737

Highland Ridge

1201 Benning Road Capitol Hts, MD 20743

Addison Chapel 1525 Elkwood Lane Capitol Hts, MD 20743

Silver Hill Apartments

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4227 Silver Hill Rd Suitland, MD 20746

The Arches at Andrews Ridge 5601 Regency Parkway Suitland, MD 20746

Woodland Springs

Woodland Springs 6617 Atwood Street District Heights, MD 20747

Parkway Terrace Apartments 3415 Parkway Terrace Dr Suitland, MD 20748

South Pointe

2603 Southern Avenue Temple Hills, MD 20748

Heather Hill

5837 Fisher Road Temple Hills, MD 20748

1 BR - 3 BR/ 1BA - 2 BA Apts

• Walking distance to Metro • Large floor plans • Metro bus stop on site • Wall-wall carpeting

• Dishwasher • Laundry on-site

Beautifully renovated 2 and 3 BR apartments homes. We are committed to quality, providing enjoyable, long-term living experiences.

• Newly renovated interiors • Security on-site • Controlled entry system • Spacious floor plans

• Wall to wall carpet • Laundry on-site

2 Months Free Rent for a Limited Time Only.

Come visit us every Saturday in February for our Open House!

• Close to 295 • Spacious floor plans • Walking distance to shopping • Laundry facilities on site

• Some utilities included • Housing choice vouchers welcome

• Minutes from Metro • Close to Shops

• Renovated Kitchens • Indiv. Controlled heat and a/c • Cable and Internet Ready • Renovated kitchens

FINALLY you have found home; generous living spaces and colonial style windows.

All utils. included for a small fee.

• Deanwood Metro 1/4 mile away • Hardwood Floors • Lush landscaping; playground • Locked entry system

• Wall to wall carpet avail • Air conditioning

Silver Hill is a Great Place to Call Home.

Oversized living rooms, hardwood floors, mini blinds, more.

• Across from Suitland Metro

• Pets welcome • Ample floor plans

• Utilities included • Laundry on site

1/2 Month Rent Free. Classic & remodeled apts. avail.

Exciting community renovations are underway.

• Minutes to the Suitland Metro Station • Huge bedrooms and closets • Laundry on-site • On-site 24-Hr. Emergency Service • Ample Free Parking • Great bus route access Woodland Springs offers quality services and amenities, convenience and affordability – all designed to meet the needs of today’s families.

• Close to Addison Road & Suitland Metro Stations • Huge floor plans • Summer camp and after school programs • Convenient to shopping & restaurants • Cable and Internet Ready • Access controlled bldgs Exciting renovations underway inside and out!

• Minutes to National Harbour Shops & dining • Spacious Closets • Fitness Center Coming • Enormous bedrooms • Wall to wall carpeting • Energy Effic. Windows Parkway Terrace offers a great location right across the street from Suitland Metro, minutes from Suitland Parkway, 395 and 495.

• Wall-wall carpet or hardwood • Controlled entry system • Handicap accessible units • Free parking

• Laundry on-site • Spacious floor plans

This wooded, well-maintained garden apartment is the perfect place to live conveniently located to Metro.

• Walk to Green line Metro • Bus stop at front of property • Outdoor playground • Convenient to shopping • Wall to wall carpeting • Prices subject to change Come enjoy this quiet neighborhood with shopping at Rivertown Marketplace less than 2 miles from our community.

• On-site laundry • Tennis court(s)

• Huge floor plans • Near Metro

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Welcome to Autumn Woods where you’ll find a peace of mind nestled in a quiet suburban community. Located just off B/W Parkway, the bustling community boasts shopping, dining, fitness center, schools, medical facilities, playgrounds, and parks.

• Conveniently Located Near B/W Parkway, 495, 95 , 395 • Bus stops throughout the community • Near Shopping Centers • 24-Hour Emergency Maintenance • Free Cable with Premium Channels • Access controlled

• Free gas • Balconies

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Regency Pointe 3253 Walters Lane Forestville, MD 20747

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Eagles Crossing

116 Irvington Street SW Washington, DC 20032

Studio - 1BR Apts

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• One block from Metro • Walk in closets • Townhome floor plans • Private balcony or patio • Cable ready • Huge floor plans

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• All utilities included • Spacious floor plans

Glen Apartments Forest Glen Forest 9920 Georgia Ave Apartments Silver Spring, MD 20902 Ashford at Woodlake 14175 Castle Blvd.

Silver Spring, MD 20904

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• Cable ready • Laundry facilities on site

• Spacious floor plans • Laundry facilities on site

• On-site day care • Sparkling pool

Woodvale Apartments 13831 Castle Blvd.

Silver Spring, MD 20904

• Basketball courts • Walking paths

515 Thayer Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910

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• Close to Metro & 495 • Convenient to shopping & • Swimming pool restaurants • Huge floor plans • Central air

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Awesome location, 5 minutes from downtown Silver Spring.

• Newly renovated units • Beautiful pool

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Mid-rise community walking distance to the newly revitalized downtown Silver Spring

• Laundry facilities on site

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$500 off the first month’s Rent. Quiet wooded setting just off Rte. 29.

Spacious Floorplans and friendly management team!

13802 Castle Blvd #103 Silver Spring, MD 20904

$750

301-927-8339

• Minutes from 495 • Blocks to Forest Glen Metro

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• Public transportation nearby • Sunny eat-in kitchen • Fitness center • Large kitchen pantries

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Come live here for only $499 for the first month. Our convenient location is only three blocks from Forest Glen Metro. Come and enjoy life at our small and quiet community.

• All utilities included • Cable ready

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Castle manor is a beautiful community that is located in a park like setting close to the arts district, the University of Maryland and the West Hyattsville Metro.

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Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett In a Nutshell: Life changes for the Clocks — 4-inch-tall people who live hidden in a normal-sized family’s residence — when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

Reese Witherspoon, why do you do this to me? I do not understand. I mean, I get that you have a mortgage and some kids, and that everyone likes money, but you seem to have forgotten that you are a really, really good actor.

To be fair, I haven’t seen “This Means War,” which opens Friday. Maybe it’s amazing. Anything is possible. But the past five or six years — since you won the Oscar for “Walk 8o Ah_ij[d the Line” — have FW][#A_hXo not been promising.

You’ve done movies no one saw (like “Rendition” and “Penelope”), and the movies that people did see were not good (like “Four Christmases,” “Water for Elephants” and the absolutely terrible “How Do You Know”). Leave crap like that to Katherine Heigl.

Seriously, Reese, you have to start making better choices.

Here’s what you should do: Go back to Alexander Payne, who directed you in your best performance to date: as Tracy Flick in “Election.”

Ask to be a part of his next movie — you know he’ll have one because “The Descendants” did relatively well. If he doesn’t have a part for you, ask to do something else, like maybe cater the production. Hitch your wagon to him, because he writes complex, funny parts for women, and those are what you do best. Hold out for those. You might have to work less. But it’ll be OK, because the work you will do will make you proud.

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

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“The Secret World of Arrietty” centers on the titular Arrietty, a miniature girl who lives under the floorboards of a regular home.

Ekji_p[Z ÉMehbZÊ With vivid animation and quiet pacing, this Japanese feature leaves a large impact <_bc H[l_[m “The Secret World of Arrietty” isn’t (gasp) in 3-D. It isn’t Pixared to death or loud enough to blow the popcorn out of your 20-gallon bucket.

But this gorgeous little movie is sure to be beloved by your little people, who may discover what it means to find a magical beauty in the things we can’t altogether see.

“Arrietty,” based on Mary Norton’s children’s book series “The Borrowers,” is the story of tiny people who live under floorboards

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Each frame is a gift. Flowing grasses, watercolor wildflowers twitching in the breeze, a burbling stream, the sound of raindrops as they make their first marks on the

sidewalk. The images are just vivid enough to allow the audience to imagine the fragrance of a newly dampened sidewalk, rather than be pummeled over the head by a storm so real that there’s no room to imagine anything. And among all this beauty is a pretty little plot.

There’s not as much of an edge-ofthe-seat factor as in some of Miyazaki’s other films — or, of course, in anything Disney, which is distributing “Arrietty.” But do audiences need to be, well, blown away?

Can’t they actually enjoy a relatively quiet movie?

Arrietty (voiced by Bridgit Mendler) is a 14-year-old Borrower who shows us from the first scene that she has pluck, sneaking through the grass midday, with a bay leaf as cover, and standing up to the fat cat that has been stalking her. She’s eager to go along with her serious father (Will Arnett) on a nighttime expedition into the Beans’ house to fetch a sugar cube and one tissue.

This is much to the dismay of her hysterical mother (Amy Poehler), who tells Arrietty about cousins who have disappeared.

She goes with her father anyway but is spotted by sickly boy Shawn (David Henrie), who tries to befriend her. She’s sure he means no harm, but once Borrowers have been seen, they must leave their home and find a new one. Arrietty is overcome with guilt and frustration.

There are misadventures along the way, including a run-in with the housekeeper, Hara (Carol Burnett), that show just how heroic our little heroine is. As in: smart, bring-yourdaughter-to-this heroic.

The end isn’t tied up in perfect sparkly pink bows but is left slightly up to us and our imaginations.

Remember what that feels like?

Upon leaving the theater, a girl of about 6 turned to her grandmother and said dreamily, “That.Was.The. Best.Movie.Ever.”

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ballistic third act, it’s the guys who have eyes only for each other.

Focusing on the physical attributes of the stars isn’t superficial but, rather, is the whole point when assessing “This Means War,” which exists primarily to allow superior human specimens to prance and preen for the envy and wish-fulfillment of their fatter, plainer fans.

“This Means War” proves to be little more than the canned Spam of the movie world — bland, overprocessed and cheap, even when it’s spending millions engulfing highways in balls of ludicrous flame.

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Ireland sneaks up on the audience with the quiet discretion of the enigmatic protagonist at its center. And, like him, it contains multitudes beneath its prim surface. “Him”? Albert Nobbs is, after all, played by Glenn Close, who we first meet as a meek, impeccably groomed butler at a modest but respectable hotel in Dublin. Nobbs has worked there for nearly 20 years, during which time

high-style nostalgia, “The Artist” arrives like the last, lightest profiterole on the croquembouche. “The Artist” opens in 1927, when 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. BIG MIRACLE (PG, 107 minutes) In this highly partisan era, it’s comforting to revisit 1988, when people from many backgrounds stumbled upon a unifying goal. What issue could possibly ally Greenpeace activists and oil executives, even Reagan and Gorbachev? “Big Miracle,” based on a true story, has the answer: three whales. As the film opens, television reporter Adam Carlson is hard at work, uncovering the fluffiest of feature stories in Alaska. Adam stumbles upon three gray whales that have become trapped under ice. Without human intervention, the whales will be dead in days. Adam’s news flash brings an influx of visitors to the Arctic Circle. Each has his or her own interests in mind, but all

the staff and guests have come to think they know him simply as a reserved keeper of secrets. But two people Nobbs encounter confront him with the secret he has held closest of all: that he’s really a woman who long ago assumed a man’s identity to survive and to this day doesn’t know exactly who he/she is. A.H. THE ARTIST (PG-13, 100 minutes) Capping off a year of movies dedicated to

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ultimately agree to help figure out how to save the whales. Politics are politics, however, when the last resort turns out to be Soviet aid. Cold War-era bonding over whales? It would sound utterly absurd if it weren’t based on fact. STEPHANIE MERRY CHRONICLE (PG-13, 83 minutes) Movies that purport to be constructed from found footage usually do so to cloak a flimsy premise. That’s not the issue with “Chronicle,” in which a pretty good idea for a sci-fi thriller is undermined by hastiness. The amateur cameraman is Andrew, a Seattle-area high-schooler who is bullied at school and at home.

Andrew’s closest thing to a friend is his cousin Matt. One night, the two attend a rave, where they encounter Matt’s longtime crush, later to serve as the movie’s damsel in distress. The guys wander off with Matt’s pal Steve. In a development any superhero-origin buff will recognize, the boys crawl into a sinkhole and find a weird substance that alters them. They develop superpowers, and Andrew, the weakest of the three, becomes the strongest. Ultimately, “Chronicle” can’t finesse the essential problem of the found-footage genre: When faced with a potentially lethal threat, nobody’s first instinct is to hit “record.” MARK JENKINS CONTRABAND (R, 109 minutes) Directed by actor-director Baltasar Kormakur, the film has a gloomy, propulsive, workingclass energy that feels slightly more

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The plane won’t make it, leaving Ottway and six others marooned in the middle of a blank, icy wasteland with subzero winds, punishing snowstorms and packs of hungry wolves. Such pure, elemental motivations and obstacles could easily provide the makings of a brutish but viscerally effective B-movie, but Carnahan aspires to something more, and he largely achieves it. Even with its requisite amount

of hokum, though, “The Grey” executes its battle of the alpha males with toughness, efficiency and even artistry. A.H. H AY W I R E ( R , 10 5 m i n u t e s ) Mallory Kane joins Lisbeth Salander and Margaret Thatcher as the latest tough-girl movie heroine by leaving a trail of carnage, sulphur and various male body parts in her wake. Played by real-life mixed martial arts champion

Gina Carano, Mallory is a steely, smokyvoiced creation. It emerges that Mallory, a former Marine, has something to do with a Blackwater-esque private contractor and a black ops mission gone wonky. Carano’s not a great actress, but she doesn’t need to be in a movie that, as conceived by screenwriter Lem Dobbs, doesn’t get bogged down in psychology or humanizing backstories. 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. A.H. JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG, 94 minutes) Managing to make classic 19th-century adventure yarns feel as wondrous and exotic as a Hallmark Channel special, “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” sincerely tries

to pay homage to the likes of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson but is too contaminated by today’s tame sensibilities to make it fly. The sequel to 2008’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth” suffers, first, from an exposition that is cloddish even by the standards of multiplex kid stuff. Cramming a tangled mess of motivations into a few minutes, it Continued on page 26

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But the rule applies only when the filmmakers are thinking about it. JOHN DEFORE 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 make matters worse, the choir finds itself divided when Vi Rose Hill (Queen Latifah) is chosen over the choir director’s widow, G.G. Sparrow (Dolly Parton), to helm the group. The movie revolves around keeping the faith through obstacle after obstacle, but the dramedy’s ultimate feel-good nature proves infectious, even for those of us whose weekend routine doesn’t include a trip to church. S.M. MAN ON A LEDGE (PG-13, 102 minutes) Sam Worthington plays ex-cop Nick Cassidy, who has been doing a stretch in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. After masterminding a breakout, he winds up at Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel, where he calmly opens a window 200 feet up

and climbs out. But wait! Cassidy’s stunt may be more complicated than a mere death wish, as becomes clear when he summons Lydia Mercer to the scene.

That tough-as-nails police negotiator is played by Elizabeth Banks in what’s supposed to be a frazzled, hungover state, the first of a series of whoppers that get bigger and dumber as the tick-tock progresses. A.H. ONE FOR THE MONEY (PG-13, 106 minutes) Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl) has lost her job selling lingerie at the Newark Macy’s and just lost her car to the repo guys. She needs cash, or something, at least, to share with her dull, stereotypical blue-collar family. So the hot lingerie saleswoman hits up a relative for a piece of his bail bond business. She needs a big score, so she tackles killer cop Joe Morelli, a guy she has a history with. Stephanie learns on the job, chasing Joe. Sometimes he schools her. More often, she’s taught by a commando-like bounty hunter who likes to be called “Ranger,” a potentially fun character who sets off no sparks in the story or with Stephanie. With poor structure, unsnappy “snappy” dialogue, bland characters and tedious direction, “One for the Money” loses big. (AP) RED TAILS (PG-13, 125 minutes) The complexions of its heroes aside, this George Lucas-produced dogfight epic could have been made during the same decade the Tuskegee Airmen helped beat Hitler. The war-movie cliches are as abundant as the antiaircraft fire, and the dialogue is as wooden as a balsa glider. The leading characters are issued one personality trait each, and some don’t even get that. Cuba Gooding Jr., for example, plays Maj. Emanuelle Stance as a man who smokes a pipe. The AfricanAmerican fliers’ great achievement merits a great movie. “Red Tails” isn’t it. M.J.

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[dj[hjW_dc[dj beeaekj SAFE HOUSE (R, 115 minutes) Denzel Washington has begun to carve out a niche as the grumpy or morally compromised foil to young, gravitas-seeking white actors. His charisma menaced Ethan Hawke in “Training Day” and taunted Chris Pine in “Unstoppable,” allowing both actors to look more impressive simply by surviving the encounter.

Entering “Safe House,” Ryan Reynolds needs that chance to prove himself.

Reynolds plays Matt Weston, a CIA newbie assigned to man a rarely used Cape Town facility. Amid much excitement, a squad of tough agents arrives to interrogate Washington’s Tobin Frost, a top spy who went rogue nine years ago and has been selling America’s secrets ever since. When the safe house is attacked by baddies bent on killing Frost, Weston escapes with him, trying to keep his prisoner alive on the streets. In the field, Frost does get precious moments to play with Weston’s head, but the film doesn’t allow Reynolds enough time to move through wide-eyed self-doubt to find the intelligence his character presumably possesses. J.D. THE WOMAN IN BLACK (PG-13, 95 minutes) According to spiritualists, the veil separating the world of the living from the world of the dead is tissue-thin at times.

When it comes to cinematic ghost stories, however, there’s a wide gulf between those who love the genre and those who just like to laugh at it. That divide was in stark evidence at a recent screening of this poltergeist-themed drama in which Daniel Radcliffe plays a London lawyer sent to the middle of nowhere to settle the estate of a deceased woman.

“The Woman in Black,” based on Susan

Hill’s 1983 novel, delivers a better-thanserviceable, if less-than-“Sixth Sense”worthy scare. Director James Watkins knows how to make a body jump out of its skin. At the same time, the film is kind of, well, silly. M.O. THE VOW (PG-13, 104 minutes) The romantic drama “The Vow” looks like the kind of annual Valentine’s Day staple that arrives just as calls start flooding flower

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in Lake Michigan, have tickle fights to relieve stress and host a pop-up wedding at the Art Institute of Chicago. But after a car accident sends Paige through a windshield, she wakes up a different person and reverts back to her former, humorless self. Thus begins the tug-of-war. Paige’s parents urge her to return home to their mansion, while Leo begs her to stay in the city. It’s a shame things are so black

and white, because the movie has more promise than trailers suggest. Although Leo and Paige’s pre-accident relationship is overly schmoopy, they create a winning couple. S.M.

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It’s been 35 years since Peter Frampton released his classic live album, “Frampton Comes Alive,” and he’ll re-create the whole thing in a performance at the Warner Theatre on Sunday.

It’s exactly the same, except now he’s more warm grandfather than rock heartthrob. Warner Theatre, 513 13th St. NW; Sun., 8 p.m., $45-$99; 202-7834000, Warnertheatre.com.

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AMC Mazza Gallerie 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW

www.AMCTheatres.com

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:20-5:10-10:00 Safe House (R) Digital Presentation: 12:00-2:40-5:20-8:00-10:40 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Digital Presentation: 11:40-4:40-9:40 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) CC-Closed Captions: 11:302:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: 10:00-2:45-7:30 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 10:40-1:00-3:15-5:25-7:40-9:50 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 2:10-7:10 The Vow (PG-13) 11:50-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:55 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) 11:30-2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 This Means War (PG-13) 10:20-12:40-3:10-5:30-7:50-10:10

Avalon

5612 Connecticut Avenue

www.theavalon.org

Beginners (R) Starring Oscar Nominee Christopher Plummer!: 2:45-8:00 Moneyball (PG-13) Six Oscar Nominations including Best Picture!: 11:00-4:30 In the Land of Blood and Honey (R) Limited Engagement!: 1:45-7:30 Hugo (PG) 11 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture!: 12:00-5:10

Landmark E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW

www.landmarktheatres.com

Rear Window (1954) (PG) 12:00AM Pariah (R) 5:00-9:50 The Descendants (R) 1:45-4:30-7:10-9:40 Albert Nobbs (R) 2:20-7:20 The Artist (PG-13) 12:45-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:45 The Iron Lady (PG-13) 1:20-4:10-7:00-9:55 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 1:00-3:50-6:40-9:30 Khodorkovsky (NR) 1:25-4:05-6:45-9:25 Shame (NC-17) 2:35-5:05-7:35-10:00 Say Anything (PG-13) 12:00AM Oscar Nominated Live-Action Shorts (NR) 1:30-5:30-9:30 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 3:45-7:45-11:45

Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14 707 Seventh Street NW

www.regalcinemas.com

Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 9:50-12:25 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 12:40-4:00-7:05-10:00 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 11:35-2:00-6:55-9:40-12:05 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 11:40-12:30-2:10-4:50-6:207:30-10:10-12:40 The Vow (PG-13) 11:50-12:45-2:30-3:20-5:00-6:10-7:25-8:50-9:55-11:20-12:20 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 12:30 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 1:00 Safe House (R) 12:20-1:10-3:40-4:10-6:30-7:10-9:30-10:30 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) 4:30 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) 3:10-9:00-11:30 The Grey (R) 1:30-4:20-7:15-9:55-12:35

Meet Us at the Craw Bar Get started early on Tuesday’s Mardi Gras festivities with the Pearl Dive’s crawfish boil.

We’re having trouble relating all-you-can-eat crawfish, corn bread and suckling pig and all-you-can-drink Abita beer to Presidents Day in any meaningful way — but we trust that after enough beer and Southern food, you won’t care. Pearl Dive Oyster Palace, 1612 14th St. NW; Mon., noon, $60; Pearldivedc. com.

(Dupont Circle)

Daylight is one of the best long-running dance parties in D.C. Though it’s no longer weekly, it still appears on a lot of holiday weekends. DJ Bill Source and DJ Divine will spin funk, R&B and disco from the 1970s and 1980s while the dance floor turns into a friendly, evening-long re-enactment of “Soul Train.” Liv, 2001 11th St. NW; Sun., 8 p.m., free; 202-299-0800, Livdc.com.

(U Street)

(!) No Pass/No Discount Ticket Red Tails (PG-13) 3:50-6:50 The Woman in Black (PG-13) 12:25-2:50-5:30-8:00-10:25-12:45 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) 12:00-2:20-4:40-7:00-9:20-11:40 This Means War (PG-13) 12:10-2:40-5:10-7:40-10:20-12:40 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) 3:15-5:20-7:50-10:05-12:15

West End Cinema 2301 M Street NW

http://westendcinema.com/

Le Havre (NR) English Subtitles: 7:40 Coriolanus (R) Ralph Fiennes stars and directs!: 2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50 My Week with Marilyn (R) Oscar nominee Michelle Williams: 2:00-4:30-10:00 2012 Oscar Shorts: Documentary (NR) 2:40-5:10-7:00-9:40

MARYLAND

AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Road

www.afi.com/silver

Last Tango in Paris (R) 9:40 The Artist (PG-13) 1:05-3:10-5:20-7:30-9:40; 11:05AM Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 2:00-4:30-7:10-9:45; 11:30AM The Pirate (1948) (NR) 5:10 Two for the Road (1967) (NR) 7:20

AMC Loews Center Park 8 4001 Powder Mill Rd.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Big Miracle (PG) Digital Presentation: 10:45AM Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:45-5:00-10:10 The Vow (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 10:45-1:15-4:00-6:45-9:40 Safe House (R) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:15-2:15-5:20-8:00-10:45 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:00-4:10-9:20 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 10:30-1:30-4:307:30-10:30 This Means War (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:30-2:00-4:45-7:15-10:00 Red Tails (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:30-3:45-7:00-9:50 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 2:30-7:45 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:45-3:15-5:40-8:15-10:20 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:45-6:30

AMC Loews White Flint 5 11301 Rockville Pike

www.AMCTheatres.com

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 1:05-4:10-7:15-10:20 This Means War (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 12:35-3:05-5:35-8:10-10:45 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 1:25-4:30-7:00-9:45 The Vow (PG-13) 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:35-10:05 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) 12:15-2:45-5:15-7:50-10:35

AMC Magic Johnson Capital Center 12 800 Shoppers Way

www.AMCTheatres.com

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 3:20-9:00 Safe House (R) Digital Presentation: 10:40-12:40-1:30-3:30-4:30-6:30-7:30-9:30-10:30 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Digital Presentation: 3:50-9:20 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 12:20-3:40-6:50-10:10 The Grey (R) Digital Presentation: 10:20AM Red Tails (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 11:50-3:00-6:10-9:10 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 10:00-12:10-1:00-4:00-6:207:00-10:00 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) IMAX 3D: 10:50-1:404:20-7:10-9:50 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 1:10-6:40 The Vow (PG-13) 11:20-2:00-4:40-7:20-10:05 This Means War (PG-13) 11:40-2:20-5:00-7:40-10:15 The Woman in Black (PG-13) 10:10-12:30-2:55-5:20-7:50-10:20 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) 10:30-12:50-3:10-5:40-8:10-10:40

Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema 7235 Woodmont Avenue

www.landmarktheatres.com

Albert Nobbs (R) 2:30-5:30-8:30 The Descendants (R) 1:45-4:35-7:15-9:55 The Artist (PG-13) 1:35-4:15-6:45-9:15 A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (PG-13) 1:15-4:00-7:05-9:50 The Iron Lady (PG-13) 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 2:15-5:15-8:15 A Dangerous Method (R) 1:25-4:20-7:10-9:25 War Horse (PG-13) 1:40-4:45-8:00

Regal Bethesda 10 7272 Wisconsin Avenue

www.regalcinemas.com

Hugo 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:05-3:50-6:40 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:00-4:10-7:30-10:30 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:50-6:50-9:20

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) (!) 2:25-4:50-7:40-10:15 The Vow (PG-13) 2:10-4:40-7:10-10:10 Safe House (R) 1:40-5:00-7:50-10:30 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) 4:20 The Woman in Black (PG-13) 3:00-5:20-8:00-10:25 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) 1:10-3:40-6:45-9:10 The Grey (R) 9:40 This Means War (PG-13) 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) 2:40-5:10-7:45-10:00

Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14 6505 America Blvd.

The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) RWC: 1:10-4:15-7:10-9:40 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:05-4:05-7:05-10:05 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:50-4:25-7:55-10:25 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 1:00-1:30-4:00-7:00-7:30-9:30 The Vow (PG-13) 1:15-4:15-7:15-9:55 Safe House (R) 1:10-1:40-4:10-4:40-7:20-7:50-10:10-10:40 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) 4:30-10:00 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) 1:20-3:55-7:25-9:50 Red Tails (PG-13) 1:35-4:35-7:35 The Woman in Black (PG-13) 1:45-4:55-8:05-10:30 The Grey (R) 1:25-4:20-7:45-10:35 This Means War (PG-13) 2:00-4:50-7:40-10:15 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) 2:05-5:05-8:00-10:20 Underworld: Awakening (R) 10:45

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 9:45-12:50-4:057:20-10:30 The Descendants (R) AMC INDEPENDENT: 11:30-2:10-4:50-7:35-10:20 The Artist (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT: 11:35-2:15-4:40-7:05-9:50-12:25 The Woman in Black (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 11:40-2:05-4:30-7:00-9:30-12:10 The Grey (R) Digital Presentation: 10:35-1:25-4:20-7:15-10:15 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 10:15-11:25-2:00-3:20-4:357:10-8:30-9:45-12:20 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 11:35-1:55-4:10-6:30-8:55-11:15 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) IMAX 3D: (!) 9:5012:25-3:00-5:35-8:10-10:45 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:40-6:50-11:55 Big Miracle (PG) 9:55-12:30-3:10 The Vow (PG-13) (!) 10:40-1:20-4:00-6:40-9:20-12:05 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) (!) 10:25-12:55-3:25-5:508:20-10:50 This Means War (PG-13) (!) 10:30-11:45-1:05-2:20-3:40-4:55-6:15-7:30-8:50-10:0511:25-12:30 Man on a Ledge (PG-13) 1:45 Red Tails (PG-13) 10:45-4:25-7:25-10:25 Contraband (R) 6:00-8:40-11:30 Safe House (R) Digital Presentation: (!) 10:55-1:50-4:45-7:40-10:35

Arlington Cinema ‘N’ Drafthouse 2903 Columbia Pike

http://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 7:00

Regal Majestic 20 & IMAX

Regal Ballston Common 12

Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) RealD 3D: (!) 1:20-3:25 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 5:45-8:05-10:25-12:35 Hugo 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:00-6:50-9:45 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 12:55-4:15-7:2510:30-12:25 The Woman in Black (PG-13) OC-Open Caption: 2:25 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) IMAX 3D: (!) 12:303:00-5:30-8:00-10:35 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:55-4:25-7:00-9:20-12:00 Big Miracle (PG) 1:05 Red Tails (PG-13) 3:35-6:25-9:10-12:10 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:40-1:50-4:40-6:00-7:159:55-11:30-12:45 The Vow (PG-13) 12:45-1:40-3:10-4:10-5:40-6:45-8:15-9:30-10:50-12:05 Safe House (R) 12:50-2:10-3:30-4:45-6:15-7:20-9:00-10:05-11:50-12:40 The Descendants (R) 2:40-5:15-8:20-11:00 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) 1:10-3:40-6:10 The Iron Lady (PG-13) 12:35-5:55 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) 3:20-8:45 The Grey (R) 3:05-8:35-11:15 The Woman in Black (PG-13) 4:55-7:40-10:15-12:35 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) 2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00-12:30 Hugo (PG) 3:50 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG-13) 8:55-11:55 This Means War (PG-13) 1:30-2:45-4:00-5:20-6:35-7:50-9:15-10:20-11:45-12:40 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) 2:00-4:05-6:20-8:30-10:45-12:50

Safe House (R) OC-Open Caption: 1:55; 1:10-4:00-4:45-6:40-7:40-9:30-10:20 The Descendants (R) 1:00-3:40-6:30-9:20 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 2:40-5:20-8:00-10:40 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) 1:40-4:20-7:00-9:40 The Artist (PG-13) 2:10-4:40-7:05-9:50 This Means War (PG-13) 1:20-2:20-3:50-4:50-6:20-7:20-9:00-10:00 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 1:30-4:30-7:30-10:25 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) 12:45-4:10-7:50 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) 12:55-7:10-10:10 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) 3:10-5:30-8:10-10:30 War Horse (PG-13) 3:55

900 Ellsworth Drive

VIRGINIA

AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 2150 Clarendon Blvd.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Hugo 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 12:30-3:30-6:30-9:20 Big Miracle (PG) Digital Presentation: 12:20-3:00-5:30 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Digital Presentation: (!) 1:30 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 12:40-3:40-6:40-9:40 The Iron Lady (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT: 2:20-4:45-7:20-9:50 The Woman in Black (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 8:00-10:10 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 4:00-6:50-9:10 The Vow (PG-13) (!) 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) (!) 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 The Grey (R) 1:40-4:15-7:10-9:55

AMC Hoffman Center 22 206 Swamp Fox Rd.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: 5:25-7:50-10:20-12:35 Hugo 3D (PG) RealD 3D: 11:20-2:25 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 12:45-5:55-11:05 The Vow (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 12:00-2:40-5:20-8:00-10:40 Safe House (R) CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video: (!) 9:40-12:20-3:15-6:109:05-12:00 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:05-4:15-9:25

671 N. Glebe Road

www.regalcinemas.com

Regal Kingstowne 16 5910 Kingstowne Towne Center

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 12:45-4:00-7:00-10:00 The Grey (R) OC-Open Caption: 1:45 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 1:20-3:50-6:10-8:45 Big Miracle (PG) 1:50-4:20 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:00-1:00-2:30-5:00-6:458:00-10:30 The Vow (PG-13) 12:05-1:05-2:35-3:30-5:05-6:30-7:35-9:05-10:10 Safe House (R) 12:15-1:30-3:15-4:15-6:15-7:15-8:55-10:15 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) 3:35-9:30 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) 12:20-2:45-5:10-7:30 Red Tails (PG-13) 12:50-3:40-6:35 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) 12:00-2:20-4:40-7:10-9:35 The Grey (R) 4:25-7:05-9:45 This Means War (PG-13) 12:30-2:55-5:20-7:50-10:20 The Woman in Black (PG-13) 1:50-4:35-6:55-9:25 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) 12:35-3:05-5:30-7:45-10:05 One for the Money (PG-13) 6:50

Regal Potomac Yard 16 3575 Jefferson Davis Highway

www.regalcinemas.com

Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) RealD 3D: (!) 1:20-6:45-9:25 Hugo 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 3:50 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 12:50-3:40-6:30-9:30 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) RealD 3D: (!) 2:30-5:00-7:30-10:05 Big Miracle (PG) 2:40 Ghost Rider 3D: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 1:30-4:00-6:40-9:10-11:50 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) CC/DVS-Closed Captions & Descriptive Video Service: 1:05 The Vow (PG-13) 12:50-2:10-3:10-4:45-5:30-7:15-8:10-9:55-10:45-12:00 Safe House (R) 1:40-2:20-4:40-5:10-7:20-8:00-10:10-10:50-11:45 Red Tails (PG-13) 12:55-3:45-6:25-9:35-12:00 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) 2:00-4:30-7:10-9:50 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) 1:15-4:05-6:35-9:00-11:25 The Woman in Black (PG-13) 5:15-7:40-10:30 The Grey (R) 1:00-3:40-6:20-9:15 The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari-gurashi no Arietti) (G) 1:35-4:10-6:50-9:20 This Means War (PG-13) 1:50-4:20-7:00-9:40-12:00 Chronicle (2012/ I) (PG-13) 3:15-5:25-7:50-10:20

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Protect Reproductive Rights Work for Grassroots Campaigns Earn $1,340 - $2,140/month Great for Students - FT/PT/Career Call Morgan 202-797-9655

Asst Managers/Dancers/Promoters Flyer Persons/ Security

Wanted for Gentlemens Clubs in MD. Email Info to beabossatbazz@gmail.com and apply in person nightly 10pm-11:30pm, Bazz&Crue 7752 Marlboro Pike, Forestville,MD

Corporate Staff Accountant

Multi-media co. seeks staff accountant to support Spanish-language TV and radio stations. Perform monthly account reconciliations. Research variances between budget and actual. Analysis of monthly operating results. Prepare budgets and forecasts. Bachelor’s in ACCTG or related field preferred. Min. 5 yrs. experience.

E-mail resume to zgsgroupresumes@gmail.com

DANCERS— Wanted for gentlemens clubs in PG County. $300-500/night. Audition after 9pm.

Call for location. 240-429-7559.

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Text DAYONE to 94576 or call 888-792-3444 Sanford-Brown College

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Office Support Trainees Needed!

Interested in teaching?

Multicultural Hiring Fair for Area Independent SchoolsSaturday, March 3, 2012 from 10am-3pm

Train to become an Administrative Assistant at Career Technical Inst.!

Flint Hill School 3320 Jermantown Road, Oakton, Virginia 22124

No Experience Needed!

Hands on Training & Job Placement Assistance!

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CMT Therapist

Immed., FT/PT. Great pay, busy spa, Falls Church.

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Medical Assistant/Office Manager PT. GYN experienced only. Largo MD. Fax resume 301-390-1984 Modeling- Best Opportunity, No Experience.

All ages, sizes & kids welcome.

Sunday Feb 26, 3pm-7pm.

Howard University 2397 6th St. NW. D.C. To schedule an audition call 301-805-9140. Fashion designers also needed.

PHARMACY TECH Full time independent pharmacy, NW D.C. Must be certified. Call 202-331-7176 SALES PEOPLE PERSON? Make $600-$1000 weekly.

Will train. Call today, work tomorrow. 202-710-4832 SECRETARY/SECURITY OFFICE: PT/On Call, experienced with spreadsheets & word processing/office administration. Call 202-588-5928

202-334-6200.

Train for a career in Computers at CTI! No Experience Needed!

Hands on Training & Job Placement Assistance!

Get the IT skills you need for the job you want!

Resume Writing • Research • Coaching Amy L. Leighton, CPRW T: (703) 781-6154 http://www.allresumes.net Mail to: info@allresumes.net

Why be Ordinary When You Can beextraordinary SCHEV has certified Medtech, located at 6182 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA, 22044 to operate in Virginia.

Falls Church (Main) Silver Spring (Branch) Washington D.C. (Branch) Formerly Sanz School

TM

For useful consumer information, please visit us at www.medtech.edu/ consumerinfo.

Call 1-888-407-8222 Now aboutmedtech.com

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Armed Guards Wanted in MD Area Armed SPOS Wanted in DC

To advertise a job, call

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&

Call 301-789-9956

SECURITY Currently seeking cleared TS/SCI security officers with FPS Training and VA DCJS to work weekend shifts in our Tyson’s Corner building.

Credit cards accepted.

XX653 1x10.5

Please send resume with FPS exhibits to jobs@securityprograms.com or visit our website at www.securityprograms.com to apply.

TELEMARKETING & CANVASSERS Homefix is hiring for PT & FT positions. Hours are flexible. Usually between 12pm-8pm. Exp strongly pref but not necessary. Must have a good speaking voice & desire to succeed. Clean fun work environment w/ exc commission pkgs + hourly.

10301 Democracy Ln Suite 203, Fairfax VA. Call Nick 703-383-0400 or nroberts@homfixcorporation.com

PRACTICAL NURSING (LPN)

SINCE 1999

MAY 21ST 2012 [MORNING PROGRAM: 12 MONTHS] MARCH 19TH 2012 [EVENING PROGRAM: 14 MONTHS] OCTOBER 12TH 2012 [WEEKEND PROGRAM: 14 MONTHS]

NURSING ASSISTANT (C.N.A.)

MARCH 5TH 2012 [MORNING PROGRAM: 6 WEEKS] FEBRUARY 18TH 2012 [WEEKEND PROGRAM: 10 WEEKS] APRIL 9TH 2012 [EVENING PROGRAM: 7 WEEKS]

MEDICATION AIDE (MEDTECH)

MARCH 12TH 2012 [EVENING PROGRAM: 3 ½ WEEKS] AFFORDABLE CPR CLASSES HELD EVERY FRIDAY

CALL: 703-933-9430, 8AM-5PM, MON-SAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR QUALIFIED APPLICANTS (FIRST COME FIRST SERVE),

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3431 CARLIN SPRINGS ROAD, SUITE C FALLS CHURCH VA 22041

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Certified to operate by SCHEV, APPROVED BY VBON & NHA

Diagnostic Medical Sonography!

Externship opportunities!

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888-766-2433 SANFORD-BROWN INSTITUTE 8401 Corporate Dr. Suite 500 Landover, MD 20785 Sanfordbrown.edu

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Classes Starting Soon!

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Sanford-Brown College

1761 Old Meadow Rd. • McLean, VA 22102 Sanford-Brown College is certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to operate campuses in Virginia.

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GET TRAINING IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE! Learn the fundamentals of law enforcement and corrections today. Classes starting soon!

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Sanford-Brown College is certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to operate campuses in Virginia.

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1761 Old Meadow Rd, McLean, VA 22102

TRAIN FOR A CAREER AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT AT EVEREST COLLEGE! Programs and Schedules Vary by Campus. FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY CALL NOW! 1-888-259-5889 Visit us online at www.SeeEverest.com VA Schools are CTO SCHEV For useful consumer information, please visit us at www.everest.edu/disclosures

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Sanford-Brown College

1761 Old Meadow Rd. • McLean, VA 22102

Sanfordbrown.edu

Sanford-Brown College is certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to operate campuses in Virginia.

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888-792-3444 Sanford-Brown College

1761 Old Meadow Road • McLean, VA 22101 sanfordbrown.edu Sanford-Brown College is certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to operate campuses in Virginia.

Pharmacy Technology Training!

Learn the pharmacy technician skills you need!

For more information call 888-805-2333 SANFORD-BROWN INSTITUTE 8401 Corporate Dr., Suite 500, Landover, MD 20785 Sanfordbrown.edu

People Helping People It’s just one of the great things about Medical Assisting. You could start training for new career opportunities today!

Call now. 888-793-0444 Sanford-Brown Institute Sanford-Brown College 8401 Corporate Drive, Suite 500 1761 Old Meadow Road Landover, MD 20785 McLean, VA 22102 Sanford-Brown College is certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to operate campuses in Virginia.

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PHLEBOTOMY Training workshops

Doctor’s Help 301-567-5422

Medical Office Trainees Needed!

Become a Medical Office Professional now!

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PHARMACY TECH Trainees Needed Now Pharmacies now hiring. No experience?

Job Training & Placement Assistance Available 1-877-240-4524

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MEDICAL ASSISTANT In 10 Weeks

1-800-460-4138 CTO SCHEV

MED BILL & CODING Trainees Needed Now

Medical Offices now hiring. No experience?

Job Training & Placement Assistance Available.

1-866-294-0466

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Dental Offices now hiring. No experience? Job Training & Placement Assistance Available.

1-800-678-6350

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES RECESSION-PROOF RESIDUAL INCOME Without Giving Up What You Do (301) 942-5631

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SERVICE SOLUTIONS

PETS

$75* TAXES- MONEY FAST E-File available-10% off with this coupon.

GEG Consulting, LLC 7411 Riggs Rd., Suite 216 Hyattsville, MD 20783 Call Tony 301-431-0445 (o) or 301-509-1793(c) *includes 1040 & W-2(1)

ADOPT - CATS & KITTENS Tysons Corner Petsmart Fri,6:30-8:30 7 Corners, Va Petsmart Sat,12-3pm Tysons Corner, Petsmart Sun, 1-4pm Leesburg, Va Petsmart Sun, 1-4pm Reston, Va Petsmart Sun,1-4pm Make CFCNCA contributions to LDCRF using #97890. For more info. & photos on available cats: www.lostdogandcatrescue.org 703-295-DOGS

HOME CARE AGENCY NEW CLIENT'S LOW COST FOR ALL YOUR HOME CARE NEEDS PRIVATE DUTY HOURLY RATE: $15.75 LIVE-IN RATE: $135 A DAY CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION: 240-314-0553 www.caringhandshomesupport.com

STEPHEN & ASSOCIATES CPA P.C.

We'll resolve all your IRS/Tax issues.

Do you owe the IRS? IRS garnishment?

Owe back taxes? Tax issues?Unfiled taxes?

Call 202-315-6324

STUFF 1 Pillowtop Queen Mattress Set. Value $289, Asking $150! New in Plastic.

Can Deliver. 301-343-8630 3Pc king pillowtop mattress set Value $499, Asking $250. New in plastic.

Can deliver. 301-399-7870 6PC Bedroom Cherry Set. New in boxes $325.

Can Deliver. 301-399-7870 BATH TUB- Claw foot. Excellent cond.

Price negotiable. Buyer must pick up.

202-362-2102 or 301-943-5090 BUNKBEDS- Thomasvill Bunkbeds, Double bed on bottom/single top. lrg storage draws below. paid $2800 asking. $1000 call: 410-562-5181 BUYING STAMP COLLECTIONS Top prices paid for stamp accumulation. 410-757-5800 or Email: janet@stampcenter.com LAWN MOWER- Gravely Zero Turn. 20Hp, V-twin motor,5'deck,all steel.exc cond,new belts/blades.

Priced to move,$4500.Bagger$500.240-508-3025

LOST! Blk Sony HD video camera. Left in taxi (dk green Honda Accd) on 2/12. Imprt family memories! Please call 407- 592-4837.

OLD HI-FI & SPEAKERS AMPS, SPEAKERS, TUBES, etc.

Steve 301-905-2950

PIANO - STEINWAY MAHOGANY UPRIGHT K52 Excellent condition. $9500.

Call 301-990-1083 or 301-633-1812

RECLINER- Invacare mobile recliner, 3 positions, brand new, never used. $475.

Call:240-508-4406 SMALL COLLECTOR PAYS CASH FOR COINS/COLLECTIONS/GOLD. Will travel to you! Call Al, 301-807-3266 VINYLS - 45's, 78's, & Victor. Old records, prior 1960s. Collection includes about 100 vinyls. Classical to religious.

Call 301-530-2757

SALES & AUCTIONS ALEXANDRIA,VA- Household liquidation: furn, art, collectibles, kitware, exercise equip, ladies clothes (6p). 5315 Buxton Ct. Sat 9-3 & Sun 10-3 BETHESDA, MD 7819 Custer Rd. Sat Only, 2/18, 9-2pm. Assorted furniture, rugs & much more. Must Sell!

Chantilly —Sat. Feb. 18 Huge 180+ family consignment sale. FREE admission. Clothes, shoes, toys, books, DVD/CD, games, for baby, kids, tweens, teens. Also furniture, equipment, maternity. Chantilly HS, 4201 Stringfellow Rd, 20151, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm www.fcmom.org

ADOPT - DOGS, & PUPPIES Fair Lakes, Va Petsmart Fri,6:30-8:30 7 Corners, Va Petsmart Sat,12-3pm Fair Lakes, Va Petsmart Sat,1-4pm Rockville, Md Petco Sat, 1-4pm Sterling, Va Petsmart Sun, 12-3pm Alexandria, Va Petsmart Sun, 1-4pm Tysons Corner, Petsmart Sun, 1-4pm Make CFCNCA contributions to LDCRF using #97890. For more info. & photos on available dogs: www.lostdogandcatrescue.org 703-295-DOGS

Australian Shepherd/Lab Mix Pups-Vet checked, 1st shots, dewormed, awesome! 9 weeks. $150.

301-524-8303 Pix@www.washingtonpost.com Boxer/Lab Mix Puppies- Very loving! Vet checked, 1st set puppy shots, dewormed. 8 weeks. $150.

301-524-8303 Pix@www.washingtonpost.com

BOXER PUPS AKC, Champ bloodlines, only 2 F's left, 1 reversed & sealed brindle, 1st shots, health cert. 9wks. 410-795-8499 or 410-365-9111 CANE CORSE - 8 weeks old, parents on premises, vet checked, 1st shots, tails & claws clipped, dewormed. $500 & up.

Call 301-744-7877 CHIHUAHUA PUPS - CKC, $260. Also CHI-WEENIE PUPS - $200. Both small, S/W, crate/paper trained.

8 weeks old. Call 540-854-6552

CHIHUAHUA - Tiny, 1 female, brindle, $700. 2 Males, blk/wht, wht/blk circles, $550 each. Vet checked, 1 st shots, registered. 8 weeks old.

Call 301-884-5008 Pics brb9@verizon.net

Doberman Pinscher—AKC registered tails docked dew claws removed shots current dewormed $650.00, 301-305-2533

FELINE ADOPTION FAIR

Sunday, Feb 19th, 1-3 p.m.

VCA BARCROFT CAT HOSPITAL 6357 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA Information 703-920-8665 x3 Feline Foundation www.ffgw.org

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS -$400 Vet checked, shots and wormed, 10 weeks. 2 males . Southern, MD. Call Mike 240-346-8917 Jack Russell—Puppies, "Mini shorties" 8 wks, m/f, Smooth, s/w, 8-10 lbs as adults $450.00 240-727-9939 LABRADOR - black, 8 weeks, beautiful dog. $250.

Call 301-422-4601

MALTIPOO PUPS- Females, shots/wormed, registered, non-shed, 8 weeks. $350.

301-672-1072 or 240-925-8032 OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG PUPS —1 FEMALE, 3 MALES. HEALTHY,HAPPY AND READY TO GO TO THEIR NEW HOME3-17. AKC REGISTERED,HEALTH GUARANTEE. $1000.00 302-436-8630

ROTTWEILER- AKC, 8 week pups,superiorsize, Germanlines,Hip/healthguar.Depositcan hold for your tax refund.Call 703-867-1881 SHELTIE PUPS - AKC & ACA reg, calm, sables, tris, meryls, parents owned,vet chckd. One litter ready 2/23,other is 10 weeks.$400-$600. 717-977-9321 SHIH TZU AKC PUPS 8 weeks, Male & Female, Shots and wormed, very small, health guaranteed. Vet checked. $450. Call 410-662-2888

Gaithersburg—Moving Sale 104 Gold Kettle Dr, furniture, household items, baby items, Sat Feb 18th 9AM Tysons Corner—GOLFDOM Garage Sale! Golf Equipment & Apparel 50% off & more! Great Deals on last years products! 8203 Watson Street, McLean, VA, 2/17 thru 2/20 opening 10am daily, 703-790-8844.

Wheaten Terr-Soft/No Shed/allergies,10wks,Meet the parents,Socialized SpoiledM/F Pups,Fursonality.com Young adult Fem Avail.

540-286-0633

PETS

DC RENTALS

ADOPT A BEAGLE- BREW Adoption Day. Sat Feb. 18, 12-4pm. Alexandria Petco on RTE 1 . www.brewbeagles.org ADOPT A CAT/KITTEN Vet checked. Call Feline Foundation.

703-920-8665 www.ffgw.org

SHIH TZU—Toy, AKC, black and white 1 male, 1 female, vet checked, beautiful, loveable. 9 weeks old. Raised with kids.

Call 540-948-4855

29th & Texas Ave SE - 3BRs,1.5Ba rear porch full basement w/rec room 1 car garage gas heat, Section 8 ok. 202-546-0704 Anacostia-5 br, 2 ba, hrdwd floors, nr metro, nr shops, $2700 plus utils, dep. req.,sec.8, Please call: 202-575-0488

DC RENTALS

DC RENTALS

VIDA SENIOR RESIDENCE !!!!!!NOW LEASING!!!!!!

Paradise at Parkside

1 bed unit rent Brand $851.00 New Apartments completely furnished now available Vida Senior Residence is a conventional Tax Credit Property

Amenities

laundry rooms / community room and roof top patio with a green area Applicants must be 55 and over DC Housing Voucher Welcome EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT CORP. Vida Senior Residence, 1330 Missouri Ave. NW Washington DC 20011 • 202-722-2838 Office Hours Monday-Friday 9:00am-4:00pm

GREEN VALLEY APARTMENTS 2412 Franklin St NE. Housing for The Elderly/ Disabled. Waiting list open for non subsidized effic/1BR. Income restrictions apply. Bring ID & proof of income. Ends on 3/30/12, Fridays only, 1-4pm. Section 8 waiting list closed.

HYATTSVILLE Oliver Gardens –1BR on tree-lined street near Hyattsville MS. FIOS/cable ready, off-street pkg, bus to Green Line, close to UMD, shopping & entertainment. $925 incl gas. CATS OK. Call 301-864-5933, 301-559-9111.

Dean Manor –HUGE 2BR, newly renovated, balcony $1290. MOVE IN NOW! Walk to Green Line, shopping, restaurants. Near UMD. FIOS/cable ready. PET FRIENDLY! Call 301-559-9111.

Sat 10-3

Elsinore Court Yard A PA R T M E N T S

• 1 BRS

735

$

• Hardwood floors • 2 BRS $835 • Full size kitchen + GAS/ELECTRIC • Walk in Closet • $99 SECURITY Selected Apts DEPOSIT • Balconies or Patios • Close to Metro Blue/Orange Line • 1 MONTH 5312 E Street, SE FREE RENT Washington, DC 20019 • $35.00

888.445.0883

APP FEE

NE

CARVER TERRACE APARTMENTS

Don’t Wait for Your W2

Come To CARVER TERRACE And Save Your Tax Return!!!

Now Leasing 2 & 3 Bedrooms $1200 Off

Must move in by Feb. 29th

Starting @ $809

$99.00 Security Deposit $1200 Free Rent

• Newly Renovated Units • Ample Closet Space • CAC • Easy Access To Metro • Close To Shopping • Min. Away From H Street Corridor

888.891.8472

*For qualified applicants only 1909 MARYLAND AVE., NE • WASHINGTON, DC 20002

NE - 1661 TrinidadAve.2 BR, 1 BA apt.

Newly renovated,CAC,W/D, new appliances. $1250.Call 202-744-2851

NE D.C.

w

Huntwood/Madison 5000 Hunt St NE

W1 mo. free

rent on select units W 1 BR $820, 2 BR, $915. Incld. Heat Housing vouchers Welcome

Call 202-399-1665 for more info

DC RENTALS SE

0 application fee $99 security deposit 1 bedroom starting from $790

• • • • •

*Deposit is for qualified applicants only.

Leasing office open evey 1st Sat. of the mo. from 10-2.

202-388-0274

You Must Bring The Following: Drivers License or non-drivers ID, all proofs of income (if employed, at least 6 current paystubs, (3) current rent receipts, lease or notorized letter indicating residence, birth certificates & Social Security cards for all prospective occupants.

(No Phone Calls Please) NORTHEAST

Fort Chaplin Park 4212 East Capital St. NE

1 Bedrooms fr. $810 2 Bedrooms fr. $935 3 Bedrooms fr. $1300

Professionally Managed By CIH Properties, Inc.

Manor Village 1717 Alabama Ave., SE

1 & 2 BRs Available

All Credit Considered William C. Smith & Co., Inc. www.villagesofparklands.com

1.888.275.2914

1 Bedrooms: $845 SE - Randall Highlands

1/2 off 1st Month’s Rent, No App Fee and Processing Fee

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

B ANNEKER P LACE APARTMENTS

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

ONE BEDROOMS

• Apartments Starting from $815 • Close To Metro, Schools & Shopping • Intercom Access To Every Please Ca Building for Winte ll S pecials!!r • Great Location In A ParkLike Setting • Laundry Facility On Property

Looking for a cozy one bedroom in NW- OFF NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE, NE BROOKLAND AREA or SE NEAR PENNSYLVANIA AVE Look no further, we offer Garden Apts. w/Hardwood Floors. Ceiling Fans, Screened-In Back Porch, Secured Building plus we also have three level units in SE w/Balcony, Parking Space, Storage Bin and Laundry Facility on Site.

(866) 759-3646

Starting @ $700 - (202) 544-9550 MON-FRI - 8:30-5PM ONLY!

RAUM ST - Attractive 1 bedroom with closed-in back porch,$750/month.Close to metro bus.

Call Smitty 703-932-1665

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

SE D.C. Rockburne Estates w

2627 Jasper St SE WValentine Special $0 Application FeeW

1/2 Month Free Rent 1BR $895,2BR Duplex $1180, 2BR Flat $1130.

Call 202-889-7300 for more info

*Except Thursdays

866.646.7056

866.299.1530

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

Open House Daily* 8-7 • Sat. 10-2

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

One Block from Metro - Free Off-Strt Parking Window Treatments - Landscaped Courtyds 5% Disc. Metro & DC Govt Employees

FRANK EMMET REAL ESTATE

Wall-to-Wall Carpet Central Heat & Air Intercom Access/Dishwashers Laundry Room in every Building Pool and Playground

River Hill Apartments 202-562-5060

3551 Jay St. NE • Washington, DC 20019 M-F 8:30-5:00

NE 2 BR apt, convenient loc. 18th & M St., $1100 per month water included, Section 8 welcome.

Please Call Paul 301-379-0586 NE BENNING COURT APTS Section 8 Waiting List Open FOR 1 BRs ONLY Tuesday February 21, 2012 Apply between 10am -2pm at the Pentacle Neighborhood Network Center, 1509 Benning Rd. NE, Washington DC 20002

You Can’t Beat Our SPECIALS !!

No application fee Deposits as low as $100 1 bedrooms at $749

• Metro Bus Stops located several stops throughout the property • Community Center provides afterschool programs, summer programs and computer learning • Daycare on site Submit an application, move in by Feb. 15th and be entered into a drawing for a 32” flat screen TV.

WAGGAMAN CORPORATION:202-537-8970 Presents!!

NW:6040 14TH St. Effic. $792.Utils. incl! Laundry in bldg. Busline nearby.

(202)537-8970 NE: 330 63rd St. 2 BR $775 + e. Laundry. Near Capital Heights Metro!

(202) 537-8970 Housing Choice Voucher Welcome Equal Housing Opportunity

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Professionally Managed By CIH Properties, Inc.

FRIENDSHIP CROSSING APTS. Cupid has sent his piercing arrow pointing you our way.

Come to Friendship Crossing where you are valued each and every day!

SWEET SPECIALS on 1 Bedrooms

10.00 application fee • $100.00 Security Deposit Special

$

Minutes to 295, 395, 495 and Downtown DC. FREE HEAT, GAS, WATER, W/W Carpet, Modern Kitchens/Breakfast Bar, Gated Community, Laundry Facility in every bldg.

866.759.0564 Professionally Managed By CIH Properties, Inc.

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Matthews Memorial Terrace

SE- 1BR apts & 1BR w/ den apts. $850 & up + elec.

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

Fred A. Smith Co.

Apartment Homes

DC RENTALS SOUTHWEST/Metro Convenient!

OPEN HOUSE

S.E. DANBURY ST. - Attractive 1BR $725.

1st month rent free. Good Credit Required.

Metro Bus at Corner. Call 202-563-1791

SE D.C

NOW LEASING!

Spacious 1&2 BRs It doesn’t get any better than this!

Applications will be accepted Mon-Fri from 10am-3pm 2607 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue S.E. Washington D.C. 20020 For more info please call

202-552-2570

HURRY! LIMITED AVAILABILITY

D ELWIN APARTMENTS

FREE $

Gas Heat, Gas Cooking & Water

2 BRs @

825

WValentine Special on 3 Voucher Holders Welcome

FREE GAS, HEAT & WATER

10 APP FEEth

$

Call 202-889-4116 for more info.

S.E./Forest Cove —2BR condo, W/D, CAC. $900 plus utilities and up.

Call 202-889-9226.

SE- Large 3BR, 1BA bsmt apt. Near bus stop.

NE- Nice 1BR apt. Immed occup. Will consider vouchers. Call 202-528-7378 or 202-832-4754

SE & NE DC - 1, 2, 3 & 4BR apts.

Newly renovated, brand new appliances.

Section 8 ok. $1000-$1839. 202-744-2851

Garden Village 1720 Trenton Pl., SE

Move In by Feb. 29

1 & 2 BRs Available

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

(202) 640-4774

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M-F 9-5; SAT 10-2 Spacious 1 & 2 BR from $850 Great Location & Off Street Pkng Electric Entry System Gov’t & Teacher Discount

All Credit Considered

The Colonnade 1 Bedroom $765

4501 South Capitol St., SW *Must move in by 3/1/12

• Walk-in closets • Controlled entry • Laundry facilities • Renovated kitchens, on-site baths, and lighting fixtures • 24HR Emergency • Near shopping, hospital maintenance & schools • Adjacent to 295, 395 & the Capital Beltway • On Metro Bus Route www.wcsmith.com William C. Smith + Co.

1-888-865-0763

Stay Warm & Cozy @

FRIENDSHIP COURT ✔ Individually Controlled Heat ✔ No Application Fee ✔ Low Deposit

866-790-5360

M-F 9-5. Sat/Sun 10-4 Housing Choice Vouchers Welcome

Southeast

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

1 BR fr. $810 2 BR fr. $935 3 BR $1300 $20 APPLICATION FEE! Convenient to shopping, schools,Dishwasher. Walk-in closets.,w-w carpeting 5% DISC. TO METRO & DC GOVT EMPLOYEES

(877) 464-9774

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

VILLAGE AT CHESAPEAKE

2 Bedrooms Start At $

849

Call Today For Details!!!!

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

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Herndon—$2150.00, 3 br, 2 ba, 1 lvl, 1 CarGar, 1503 MillikensBend Rd, Herndon, VA, pets OK, NrTrans, deck, WWCrpt, LR, DR, HSI, DW, WD, Fplc, Fence, Bob 571-372-4335.

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CLINTON - Split foyer, 3BR, 2BA, hdwd flrs, bsmt, FPL. Call Bethea @ 301-552-3000 x18.

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PORSCHE 2005 911 CARRERA S CABRIOLET silver/blk, manual,37K mi, Tube exhst sys, upgraded performance chip. $54,999.

703-517-3687

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703-239-8880

VOLKSWAGEN 2000 EUROVAN MV Tornado red, 3dr, FWD, auto, 2.8L, V6, htd seats, folding tbl, all pwr, 6CD, 98,400 miles. $12,500. 202-361-7540

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OXON HILL- Lovely TH to share, large basement with private BA, furnished except bed. $175/week. 6 month minimum.

301-807-8239

ROCKVILLE/SS - 2 rooms. Near shop & trans. N/P, N/S. $500-$550+ sec, utils incl. 301-343-6198 SE DC - Furnished room in house, share BA/kitchen.

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Call 301-922-6393 SE - Share Newly Renov. Fully furn, W/D, Jacuzzi Tub, Full Kit,Nr Metro/Shops. $150/$375 per wk. Jasper St. 202-889-2810

SIL SPG-N/S, safe, 5 star delux furn suite, shr kit, W/D, priv ba/priv ent., Cbl/int, nr trans & shops, prking, $450/bi-wk. Util incl Ana: 301-962-7171

Fairfax- Single person Preferred, no smoking, no pets, Cable, Kitchen, $600 everything incl., 703-217-0970.

GAITHERSBURG-1 room $299, 1 MBR with private bath $399. In house to share. No-smoking.

Close to Metro. 301-219-1066 HYATTSVILLE Room in private home, share BA & kitchen. Close to Metro & bus. $400-$550.

Available now. 301-346-4675

UPPER MARLBORO - Nice quiet neighborhood.

Rm for rent $160/week. Security dep req. No Pets . Avail 3/1. Please call 301-538-6188

LANHAM, MD-2 Rooms in SFH, quiet, no- smoking, W/D. $450 & $560 + $20 utils + dep.

240-645-2380

UPPER MARLBORO,MD- Share SFH, large room. $600/m or $300/2 wks. $150 sec dep. Quiet area, nr Mall.301-237-6862

SILVER SPRINGG/FAIRLAND,MD- F pref.

MBR for rent w/priv BA. $650 + electric.

Dep req. Avail Feb now. 301-272-5851

Ford 2008 Crown Victoria — $16250, Last of the Crown Vics! Excellent cond, 29k mi, Blk leather int, Blk ext, 4 dr, Htd Seats, Climate Ctrl, 7" touch Stereo/DVD, Fctry Warranty 2 more yrs.

Just passed safety/emissions. Clean title. Cash only. 571-243-7731 Infiniti 2008 G35 — G35X Journey, All Wheel Drive, $27,000, Excellent cond, 45k mi, Navigation, Black int, Pewter ext, 4 dr, Htd Seats, Bose Premium Sound, SIRIUS/XM Radio, Alloy Wheels, 571-455-0782 JUNK VEHICLES REMOVED FREE CASH PAY FOR ALL 202-714-9835

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Concerts, movies, events, restaurants and more.

Mercedes-Benz 2011 E-Class — E350 Coupe, $47000 obo, Excellent cond, 18k mi, Navigation, Black int, Black ext, 2 dr, 202-309-7588 Mercedes-Benz 2005 E320 Diesel-Prfct cond.

Immac! 29k, gold w/blk, 1 ownr, gar kept, dealer maint. $26k/neg. 301-926-8182 239-682-4611

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