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Trump retreats from his demands for major changes to gun laws 6

Austin on edge Police eye race as a factor after a series of package bombings 10

Report released House GOP ends its Russia probe, finding no sign of collusion 10

Border barriers are effective, Trump officials insist, but as the president prepares to pick the winning designs for his $18 billion wall, it’s unclear to what extent that’s actually true 13

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JUST CHILLIN’: A young woman takes a quick dip on Sunday in Unstad in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, which are within the Arctic Circle. The air temperature was 23 degrees Fahrenheit. The water temperature was just 39 degrees.

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An aging kangaroo at the Bronx Zoo is receiving cryotherapy treatment for arthritis. The treatment is a high-tech alternative to the ice baths that humans have used for years. Zoo director Jim Breheny said the nearly 15-year-old marsupial named Dave is getting up there and his stiff joints are aching. Dave’s saga with localized cryotherapy treatment will be documented by Animal Planet’s latest season of “The Zoo.� (AP)

Talk about fun jobs. Lego has posted an ad in the U.K. seeking a “master model builder� to work at its Birmingham Discovery Centre. The job is one of just 22 of its kind around the world, and interest in it is intense. More than 5,000 people have already applied, inews.co.uk reports. Fifty finalists will have to battle it out in an “X Factor�-style completion for the privilege of playing with Legos all day and a roughly $37,500 salary. (EXPRESS)

Two high school sweethearts in New Jersey returned to the high school hallway where they first met nearly three decades ago for their wedding over the weekend. Chris Gash and Jenn Sudol, who met as freshmen at Clifton High School in 1989, were married there on Saturday.

The couple says they dated briefly in high school but went their separate ways before starting to date again in 2016. (AP)

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A spot to savor art, nature Glenstone museum’s major expansion slated to open in October

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MUSEUMS A masterful mixing of art, architecture and nature, Glenstone has announced that Oct. 4 will be the opening day for a muchanticipated expansion aimed at drawing national attention to the museum as a unique and contemplative cultural destination.

Nestled in the rolling meadows of a former fox-hunting estate 15 miles outside Washington, the contemporary art museum in Potomac, Md., is the brainchild of billionaire Mitch Rales and his wife, Emily. First opened in 2006 with a 30,000-square-foot building, the expanded facility will boast five times the gallery space and double the natural landscape of the original.

It becomes one of the largest private museums in the country, joining the company of the Broad in Los Angeles and the Rubell Family Collection, which plans to open its new home in Miami next year.

Moving smoothly between indoor and outdoor spaces, the new museum builds on the original

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Popular porcupine at National Zoo dies A well-known prehensile-tailed porcupine has died at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington. The zoo said in a news release that Clark died Wednesday. He was euthanized due to his rapidly declining condition and quality of life after he developed intermittent wheezing and a suspected upper-respiratory tract infection earlier this year. Clark was born at the zoo in 2009. (AP)

An aerial view shows the Pavilions expansion at the Glenstone museum in Potomac, Md., set to open Oct. 4.

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mission of providing guests with the chance to enjoy nature and art in quiet meditation.

Designed by architecture firm Thomas Phifer and Partners, the new building, called the Pavilions, will feature 204,000 square feet of galleries, a central water court, contemplative rooms, office space and a library.

Groundbreaking was in 2013.

The museum has not disclosed the cost of the expansion.

Brice Marden, Martin Puryear, Katharina Fritsch and Michael

Heizer are among the artists included in the couple’s holdings, which focus on the period after World War II and feature paintings, photographs, works on paper, sculptures, multimedia works and installations.

The natural setting includes wooded groves, meadows and a stream. Paths that connect the buildings offer views of sculptures.

The expansion will accommodate many more visitors than previous years, but the couple

plans to continue to limit the number of daily visitors to enhance the intimate experience.

Staff will discourage guests from taking selfies and suggest they put away their phones entirely to leave behind the rush of regular life, said Emily Rales, chief curator and co-founder.

“We’ve worked to create a visitor experience unlike any other, providing each visitor with an unhurried, contemplative engagement with the artworks,” she said.

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Tone and debate being altered by high number of female delegates TIMOTHY C. WRIGHT (FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

VIRGINIA Judging strictly by legislation passed, the record number of women in this year’s Virginia House of Delegates had only a modest impact.

Most of the new delegates are Democrats, and most of their bills died in Republicancontrolled committees — which is typical for freshmen, male or female.

But House members said the presence of a historic number of women in the chamber created a fundamental shift in matters large and small, from the tone of debate to the way the House operates.

Two female delegates, for instance — one Republican, one Democrat — clashed over how to create sexual harassment policies.

They disagreed on approach, but the result was the House’s firstever requirement for a training program to prevent harassment.

Female delegates led the calls for gun control after the Florida school shooting. They had no luck on gun bills, but Republican Speaker Kirk Cox eventually appointed a rare select committee to address school safety — though only three of the 21 members are women.

Some members credited the

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Del. Kathy Tran, D-Fairfax, is one of a wave of female delegates who are making their mark on the historically male Virginia legislature.

greater presence of women with influencing the issues that did not come up this year. Most notably, few divisive abortionrelated bills made it to the floor of the House.

Women made huge gains in Virginia’s House in last fall’s election. Twelve new women joined the chamber, all replacing men and bringing the total to an all-time high of 28 out of 100 seats.

Now, new delegates Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William, and Kathy Tran, D-Fairfax, have taken the initiative to start an informal “parents’ caucus” to help members — male or female — deal with the tricky issues of raising young children while serving in the legislature. They

have worked with Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, to compile lists of family activities in Richmond and day care options.

“Hopefully there’ll be another wave of women who have children and this would … actually encourage them to run knowing that we have a family-friendly atmosphere here,” Foy said.

But change only goes so far.

Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler, D-Virginia Beach, introduced a resolution to recognize the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion as a “Day of Women” instead of “Day of Tears” — the name chosen by the legislature last year.

Her bill never made it out of committee. GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Chilly March pushes back peak bloom The cold weather we’ve had so far in March has slowed the cherry blossoms’ progress toward peak bloom.

With cooler-than-normal weather predicted for at least the next one to two weeks, the Capital Weather Gang has pushed its original forecast for peak bloom period back a week. The new estimate is March 30 to April 3, centered on April 1. The National Park Service also announced Monday that it is pushing back its peak bloom estimate from the March 17 to 20 window to March 27 to 31. “While the mathematical models still show the blossom reaching peak on March 18, this week’s cooler than forecast temperatures have necessitated moving the projection to the last week of March,” NPS said. (TWP)

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STATE SEN. CHERYL KAGAN, D-Montgomery, speaking up after allegedly being groped this month by lobbyist Gil Genn.

Kagan said she could not remain silent, galvanized by the #MeToo movement. Genn vehemently denied the allegations.

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Va. judge declines motion to dismiss drug charge against actress Rose McGowan

Authorities at the U.S. Naval Academy have started a disciplinary process against five midshipmen for drug use and failure to report others’ illegal conduct. Academy spokesman Cmdr. David McKinney said the illicit drugs in question are cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and hallucinogenic mushrooms.

McKinney said in a Monday that administrative discipline could include demerits and loss of privileges for the midshipmen.

The ongoing investigation could also result in courts-martial. (AP) MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Officer accused of theft at off-duty security job A Maryland police officer stole a Dyson vacuum cleaner, instant oatmeal and two boxes of condoms during his off-duty security job at a Walmart store, according to Montgomery County police officials. The officer, Jose A. Barahona, 25, of Silver Spring, took the items during “a continuing course of conduct” in the store in Germantown, according to court filings. He has been suspended from duty, with pay, pending “the completion of this investigation and future court action,” police officials said in a statement. (TWP) FAIRFAX COUNTY

Transit center could imperil NoVa ‘slug line’ Commuters who work in D.C. and use Northern Virginia’s oldest slug line, a spot for organized hitchhiking, worry it is being imperiled by plans to build a transit center at the site. Fairfax County is planning to build a $63.8 million transit center at the site of Bob’s Slug Line. That could temporarily displace the hundreds of commuters who take part in the nontraditional carpooling from the park-and-ride lot. But county officials say they’re in talks with property owners to find a spot to relocate Bob’s, which was created in 1974. (AP/TWP)

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POLITICS Not two weeks ago, President Trump wagged his finger at a Republican senator and scolded him for being “afraid of the NRA,” declaring that he would stand up to the powerful gun lobby and finally get results on quelling gun violence following last month’s Florida school shooting.

On Monday, Trump struck a very different tone as he backpedaled from his earlier demands for sweeping reforms and bowed to Washington reality. The president, who recently advocated increasing the minimum age to purchase an assault weapon to 21, tweeted that he’s “watching court cases and rulings” on the issue, adding that there is “not much political support (to put it mildly).”

Over the weekend, the White House released a limited plan to combat school shootings that leaves the question of arming teachers to states and local communities and sends the age issue to a commission for review.

Seventeen people were killed in last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., prompting a national conversation about gun laws and, initially, a move from Trump to buck his allies at the National Rifle Association.

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The White House is allowing states to decide if teachers should be armed.

Monday the president was focusing on achievable options, after facing significant opposition from lawmakers on a more comprehensive approach. Trump will back two modest pieces of legislation, and the administration pledged to help states pay for firearms training for teachers.

Democrats and gun control advocates were quick to pounce, with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., tweeting that Trump “couldn’t even summon the political courage to propose raising the age limit on firearm purchases — despite repeated

promises to support such a step at a meeting with lawmakers.”

Without strong advocacy from the White House, an ambitious gun package was unlikely to even get off the ground, given most Republicans’ opposition to any new restrictions. The two measures backed by Trump — an effort to strengthen the federal background check system and an anti-school violence grant program — both enjoy bipartisan support, though some Republicans object and many Democrats say they are insufficient. CATHERINE

A robotics construction company called ICON has developed a method for printing a single-story, 650-square-foot house out of cement in 12 to 24 hours, it revealed Monday at the South by Southwest conference. Currently, ICON can print an entire home for $10,000; it hopes to bring that down to $4,000, The Verge reports. The model it presented at SXSW was constructed with a Vulcan printer, and includes a living room, bedroom, bathroom and porch. ICON and international housing charity New Story hope to use the method, which creates minimal waste, to build a 100-home community in El Salvador next year. ICON also plans to build homes in the U.S. in the future, according to The Verge. (EXPRESS)

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The proportion of the 823,222 records requests under the Freedom of Information Act that the federal government censored, withheld or said it couldn’t find last year, according to an Associated Press analysis. The rate at which people ended up empty-handed was higher than at any point in the past decade, AP says. The federal government spent $40.6 million last year in legal fees defending its decisions to withhold federal files — also a record. The Trump administration noted that it received a record number of information requests last year. (AP) Nikki Haley warns U.S. is prepared for military action in Syria if U.N. doesn’t stop bloodshed

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Entire home created with 3-D printer Barbershop study cuts hair, blood pressure HEALTH Trim your hair, your beard, your blood pressure? Black men reduced one of their biggest medical risks in a new study that shows the power of familiar faces and trusted places to improve health.

Black men have high rates of high blood pressure and the problems it can cause, such as strokes and heart attacks. Dr. Ronald Victor, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, wanted a new way to reach them. “Barbershops are a uniquely popular meeting place for African-American men,” Victor noted.

His research, reported Monday at a cardiology conference, involved 303 men and 52 barbershops. One group of customers just got pamphlets and blood pressure tips while they were getting haircuts.

Another group met with pharmacists in the barbershops and could get treatment if their blood pressure was high.

At the start of the study, their top pressure number averaged 154. After six months, it fell by 9 points for customers just given advice and by 27 points for those who saw pharmacists.

Nearly two-thirds of the men who saw pharmacists lowered their pressure to under 130 over 80 — the threshold for high blood pressure under current guidelines. Only 12 percent of the men who just got advice saw their blood pressure drop to that level. MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP)

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Fuel switch may have been hit by bag before copter crash The pilot who survived a helicopter crash that killed his five passengers told investigators he believed a passenger’s bag might have hit an emergency fuel shutoff switch in the moments before the chopper went down, a federal official told The Associated Press on Monday. The official said the National Transportation Safety Board is also scrutinizing why an emergency flotation device apparently didn’t deploy properly when the tour helicopter went down in the East River. The floats are supposed to keep a helicopter upright; the Eurocopter AS350 that crashed Sunday overturned and submerged. (AP)

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Polls show close election as House race comes to end

An adult film actress who said she had sex with President Trump offered Monday to return the $130,000 she was paid for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship. Stormy Daniels — whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — is willing to repay the money she received as part of a 2016 agreement, as long as she can speak openly, according to a letter to Trump’s attorney. The agreement would be considered “null and void” after she returned the money, and would allow Clifford to speak about the relationship while she publishes any text messages, photos and videos she may have. The offer is valid until today, the letter said. (AP)

The final day of campaigning Monday before votes are cast in Pennsylvania’s closely watched congressional election drew a visit

by Donald Trump Jr. and lots of doorknocking all over the southwestern district where polls show a close race.

Republican Rick Saccone, a 60-yearold state lawmaker, has struggled with an electorate that favored Trump by nearly 20 percentage points just 16 months ago. He’s up against Conor Lamb, 33, who pitches himself as an independent-minded Democrat. The outcome of today’s election is being closely watched as a key test of support for Republicans ahead of November’s midterms. (AP)

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nation+world Police are exploring race as factor in deadly package explosions AUSTIN, TEXAS Two package bomb blasts a few miles apart killed a teenager and wounded two women in Austin on Monday, less than two weeks after a similar attack left a man dead in another part of the city.

Investigators said the bombings are probably connected, and they are looking into whether race was a factor because all the victims were minorities.

The first of Monday’s attacks killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded a 40-year-old woman, both of them black. As Police Chief Brian Manley held a news

conference to discuss that blast, authorities were called to the scene of another explosion that injured a 75-year-old Hispanic woman.

Authorities suspect that both of Monday’s blasts were linked to a March 2 attack that killed 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House, a black man, and they urged the public to call police if they receive any unexpected packages. House’s death is now viewed as a homicide.

Manley first suggested the blasts could constitute a hate crime after Monday’s first bombing. Following the second explosion hours later, he said authorities had not settled on a motive and could not rule anything out.

In both the March 2 attack and

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3 Austin bomb blasts linked

Three package bombs left on doorsteps in Austin, Texas, have exploded, killing two people.

Monday’s first explosion, the packages were left overnight on the victims’ doorsteps and were not mailed or sent by a delivery service, Manley said.

“There are similarities that we cannot rule out that these two items are, in fact, related,” Manley said.

Investigators said it was possible that the victims were targeted because of their race.

“We don’t know what the motive behind these may be,” Manley said. “We do know that both of the homes that were the recipients of these packages belong to African-Americans, so we cannot rule out that hate crime is at the core of this.”

The office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that it is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest of those involved in the deadly package blasts.

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KATHMANDU, NEPAL | Rescue workers search the wreckage for survivors of a plane crash Monday that killed at least 49 and injured 22. Officials said the twin-propeller aircraft — carrying 71 people on private US-Bangla Airlines — flew dangerously low before it crashed just past the Kathmandu airport’s single runway and burst into flames. An air traffic control recording revealed miscommunication with the pilot over where to land the plane.

Metropolitan Opera fires music director emeritus James Levine over sexual abuse and harassment

House Intelligence Committee Republicans have completed a draft report in their year-long Russia probe that states they found no evidence President Trump or anyone affiliated with him colluded with Russian officials to affect the outcome of the 2016 elections.

They determined that while the Russian government did pursue “active measures” to interfere in the 2016 election, it did not do so with the intention of helping Trump’s campaign, contradicting the findings of the intelligence community.

“We’ve found no evidence of collusion,” Rep. K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, above, who is in charge of the Russia probe, told reporters on Monday. He said the worst they uncovered was “perhaps some bad judgment, inappropriate meetings, inappropriate judgment at taking meetings.”

“But only Tom Clancy or Vince Flynn ... could take this series of inadvertent contacts with each other, meetings, whatever and weave that into some sort of a fiction, page-turner spy thriller,” Conaway said. “We found no evidence of any collusion.”

The GOP’s conclusion comes as special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe is ramping up its investigation into Trump’s team.

The conclusion also contradicts the preliminary findings of committee Democrats. KAROUN DEMIRJIAN

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Do walls really work?

DHS has no real way to measure the effectiveness of Trump’s $18 billion barrier plan In this November photo, President Trump’s barrier wall prototypes stand on the Mexico border.

May implicates Russia in attack on former spy

cost as much as $486,000 each to build, and DHS has not said if the $18 billion overall cost projection is based on one or several of those designs.

DHS officials have defended the expenditure by pointing to major decreases in arrests for illegal crossings in areas where tougher fencing was installed. In a new promotional video titled “Walls Work,” CBP said illegal traffic dropped 87 percent in San Diego after its two-layered barrier system was installed.

“Border walls have proven to be extremely effective in preventing the flow of drugs and illegal aliens across our borders,” DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement this month, after a court victory allowing Homeland Security officials to move forward with fast-track construction plans. Added Nielsen: “Simply put — walls work.” NICK MIROFF

LONDON Russia is “highly likely” to blame for poisoning a former spy and his daughter with a militarygrade nerve agent, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday, demanding Moscow give a compelling explanation or face “extensive” retaliation.

May told lawmakers in a strongly worded statement that without a credible response from Russia by today, Britain would consider the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter “an unlawful use of force by the Russian state against the United Kingdom.” She did not offer any specific retaliatory measures.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed May’s allegations as a “circus show in the British Parliament.”

Skripal, 66, and his 33-yearold daughter, Yulia, remain in critical condition after being found unconscious March 4 in Salisbury. A police detective who came in contact with them is in serious but stable condition.

May said British scientists have determined Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with Novichok, a class of nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union near the end of the Cold War. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday the poisoning “clearly came from Russia” and “certainly will trigger a response.” He said he doesn’t know if Russia’s government had knowledge of the poisoning.

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IMMIGRATION More than a year after the government’s top oversight body urged the Department of Homeland Security to develop a way to measure the effectiveness of fencing and barriers along the border with Mexico, DHS has no such tool ready, even as President Trump prepares to pick the winning designs for his $18 billion border wall.

Trump officials have dismissed criticism of their border security plan with a well-established defensive principle and simple retort: “Walls work.”

But a February 2017 report by the Government Accountability Office found DHS has no way to measure how well they work, where they work best or whether less-expensive alternatives could be just as effective.

Despite the assumption that illegal traffic enters through areas where fencing is absent, the report identified several sectors where more arrests occur in locations that have existing barriers.

U.S. border agents collect “geotag” data, electronic markers that assign geographic locations, to map illegal crossings and arrests. But DHS has no means to gauge the extent to which those incursions are impeded by “tactical infrastructure,” the report noted, undermining the agency’s ability to avoid wasteful spending.

“An assessment of border fencing’s contributions to border security operations could help position [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] to identify the cost effectiveness of border fencing compared to other assets the agency deploys,” the report said.

DHS officials said last week they are working with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to develop

such an evaluation system, and it may be ready later this year.

President Trump is moving forward anyway. His public statements have demonstrated a keen interest in the aesthetic properties of the wall, along with its height. His administration has budgeted $1.6 billion for wall construction this year.

Trump is scheduled to travel to San Diego today to view eight prototypes and likely announce one or more winning designs.

The trip will be Trump’s first as president to California, a state his administration is suing for refusing to assist with federal immigration enforcement.

Trump’s wall-building plan — stalled in Congress — would spend $18 billion over 10 years to add 316 miles of new barriers and replace aging fencing along another 407 miles.

The 30-foot steel and concrete prototypes showcased in San Diego are far taller and more

“We’re spending money like a drunken sailor.

We cannot continue to waste money, so we need to find out what works and what doesn’t.”

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formidable than anything in place along the border. They extend six feet underground to deter burrowing and feature an array of anti-climbing configurations. One is crenelated with metal spikes.

DHS officials say their testing teams found the structures exceedingly difficult to scale or break through. The prototypes

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2018 RAMMY AWARDS Presented by Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington

The RAMMY Awards Gala honors the exceptional ability and accomplishments of the hard-working individuals and organizations of the Washington, DC region’s restaurant and foodservice community. Named the #1 Food & Restaurant event by BIZBASH Magazine since 2008, The RAMMYS celebrate one of Metropolitan Washington’s greatest assets: Its Restaurants! A RAMMY Award has become the most prestigious award presented to members of the restaurant food and beverage industry in the Washington Metropolitan region.

2018 RAMMY AWARD FINALISTS NEW RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR: Arroz | Bresca | CHIKO | Del Mar | Maydan

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MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Julio Amador, Cork Wine Bar & Market Daniel Coughlan, Compass Rose Bar + Kitchen Matthew McQuilkin, Pizzeria Paradiso Heidi Minora, Commissary Adam Rigaa, Brasserie Beck

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Best bets to win are most efficient

How they stack up Winner Total Efficiency, or WTEff, is a team’s adjusted efficiency margin.

The higher, the better. Every title winner since 2002 has sported a mark of 20.4 or higher, so here’s a look at the 18 teams in this year’s tournament that have a WTEff of at least 20.4. (TWP) Virginia

32.1

One statistic helps narrow field of potential champs to 18 teams

Villanova

31.4

NCAA TOURNAMENT Last March, The Washington Post used one statistic to identify 26 teams capable of winning the NCAA Tournament. From the 26 schools singled out, 14 advanced to the Sweet 16, with three making the Final Four, including finalists North Carolina and Gonzaga.

The telling statistic is dubbed WTEff, or Winner’s Total Efficiency. It represents a team’s adjusted efficiency margin — the difference between points scored and allowed per 100 possessions — according to stats guru Ken Pomeroy, who accounts for strength of schedule.

Since 2002, when Pomeroy started listing stats, every NCAA champion has had a WTEff of at least 20.4. That low bar belongs to the 2014 Connecticut team. The 2008 Kansas Jayhawks remain the gold standard for efficiency

of points off 3-pointers but are also the second-best shooting team in the nation inside the arc and don’t rely on foul shots to score. No. 2 seed Purdue and No. 5 seed West Virginia are their biggest threats in the East Region.

Cincinnati

27.2

Purdue

26.6

Duke

Tennessee

22.1

The Blue Devils (29.1 WTEff) rank third in the nation in offensive efficiency and seventh on defense. They’re the best team at chasing down missed shots, putting up an offensive rebound rate of 39.1 percent. They don’t put opponents on the line, with the nation’s lowest ratio of free throw attempts to field goal attempts. A potential Sweet 16 runin with No. 3 seed Michigan State is the most dangerous threat for No. 2 seed Duke. MIKE HUME

Texas Tech

21.9

*Below efficiency threshold of champs since 2002

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

Source: KenPom.com

with a WTEff of 32.9.

Taking WTEff into consideration, three teams in this year’s field stand above the rest.

Virginia The Cavaliers’ defense has been wildly effective this season, and their offense is good enough to raise their WTEff to 32.1.

Virginia’s defensive efficiency (84.4) matches Kentucky’s 2015 Final Four team. Virginia’s bracket is stacked with the No. 4 team according to WTEff — Cincinnati — as the No. 2 seed.

Still, the Cavs are easily among the three best bets to take home the title.

Villanova The Wildcats (31.4 WTEff) can shoot from everywhere and own the most efficient offense (127.4) in the country. They score a ton

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29.1

Duke

Michigan State

26.4

North Carolina

25.1 24.7

Gonzaga Kansas Michigan

23.2 23.2

West Virginia

21.8

Xavier

21.7

Ohio State

21.1

Auburn

20.6

Kentucky

20.4

Houston

20.4

Clemson*

20.3

Wichita State*

20.1

Arizona*

19.4

No. 5 Terps open with Princeton Making its 26th total appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the Maryland women’s basketball team received a No. 5 seed in the brackets released Monday night. Leading scorer Kaila Charles, below, and the Terps (25-7) face No. 12 Princeton (24-5) in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday (noon, ESPN2). Maryland received an at-large bid after advancing to the Big Ten title game, where it fell to Ohio State. The third-seeded Buckeyes will host the Atlantic-10 champion, 14th-seeded George Washington, on Saturday (1:30 p.m., ESPN2). Patriot League champ American got a No. 14 seed and visits No. 3 UCLA on Saturday (3:30 p.m., ESPN2).

No. 10 Virginia will play No. 7 Cal on Friday (5 p.m., ESPN2) in Columbia, S.C. (EXPRESS)

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The NFL allowed teams to start negotiating with agents Monday.

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Ingredients: Roasted chickpeas, roasted sunflower seeds, olive oil, cane sugar, natural flavor Taste test: This is the closest facsimile to PB&J. It nails the creamy texture and the saltiness, and the chickpeas are oh-so-close to the flavor of peanuts.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You may have trouble with some of the simplest tasks today, which is a sure sign that your mind is elsewhere.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Before you sit down to plan any big changes, do what you can to eliminate resistance while you are on the move.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Someone you know may be making a much bigger deal of something than necessary — and it’s likely to be a very small mistake on your part.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’re not eager to hang around and wait for someone to bail you out today.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Are you really going to insist on doing a certain something the hard way? Today, there are many good reasons for easing your burden.

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1996: A gunman bursts into an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and opens fire, killing 16 children and one teacher before killing himself. The attack sparked massive gun reform in Great Britain.

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Cameron is happy without attention?

In an interview with Metro News, actress Selma Blair shared that her “The Sweetest Thing” co-star Cameron Diaz has quit acting. “Cameron’s retired from acting, she’s like, ‘I’m done.’ ” Blair said. “I mean, she doesn’t need to make any more films, she has a pretty great life, I don’t know what it would take to bring her back. She’s happy.” Page Six noted that Diaz’s most recent films were “Sex Tape” and “Annie,” Annie, both in 2014.

Michael Cera has married his girlfriend, a woman an named Nadine, Us Weekly reported. The actor was photographed wearing a gold band on his ring ng finger while walking with his now-wife on Sunday ay in Brooklyn. A source confirmed that the couple e have gotten married. It is not clear how long Cera ra and Nadine have been together. Cera is famously y private about his romantic life: He kept his former mer relationship with Aubrey Plaza secret until Plaza a revealed it in an interview in 2016. He was also thought to be dating Charlyne Yi around the release ease of their movie “Paper Heart” in 2009, though she e denied the rumors. (EXPRESS)

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TMZ reported Monday that Khloe Kardashian has registered for baby items at the upscale boutique Couture Kids in Los Angeles.

Totaling more than $90,000, the list includes a crib ($10,000), a Versace baby blanket ($365) a Givenchy Kids leather jacket ($1,450) and a changing bag, also from Versace ($600). A majority of the items are pink. (EXPRESS)

Country music star Tim McGraw collapsed on stage during a performance on Sunday in Dublin. McGraw’s wife, singer Faith Hill, can be seen in a video on a fan’s Instagram page saying, “He’s been super dehydrated. I apologize, but I made the decision that he cannot come back out on stage.”

A representative for McGraw issued a statement saying McGraw was attended to by medical staff and will be fine. (AP)

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