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After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, angering critics who hoped that relentless protest campaigns might lead to change.

The Scouts cited support from parents as a key reason for keeping the policy and expressed hope that the prolonged debate over it might now subside. Bitter reactions from gay-rights activists suggested that result was unlikely.

The Scouts’ national spokesman, Deron Smith, said that an 11-member special committee, formed discreetly by top Scout leaders in 2010, came to the conclusion that the exclusion policy “is absolutely the best policy” for the 112-year-old organization.

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As a result of the committee’s decision, the Scouts’ national executive board will take no further action on a resolution submitted at its recent national conference asking for reconsideration of the membership policy.

The Scouts’ chief executive, Bob Mazzuca, said most Scout families support the policy, which applies to both adult leaders and Scouts.

“The vast majority of the parents of youth we serve value their right to address issues of samesex orientation within their family, with spiritual advisers and at the appropriate time and in the right setting,” Mazzuca said. “We fully understand that no single policy will accommodate the many diverse views among our membership or society.”

The president of the largest U.S. gay-rights group, the Human Rights Campaign, depicted the Scouts’ decision as “a missed opportunity of colossal proportions.”

“With the country moving toward inclusion, the leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have instead sent a message to young people that only some of them are valued,” Chad Griffin said.

The Boy Scouts’ policy stands in contrast to inclusive membership policies adopted by several other major youth organizations, including the Girl Scouts of the USA and Camp Fire. DAVID CR ARY (AP)

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FDA Bans BPA in Bottles The federal government announced Tuesday that baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA. The American Chemistry Council asked the Food and Drug Administration to phase out rules allowing BPA in October, after determining that all manufacturers of bottles and sippy cups had already abandoned the chemical because of safety concerns. (AP)

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“Another piece of good news today,” tweeted the expectant mom, announcing to her online followers that she and her husband were awaiting a baby boy.

But this wasn’t just any excited mom-to-be. This was 37-year-old Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo — obviously a huge achievement for anyone, but especially for a woman in the male-dominated tech industry. And she was about six months pregnant, to boot.

Exciting news — especially for Mayer and her husband, of course — but did it mean something for the rest of us, too? Was it a watershed moment in the perennial debate over whether women can “have it all,” with the pendulum swinging happily in the positive direction?

While most online chatter about Mayer was full of praise for both her and Yahoo, sometimes saying “You CAN have it all!” there were those who said Mayer was perhaps not the best example to prove such a thesis.

One of them was Anne-Marie Slaughter, whose online lament last month on the Atlantic’s website — “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All” — unleashed a furious debate, showing that while the question might be a perennial one,

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On Monday, Mayer told Fortune magazine that the Yahoo board “showed their evolved thinking” by hiring a pregnant chief executive, and that she planned to take only a few weeks maternity leave — during which she would work throughout. (AP)

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“Well, I think it’s fabulous news,” Slaughter said. But, she suggested, Mayer’s situation — with her wealth, prominence and power — has little concrete relevance to the lives of ordinary women. (Mayer’s personal wealth has been estimated in the hundreds of millions, largely because of Google stock she owns.)

“We all applaud her,” Slaughter said. “But she’s superhuman, rich, and in charge. She isn’t really a realistic role model for hundreds of thousands of women who are trying to figure out how you make it to the top AND have a family at the same time.” JOCELYN NOVECK (AP)

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Jim Tonjes was high above North America when he bit into a hot turkey sandwich aboard a Delta Air Lines flight and felt a sudden jab in the roof of his mouth.

Glancing down, he noticed what looked like a sewing needle in the food. Another passenger on the plane reported the same thing.

A Delta Air Lines Inc. spokeswoman said the needles were found Sunday in six sandwiches on four flights. Passengers discovered four

of them. The flights included one to Minneapolis, one to Seattle and two to Atlanta.

Now U.S. and European authorities are trying to determine how the needles got into meals served on at least four Delta flights from Amsterdam to the U.S. and why anyone would place them there.

“At this moment, we have no idea why somebody or something put needles inside the sandwiches,” said Robert van Kapel, a spokesman for Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. (AP)

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“We are examining all aspects of GSA’s enterprise including the agency’s long-term hiring needs and compensation process,” acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini said in a statement to be sent to 12,600 employees. GSA gave out $660,000 in executive bonuses in fiscal 2011, officials said.

The curbs on hiring and bonuses are Tangherlini’s latest effort to reform the agency that manages federal real estate and oversees most government purchasing. Since he stepped in as administrator in April, he has brought in a new management team and begun a review of the agency’s operations.

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“It would probably knock the recovery back into a recession and cost a lot of jobs, and would greatly delay the recovery that we’re hoping to facilitate,” Bernanke said Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee.

Bernanke added that lawmakers must go beyond the year-end issues and come up with a plan to shrink the budget deficit. (AP)

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An old man who says he is 72 wearing,” said Walid Hassan, 50, or 73 lost his whole family. “The who fled in May 2011. “We thought bullets were raining down everythe regime would fall quickly. We where,” he said. “So I just ran.” thought we would be here a month As the number of refugees at the most.” grows, Turkey is consolidating More than a year later, Hassan them into fewer, larger camps. Kilis and his family are still in Turkey, is the biggest, but it is now full. among more than 112,000 Syrian The Turkish government is evirefugees who have sought sanctu- dently feeling the strain. “Just one ary in neighboring countries. week ago we had no problems,” said The camp, outside the Turkish camp spokesman Suphi Atan. “But town of Kilis, offers a window into this week, everything fell down.” the horrors that have befallen Syria He shrugged when asked how since the uprising against Presi- long the refugees are expected to dent Bashar Assad’s rule erupted stay. No one else seems to know 16 months ago. either. LIZ SLY (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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Aimed at Muslim School, Rocket Kills 10-Year-Old A rocket fired at a Muslim school in the Nigerian city Jos killed a 10-year-old boy Tuesday, a military spokesman said, in what appeared to be the latest outburst of religious violence in the West African nation. The rocket missed the main school building and hit a nearby house instead, officials said. (AP)

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C[Wdm^_b[ $$$ Intense clashes between Syrian rebels and government forces backed by helicopters spread to new areas of the capital, Damascus, on Tuesday. It was the third straight day of the fighting, which has posed an unprecedented challenge to government rule in the seat of President Bashar Assad’s power. The violence is the most widespread and sustained fighting that Damascus has witnessed since the uprising in Syria began 16 months ago. (AP)

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One Indian was killed in the incident, and three of his countrymen were seriously wounded. Indian Ambassador M.K. Lokesh said Tuesday that one of the survivors reported that the men were returning from fishing when they encountered the American ship.

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Dubai’s police chief, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said an initial investigation suggests “the boat was in its right course and did not pose any danger,” according to comments published by Abu Dhabi-based daily the National. He told the government-backed newspaper that the shooting appeared to be a mistake. (AP)

No Ruling Yet On Constitution Panel in Egypt 9W_he A court on Tuesday postponed issuing a ruling on whether a Muslim Brotherhood-led panel tasked with writing Egypt’s new constitution is legal, after Islamists protested outside the courtroom and squabbled with rival lawyers inside.

The tensions were a sign of the stakes in the case, which will determine who oversees the process for writing the constitution.

The Brotherhood and other Islamists lead the 100-member assembly. If the High Administrative Court orders it disbanded, the military — which took power after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster last year — would create the panel. (AP)

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At Metro’s printing plant in Northeast Washington, Bello ensures a ready supply of Metro’s pocket guides, running the machines that print the pamphlets and then packing them for distribution to Metro’s 86 stations and 1,500 buses.

Even in the age of smartphones, the pamphlets remain a vital source of information for many Metro users, including the tourists who visit the nation’s capital.

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And for decades, Bello, who at 87 is almost certainly Metro’s oldest employee, has been instrumental in ensuring that travelers have the information they need at their fingertips.

The monotony of the job might have long ago driven off someone else. But not Bello, who fi lls his days with verse, singing songs and writing poetry.

By 10 a.m., amid the occasional singing and writing, Bello has already packed a few thousand pocket guides. In his more than 30 years at the printing plant, Bello has folded and packed at least 100 million of them, co-worker Mike Schulz estimates.

“At his age, he outworks everybody in the shop,” said Schulz, 53, who has worked with Bello for more than two decades.

Before he came to the United States in 1979, Bello worked in a print shop in Havana.

Last month, he and his wife visited their homeland. Its government still gets him upset.

At the shop, colleagues welcomed Bello back from Cuba and

were eager to hear about the trip.

“Everyone tells me, ‘Why don’t you retire, muchacho?’ ” he said.

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Metro officials have revised their criteria for determining when to slow train speeds during periods of extreme heat.

Officials said Tuesday that if inspectors determine rail temperatures are higher than 135 degrees, operators may be asked to slow trains to 35 miles per hour.

Metro officials believe excessive heat was a factor in the derailment of a Green Line train July 6.

T h e t r a n s i t a ge n c y a l s o announced Tuesday that riders would be allowed to carry and drink water in the system Wednesday. The exception to the “no drinking” policy applies only to water, Metro officials said.

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Orange Claims No Foul in Audit Campaign finance office: probe of council member not complete

Orange said the preliminary audit, which he is refusing to release publicly, concludes his expenditures and receipts are balanced, except for $22.91.

“There are no outstanding issues as far as I am concerned,” Orange said. “The case is closed … and I’m moving on.”

Orange appears to be referring to the standard audit that the OCF routinely conducts following a campaign to make sure a candidate properly accounts for all donations and expenses.

But Orange has also been battered by questions about $26,000 in contributions from entities and individuals with apparent ties to city

contractor Jeffrey E. Thompson and his former spokeswoman, Jeanne Clarke Harris, both at the center of the criminal probe of Mayor Vincent Gray’s 2010 campaign.

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The White House Visitor Center will close Sunday for a 15-month rehabilitation, the National Park Service announced Tuesday. Regional Director Stephen E. Whitesell said in a statement that the center, located in Baldrige Hall in the Herbert Hoover Building at 1450 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, will close at 4 p.m. Sunday. A temporary visitor facility will open July 28 at the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion near the corner of 15th and E streets NW. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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MWi^_d]jed William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post whose fiercely independent views illuminated conflicts concerning education, poverty, crime and race, and who was one of the first black journalists to gain a wide following in the mainstream press, died Tuesday at his home in Washington.

He was 76.

He had prostate cancer, said his wife, Sondra Raspberry.

Raspberry wrote an opinion column for The Post for nearly 40 years before retiring in 2005. More than 200 newspapers carried his syndicated columns, which were filtered through the prism of his experience growing up in the segregated South.

“From the day Bill Raspberry wrote his first Post column, his advice was as wise and his voice as clear as anyone’s in Washington,” Donald Graham, chairman

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D.C. Council member Vincent Orange tried to distance himself from the investigations into District political campaigns by declaring in a televised interview Tuesday he has been cleared of any wrongdoing during his 2011 campaign.

Appearing on NewsChannel 8, Orange said over the weekend he received a preliminary copy of an Office of Campaign Finance audit in his campaign.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday he is more confident that a consensus will be reached for calling a special session this O’Malley summer on expanding gambling in Maryland.

After meeting with the presiding officers of the legislature, O’Malley said he believes there is a strong opportunity to resolve the lingering issue “sooner rather than later.” He added: “I think we’ve made more progress today than we had even made yesterday.” (AP)

Columnist William Raspberry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1994.

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of The Washington Post Co., said in an interview. “To the city, Bill’s columns brought 40 years of smart, independent judgment.”

“He was viewed as a truth-tell-

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telling you to go to hell and making you look forward to the trip.”

When Raspberry won the Pulitzer for commentary in 1994, he was the second African-American columnist to achieve the honor. Raspberry’s Pulitzer-winning columns covered a range of topics, from female genital mutilation in Africa to urban violence, to musings on the legacies of civil rights leaders.

After writing more than 5,000 opinion columns, Raspberry said in a speech at the University of Virginia in 2006 that he had learned two important lessons.

The first, he said, “is that in virtually every public controversy, most thoughtful people secretly believe both sides.”

“The second, which has kept my confidence from turning into arrogance, is that it is entirely possible for you to disagree with me without being, on that account, either a scoundrel or a fool.” MATT SCHUDEL (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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“It’s a humiliating shambles for the country, isn’t it?” said David Winnick, a member of the opposition Labor Party.

Buckles replied, “I cannot disagree with you.”

Meanwhile, the media issued fresh diatribes against Olympic t ra f f ic pla nning in London, though at least one major transit spot was getting relatively high marks — Heathrow International Airport, which had its busiest day ever Monday as athletes began pouring in.

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What Could Go Wrong?’

As the Olympic host nation has discovered, the answer to this sarcastic headline in Tuesday’s Guardian newspaper is ‘quite a lot.’

Even as athletes begin arriving in London for the 2012 Summer Games, Olympic organizers are coming under fire over bungled security staffing and other issues that have prompted the British media and opposition lawmakers to already declare the event a “fiasco.”

On Tuesday, organizers said they would withdraw half a million tickets for soccer matches and reduce stadium sizes because of scant demand in farther-f lung host cities, including Glasgow and Cardiff. A day earlier, American athletes and others were hauled around for hours on at least two

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buses that lost their way en route to Olympic Village in East London.

That joyride paled, however, in comparison with the security blu nde r s c a s t i n g a sh a dow ahead of the Games. The private contractor hired to provide guards — British giant G4S — conceded last week that it was at least 3,500 personnel short, sending the military scrambling to make up the gap.

On Tuesday, f ur ious lawmakers summoned the company’s chief executive, Nick Buckles, before Parliament. They grilled him on management failings and reports that even more G4S staffers

HeWZ HW][ Dedicated lanes for Olympicrelated transport were reportedly confusing motorists and complicating what is already one of the world’s busiest rush hours. Many drivers appeared not to realize that most of the newly labeled lanes could still be used until next week. Hundreds of London cabbies ignited new traffic jams outside Parliament on Tuesday as they protested their exclusion from special road lanes set up across London for Olympic athletes and VIPs. (AP/ T WP)

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The airport sailed through the heaviest passenger traffic with short immigration lines and plenty of help for Olympic travelers. But the thousands of extra staffers and volunteers at Heathrow didn’t help the athletes assigned to the buses that got lost on the way to Olympic Park.

From the very start, London organizers have feared repeating the transit woes of the 1996 Atlanta Games, where bus drivers brought in from outside the city didn’t know their way around.

“First day. First arrivals. It’s going to happen,” said Jayne Pearce, head of press operations.

Thus far, though, it is the security shortfalls that have caused the biggest stir — not just because of their magnitude, but because of their disclosure so close to the Opening Ceremonies.

However, the government has sought to reassure the public, national athletic delegations and the media that the military is well prepared to ensure that security requirements will be met.

(THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)

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Soon after three chiseled men in army boots and fatigues hop out of two vans in Hyde Park, women of various ages and sizes gather around. They’ve turned out, along with a smattering of men, for a 9 a.m. workout with British Military Fitness, a company that’s achieving on a micro-scale what the British government has pledged to do since being chosen in 2005 to host the 2012 Olympics.

The London Games are the first to have promised to inspire “mass participation” in sports as part of the legacy the Olympics leave behind. That vow helped tip the scales when the Inter-

national Olympic Committee awarded the Games to London over such contenders as Paris and Madrid.

But government officials have found that in a culture consumed by men’s soccer, cricket and rugby, encouraging British women to get moving is especially difficult.

Just one in eight British women exercise regularly, compared to one in five men, according to Sport England, a government agency that invests money from Britain’s national lottery in grassroots initiatives aimed at adults.

Among disadvantaged women, it’s one in 10. Researchers have documented some reasons, both practical and cultural, including the perception among many British women that “being active simply isn’t attractive.”

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Just more than half of girls recently surveyed by the University of Loughborough’s Institute for Youth Sport said their experiences in gym class “put them off” being active.

Only one-fourth felt it was “cool” to play sports or be good at it. And 30 percent said they didn’t like their gym outfits.

“But it’s beginning to change among young people,” says Sue Tibballs, chief executive of the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation, the nation’s leading advocacy group for women’s sports. “Quite a lot see football as a sport for girls and boys. Netball, too. If anything, there is a mismatch between how the young see sport and old.”

Still, it’s Britain’s older generation that controls the purse strings and dictates media coverage of sports. With no legal compulsion for equitable treatment, traditional sports for men rule the day.

Women’s pro sports are virtually nonexistent. Despite the national passion for soccer, a professional women’s league was launched only last year.

At the college level, team sports are in a nascent phase.

Women’s sports also get scant attention in the British media, accounting for less than 5 percent of total sports coverage, according to the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation.

“There’s no single quick fix,” says Danielle Sellwood, co-founder of Sportsister, a British publication aimed at inspiring more girls and women to lead healthy, active lives. “The Olympics are having an effect, there is no doubt about it. But it is only one piece of the jigsaw.”

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In a move that solidifies the Wizards’ desires to separate from an embarrassing period in franchise history, the team designated Andray Blatche as its amnesty player on Tuesday.

The Wizards, in essence, gave Blatche the $23 million remaining on his contract to go away, ending a seven-year relationship that began when they drafted him 49th overall in 2005. Blatche is the last remnant of the Wizards’ playoff teams and he also was the only player remaining from the team when Gilbert Arenas brought guns in the locker room three seasons ago.

“Andray did not figure into our future plans, and using the amnes-

J^[ H[Zia_di Rober t Grif f in III remained unsigned Tuesday as the Redskins opened the second day of their fiveday rookie camp. The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Baylor was the second pick in this year’s draft. The team’s third-round selection, offensive lineman Josh LeRibeus, was also absent again.

The two aren’t considered holdouts because training camp doesn’t begin until July 26. Neither can practice until they have signed their contracts. Griffin is due for a four-year contract worth about $21 million. The hang-up apparently is “offset” language that would govern guaranteed money in the event Griffin is waived before the contract’s expiration. (AP)

JL B_d[kf NATIONALS (7 P.M., MASN) Jordan Zimmermann makes his second start of the second half when the Nats play the New York Mets.

ORIOLES (8 P.M., MASN2) The O’s hope to avoid another double-digit defeat against Minnesota.

CYCLING (6:30 A.M., NBCSN) After a day off, the Tour de France resumes with Stage 16 between Pau and Bagneres-de-Luchon, France.

SOCCER (9:30 P.M., ESPN2; 11 P.M.M NBCSN) Chelsea takes on the Seattle Sounders in an exhibition and the San Jose Earthquakes host FC Dallas in an MLS match.

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Andray Blatche regressed after scoring 16.8 points per game in the 2010-11 season.

ty provision is a mutually beneficial opportunity for us to part ways,” President Ernie Grunfeld said in a statement. “We will be able to continue to develop our core group of young players, blend in the solid

veterans we have acquired and maintain financial flexibility while Andray will be able to get a fresh start with another team.”

Blatche, 25, was considered one of the Wizards’ primary building

Nats Take Wait-and-See Approach J^[ DWj_edWbi The Nationals are in a very different place now than in previous seasons, but when it comes the trade deadline, “I don’t think it’s much different than in years past,” general manager Mike Rizzo said. He still views the next two weeks as an opportunity to upgrade for the long term, not to sacrifice for a playoff push, even with the Nationals in first place rather than at the bottom of the division.

“We’re always looking for ideas that will make us better long-term,” Rizzo said Monday in Miami.

“We’re looking for long-term more than short-term. If it helps us and

C[Wdm^_b[ $$$ Virginia and local officials say they have a deal with the owner of the Potomac Nationals — Washington’s single-A affiliate — to build a new ballpark for the club in Woodbridge. The plans announced Tuesday call for a 6,000- to 7,000-seat stadium off Interstate 95 in the Potomac Town Center development.

Details still need to be finalized, but the plan calls for team owner Art Silber to invest $25 million in construction of the ballpark, and the Virginia Department of Transportation to spend $15 million on an adjacent, 1,500-space commuter lot. (AP)

it fits into our plans going forward, then we’ll do it.”

When Rizzo looks at his roster, he does not see any glaring needs.

Their infield is set, and their outfield will get crowded once Jayson Werth returns, likely at the end of July or the start of August.

“There’s not a whole lot of things that we’d like to upgrade,” Rizzo said. “If there’s a way we can upgrade with a clear upgrade, we certainly would exhaust all the ideas to try and do that. But we don’t have a whole lot of needs. And we’ve got a lot of young players that are going to be with us long-term. We have control of the contracts, that type of thing.” (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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blocks when they elected to trade away Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler and Arenas nearly two years ago, and rewarded him in September 2010 with a three-year extension that restructured his contract to be worth $35 million over five years.

After averaging career highs of 16.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in the first year of the deal, Blatche regressed considerably last season.

The Wizards decided that the cost of cutting Blatche outweighed the distraction of his continued presence on a team that is obviously moving on. In the past four months, the team has traded for Nene and Emeka Okafor, and has drafted four forwards — Jan Vesely, Chris Singleton, Booker and Seraphin — in the past three years.

Blatche has been one of the more prominent faces during the worst four-year run in franchise history, in which they went 88-224.

MICHAEL LEE (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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Bautista Hits the DL Jose Bautista was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with inflammation in his left wrist and the Toronto Blue Jays called up outfielder Anthony Gose from Triple-A Las Vegas. The team did not give a timetable for Bautista’s return. (AP)

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AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (Sun., 10 p.m.), about chemistry teacher-turned meth dealer Walter White, is easily the most tense and shocking show on television. But it’s also one of the funniest, with sharp comedic moments that help cut the dramatic tension. To find out what makes the show funny, I went to the source: comedians and “Breaking Bad” costars Bob Odenkirk (Walt’s sleazy lawyer, Saul Goodman, above) and Bill Burr (Kuby, one of Saul’s thugs).

Voyeurism: “My fa8o HkZ_ vorite kind of humor is =h[[dX[h] basically, if it was happening to you, it wouldn’t be funny, but to observe it, it’s hilarious,” Burr says.

The Absurdity: “You have to get to where the danger and the horror of what these guys are doing becomes absurd,” Odenkirk says. Then “everything everyone says is funny.”

The Mundane: Some of Odenkirk’s favorite funny moments come when Walt and his wife, Skyler, are at home “talking about stuff,” he says. “It’s like playing house when the house is burning down.”

The Realness: Although Walt finds himself in increasingly dangerous (and often absurd) situations, the show always remains grounded in reality.

“It’s really dark humor,” Burr says, “and it comes from a real place.”

For more of Rudi’s thoughts, follow him on Twitter: @rudigreenberg

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All that was left of the band James Murphy had devoted the past 10 years of his life to were memories and a storage room full of instruments. Murphy had made the decision to end the band, and he had no idea what he would do next.

“The sobriety of the morning after playing the biggest show of your life [is] an interesting point to jump into that story,” says Dylan Southern, who co-directed “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” a documentary about the band’s final show.

The f ilm, which Southern directed with Will Lovelace, screens Wednesday at Landmark’s E Street Cinema, AFI Silver Theatre and

Cultural Center and AMC Lowes Georgetown 14 as part of a onenight-only event. (E Street has extra, though already sold-out, screenings Thursday and July 26.)

Southern and Lovelace, who had previously directed “No Distance Left to Run,” about Britpop band Blur, were drawn to this project because the story was so unusual.

“This was a group of people still making great music for the fans,” Southern says, “and they just made a very calm decision to stop.”

Focusing on the end of the band’s story rather than its entire career particularly appealed to Lovelace.

“What interested us in making the film was that it was set over a very short period of time,” he says.

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T hat presented it s ow n challenges. “There’s only one chance to do it, so we were really, really keen that we did justice to the [final] performance and the atmosphere of that night,” Southern says.

T he y recr u ited a cre w of cinematographers — including Murphy’s close friend, “Where the Wild Things Are” director Spike Jonze — to film the concert, giving them minimal instruction.

“Our whole approach was, ‘Just go and shoot your experience of the show,’” Southern says. “We wanted the cameras to be in places that people actually would be, in among the musicians, in among the crowd.”

Southern himself was onstage operating a handheld camera for most of the show. “The adrenaline just took over,” he says. “In any other circumstance, I wouldn’t have been able to hold that camera and get the stuff I was getting for that amount of time, but the energy of it and the feeling of the event made that possible.” RUDI GREENBERG (E XPRESS)

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Expect Nothing Wilco has always been at the forefront of pushing folk rock to new and experimental places. The band’s most recent disc, “The Whole Love,” is no exception. With spastic guitar freak-outs (“Art of Almost”) and an almost 12-minute-long album closer (“One Sunday Morning”), the band continues to embrace the unexpected. Wolf Trap, Filene Center, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna; Wed., 8 p.m., $35$45; 703-255-1868, Wolftrap.org.

The Beats Repeat, The Film Doesn’t The Velvet Lounge’s monthly “Beats on Repeat” DJ night pays homage to LCD Soundsystem’s movie tonight. After the one-night-only screenings of “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” the Lounge will host an unofficial after-party where it will, in fact, play the hits. A whiskey shot and a Natty Boh will cost you $6. Velvet Lounge, 915 U St. NW; Wed., 9 p.m., free; 202-4623213, Velvetloungedc.com. (U Street)

A Durable Brand After a career that’s included “Dancing with the Stars” and a VH1 reality series called “Brandy & Ray J,” Brandy is back to making serious music with “Two Eleven,” which is attached to producers including Frank Ocean, Drake and Chris Brown. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW; Wed., 8 p.m., sold out; 202-803-2899, Thehowardtheatre .com. (Shaw-Howard)

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King’s first guest is Seth MacFarlane of “Family Guy” and “Ted.” Other guests scheduled for this week are political commentator Meghan McCain and actor Matthew McConaughey.

Episodes of his new, half-hour show will be posted on Hulu in the early evenings from Monday through Thursday. (AP)

Lone Star Murder It’s not quite a “Who shot J.R.?’’ moment, but the murder of a family associate does shake up the Ewings and leave them wondering who’s responsible on “Dallas” (9 p.m., TNT).

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Your attention to detail will make all the difference as you plan a grand experience.

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