TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Obama challenges GOP on jobs bill
President Obama urged senators to pass his jobs bill and challenged Republicans who oppose the measure to explain their stand.
(By David Nakamura and Scott Wilson)
Head of DOE program to quit amid Solyndra controversy
Jonathan Silver has come under fire from congressional Republicans since the solar manufacturer Solyndra declared bankruptcy Aug. 31.
(By Carol D. Leonnig and Juliet Eilperin)
With Afghan drawdown looming, U.S. scales back ambitions
In Kabul and Washington, the push is on to wind down a fight that on Friday will mark its 10th anniversary. U.S. officials, who are facing a future of fewer troops and less money for reconstruction, are narrowing their goals.
(By Greg Jaffe and Joshua Partlow)
Panel: Healthy men don’t need PSA testing for prostate cancer
A federal panel recommends against PSA testing for prostate cancer.
(By Rob Stein)
White House orders update to cybersecurity rules
The administration will issue an executive order Friday on computer security to prevent breaches of the sort that occurred with the release last year of classified documents.
(By Ellen Nakashima)
NATION
Panel: Healthy men don’t need PSA testing for prostate cancer
A federal panel recommends against PSA testing for prostate cancer.
( by Rob Stein , The Washington Post)
Jobs’s health was a mystery
The death of Steve Jobs at age 56 offers a stark reminder of how difficult cancers of the pancreas can be to detect and treat.
( by Jennifer Larue Huget , The Washington Post)
With Afghan drawdown looming, U.S. scales back ambitions
In Kabul and Washington, the push is on to wind down a fight that on Friday will mark its 10th anniversary. U.S. officials, who are facing a future of fewer troops and less money for reconstruction, are narrowing their goals.
( by Greg Jaffe and Joshua Partlow , The Washington Post)
Anne Mulcahy on women in the boardroom
“Boards without women – blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time – it's significant that they don't have women."
( by Jena McGregor , The Washington Post)
Head of DOE program to quit amid Solyndra controversy
Jonathan Silver has come under fire from congressional Republicans since the solar manufacturer Solyndra declared bankruptcy Aug. 31.
( By Carol D. Leonnig and Juliet Eilperin , The Washington Post)
METRO
D.C., Md., VA. health code violations
Food establishments that were closed because of health code violations
(, The Washington Post)
Ken Dahlberg: Venture capitalist, Watergate figure
Dahlberg’s endorsement on a $25,000 cashier’s check donated to the 1972 Nixon reelection campaign made him a notable figure in the Watergate scandal.
( by T. Rees Shapiro , The Washington Post)
4 face charges in massive contracting scam
Four men were arrested and accused of stealing about $20 million in a kickback scheme involving the Corps of Engineers.
( by Del Quentin Wilber and Mary Pat Flaherty , The Washington Post)
A grandmother’s crime, a mother’s grief
Carmela dela Rosa was convicted of first-degree murder for throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter over the edge of a mall walkway to her death. “It’s so hard watching the kids go back to school. We don’t get to see that,” said the slain child’s mother.
( by Justin Jouvenal , The Washington Post)
Protesters find some sympathy in D.C.
A lot of anger exists out there in the middle class, and the protesters have one message that plenty of folks can relate to: Wall Street greed.
(, The Washington Post)
POLITICS
Perry disputes story about rock with racial slur
Texas Gov. Rick Perry denied that a racial epithet was visible on a rock outside the hunting camp his family once leased.
( by Rachel Weiner , The Washington Post)
Earlier ATF gun operation examined
“Operation Wide Receiver” was run out of Tucson between 2006 and 2007 and involved hundreds of guns that were moved up the chain and into Mexico.
( by Sari Horwitz , The Washington Post)
The ‘Hermanator’ rushes to the top
Even Herman Cain did not foresee his sudden rise to front-runner status in the battle for the GOP nomination. And many analysts still doubt his campaign is viable.
( by Sandhya Somashekhar , The Washington Post)
Ronald Reagan’s class warfare
Al Kamen’s In the Loop, on Reagan’s attacks on millionaires, Abramoff’s new book and Alberto Gonzales’s new jobs.
(, The Washington Post)
Anita Hill, back in Washington
Twenty years after her sexual-harassment accusations against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas riveted the nation, Anita Hill is re-entering an old debate.
( by Krissah Thompson , The Washington Post)
STYLE
Picking sides in a family
A daughter wonders how to handle Mom’s favoritism.
(, The Washington Post)
Steve Jobs shined in the media
For a man who could be downright prickly with the press as he was with the engineers who designed his products, Steve Jobs enjoyed almost worshipful media coverage.
( by Paul Farhi , The Washington Post)
Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen and the making of ‘The Way’
Emilio Estevez wrote and directed “The Way” largely for his father, Martin Sheen, who stars in the film as a grieving father who walks the Camino de Santiago in Spain and makes unlikely friendships en route.
( by Ann Hornaday On I-95, Woodbridge , The Washington Post)
Eisenhower memorial design causes a stir
The granddaughters of Dwight David Eisenhower want to reevaluate plans for a D.C. memorial to the 34th U.S. president as architect Frank Gehry faces heated questions about the design.
( by Philip Kennicott , The Washington Post)
D.C. galleries
Local galleries show “Andy Goldsworthy & David Nash: Drawings, Photographs, Sculpture and Prints,” “Pan’s Pipes” and “Site/Schema,” and “Prequel to the Sequel: Waiting for a Hollywood Ending.”
( by Mark Jenkins , The Washington Post)
SPORTS
P-mac Sc. 22, Maret 0
Quarterback Russell Schmidt, wearing the unusual No. 91, executes the option to perfection as the Panthers blank Maret, 22-0.
( by James Wagner , The Washington Post)
Leyland takes the leading role
COLUMN | Crafty Tigers Manager Jim Leyland outmanages his Yankees counterpart, and Detroit marches into the American League Championship Series.
(, The Washington Post)
Championship boxing returns to D.C.
Amir Khan defends his IBF light welterweight belt against the District’s Lamont Peterson on Dec. 10 while Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell is also on the card.
( by Gene Wang , The Washington Post)
TCU’s expected exit leaves Big East in flux
Texas Christian’s likely departure to the Big 12 Conference leaves the Big East contemplating an uncertain future when it comes to football.
( by Liz Clarke , The Washington Post)
NHL Diversity needs to be heard
COLUMN | NHL has good intentions about diversifying the sport and its fan base; spreading the word is the challenge.
(, The Washington Post)
WORLD
Jailed doctors call for U.S. support in Bahrain
Dozens detained after huge anti-government protests call for international support.
( by Alice Fordham , The Washington Post)
China to U.S.: Blame yourself
U.S. says China’s undervalued currency costs Americans jobs. China demurs. Economists say both are partly right.
( by Keith B. Richburg , The Washington Post)
With Afghan drawdown looming, U.S. scales back ambitions
In Kabul and Washington, the push is on to wind down a fight that on Friday will mark its 10th anniversary. U.S. officials, who are facing a future of fewer troops and less money for reconstruction, are narrowing their goals.
( by Greg Jaffe and Joshua Partlow , The Washington Post)
Slovakia unsettles Europe’s rescue plan
As a member of 17-nation euro zone, small nation wields veto power over bailout fund.
( by Anthony Faiola , The Washington Post)
BBC says it will cut 2,000 jobs
The world’s largest public broadcaster also said that while no TV or radio stations would close, programming would be radically changed.
( by Karla Adam , The Washington Post)
LIVE DISCUSSIONS
Ask Boswell
Sports Columnist Tom Boswell will take your questions about baseball, the Redskins, the Wizards and more.
(, vForum)
ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri
The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.
(, vForum)
Opinion Focus with Eugene Robinson
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson discusses his recent columns and the latest news in a live Q&A.
(, vForum)
Debt Ceiling drama: Why Jonathan Capehart thinks your voice needs to be heard
In his Post-Partisan blog post today, Opinion writer Jonathan Capehart said that "Folks should be marching on the Capitol" in protest of the way the debt issue is being handled. Do you agree?
(, vForum)
Chatological Humor: Monthly with Moron
Gene Weingarten takes polls and chats about his recent columns.
(, vForum)
TECHNOLOGY
Why does Steve Jobs inspire this kind of reaction?
Steve Jobs’s death inspired the kind of reaction that’s normally reserved for the world’s most famous pop stars and celebrities.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
Apple shares recover after afternoon dip
Investors were careful not to overreact following the news of Apple chairman Steve Jobs’s death.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
Steve Jobs’s Apple legacy
On April 1st, 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
( by Joshua Topolsky , The Washington Post)
Steve Jobs biography date moved up
The publishing date for Steve Jobs’s biography has been moved up to Oct. 24.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
Analysts hold steady on Apple
Tech analysts are maintaining their “buy” rating on Apple following Steve Jobs’s death.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)
EDITORIAL
The Solyndra boondoggle
A bad bet Obama should regret.
( by Editorial , The Washington Post)
Contracting in D.C.
Lawn-mowing contracts raise issues of preferential treatment.
( by Editorial , The Washington Post)
Wireless wave of the future
Reallocating spectrum to accommodate wireless devices is the way to go.
( by Editorial , The Washington Post)
Message from on high
Sarah Palin will sit out 2012. There is a God.
(, The Washington Post)
The leaders long gone
What an attack on Grover Norquist left out.
(, The Washington Post)
BUSINESS
Jobs’s philanthropy up for debate
Apple’s Steve Jobs didn’t appear to give away a lot of money to charity, but that may not tell the whole philanthropic story.
( by Peter Whoriskey , The Washington Post)
Who will bail out European countries?
Efforts to resolve Europe’s debt crisis are, at their core, an exceptionally high-stakes game of chicken, pitting the continent’s central bank against its national governments.
( by Neil Irwin , The Washington Post)
Jobs report due Friday
A monthly report on the job market due out Friday will give a sense of where the national economy is heading.
( by Neil Irwin , The Washington Post)
Banking committee advances consumer watchdog nominee
Senate Republicans reiterate pledge to block confirmation of Richard Cordray as head of the federal consumer watchdog agency.
( by Ylan Q. Mui , The Washington Post)
Panel told of abuse in small-business set-asides
Small government contractors often violate regulations by passing on most of the work and profits to large businesses, a House panel was told Thursday.
( by Robert O’Harrow , The Washington Post)
