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Rutgers, core values and our national crisis of morals
How the Julie Hermann controversy plays out will say a lot about what is important to the school's leadership.
( by Sally Quinn , The Washington Post)

Study: Majority of young women with cancer choose mastectomy
Sixty-two percent of women under 40 choose it over more modest but often equally effective procedure.
( by Sandhya Somashekhar , The Washington Post)

Officials: Todashev lunged at agent
Acquaintance of Boston bombing suspect reportedly attacked U.S. officer with metal stick before he was fatally shot.
( by Peter Finn and Sari Horwitz , The Washington Post)

Health exchange options for small businesses to be limited until 2015
The office in charge of Medicaid and Medicare confirms a one-year delay in the full range of insurance choices.
( by Sandhya Somashekhar , The Washington Post)

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LOCAL
Eubanks chosen to chair PG Board of Education
County Executive Rushern L. Baker III has selected the chairman of his education commission to lead board.
( by Ovetta Wiggins , The Washington Post)

Eubanks chosen to chair PG Board of Education
County Executive Rushern L. Baker III has selected the chairman of his education commission to lead board.
( by Ovetta Wiggins , The Washington Post)

Friday sets mark as year's hottest day
It edges out April 10 on an average-temperature tiebreaker.
( by Martin Weil , The Washington Post)

Boy, 5, suspended for cowboy-style cap gun may return to school
Calvert school officials scale back suspension from 10 days to three for child who took toy gun on bus.
( by Donna St. George , The Washington Post)

Local digest: D.C Council aide fired
A roundup of D.C. area news briefs
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POLITICS
Obama pushes Congress on student loans
Obama urged students to lobby lawmakers to improve on a House bill that the White House argues does not go far enough.
( by David Nakamura and William Branigin , The Washington Post)

Panel rejects food-truck regulations
D.C. committee says the rules go too far in limiting the food vendor's operations in the business district.
( by Mike DeBonis and Tim Carman , The Washington Post)

White House rallies geeks with Google+ Hangouts
Obama wants to meld minds in tech sector and government so both can live long and prosper.
( by Juliet Eilperin , The Washington Post)

New efforts to spark commerce along Route 1 in Prince George's
Riverdale Park, county redevelopment agency, council member seek small businesses.
( by Miranda S. Spivack , The Washington Post)

Housing lottery, tips to avoid foreclosure at Prince George's fair
Prince George's will select two to purchase homes at reduced prices at Saturday housing fair near FedEx.
( by Miranda S. Spivack , The Washington Post)

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STYLE
Hints From Heloise: Homer and the skunk
A formula to use when your dog gets on the wrong side of a skunk.
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Ask Amy: 'Old hippie' addicted to pot
Reader has tried to quit for decades; feels pot addiction lacks street cred at Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
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Weekend TV highlights
The movie "Milk," a documentary about Public Enemy, and all those Sunday talking heads.
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Tough love for Class of 2013
Commencement speakers urge resilience and a DIY spirit for straitened, sequestered times.
( by David Beard , The Washington Post)

2013 summer arts preview
Everyone comes to Washington in the summer. So how will everyone spend their time?
( by Jessica Goldstein, Philip Kennicott ,Sarah Kaufman, Chris Richards, and Anne Midgette , The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
D.C. boutique's solar panels shed light on clean energy tax credits
Thanks to local and federal tax breaks, one shopkeeper says going green is now economically savvy.
( by J.D. Harrison , The Washington Post)

Interest rates are spiking for good reasons, not bad
Unpleasant as it may be for home buyers, a rise in rates may be a sign of stronger economic growth.
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Monsanto shares fall as South Korea joins pause in wheat imports
Questions remain about how an unapproved strain of genetically modified crop appeared in Oregon.
( by Steven Mufson , The Washington Post)

Medicare trust fund projected to last until 2026 as health costs drop
Trustees partly credit Affordable Care Act; Social Security's funds are still seen paying full benefits until 2033.
( by Lori Montgomery , The Washington Post)

Sequester could hike cost of 2020 Census, official warns
Federal spending cuts could hurt reforms for the 2020 Census, costing taxpayers billions of dollars.
( by Jim Tankersley , The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
TV and radio listings for June 1

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Hokies are too gracious a host
Virginia Tech falls to U-Conn. in its first NCAA baseball tournament game as a regional host, 5-2.
( by Mark Giannotto , The Washington Post)

Owens has big hit in region final
Junior Jack Owens singled to break tie in a win that gave the Bruins their seventh region title.
( by Gabe Hiatt and Preston Williams , The Washington Post)

Nats top Braves; Strasburg injured
Stephen Strasburg left after two innings with an oblique strain, but Washington managed to get a big win in series opener vs. Atlanta.
( by Adam Kilgore , The Washington Post)

Orioles win another with late rally
The Orioles use a three-run home run from Chris Dickerson with two outs in the ninth inning for a 7-5 win over Detroit.
( by Eduardo A. Encina , The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Google pumps $12M into African solar energy project
Move marks the search company's first investment in Africa.
( by Jolie O'Dell | VentureBeat.com , VentureBeat.com)

'Fan TV' — a practical version of what Apple TV should be — makes its debut
There have been many failed set-top boxes, but Fan TV may actually have a good chance of succeeding.
( by Tom Cheredar | VentureBeat.com , VentureBeat.com)

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WORLD
Hagel chides China for cyber espionage
U.S. defense chief's criticisms during Asia security conference draw rebuke from Chinese general.
( by Ernesto Londono , The Washington Post)

Iran's religious poor losing hope
In south Tehran, struggling families are questioning old allegiances as the June 14 presidential election nears.
( by Jason Rezaian In TEHRAN , The Washington Post)

Russia: Boston attacks avoidable
Security officials in Moscow tell U.S. lawmakers that intelligence about accused bombers went unheeded.
( by Kathy Lally , The Washington Post)

Officials: Todashev lunged at agent
Acquaintance of Boston bombing suspect reportedly attacked U.S. officer with metal stick before he was fatally shot.
( by Peter Finn and Sari Horwitz , The Washington Post)

Nigerian Islamist militants return from Mali with weapons, skills
Boko Haram presses campaign to install ultraconservative brand of Islam as militancy spreads.
( by Sudarsan Raghavan in Maiduguri, Nigeria , The Washington Post)

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EDITORIAL
Dark side of globalization
If terrorists exploit global trafficking routes, we're in trouble.
( by James Stavridis , The Washington Post)

No time for delays in Gulf of Mexico
Squabbling, lack of planning hold up restoration using BP oil spill fines.
( by Bob Graham and William K. Reilly , The Washington Post)

Smithfield deal: Give it a close look
Federal review of foreign investment in U.S. firms should be expanded.
( by Robert Herzstein , The Washington Post)

Montgomery County's older adults are feeling bite of sequestration

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Dramatic tornadoes, dramatic headlines

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LIVE DISCUSSIONS
LAST TV CHAT: The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
Post TV columnist Lisa de Moraes discusses all the latest in TV news - on and off the screen.
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Real Wheels Live
Live online discussion with Real Wheels columnist Warren Brown about car-buying and the auto industry.
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Real Wheels Live
Live online discussion with Real Wheels columnist Warren Brown about car-buying and the auto industry.
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The Fix Live
The Fix's Chris Cillizza discusses the latest in political news.
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Talk about Travel
The Post's travel writers and editors discuss your travel stories, questions, gripes and more.
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