The Washington Redskins lost their final home football game before the U.S. presidential election on Sunday -- and that's great news for Democratic Sen. John Kerry and bad news for President Bush.

In every presidential election since 1936, the Redskins' last home game has accurately predicted the winner. If they win, the incumbent president's party wins. If they lose, the challenger wins.

The Redskins lost to Green Bay 28-14 and Kerry quickly celebrated.

"I couldn't be more thrilled with the Packers win today," Kerry said in a statement. "The Packers have done their part, this Tuesday I'll do mine."

The loss by the Redskins was made sweeter since it came to the Green Bay Packers of Green Bay, Wisconsin -- a swing state where Packer football is akin to religion and one Kerry might need to defeat Bush in Tuesday's voting.

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friday night. jovan and his girl, and andrew and I drove up to baltimore to party with our boy Chris. good times. andrew lost a bag of weed on the elevator.. what a dumbass.
jovan was a hunter, lauren was a fisherman, i was a rugby player.. )hehe) andrew was WALDO. and it was so funny. chris was Hugh Hefner, Coleen his gf was a devil girl thingy, edwin was the best lookin mofo in the room, james was gay. ! and this shit was funny. etc etc

When Mike Shinoda was just starting out as a musician, he'd combine raps from Jay-Z's debut, Reasonable Doubt, with samples from Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails, never imagining he'd one day produce Jay in a project that would mix tracks from his allegedly final release, The Black Album, with songs by Shinoda's future group, Linkin Park. Shinoda also never dreamed he'd perform those songs live with the Brooklyn MC.

Fast forward eight years, and Linkin Park and Jay-Z are getting ready to issue Collision Course, an EP of six mash-up tracks they recorded together. The first single from the November 30 release will be a hybrid of Linkin Park's "Numb" and Jay-Z's "Encore." Other cuts include "Lying From You" combined with "Dirt Off Your Shoulder"; "Papercut" with "Big Pimpin' "; and "Faint" with "Jigga What?"

While Shinoda masterminded the project, Jay lit the first spark by contacting Linkin Park about a possible collaboration after hearing about Danger Mouse's Grey Album (which combined Jay-Z's The Black Album with the Beatles' White Album) and Cheap Cologne's Double Black Album (a blend of The Black Album and Metallica's Black Album). Instead of getting back to Jay's manager with an answer right away, Shinoda picked up the a cappella version of The Black Album, created mash-ups of three songs and e-mailed them back to Jay.

"I didn't just want to say, 'Hell, yeah, let's do it' — I wanted to show him what it might sound like if we did it," Shinoda explained. "And I think Jay was really excited by that. After that, he wanted to talk only by e-mail instead of in person because he thought that would save a little bit of the excitement for when we really got to meet."

When the two artists finally did meet, their work ethic was equally unorthodox. The plan was simply to create some mash-ups for the debut episode for the new concert show "MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups," which was taped at the Roxy in Los Angeles on July 18 and debuts on air November 6. But instead of simply reconfiguring a batch of tracks, rehearsing them and jumping onstage, Shinoda and Jay-Z decided to enter the studio and re-recorded their raps over the songs Shinoda had already deconstructed.

"Jay and I realized it's better to re-perform the rap vocals if you're gonna do it to a new beat because the vibe changes and you have to deliver your verse a little differently," Shinoda said. "There was no ego at all working with Jay. If I asked him to perform something a certain way or put a vocal line here or there, he was happy to do it. He's really easy to work with."

The rapping wasn't the only element that got a makeover. Some of the musical passages were also altered. On "Numb/Encore," the heavy guitars were replaced with a cleaner-sounding rhythm, and additional bass lines were added to "Big Pimpin'/Papercut." Linkin Park guitarist Brad Delson and bassist Phoenix made the changes a couple of days before Jay arrived in the studio.

"The bottom line was we wanted to perform a show together, so [you might ask] why we would spend all that time in the studio," Shinoda said. "It's because when you hear a song in its studio form and you've got a good-quality copy of the song, then you know how it should sound when you go play it live. If you just go jam it out, you might never know the potential of the quality you're trying to achieve."

The studio session was so rewarding that both Linkin Park and Jay-Z agreed that it had to be released. "I think the songs are really strong, and it was totally exciting recording them," he said. "You can hear it on the tracks. There's laughing going on and people telling jokes. We kept all those little things in there, so I think it's something our fans would really enjoy."


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The Orlando Sentinel has backed every Republican seeking the White House since Richard M. Nixon in 1968. Not this time.

"This president has utterly failed to fulfill our expectations," the Florida paper said in supporting John F. Kerry, prompting some angry calls and a few dozen cancellations.

"A lot of people thought they could trust that the Sentinel would always go Republican, and when that didn't happen, they felt betrayed," said Jane Healy, the paper's editorial page editor.

The Sentinel is among 36 newspapers that endorsed President Bush four years ago and have flip-flopped, to coin a phrase, into Kerry's corner. These include the Chicago Sun-Times, the Los Angeles Daily News and the Memphis Commercial Appeal, according to industry magazine Editor & Publisher. Bush has won over only six papers that backed Al Gore, including the Denver Post, which received 700 letters -- all of them protesting the move.

Nine more papers, including the Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday, abandoned Bush after four years but did not support the Massachusetts senator. Instead, these papers -- the Detroit News, the Tampa Tribune and the New Orleans Times-Picayune among them -- threw up their collective hands and made no endorsement.

"We have decided not to add one more potentially polarizing voice to a poisoned debate," the Plain Dealer editorial said. Amid reports that Publisher Alex Machaskee, who chairs the editorial board, wanted to back Bush, the Ohio paper acknowledged that a majority of the board favored Kerry.

Even many editorial page editors say they do not believe their endorsements move many voters in an age of round-the-clock opinion-slinging on television and online. But the Bush defections may reflect a degree of disillusionment with the president, at least among opinion leaders, principally on Iraq but on domestic issues, as well.

"I've always argued that presidential endorsements, which may mean a lot to political activists and groupies, are the least important endorsements big-city newspapers make," said Brent Larkin, the Plain Dealer's editorial page editor, whose paper has backed a candidate in every election since at least World War II. "People make up their own minds and do not need our nickel's worth."

Nolan Finley, who runs the Detroit News editorial page, disagrees: "I've heard people speculate they don't mean as much anymore, but I think they're influential still, particularly in close races. Voters are looking for answers in an election like this one." The decision not to endorse was "an agonizing process," he said, noting that the News has backed every Republican seeking the White House since Ulysses S. Grant.

All told, Kerry leads Bush 142 to 123 in endorsements, and when measured by circulation, 17.5 million to 11.5 million, Editor & Publisher says. The Massachusetts senator has won the backing of the New York Times, The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Detroit Free Press, the Miami Herald, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Des Moines Register and both Seattle newspapers. The president has the support of the Chicago Tribune, the New York Post, the Arizona Republic, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Columbus Dispatch, the Dallas Morning News, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Washington Times and both Cincinnati newspapers.

Others that switched from Bush in 2000 to Kerry in 2004 include the Morning Call of Allentown, Pa.; the Idaho Statesman in Boise; and the Bangor Daily News in Maine.

Kerry won over some editorial boards through personal campaigning. Earlier in the year, said the Sentinel's Healy, she believed that "Kerry was too liberal for us as a senator from Massachusetts." But through an hour-long interview with the board and the presidential debates, "we became convinced he would be moderate as president, and more moderate than President Bush in terms of fiscal responsibility and the war, in terms of bringing in international cooperation."

Kerry also spoke by phone with the Plain Dealer's Larkin and Machaskee.

In its no-one-to-endorse editorial, the Tampa Tribune put it this way: "We cannot support Bush because of his mishandling of the war in Iraq, record deficits pending, assault on open government and failed promise to be a 'uniter not a divider,' but what Kerry stands for is unclear."


By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 27, 2004; Page A13

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The Bush Vs. Kerry Briefs: The War On Drugs
From "Just Say No" to "I did not inhale," presidents of the past few decades have tackled the problem of illegal drugs from all sorts of different angles, and while drugs and drug laws haven't featured heavily in campaign speeches this year, the issue continues to impact more and more Americans.

Incarceration or rehabilitation?

One of the fundamental questions for drug-policy makers is whether to punish drug offenders, rehabilitate them, or a little of both.

Funding for rehab programs has increased during President Bush's tenure, but at the same time the Bush administration has taken an aggressive approach to drug prosecution and mandatory minimum sentences for even minor drug crimes (see "Mandatory Sentencing Crowds Jails But Still Isn't A Big Campaign Issue").

John Kerry, a former county prosecutor, has said that progress on drug abuse depends on changing the approach to focus more heavily on treatment and education. He has promised to review the mandatory-sentencing rules that send thousands to prison for nonviolent minor drug crimes, but he's given no specific plans to change them.

Higher education

Of particular interest to college-bound voters is a portion of the 1996 Higher Education Act that denies federal financial aid to any student convicted of a drug crime.

Bush wants to change the law so that students busted while they're currently receiving aid will lose it, but people convicted before they apply for aid can still get money for school.

Kerry agrees that the law needs to be amended, but he proposes a slightly different approach. He's vowed to repeal part of that law so that students busted for simple possession won't lose their aid, and only dealers will kiss their aid goodbye.

An experienced leader

The question of prior drug use — a campaign standard since the children of the '60s began running for office — is also out there in this campaign. Kerry has admitted to smoking marijuana use in the past. Bush is not so forthcoming with his answer. While he has a known history of alcohol abuse, he hasn't answered questions about his past drug use.

For more information on the candidates and their positions, check back at ChooseorLose.com this week for more Bush vs. Kerry briefs. And don't forget to vote on November 2!

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DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia (AP) -- A woman came home from vacation to find a stranger living there, wearing her clothes, changing utilities into her name and even ripping out carpet and repainting a room she didn't like, authorities said.

Douglas County authorities say they can't explain why Beverly Valentine, 54, broke into an empty home and started acting like it was her own.

During the 21/2 weeks the owner, Beverly Mitchell, was on vacation in Greece, Valentine allegedly redecorated the ranch home, ripping up carpet and taking down the owner's pictures and replacing them with her own.

Mitchell was a complete unknown to Valentine, said Chief Sheriff's Deputy Stan Copeland. He said he had no idea how Valentine knew Mitchell was gone.

"In 28 years, I've never seen something this strange," Copeland said.

Valentine was being held in Douglas County Jail on a $25,000 bond, Copeland said. If convicted, she could face one to 20 years in prison. Copeland said Friday that he believed Valentine did not have a lawyer.

The case came to light when Mitchell, who lived alone, returned home October 4 to find the lights on and a strange car parked in the driveway. Mitchell called police, who went in and found Valentine, who at first pretended she was renting the home.

Later, Copeland said, she admitted she broke into the house with a shovel and was squatting there. She was charged with burglary.

Authorities found a gun and $23,000 worth of Mitchell's jewelry in Valentine's car.

Valentine had the electricity switched over to her name and moved in a washer and dryer and her dog.

Copeland said she was even wearing some of Mitchell's clothes.

"There's a lot of people saying, 'What?"' Copeland said.

Valentine was asked what to do with the washer and dryer she moved in, and Valentine said she didn't care, so police will leave it up to Mitchell what to do with them, Copeland said.



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Jeff Blackburn presents

Chris Gathright presents Halloween 2004

the first 3 are from last week at rockbottom.

the rest are from last nights drunken crazyness. after the poster meeting for artomatic.. I and a bunch of corcoran grads went to datelysis and got wasted.























i was puking all thursday.



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With nearly 40 resorts to choose from on the Dominican Republic's hotel strip, finding the right one can be tricky. We've tested the waters.

By Cindy Loose
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 17, 2004; Page P01

If you believe that Caribbean cruises would be heaven on Earth if only there was more beach time and drinks were included, then here is the place for you: Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic.

Nearly 40 all-inclusive resorts are sprinkled along about 25 miles of wide beach fringed with palm and coconut trees. It's the land of the packaged trip. Once you've arrived, you can stash your wallet in the safe and settle in. The only decisions you'll have to make from that moment on will take place at the buffet tables or at the threshold of your door, where sidewalks lead to both the beach and the pool.

But how to choose the resort? Travel agencies and tour operators advertise a dizzying array of choices. Packages for four-day trips, including airfare, meals and endless drinks, usually run from about $660 to $1,300 per person double, and about $1,000 to $1,900 for seven nights.

Not only are there dozens of seemingly similar resorts to choose from, but the names are often confusingly similar. Sometimes resorts are referred to by their chain ownership name -- say, SuperClubs or Sol Melia -- and sometimes by their individual names, as in Breezes or Melia Caribe Tropical. Just to complicate things a bit more, revolving owners keep changing resort names, and new properties are springing up so quickly even the tourism bureau doesn't have a handle on how many there are, let alone what each one offers.

Be assured, there are major differences. But all share a major characteristic: They are built to carry you away from the cares of the world. Don't go expecting to soak up Dominican culture. The closest town of any size to Punta Cana's resorts is an hour's drive away, and resorts are particularly isolated from the world nearby.

And that's the way many travelers like it. Last year, more than 1.2 million visitors flowed through the Punta Cana airport. All, give or take a few, were en route to an all-inclusive resort.

Once there, tourists are wrapped in a cocoon that even political unrest does not penetrate. About eight months ago, demonstrations in poor urban areas erupted into riots, but visitors to Punta Cana returned home unaware that anything had happened. The U.S. State Department's consular information sheet on the Dominican Republic (available at www.travel.state.gov) notes both that demonstrations can turn violent and that they can be avoided by staying away from crowded areas of urban centers.

Recent hurricanes did manage to break through these barriers. Punta Cana was harder hit than any other resort area in the Dominican Republic, but most places mainly suffered water damage that could be cleaned up rather quickly. At last report, five resorts were still closed but planned to reopen in November or December: Club Med, Natura Park, Punta Cana Resort & Club, SuperClub Breezes and Occidental Allegro Punta Cana.
Cancun vs. Punta Cana

When a customer calls Jacquelene Clark, a travel agent at Liberty Travel in Chevy Chase, and asks for an inexpensive, all-inclusive beach vacation, two ideas immediately leap to mind.

"Punta Cana and the Cancun-Riviera Maya area," she says. "Both have a lot of different kinds of properties, large and small, catering to families or adults." Prices in both cases are reasonable.

On a search last week, Clark quickly came up with all-inclusive packages beginning at about $1,000 in both places. The high end in Cancun was $1,600 for a week and $1,900 in Punta Cana, but the higher price in Punta Cana was only reflecting a more luxurious property there.

Both destinations also have Spanish as their primary language, and both were once-remote areas that erupted with resorts virtually overnight. But whereas Cancun's powder-white beaches are strung with high-rises, including many hotels and resorts that sell rooms and food separately, resorts in Punta Cana, by law, may not be taller than a palm tree. The long ribbon of resorts running down the coast specializes in the all-inclusive model, and each is spread out over acres of land that stretches hundreds of yards behind the beach.

While Cancun is hardly a typical Mexican town, you rarely forget you're in Mexico, and if you do, there is a lively downtown and numerous nearby towns, villages and ruins to remind you. Punta Cana is both culturally and geographically isolated. The nearest town, Higuey, is 28 miles away, and it takes about an hour to drive there. Europeans, particularly the Spanish, tend to own the resorts of Punta Cana. Resort architects are more likely to make some nod to Spain or colonial Mexico than to the Dominican Republic, and for all I know, after eating in resorts for five days, the Dominican Republic might be lacking a single native dish. Cancun includes many American-owned chains among its Mexican-owned properties, but all keep Mexican architecture and culture as their dominant theme.

While Cancun is filled with Americans and Canadians, you're just as likely to be sharing a poolside patch with Europeans or South Americans in Punta Cana. Staff members are as likely to speak German or French as English.
A Day in the Resort Life

Between 15 and 40 minutes after landing in Punta Cana's spiffy new airport, you'll arrive at the gates of your new world and be greeted by a uniformed man who will take your luggage, for later delivery to your room.

Step on deck -- actually it will be a resort lobby -- and you'll likely be met with a colorful tropical drink decorated with a little paper umbrella.

If by chance you arrive at an inconvenient hour, when the buffet tables are being replenished for the next round of nearly everlasting meals, don't worry: You can visit an on-site snack bar.

You won't need to exchange currency -- the American dollar and the euro are accepted everywhere. Should you tire of lounging in the sun and eating, you can join the organized activities that change hourly: dance lessons, Spanish instruction, bocce and shuffleboard tournaments, to name a few. Chances are good that the resort you choose will have a small gym for working out, a spa and a casino.

There will be a choice of restaurants and bars, and a posted schedule will let you know if a certain bar is featuring karaoke, or perhaps bingo, or maybe a dance contest. If you should decide to leave the territory set up to serve you food, drinks and entertainment at any and all moments, the resort will arrange an excursion.

During the day, roaming photographers will snap your picture. Natives wearing historical costumes occasionally appear as props, along with parrots and sometimes snakes. Then, in the evening, between dinner and the nightly show, you'll see the pictures displayed on a photo board so you can decide if you'd like to buy any that feature you.

I occasionally had to look down at the steady ground to remind myself that indeed there was dry land beneath my feet and not a cruise ship deck.

During my trip, I stayed at four separate resorts and visited a dozen others. In many ways, they blur together: All have a huge pool, maybe several. Each resort has beachfront property -- the only question is how many steps from the beach you will be. Every resort has a water sports center. Motorized boats generally cost extra, while kayaks, windsurfing equipment and sailboats are free.

Buffets are ubiquitous, and each resort also has at least a couple of sit-down restaurants. Most include a casual restaurant option on or near the beach. A nightly show is standard, as are organized activities like beach volleyball during the day.

Those basic similarities cover most of the major bases. But that's not to say that every resort is the same. The differences are in the details.
Picking a Property

Because I wanted to test a different resort every night, I booked airfare and resorts separately. The planning was an exercise in frustration. Just finding a Web address or phone number was often a challenge. One resort cut me off during phone transfers six times in a row. The seventh time I actually got a reservations agent and asked if they had rooms available for a given night. "Yes," he answered, and hung up.

Everyone involved in the Punta Cana tourism industry is quite familiar with the packaged tourist, and totally flummoxed by the independent traveler who just wants to rent a room. So do yourself a favor and contact a travel agent or tour operator.

Start, though, by narrowing down the choices before picking up a phone or a mouse. Use the chart on this page to help you decide which of the many similar-seeming resorts you want to include in your package, and ask yourself the following questions:

• Do I want the intimacy and familiarity of a smaller resort -- small in this context means less than 400 rooms -- or the advantages of size that come from a place with 1,000-plus rooms? (The biggest resorts will have more pools and restaurants to choose from, but you lose a sense of intimacy, and getting from the lobby to the beach to your room will mean a longer hike.)

• How much extra do I want to pay to improve the room substantially, the food marginally, and the drinks and beach experience not at all?

• Do I want calm surf? If so, choose from resorts on the southern part of the Punta Cana area. If boogie-boarding or body-surfing is important, head to the north, where the Atlantic holds sway on the island surrounded by Atlantic and Caribbean waters.

• Am I satisfied with beach and swimming pools, or is tennis, a gym, golf or a casino essential?

Once you've zeroed in on a few choices, hone in on the details. Our chart lists Web sites that offer pictures and descriptions. For the tiny details -- down to whether they put flowers on the washcloths -- visit a Web site I unfortunately stumbled over late in my planning process, www.debbiesdominicantravel.com. You can probably find all you need to know at one of the online review sites that take on the world. At www.tripadvisor.com, for example, you'll find more than 100 reviews of Punta Cana. But Debbie's Dominican Republic focuses on that island alone and has more than 4,000 reviews.

The site is an amazing exercise in the democratic review process. Thousands of people who've stayed in Punta Cana want to share the nitty-gritty of their experience, and Debbie lets them rip.

I found the site intriguing enough to track down Debbie. Turns out Debbie Downey of Ontario, Canada, enjoyed a trip to Punta Cana in 1998, just about the time her husband thought he'd like to learn how to make a Web page. She provided a review of their trip so her husband, Pat, would have content for what was intended to be a personal home page.

It caught on, and Debbie, in her spare time, posts the thoughts of thousands of people from around the globe. The site, she says, gets about 7,000 hits a day.

Sometimes, what a Debbie reviewer hates is what will convince you to go. For instance, consider the posting of Julie from the University of Massachusetts: "We were disappointed to find very few Americans and even fewer Spring breakers."

Sometimes you have to consider the source. Like the woman who complains that the food got monotonous, and then reveals that she was at the same resort for two weeks. One person gripes that a resort has only Dominican beer, while another grouses that the bartenders put too much alcohol in the drinks.

Once you've read Debbie, you're ready to book.
Bounty of Buffets

I spent many hours planning my trip and booking resorts of different sizes, locations and prices. I arrived at the airport, which is surprisingly modern and extremely attractive, engaged an English-speaking cab driver and was immediately taken to the wrong place. I'd clearly said the Occidental Grand Flamenco, and he took me to the Occidental Grand Allegro, sometimes known as the Grand by Occidental or the Allegro by Occidental. I had to admit the mistake was understandable.

The circuitous route also gave me enough of a look at the area to conclude that there wasn't a lot to see outside of the resorts. The land away from the beach is rather hardscrabble. The nearby villages seem poor, and aside from a few markets, offer little but poverty for a tourist to see.

The resorts, on the other hand, are more luxurious than comparably priced properties in many other parts of the Caribbean. The Grand Flamenco, which I booked for $235 a night for a double at Hotels.com, is one of the more well-appointed resorts on Punta Cana. With 877 rooms, it's mid-range in size. But what immediately struck me upon arrival is how like a cruise ship it seems, and how huge it is.

At check-in I was handed a map to the 12-acre resort and its series of low-slung buildings with red roofs. I headed to the buffet and was overwhelmed with choices. At the time, I thought that it was like most buffets -- the emphasis on quantity, not quality. But that was before I sampled the buffets at somewhat cheaper resorts. Turns out that when it comes to all-you-can-eats, Grand Flamenco is very good.

I feel guilty complaining about the bountiful buffets. At every resort they included fresh fruit and salads, good bread and very tasty desserts -- and loads of everything. If the entrees on the main food line don't appeal, there's always a station where a worker is frying or grilling something to order.

I also tried the resort restaurants with table service. And while always satiated, I was never really satisfied. The meat at the more expensive resorts is definitely of higher quality, and they offer more entree choices prepared on the spot, but the differences seem marginal.

The Grand Flamenco didn't seem so big once I moved to the Barcelo Bavaro Golf Resort. While the resort has only 126 rooms, it's part of a Barcelo-owned complex that includes more than 1,800 rooms. At check-in I got a map and the offer of a $75-dollar-a-day golf cart to traverse the property and a free tram that cruises between hotels.

As a guest in the cheapest of the five properties (a double goes for $186 per night, although that price is pretty much beside the point except for purposes of comparison, since most people book package deals), I was entitled to use the facilities of any of the Barcelo properties, except the restaurants in the most luxurious of the hotels, the Palace.

Between hotel changes, I visited other properties. This was not always easy. The resorts are often rambling affairs a significant distance apart, if you're walking. And forget about driving: Unlike Cancun, there is no central road bordering the hotel district. Instead, there are a meandering series of roads without signs. Sometimes you need to take a taxi to easily find a resort just up the beach.
It's in the Details

Every property I saw was more luxurious than I'd expected for the price. All had well-groomed grounds with flowers and trees. All seemed clean. The staff I encountered were friendly, making me wonder if they are typical of Dominicans or only Dominicans in uniform.

The water at the edge of every beach area had a bit of seaweed, but someone was always on the beach scraping up whatever was deposited on shore.

But while the hotels generally have more in common than they have differences, I was immediately delighted with the 630-room Ocean Bavaro, and thought it a bargain at a rack rate of $184.

Stately pink flamingos hang out in a shallow man-made pond surrounded by gardens intersected with stone walkways. The architecture has a Mexican feel. I was so enamored with walls painted vibrant blues, yellows, greens and golds that I took photos of the colors, wondering if I could match the effect in my own home.

It became my favorite of all the resorts I'd seen, even though a couple of times I caught a faint whiff of sewage coming from somewhere as I walked the otherwise immaculate-seeming grounds.

The next day I checked into the Sunscape and found a new personal favorite. With 346 rooms, it was the smallest I'd seen. For the first time in five days, I suddenly felt a sense of coziness, and belonging.

I was met in the reception area with not only a drink but the world's best chocolate chip cookie -- the only food I was to remember from the trip a few weeks later.

I lucked out and got a terrific view of the ocean from my spacious balcony. But then my odds were better; since the property is smaller, a higher percentage of rooms are close enough to the beach to have views. And when I forgot something in my room, or left my sunglasses at the bar, a short walk fixed the problem, rather than a trek.

A hotel employee had set up a stand near the beach and was cutting luscious fresh fruit for the taking. Even though it was mid-afternoon, there were tons of empty beach chairs, and better yet, the beach had huge swaths of both sun and shade, my choice. In addition to the ubiquitous palm and coconut trees, the beach at Sunscape had lovely pine trees and loads of thatched-roof cabanas.

Of such small details are great vacations made.

In what could well be the strangest and most refreshing media moment of the election season, "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart turned up on a live broadcast of CNN's "Crossfire" Friday and accused the mainstream media — and his hosts in particular — of being soft and failing to do their duty as journalists to keep politicians and the political process honest.

Reaching well outside his usual youthful "Daily Show" demo, Stewart took to "Crossfire" to promote his new book, "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" (see "Jon Stewart Writes A History Textbook That — At Last! — Features Nudity"), but instead of pushing the tome, Stewart used his time to verbally slap the network and the media for being "dishonest" and "doing a disservice" to the American public. After co-host Tucker Carlson suggested that Stewart went easy on Senator John Kerry when the candidate was a guest on "The Daily Show," Stewart unloaded on "Crossfire," calling hosts Carlson and Paul Begala "partisan hacks" and chiding them for not raising the level of discourse on their show beyond sloganeering.

"What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery," Stewart said. "You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.

"I watch your show every day, and it kills me. It's so painful to watch," Stewart added as it became apparent that the comedian was not joking. He went on to hammer the network, and the media in general, for its coverage of the presidential debates. Stewart said it was a disservice to viewers to immediately seek reaction from campaign insiders and presidential cheerleaders following the debates, noting that the debates' famed "Spin Alley" should be called "Deception Lane."

"The thing is, we need your help," Stewart said. "Right now, you're helping the politicians and the corporations and we're left out there to mow our lawns."

While the audience seemed to be behind Stewart, Begala and Carlson were both taken aback. The hosts tried to feed Stewart set-up lines hoping to draw him into a more light-hearted shtick, but Stewart stayed on point and hammered away at the show, the hosts, and the state of political journalism. Carlson grew increasingly frustrated, at first noting that the segment wasn't "funny," and later verbally sparring with the comedian.

"You're not very much fun," Carlson said. "Do you like lecture people like this, or do you come over to their house and sit and lecture them; they're not doing the right thing, that they're missing their opportunities, evading their responsibilities?"

"If I think they are," Stewart retorted.

The conversation reached its most heated moment when Carlson said to Stewart, "I do think you're more fun on your show," to which Stewart replied, "You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show."

"That went great," Stewart could be heard sarcastically saying as the show went off the air (a transcript of the show is available on CNN.com).

In an era when the media is increasingly fragmented and viewers can surround themselves with programming that falls right in line with their own views, be they on the right or the left, Stewart's blast seemed especially on point. It seems fitting that the tirade came on a day when much of the media attention focused on the presidential race was directed at the mention of Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter during the last presidential debate, as opposed to the issues addressed at that debate.

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People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google's free new tool that indexes a PC's contents for quickly locating data.

If it's installed on computers at libraries and Internet cafes, users could unwittingly allow people who follow them on the PCs, for example, to see sensitive information in e-mails they've exchanged. That could mean revealed passwords, conversations with doctors, or viewed Web pages detailing online purchases.

"It's clearly a very powerful tool for locating information on the computer," said Richard M. Smith, a privacy and security consultant in Cambridge, Mass. "On the flip side of things, it's a perfect spy program."

Google Desktop Search, publicly released Thursday in a "beta" test phase for computers running the latest Windows operating systems, automatically records e-mail you read through Outlook, Outlook Express or the Internet Explorer browser. It also saves copies of Web pages you view through IE and chat conversations using America Online Inc.'s instant-messaging software. And it finds Word, Excel and PowerPoint files stored on the computer.

If you're the computer's only user, the software is helpful "as a photographic memory of everything you've seen on the computer," said Marissa Mayer, director of consumer Web products at Google Inc.

The giant index remains on the computer and isn't shared with Google. The company can't access it remotely even if it gets a subpoena ordering it to do so, Mayer said.

Where the privacy and security concerns arise is when the computer is shared.

Type in "hotmail.com" and you'll get copies, or stored caches, of messages that previous users have seen. Enter an e-mail address and you can read all the messages sent to and from that address. Type "password" and get password reminders that were sent back via e-mail.

Acknowledging the concerns, Mayer said managers of shared computers should think twice about installing the software until Google develops advanced features like password protection and multi-user support.

In the meantime, users of shared PCs can look for telltale signs.

A multicolored swirl in the system tray at the lower right corner of the computer desktop means the software is running. A user can right-click on that to exit the program - thereby preventing it from recording Web surfing, e-mail and chat sessions.

Users can also surf on non-IE browsers like Opera and Mozilla, although the software may index Web pages already stored before the software gets installed.

Managers of public access terminals can also install software or deny users administrative privileges so they can't install unauthorized programs, such as Google's. In fact, many libraries and cybercafes already do so.

Herb Jones, owner of Herb's Cyber Cafe in Oblong, Ill., tried out the desktop search program on his computer and likes it - but he won't install it on his two public terminals. In fact, he's written software to prevent customers from installing programs like it.

"Otherwise, they can put on their own files if they want, a worm, a virus, anything, and you're shut down," Jones said.

The FedEx Kinko's chain is also taking preventive measures. It's deploying software designed to automatically refresh its public access terminals to a virgin state for each new customer. So any errant software would disappear, as would any personal settings, files or Web caches, said Maggie Thill, a spokeswoman with FedEx Kinko's.

But policies do vary, and no precaution is foolproof, warned Carol Brey-Casiano, president of the American Library Association and director of public libraries in El Paso, Texas.

"We do our best to protect our patrons and computers and network, but as you can imagine, thousands of people can use public computers in a given week," she said.

The new Google tool would not only aid people in spying on past patrons on public PCs. At home, users could record their kids' instant messaging conversations or view a spouse's e-mail. In the office, employers could index what their workers are up to.

If each user has a separate logon to Windows, Google Desktop Search will be stymied, however. That's because only one person can install and use the software on a given computer.

The power of Google's software relies on centralizing what's already saved on computers; most browsers, for instance, have a built-in cache that keeps copies of Web pages recently visited. The difference is that Google's index is permanent, though users can delete items individually. And the software makes all the items easier to find.

The software can also betray users, said Annalee Newitz, policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Delete an e-mail or file, yet a copy remains on Google's index.

Neel Mehta, leader of the X-Force research and development team at Internet Security Systems Inc., said the threats are real, though there are plenty of other products available for spying - ones better at doing the recording secretly.

"It's not designed to be an illicitous tool," Mehta said of the Google software. "It's designed to be a search engine."

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On the Net:http://desktop.google.com

1. "The Return" Jay-Z And R. Kelly

2. "Big Chips" Jay-Z And R. Kelly

3. "We Got Em Goin" Jay-Z And R. Kelly F/Memphis Bleek

4. "Shes Coming Home With Me" Jay-Z And R. Kelly

5. "Feelin You In Stereo" Jay-Z And R. Kelly

6. "Stop" Jay-Z And R. Kelly F/Foxy Brown

7. "Mo Money" Jay-Z And R. Kelly F/Twista

8. "Pretty Girls" Jay-Z And R. Kelly

9. "Break Up (Thats All We Do)" Jay-Z And R. Kelly

10. "Dont Let Me Die" Jay-Z And R. Kelly

11. "The Return (REMIX)" Jay-Z And R. Kelly F/Slick Rick And Doug E. Fresh


On October 26th 2004, to coincide with the Best Of Both Worlds Tour R. Kelly and Jay-Z, will release worldwide Best Of Both Worlds : Unfinished Business The album features 11 previously unreleased songs and will feature special packaging including a lenticular cover featuring the artists' faces.

The singles "Big Chips" , "The Return" and "Don't Let Me Die." have already leaked through mixtpaes and the internet.

The singles "Big Chips" and "Don't Let Me Die" will both be added at radio on October 4th.

September 29th will mark the opening night of "The Best Of Both Worlds,"tour . The duo will hit 40-plus city's . The nation-wide tour will kick off in Chicago, Illinois and end November 28th in Phoenix, Arizona. Here are some of the dates:

Sep. 29th
Chicago, IL- Allstate Arena

Oct. 1st
Cincinnati, OH- US Bank Arena

Oct. 2nd
Columbus, OH- Value City Arena

Oct. 3rd
Cleveland, OH- CSU

Oct. 5th
Buffalo, NY- HSBC Arena

Oct. 8th
Baltimore, MD- 1st Mariner Arena

Oct. 9th
Greensboro, NC- Coliseum

Oct. 10th
Nashville, TN- Gaylord Center

Oct. 17th
Memphis, TN- FedEx Forum

Oct. 19th
Minneapolis, MN- Target Center

Oct. 21st
Little Rock, AR- Alltel Arena

Oct. 22nd
Birmingham, AL- BJCC

Oct. 24th
Milwaukee, WI- Bradley Center

Oct. 26th
Hartford, CT- Civic Center

Oct. 28th
Uniondale, NY- Nassau Coliseum

Oct. 29th
New York, NY- Garden

Oct. 30th
New York, NY- Garden

Nov. 13th
Philadelphia, PA- Wachovia Center

Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly made a TV talk show appearance on what he said was "the worst day of my life" Thursday, vowing to fight sexual harassment charges by one of his producers.

Accuser Andrea Mackris spoke publicly for the first time, saying she felt threatened by her former boss, who filed a lawsuit charging the woman and her lawyer with extortion.

Mackris, 33, said O'Reilly made a series of sexually explicit phone calls to her. Mackris, an associate producer on Fox News Channel's top-rated "The O'Reilly Factor," said he advised her to use a vibrator, told her about sexual fantasies involving her and engaged in unwanted phone sex.

During an appearance to promote his children's book on "Live with Regis and Kelly," O'Reilly said he'd been repeatedly threatened with lawsuits and bodily harm over the past few years. He said he knew that by filing his lawsuit, he could perhaps ruin his career.

"If I have to go down, I'm willing to do it," he said. "I'm going to take a stand. I'm a big mouth on the air and I'm a big mouth off the air."

On his own show Wednesday, O'Reilly called the case "the single most evil thing I have ever experienced, and I've seen a lot. But these people picked the wrong guy."

Mackris, who worked for O'Reilly for four years, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that she took his actions and statements as a personal threat.

"I think my actions have been borne out in their actions toward me since I came out with it," she said.

ABC's Bob Woodruff asked Mackris if she knew what she was up against. O'Reilly "is no shrinking violet," he said.

"Neither am I," she responded.

O'Reilly had come out with his lawsuit first on Wednesday, accusing Mackris and lawyer Benedict Morelli of seeking "hush money" during negotiations over the past few weeks. Mackris then immediately filed her harassment claim.

O'Reilly faces a tough legal hurdle with his own case, since the law generally protects employees from retaliation if they come forward with an abuse allegation, said Debra Katz, an attorney who specializes in sexual harassment cases for Bernabei & Katz in Washington.

"I think this is a crazy legal strategy," Katz said. "But I think they made the decision that the press strategy is more important here."

Another expert in employment law, Kenneth Taber of the New York firm Pillsbury, Winthrop, said O'Reilly would have to go a lot further to prove extortion than just saying Mackris made monetary demands.

But Taber also said Mackris' case could be undermined since she returned to work for O'Reilly after a brief stint at CNN — and after some of the alleged harassment took place.

Cinema in 1978 was in a state of flux. The 1970s saw the rise of talented, maverick auteurs like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Peter Bogdanovich working with a new breed of actor (think Robert De Niro and Al Pacino) to create films that


had more grit and innovation than Hollywood had seen in decades. But then the one-two punch of "Jaws" in 1975 and "Star Wars" in 1977 ushered in the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, an era in which financial stakes were more important than artistic standards.

So when Richard Donner's "Superman: The Movie" hit the screens on December 15, 1978, many critics and filmgoers were startled by a seeming confluence of flash and substance. The flash was provided by the (then) groundbreaking special effects that made us "believe a man can fly," while the substance came from the surprisingly sincere and multilayered performance of the actor playing the title role (see " 'Superman' Star Christopher Reeve Dies At 52").

Christopher Reeve may have had third billing in "Superman" (behind Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman), but he was the star. The then-unknown 24-year-old was chosen from hundreds of actors for a role that was not exactly coveted.

The producers had considered giving the part to Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone — and even to Charles Bronson, Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson. Those big-name stars who were offered the part all turned it down cold. In the late '70s, no serious actor would be caught dead in red, yellow and blue tights. Prior to "Superman," every costumed hero brought to life was played with one note, whether it was the square-jawed seriousness of TV's Superman, George Reeves, or the slightly more round-jawed campiness of Adam West's Batman. And nobody had ever made a big-budget superhero movie for the big screen. It just didn't seem like a movie anyone could take seriously.

Luckily, Richard Donner could. When the director (then best known for "The Omen") came on board, he brought a new sensibility to the project. He eschewed the campiness in favor of a more respectful, but not overly reverent, tone for "Superman." He wanted to play it straight, and part of the key would be casting someone the audience could buy as the Man of Steel. To Donner, that meant casting an unknown.

Christopher Reeve was a struggling young actor with a slight résumé and an even slighter build. But Donner and casting director Lynn Stalmaster saw something in him that rang true. He was able to say lines like "I'm here to fight for truth, justice and the American way" without eliciting (too many) snickers. Once the suits at Warner Bros. were convinced that he could fit the red boots, Reeve underwent an intensive physical regimen with bodybuilder David Prowse (who played Darth Vader in "Star Wars") to achieve the look of the part.

But it wasn't Reeve's 6'4", 225 lb. physique that made him so convincing as Superman and Clark Kent. He brought a true duality to the role, making you believe not only that he could bend steel with his bare hands, but that Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen didn't recognize that Clark and Superman were one and the same. Reeve claimed to base his Clark on Cary Grant's bumbling Dr. David Huxley from the 1938 screwball comedy "Bringing Up Baby." Hunching his shoulders, raising his voice, getting caught in revolving doors and using colloquialisms such as "golly" and "swell," Reeve played Clark Kent as a slightly pitiable everyman, a very square peg who just couldn't seem to fit into the world's round holes.

When the horn rims and blue suit came off to reveal the Superman uniform underneath, everything fell into place. But unlike the actors portraying superheroes before him, Reeve played Superman with something that had previously been lacking: humility. Reeve was smart enough to know that the iconic costume of Superman would do most of the acting for him, so he played it low-key. This was not a god, standing with puffed chest, arms akimbo and brow furrowed, lording over the inferior humans he could conquer if he desired. This was simply — as Superman answers Lois Lane when, after being rescued by him for the first time, she asks, "Who are you?" — a friend.

Christopher Reeve proved that wearing colored spandex doesn't have to be at odds with giving a nuanced performance as an actor. His sensitive portrayal of the last son of Krypton earned acclaim even from critics who didn't like the film. Pauline Kael panned "Superman" in The New Yorker but praised its star, writing, "Reeve plays innocent but not dumb, and the combination of his Pop jaw line and physique with his unassuming manner makes him immediately likable."

Without Reeve's Superman, we wouldn't have had Michael Keaton's Batman, Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man or even Tom Welling's version of a young Clark Kent in "Smallville." While, because of the actor's real-life heroism over the past nine years, "Superman" is destined to be only a part of his legacy, Christopher Reeve single-handedly made playing a superhero respectable.

saturday.. khoi and i rolled up to blocktoberfest. we got wasted. saw lots of atowners.. good times .. i swear it was a kerry convention.. ther were no bush cardboard cutouts.

SINGAPORE - Spurred on by shouts of "shove it in, shove it in," 19-year-old Ezra Nicholas set a world record by stuffing more than three McDonald's hamburgers into his mouth — without swallowing — at the close of Singapore's contest to be the world's wackiest.

Nicholas jumped up, pumped his fists in the air and shouted, "Yes! I am the Burger King!" as he spat out the last bits of the 3 and one-fifth burgers that could put him in the Guinness Book of World Records.

"I just thought to myself, I've got to do this, I've got to do this," Nicholas said. "I'm on top of the world right now, because everyone's going to know that I can shove more than three burgers in my mouth!"

The previous burger-stuffing record was set in 1998 by American Johnny Reitz, who squeezed three into his mouth without spitting or swallowing.

Over the weekend, 20 Singaporeans attempted to smash 10 unusual records and put the tiny island nation on the map. But they only broke two.

On Saturday, 50-year-old Jeffery Koh became the world's fastest eater of dry biscuits by swallowing three cream crackers in a mere 14.45 seconds, smashing the previous mark of 49.15 seconds set by Britain's Ambrose Mendy in 2002.

But other attempts over the weekend failed, ranging from the fastest to drink a 14-ounce bottle of ketchup through a straw to the longest paper airplane flight.

Some suffered the agony of defeat.

One contestant crashed into a pole and cut his forehead as he raced to push an orange with his nose over a mile in the fastest time. Others reported bruised knees and elbows.

Koh said Sunday his biscuit-eating efforts had left blisters in his mouth, hampering his burger-stuffing abilities. He could only stuff a little more than two burgers in his mouth before gagging and spitting them out.

Contestants also fought to

_ do the most push-ups in a minute;

_ pick up the most Smarties — a brand of candy-coated chocolates — with plastic chopsticks in the fastest time;

_ talk the fastest backward;

_ make the longest paper doll chain; and

_ say the most words in a minute

Four judges were flown in from Australia, and all record-breaking feats will be submitted to the Guinness Book of Records.

the jayz and rkelly concert at the mci center last night was amazing.
and PUFF DADDY was sitting at the soundboard 20ft away from where we were sitting. and fonsworth bentley was with him. crazy! the show was realllly amazing. at one point the 2 dudes in front of us, (i over heard) said "this is the best concert ive ever been to" and gave each other hugs.

rosen tomev is the man
my european comrade..

For Everyone Freaking About the Draft- STOP
The House voted on it. it lost. 402-2. Stop freaking. not about to get snuck through before the election. The American people don't want it, the Pentagon doesn't want it, the White House doesn't want it, and clearly Congress doesn't want it. The bill was started by a DEMOCRAT- Rangel, as a tactic to force the Bush administration to defend itself against crazy fears of a draft. Rangel didn't even vote for his own legislation.

- luke oconnor

some flyer love for SOJA. im their biggest fan

Rodney Dangerfield, the acid-tongued put-down comic whose chief comedic target was always himself, died Tuesday at the age of 82, according to Reuters.

Dangerfield underwent heart surgery in late August and slipped into a coma last month. He never recovered.

A naturally gifted comic who could elicit laughter as soon as his bug-eyed visage hit the screen, Dangerfield brought the put-upon everyman of his stand-up work to lasting comedic characters in 1980's "Caddyshack" and 1986's "Back to School." However, Dangerfield didn't hit the comedy big-time until late in his life. Born Jacob Cohen in Babylon, New York, he began writing jokes at the age of 15. The young Cohen later adopted the stage name Jack Roy and hit the road at age 20. Dangerfield's early comedy career fizzled, and he eventually settled into life as a family man and aluminum-siding salesman in New Jersey during the 1950s after putting his childhood dreams on the back burner.

Eventually tiring of domestic life, Jack Roy became Rodney Dangerfield and returned to the comedy circuit in the '60s. This time, the middle-aged comic found influential fans in Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson, and Dangerfield soon became a regular on their shows. His routine — rooted in jokes about his wife, his vices and the fact that he "don't get no respect at all" — made him a comedy superstar in the '70s, thanks in large part to numerous appearances on "Saturday Night Live."

Dangerfield's career exploded in 1980 when the rubber-faced funnyman played brash new-moneyed businessman Al Czervik in "Caddyshack," a role that launched a thousand catchphrases. That same year, Dangerfield released the Grammy Award-winning comedy album No Respect, cementing his place on Hollywood's A-list. Dangerfield followed that success with the big-screen hits "Easy Money" and "Back to School," which inspired the Sum 41 video "In Too Deep" and is currently being remade with Cedric the Entertainer in Dangerfield's role.

In addition to his onscreen work, Dangerfield was beloved in the comedy world for his enthusiasm for sharing the spotlight with new talent. Dangerfield is widely credited for helping stars like Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Sam Kinison, Tim Allen and a host of others early in their careers.

Monday
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Austin Grill Downtown (202-393-3776): $2.50 Yuengling and Bud Light drafts; $5 House margaritas; ½ price apps 10-close
Austin Grill Glover Park (202-337-8080): 10-12 $2.50 Miller Lite, Bud/Light bottles; $3.50 Corona and Shiner Bock; $3 House Margaritas
Bar Nun Club 2000 (202-667-6680): 2-for-1 rails and dom. beers
Bottom Line (202-298-8488): $5 Skyymopolitans and big Skyy drinks
Capitol City Brewing Union Station (202-842-2337): 10-close: $2.50 pints; 1/2 price appetizers at bar only
Chadwick's Uptown (202-362-8040): 4-11 $1.95 domestic bottles; $2.50 rails; $1.95 house wine; $2.95 all appetizers except seafood
Common Share (202-588-7180): $2 Bass
Dr. Dremo’s (703-528-4660): $5 pitchers
Frank’s Place (703-532-3346): $2.50 longnecks
Froggy Bottom (202-338-3000): $5.95 Froggy Bottom Amber pitchers
Garrett’s (202-333-8282): 8-10 bottomless glass of Heineken Draft $5; Buckets of Amstel $10; 9-close $2 Miller Light and Coors Light
Grog and Tankard (202-333-3114): $2.50 Bud Ice drafts & $2 selected shooters
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Hell (202-667-4355): $1.50 Icehouse bottles before 10:30
Hibachi Brothers (202-537-3717): $2 Kirin
Johnny K’s (202-832-3945): $6 Bud/Light pitchers 8-11
JR’s (202-328-0090): 8-9 ½ off everything; 9-close $3 Pints
Kingpin (202-588-5880): 8-10 $5 dom. beer & shot
Mackey’s Public House DC (202-331-7667): $2.75 Killians
Madhatter (202-833-1495): $1.50 Yuengling bottles
Malt Shop/Dancing Crab (202-244-1882): $7 pitchers
Millie & Al’s (202-387-8131): $2 drafts & Icehouse bottles
Pizzeria Uno G’town (202-965-6333): 10-close $1.99 Bud, Bud Light, & Miller Lite drafts, $2.50 Uno Amber Ale, $3.50 rail drinks; 1/2 price appetizers
Post Pub (202-628-2111): $7 High Life Pitchers 5-9
Ragtime (703-243-4003): 4-close $4 Margaritas; $5 Martinis
Red River Grill (202-546-7200): $6 Miller Light pitchers
Red Rocks Café (703-815-6900): $3 Car Bombs
Tom Tom (202-518-6667): $7 Bud Light pitchers
- Lucas: 8:29 PM



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Atomic Billiards (202-363-7665): $3 Redhook ESB
Austin Grill Downtown (202-393-3776): $2.50 Yuengling and Bud Light drafts; $5 House margaritas; ½ price apps 10-close
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Bar Nun Club 2000 (202-667-6680): 2-for-1 rails and dom. beers
Bottom Line (202-298-8488): $5 Skyymopolitans and big Skyy drinks
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Hibachi Brothers (202-537-3717): $2 Kirin
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- Lucas: 8:28 PM



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Austin Grill Downtown (202-393-3776): $2.50 Yuengling and Bud Light drafts; $5 House margaritas; ½ price apps 10-close
Austin Grill Glover Park (202-337-8080): 10-12 $2.50 Miller Lite, Bud/Light bottles; $3.50 Corona and Shiner Bock; $3 House Margaritas
Bar Nun Club 2000 (202-667-6680): 2-for-1 rails and dom. beers
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Bottom Line (202-298-8488): $5 Skyymopolitans and big Skyy drinks
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Chadwicks G’town (202-333-2565): $2.50 pints
Chadwicks Uptown (202-362-8040): 7-11 All drafts $2.95
Chief Ike’s Mambo Room (202-332-2211): $10 All-you-can-drink PBR 4-10; $3 pints all night
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Fran O’Brien’s (202-783-2599): $3 Martinis
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Froggy Bottom (202-338-3000): $2 Bud/Light, Yuengling bottles
Front Page Arlington (703-248-9990): $1 Rolling Rock drafts 9-12
Garrett’s (202-333-8282): $1.50 Bud/Light Pints
Grog and Tankard (202-333-3114): $2.50 Bud Ice drafts & $2 selected shooters
Hard Times Herndon (703-318-8941): $2.75 tall Miller Lite, Coors Light, Bud Light, Bud; $3.75 tall Red Hook, Sierra Nevada, Yuengling, Killians, Shiner Bock, Shiner Wheat
Hell (202-667-4355): $1.50 Icehouse bottles before 10:30
Hibachi Brothers (202-537-3717): $2 Kirin
Johnny K’s (202-832-3945): $1.75 Bud & Miller Lite drafts; $10 Pound (of Wings) and a Pitcher (Bud/Bud Lite) 8-11
JR’s (202-328-0090): 8-9 ½ off everything; 9-close $3 malt bottles, $4 Smirnoff Flavors
Kingpin (202-588-5880): 8-10 $5 dom. beer & shot
Mackey’s Public House DC (202-331-7667): $2.75 Coronas
Madhatter (202-833-1495): $1.50 Yuengling bottles
Malt Shop/Dancing Crab (202-244-1882): $2 Coronas
Millie & Al’s (202-387-8131): $2 drafts & Icehouse bottles; $1 Miller Light & High Life 10-12
Mr. Smith’s G’town (202-333-3104): $2 Icehouse bottles, nachos & wings, $8.95 all-you-can-eat spaghetti (w/ meatsauce)
Pizzeria Uno G’town (202-965-6333): 10-close $1.99 Bud, Bud Light, & Miller Lite drafts, $2.50 Uno Amber Ale, $3.50 rail drinks; 1/2 price appetizers
Polly’s Café (202-265-8385): $2 rail vodka drinks
Post Pub (202-628-2111): $2.75 Yuengling Black & Tan draught 5-9
Red River Grill (202-546-7200): $6 Miller Light pitchers
Red Rocks Café (703-815-6900): $2 Stella Artois bottles
Rendezvous Lounge (202-462-4444): $2 Vodka rails
Rhino (202-333-3150): 9-12:30 all food and drink ½ price
Rhodeside Grill (703-243-0145): $1 PBR, Free Pool 7-close
Rock Bottom Brewery (703-516-7688): Pint Night: purchase a logo pint for $4.95 and get $2 refills
Sign of the Whale DC (202-785-1110): $2.50 Coronas, Sam Adams and Sierra Nevada
Stars and Stripes (703-979-1872): $2 beers
Tom Tom (202-518-6667): $3 Corona, Cuervo shots
Tortilla Coast (202-546-6768): 10 cent wings at the bar; $2 Miller Lite Drafts
Zack’s (202-543-7202): $4 pitchers 10-close
- Lucas: 8:26 PM



Thursday
17 Street Bar and Grill: $3 house martinis; $2 domestic bottles & drafts; $3 micro drafts; $3.50 rail drinks; $3 house wine
Ascot: 2 for 1 drinks 5-9
Austin Grill Downtown: $2.50 Yuengling and Bud Light drafts; $5 House margaritas; ½ price apps 10-close
Austin Grill Glover Park: 10-12 $2.50 Miller Lite, Bud/Light bottles; $3.50 Corona and Shiner Bock; $3 House Margaritas
Bar Nun Club 2000: 2-for-1 rails and dom. beers
Bottom Line: $5 Skyymopolitans and big Skyy drinks
Cada Vez: 10-12 $1.99 Beers, House Wines, Rail Drinks, Manhattans and House Martinis
Capitol City Brewery Downtown: 10-close: $2.50 pints; 1/2 price appetizers at bar only
Chadwicks G’town: $2 Coronas
Chadwicks Uptown: 4 -11 $1.95 Coronas
Common Share: $2 IPA, free buffet
Cowboy Café South: $1 draft night
Dancing Peppers: $6 bucket of Coronitas; $5 bucket of 7 oz. Domestics
Fast Eddie’s Springfield: $1 domestic bottles
Fran O’Brien’s: $5 Apple Martinis
Frank’s Place: $2.50 longnecks
Froggy Bottom: $1.25 Icehouse and Miller bottles
Front Page DC: 5-close $1.35 Miller Lite & Corona bottles
Garrett’s: $2 Yuengling and Rolling Rock bottles
Grog and Tankard: $2.50 Bud Ice drafts & $2 selected shooters
Hard Times Alexandria: $2.99 Margaritas
Hard Times Herndon: 7-1 Fiesta Night. $3 margaritas; $2.50 Labatts Blue, Molson, Negro Modelo. 1/2 price chili nachos
Hard Times Springfield: $2.50 Dos Equis; College Night - 20% off pool w/ ID; $2.99 margaritas
Hawk n Dove: $1 Bud Ice drafts; $4 Bud Ice Pitchers 5-9
Hell: $1.50 Icehouse bottles before 10:30
Hibachi Brothers: $2 Kirin
Johnny K’s: Intern night; $2 rails & domestic bottles
JR’s: 8-9 ½ off everything
Kingpin: 8-10 $5 dom. beer & shot
Lucky Bar: $2 Bud bottles
Madhatter: $1.50 Miller Light and Rolling Rock bottles
Malt Shop/Dancing Crab: $7 pitchers
McFaddens: $2 Sam Adams Draught & Sam Adams Light Bottles
Millie & Al’s: $2 Icehouse bottles
Mr. Smith’s G’town: $11.95 Steak & shrimp kabob $2 Dos Equis, wings, or nachos
My Brother’s Place: 6-9 $1.50 domestic bottles; 9-close $2 domestic bottles
Pizzeria Uno G’town: 10-close $1.99 Bud, Bud Light, & Miller Lite drafts, $2.50 Uno Amber Ale, $3.50 rail drinks; 1/2 price appetizers
Post Pub: $3 Bass draught 5-9
Pour House: Bud/Bud Light Bottles: $1 from 4-8, $2 from 8-12, $3 from 12-Close
Red River Grill: $10 house margarita and Red River Amber pitchers
Red Rocks Café: $9-$11 for selected 60 oz pitchers
Rhino: $2 Yuengling & Corona
Sign of the Whale DC: $2 Yuengling Drafts
Tom Tom: 4 Bud Light drafts & 4 house shooters for $10
Tortilla Coast: $2.50 Coronas
Whitlow’s: $1.50 mug refills 4-11
- Lucas: 8:25 PM



Friday
17 Street Bar and Grill: $3 house martinis; $2 domestic bottles & drafts; $3 micro drafts; $3.50 rail drinks; $3 house wine
Asylum: $2 Corona & Negro Modelo 9-12
Atomic Billiards: $3 Redhook ESB
Austin Grill Downtown: $2.50 Yuengling and Bud Light drafts; $5 House margaritas; ½ price apps 10-close
Austin Grill Glover Park: 10-12 $2.50 Miller Lite, Bud/Light bottles; $3.50 Corona and Shiner Bock; $3 House Margaritas
Bar Nun Club 2000: 2-for-1 rails and dom. beers
Bottom Line: $5 Skyymopolitans and big Skyy drinks
Capitol City Brewing Downtown: 10-close: $2.50 pints; 1/2 price appetizers at bar only
Chadwicks G’town: $2.50 Amstel & Heineken 10-close
Clarendon Ballroom: $1 Drafts 5-9; free Red Bull 9-10
Common Share: $2 Yuengling, free buffet
Founders Restaurant and Brewing Company: $2.50 Founders pints 11-1am
Frank’s Place: $2.50 longnecks
Grog and Tankard: $2.50 Bud Ice drafts & $2 selected shooters
Hawk n Dove: $1 Bud Ice drafts; $4 Bud Ice Pitchers 5-9
Hell: $1.50 Icehouse bottles before 10:30
Hibachi Brothers: $2 Kirin
Irish Channel: $2.50 Coors Light
JR’s: 8-9 ½ off everything
Kingpin: 8-10 $5 dom. beer & shot
Malt Shop/Dancing Crab: Turkey Dinner; $2 pitchers
Millie & Al’s: $2 Icehouse bottles
My Brother’s Place: 6-close Beat the Clock
Post Pub: $3.50 any Stoli drink 5-9
Red River Grill: $5 red white and blue margaritas; 9-close $3 Amstel & Heineken bottles
Red Rocks Café: 7-9 $1.25 domestic bottles
Rhino: $3 domestic bottles
Sign of the Whale DC: 4-9 $2.25 dom. drafts; $3.25 imports (except Irish)
Tortilla Coast: $2.50 Foggy Bottom pints; $1 off frozen margaritas
- Lucas: 8:24 PM



Saturday
17 Street Bar and Grill: $2 domestic drafts
Asylum: High Life Roundup @ 5 $.25 High Life pints; increases $.50 every hour
Atomic Billiards: $3 Redhook ESB
Austin Grill Glover Park: 10-12 $2.50 Miller Lite, Bud/Light bottles; $3.50 Corona and Shiner Bock; $3 House Margaritas
Bar Nun Club 2000: 2-for-1 rails and dom. beer