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Richard Stiff turned 65 on Wednesday; the day is also the 34th birthday of his daughter, Julia Gonyer, and it’s the first birthday of Gonyer’s daughter, Kourtney. The string began with Stiff’s late father, Marshall Stiff, who was born on Jan. 4, 1924. All four family members arrived through un- scheduled, natural births. 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City police said the victim was approached Tuesday by a man carry- (cid:66)(cid:59)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:60)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:62)(cid:55)(cid:68)(cid:1)(cid:63)(cid:74)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:65)(cid:73)(cid:48) Keeper Adrian Walls tries to count the penguins at the London Zoo on ing a knife and who demanded money. When the victim Wednesday. Each year, the keepers individually count every animal and species at the zoo. The compulsory said he had no cash, the robber took what he could find. count is required as part of the zoo’s license. (AP) It was the man’s lunch. The thief remains at large. (AP) $99 Warm Up Your Smile New Patient A natural smile makes you look YOUNGER and HAPPIER. Special Complimentary Invisalign Consultations Restrictionsandlimitationsdoapply.Cannotbeusedinconjunctionwithanyother coupons,specials,ordiscounts.Limitedtooneperperson.Callfordetails. 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The suspect it’s going to be a very lively Police say the weapon a Texas eighth- Romney is the odds-on favorite Republican hopeful won in Iowa Tuesday, beating Rick Santorum by eight votes. campaign,” he added. (AP) grader pointed at officers at Cummings to win the New Hampshire prima- Middle School before they killed him was ry, and the endorsement of McCa- Huntsman, who skipped the Iowa ment. Nor did she say whether she base nationally. a pellet gun that looked like a real hand- in, an Arizona senator, made his caucuses in hopes of making his intended to seek re-election to the Santorum is counting on gun. Interim Brownsville Police Chief Or- welcome in the state a warm one. mark in next Tuesday’s first-in- House from Minnesota. momentum — and perhaps help lando Rodriguez says 15-year-old Jaime “The time has arrived for Republi- the-nation primary. 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Women’s rights, laws kept her in a basement for six months, they fear, may be the fi rst to go in Argentine President (cid:65)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:107)(cid:98)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:55)(cid:92)(cid:93)(cid:94)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:95)(cid:105)(cid:106)(cid:87)(cid:100) ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with any deal with Islamic militants. Cristina Fernandez, hot irons and broke her fingers — all in an Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has Freedoms for women are one of 58, was awake and re- attempt to force her into prostitution. Po- become the bruised and bloodied the most visible — and symbolic — covering Wednesday lice freed her after her uncle called authori- face of women’s rights in Afghan- changes in Afghanistan since the after an operation to ties. President Hamid Karzai set up a panel to investigate. Police arrested her istan. The teenage bride’s eyes 2001 U.S.-led campaign that top- remove her cancerous in-laws, who denied abusing her. A warrant was issued for her husband, who were swollen nearly shut as she pled the Taliban regime. Women’s Fernandez thyroid gland. Doctors serves in the Afghan army. For now, Gul remains in a Kabul hospital. An Afghan was wheeled into the hospital groups are pressing Karzai to do predicted a complete seven months after her arranged official said this week that she will be sent to India for further treatment. (AP) more, but most say the real battle cure without chemotherapy, saying that marriage. will be in police stations and court- the cancer had not spread. (AP) The horrifi c images, captured Afghanistan Times. rooms. Not least will be persuading by television news cameras last Fawzia Kofi , a lawmaker and (cid:68)(cid:101)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:44) Afghans to change their views. (cid:69)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:77)(cid:55)(cid:79) week, transfixed Afghanistan head of the women’s affairs com- That’s why the gruesome story Shooter Is Not Legally and set off a storm of condem- mission in the Afghan parliament, of Gul’s imprisonment and tor- Insane, Experts Claim Afghanistan’s ranking among the nation. The case highlights both says the outcry over a case like Gul’s world’s worst offenders in the ture is seen by some activists as Prison psychiatrists monitoring con- the problems and the progress of probably would not have happened U.N.’s annual Gender Inequality an opportunity for the government fessed mass killer Anders Behring women 10 years after the Taliban’s just a few years ago because of deep Index. Still, Afghan advocates say to recommit publicly to women’s Breivik, 32, say he is not psychotic and he fall. Gul’s wounds and underage cultural taboos against airing pri- attitudes toward women have sub- rights. They say they are encour- has not been put on medication, a pros- wedlock are a reminder that girls vate family confl icts and acknowl- tly shifted over the years. (AP) aged that Karzai felt compelled by ecutor said in a court filing Wednesday, and women still suffer shocking edging sexual abuse. the outcry to become involved. adding fuel to calls to reassess whether abuse. But the public outrage and “There is now a sense of aware- es include child marriage, giving “This is a sign of progress in he is legally insane. Breivik confessed to the government’s response to it ness about women’s rights,” Kofi girls away to settle debts or pay for a way,” Kofi said. “This is just a killing 77 people in a July 22 bombing also show that the country is slow- said. “People seem to be changing their relatives’ crimes and so-called small example. We have hundreds and shooting in Norway. (AP) ly changing. and seem to be talking about it.” honor killings in which girls seen as of thousands of women like Sahar “Let’s break the dead silence Ending abuse of women is a disgracing their families are mur- Gul who are victims of violence, (cid:65)(cid:63)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:62)(cid:55)(cid:73)(cid:55)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:57)(cid:69)(cid:68)(cid:61)(cid:69) on women’s plight,” read the title huge challenge in a patriarchal dered by their relatives. but their voices are not heard.” Official: Militants Kill 26 of an editorial Wednesday in the society where traditional practic- Some women activists worry KAY JOHNSON (AP) A military official on Wednesday said at least 26 people have been killed in a series of attacks since New Year’s Day (cid:73)(cid:102)(cid:87)(cid:105)(cid:1)(cid:57)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:1)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:110)(cid:48) Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed ordered the tourism-dependent country’s resorts by a feared militia in eastern Congo. to reopen their spas on Wednesday, pending a court decision about whether they violate Islam, days after they were The Rwandan Hutu militia, known by its shut. Last week, authorities ordered all spas to close, after a Dec. 23 protest in which thousands of people called for French acronym FDLR, has terrorized a halt to “anti-Islamic” activities, including spas and plans to allow direct flights from Israel. (AP) the region for years. (AP) feel really down? Experiencingthoughtsofsadness,hopelessness, guilt,worthlessness,lackinginterestineveryday activitiesyouonceenjoyed? 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Irani- Iran’s parliament said Wednesday an analysts said the bill probably “... not only am I a diabetic, I was TODAY’S it was preparing a bill that would would not have been introduced if it told I don’t have enough bone for QUESTION: prohibit all foreign warships from were not backed by top officials. dental implants, is that true?” entering the Persian Gulf unless Iranian Defense Minister –M.Dickerson they received permission from the Ahmad Vahidi restated Iran’s Iranian navy. position that “transnational forc- ANSWER: The bill, disclosed by the semi- es” have no place in the region. official Fars News Agency, surfaced Vahidi also said Iran is willing to “Weseealotofpatientswithvariousmedical a day after Iran’s armed forces organize joint military drills with conditionslikediabetes,highbloodpressure, commander warned a U.S. nucle- neighboring countries, Fars report- heartconditionsandosteoporosis.Whenyou ar-powered aircraft carrier not to ed Wednesday. comeinforyourfreeconsultation,wecheck return to the Gulf, remarks that The U.S. has dismissed as rhet- yourhealthhistoryandifnecessarywework rattled commodities markets and oric Iran’s threats to close the Strait helped drive up oil prices. of Hormuz, the entrance to the Per- withyourdoctortomakesuretheproblemis The proposed legislation sug- sian Gulf, in retaliation for sanc- undercontrol.Asforbone,wealmostnever gested that at least some Iranian tions over its nuclear program. needtodoseparatebonegraftingsurgery.” officials are serious about trying (THE WASHINGTON POST) –StuartL.Graves,DDS,MS OralSurgeonSpecialist,ClearChoice-MetroWashington (cid:56)(cid:107)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:94)(cid:95)(cid:105)(cid:106)(cid:105)(cid:1)(cid:61)(cid:87)(cid:106)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:1)(cid:92)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:1)(cid:60)(cid:91)(cid:105)(cid:106)(cid:95)(cid:108)(cid:87)(cid:98)(cid:1)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:1)(cid:63)(cid:100)(cid:90)(cid:95)(cid:87) RESPONSE FROM ACTUAL CLEARCHOICE PATIENT: “IwastoldbyotherdentiststhatIdidn’thave enoughboneforthissurgery.ButatClearChoice theydidmydentalimplantsallinoneday*...and Iwalkedoutwithanewsmile.” –SullyH. 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In court papers filed Wednes- who is alleged to have Usually, the Occupy D.C. protest- day, a lawyer for the group says he’s steered $300,000 in ers at Freedom Plaza battle cor- concerned that U.S. Park Police may city funds to pay for porate greed and taxes. On Tues- seize the tents and other property personal expenses day night, their biggest battle was from the demonstrators at McPher- Thomas that included an Audi against hypothermia. son Square. The court papers say SUV, is trying to ne- The dwindling number of res- WP police have taken property belong- gporotisaetec uat oprlse ain a tghree ecmaseen,t awcictohr fdeidnegr taol ildoewnetsd zvipitpaemd uinps t haenird t esnwtas,d sdwlaeld- AIN/FT ing to the protesters without notice people familiar with the talks. No agree- themselves in clothing as temper- MCCL and without giving them a chance to ment has been reached, according to atures dipped into the teens. ATT recover the items. An order from a M judge last month required the gov- sources. (THE WASHINGTON POST) “Thank God I have blankets,’’ Shannon Scannell arranges her tent at the Occupy D.C. camp at McPherson Square ernment to give the protesters 24 said Blair Rush, a 41-year-old home- Wednesday. Numbers at the park have dwindled as temperatures have hit the teens. (cid:72)(cid:63)(cid:57)(cid:62)(cid:67)(cid:69)(cid:68)(cid:58)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:76)(cid:55)(cid:36) less woman. “I don’t do cold.” hours’ notice if it plans to enforce 3 in GOP Join Perry Suit regulations prohibiting camping or Rush doesn’t do cold, but she selves to wind gusts, only to reveal “The hypothermia van stopped A federal judge on Wednesday allowed knows cold. She said she has been no one snuggled underneath them. by and gave me a blanket,’’ she sleeping in the square. (AP) three Republican presidential hopefuls homeless for four years. The sight reaffi rmed to Rush that said. to join Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s lawsuit In her mind, there are two sorts there were class divisions among “And I just hope that there are “I’m here as long as we need to challenging Virginia’s ballot access of people at Freedom Plaza: the the 99 percent: Those who can’t enough blankets to go to the peo- be here to make our point,’’ said law. U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney homeless and the Occupy Wash- go home again, and those who ple who are homeless and not just occupier Jerry Jackson. Jr. granted a motion by former House ington, D.C. folks, or the “99 per- choose not to. the 99 percent.” “The people that are going to speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah cent.” And when the mercury began Not that Rush faults those who The number of occupiers in stay are the people who truly believe governor Jon Huntsman and former to sink, Rush noticed there were spend the cold nights in a heated D.C. is dwindling. Temperatures they are making a difference. The Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum fewer occupiers occupying. place with a roof over their heads. are sinking, and people are get- other people will just blow away.” to intervene in the lawsuit. (AP) Tent covers surrendered them- She’d do the same, if she could. ting cold. ROBERT SAMUELS (THE WASHINGTON POST) Women: Is Your Drinking Causing Problems? (cid:74)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:101)(cid:106)(cid:106)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:95)(cid:91)(cid:105) Do You Drink Alcohol to Help Ease Your Anxiety? 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Cracks devel- oped in two steel rails, splitting track sections on the Yellow and Red lines. TEMPERATURE CHANGE CRACK REPAIR Wednesday-morning gan National Airport by Wednes- The Yellow Line crack was day morning, according to the detected around 6:30 a.m., Stes- commute delayed by National Weather Service. sel said, when a light signaled sharp drop in temps That caused a shock to the that there was a problem. The steel rails on Metro’s tracks, said crack on the Red Line was detect- A splice bar Metro’s chief spokesman, Dan ed around 7:30 a.m. in a similar bolted across (cid:74)(cid:104)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:106)(cid:87)(cid:106)(cid:95)(cid:101)(cid:100) Fracture the gap stabi- Stessel. way, he said. lizes the pieces Sub-freezing temperatures caused “When you go from mild tem- It can be unsafe to run trains temporarily. rush-hour delays on four of Met- peratures and then you have a over cracked rail lines so rail service After reaching 60 degrees The sudden contraction The smaller Red Line crack ro’s five lines Wednesday morning, sharp and sudden drop in temper- had to be suspended and inbound over the weekend, the tem- caused two sections of track was temporarily bridged with a perature dipped to 17 at Na- to crack and the pieces to “splice bar” that held the pieces cracking sections of rail along two atures, the metal rails contract and and outbound trains shared a sin- tional Airport on Tuesday pull apart. A four-inch gap together so trains could use stretches of track and turning an cracks can develop,” he said. gle track on both the Yellow and night, which matched the opened in a particularly ex- that section of track. The 39- already cold commute into a frigid On the Yellow Line, a four-inch Red lines, Stessel said. coldest temperature of last posed Yellow Line rail on the foot section was replaced after marathon for some riders. gap opened in a rail along the Riders on the Blue and year’s frosty winter. The bridge across the Potomac morning rush hour. The Yellow track contracted because River. Another quarter-inch Line gap was too large to repair, Temperatures in the D.C. region bridge across the Potomac River, Green lines experienced cold atoms move more slow- gap was found in a Red Line so Metro replaced that section went from a balmy 60 degrees on Stessel said, and a quarter-inch gap delays due to congestion near ly and stay closer together. rail near the Takoma station. immediately. Sunday to the 40s on Monday, and was found in a rail on the Red Line the Potomac River bridge. BONNIE BERKOWITZ AND ALBERTO CUADRA/THE WASHINGTON POST then dropped to 17 degrees at Rea- near the Takoma station. DANA HEDGPETH (THE WASHINGTON POST) SOURCE: DAN STESSEL OF WMATA, CAPITAL WEATHER GANG Weekend Track Work From Friday, January 13 at 10 p.m. to Monday, January 16 at closing: Buses replace trains on the Blue and Orange Lines between L’Enfant Plaza and Eastern Market stations. 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Fordetails,visit wmata.com/dupont. 10 | EXPRESS | 01.05.2012 | THURSDAY (cid:57)(cid:101)(cid:108)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:111) Twin Births Soar in U.S. Fertility therapies often, but white moms have almost caught up. and a later start to While a lot of attention is families fuel the focused on fertility treatments, that’s not the only factor. pregnancy trend (cid:199)(cid:63)(cid:1)(cid:100)(cid:91)(cid:108)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:1)(cid:97)(cid:100)(cid:91)(cid:109)(cid:1)(cid:94)(cid:101)(cid:109)(cid:1) (cid:77)(cid:87)(cid:105)(cid:94)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:100) (cid:99)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:111)(cid:1)(cid:106)(cid:109)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:105)(cid:1)(cid:109)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:91)(cid:1) The number of twins born in the (cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:101)(cid:107)(cid:100)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:107)(cid:100)(cid:106)(cid:95)(cid:98)(cid:1)(cid:63)(cid:1)(cid:93)(cid:101)(cid:106)(cid:1) U.S. soared over the last three (cid:106)(cid:109)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:105)(cid:36)(cid:200) decades, mostly the result of test- — VICTORIA JACOBSON, A MOTHER OF tube babies and women waiting to TWINS, WHO SAYS SHE’S “STOPPED AT have children until their 30s, when EVERY CORNER” BY MOMS WHO ALSO HAVE the chances of twins increase. TWINS OR WHO KNOW OF OTHER TWINS. In 2009, 1 in every 30 babies born in the U.S. was a twin, an Research has suggested astounding increase over the 1 women in their late 30s are more in 53 rate in 1980, according to likely to produce multiple eggs a government report issued in a cycle, increasing their Wednesday. chances of twins. “When people say it And there are more seems like you see more older moms. In recent twins nowadays, they’re years, more than a third right,” said Joyce Martin, who of all births have been to co-authored the Centers for (cid:41)(cid:36)(cid:41) women 30 and older, up from (cid:27) Disease Control and Preven- just one-fi fth in 1980. tion report. Take Victoria Jacobson. At 31, An increase was expected as she gave birth to twin girls in April. more women are delaying start- With no family history of twins, The portion of all births in 2009 that ing a family until they are over and no fertility drugs, it was a big were twins — with some states, 30. For some reason, mothers in surprise when she found out at six their 30s are more likely to have most notably Connecticut, nearing months pregnant. twins than younger or older the 5 percent mark, a study found. “I cried, because I’m more of a women. As much as a third realist. My husband laughed,” said of the increase can be attrib- Jacobson, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. AN UPWARD TREND THE AGE FACTOR uted to that, Martin said. The Are more twins good news? rest is due to fertility drugs and (cid:40) (cid:45) Some experts say the trend is (cid:27) (cid:27) treatments. worrisome, noting that multi- “You have a double whammy ple births are more dangerous. going on. There are more older The infants tend to be born The average birth The rate of twin births for moms and more widespread use earlier, smaller and weaker. rate of twins, per year, women 40 and older. They of fertility-enhancing therapies,” Jacobson’s twins, born a from 1980 to 2004. It are more likely to use fertil- Martin said. month early, were tiny, about 3 leveled off to less than ity treatments and to have Starting in the early 1980s, cou- pounds each, and were cared for in 1 percent annually, two embryos implanted ples who had trouble conceiving an intensive care unit. At 8 months, although the rise from during in vitro fertilization. began to benefi t from such medi- they are small but doing fi ne. But 2008 to 2009 was Younger women are more cal advances as fertility drugs and breast-feeding two and getting in vitro fertilization. nearly 2 percent. likely to get just one. (AP) them on the same schedule hasn’t Over the last three decades, been easy, she said. rates rose for white, black and His- Still, she has this advice for panic women, though the increas- GES other moms of twins: Don’t “think A elys, wblearcek nmoto munsi fhoarvme . tHwiisntso rmicoasl-t GETTY IM adboouubtl eit balse dssoiunbgl.e” tMroIKuEb SlTeO. IBtB’sE s(AtiPl)l a

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Richard Stiff turned 65 on Wednesday; the day is also the 34th birthday of his daughter, Julia Gonyer, and it’s the first birthday of Gonyer’s daughter, Kourtney. The string began with Stiff’s late father, Marshall Stiff, who was born on Jan. 4, 1924. All four family members arrived through un- scheduled, natural births. 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City police said the victim was approached Tuesday by a man carry- (cid:66)(cid:59)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:60)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:62)(cid:55)(cid:68)(cid:1)(cid:63)(cid:74)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:65)(cid:73)(cid:48) Keeper Adrian Walls tries to count the penguins at the London Zoo on ing a knife and who demanded money. When the victim Wednesday. Each year, the keepers individually count every animal and species at the zoo. The compulsory said he had no cash, the robber took what he could find. count is required as part of the zoo’s license. (AP) It was the man’s lunch. The thief remains at large. (AP) $99 Warm Up Your Smile New Patient A natural smile makes you look YOUNGER and HAPPIER. Special Complimentary Invisalign Consultations Restrictionsandlimitationsdoapply.Cannotbeusedinconjunctionwithanyother coupons,specials,ordiscounts.Limitedtooneperperson.Callfordetails. 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The suspect it’s going to be a very lively Police say the weapon a Texas eighth- Romney is the odds-on favorite Republican hopeful won in Iowa Tuesday, beating Rick Santorum by eight votes. campaign,” he added. (AP) grader pointed at officers at Cummings to win the New Hampshire prima- Middle School before they killed him was ry, and the endorsement of McCa- Huntsman, who skipped the Iowa ment. Nor did she say whether she base nationally. a pellet gun that looked like a real hand- in, an Arizona senator, made his caucuses in hopes of making his intended to seek re-election to the Santorum is counting on gun. Interim Brownsville Police Chief Or- welcome in the state a warm one. mark in next Tuesday’s first-in- House from Minnesota. momentum — and perhaps help lando Rodriguez says 15-year-old Jaime “The time has arrived for Republi- the-nation primary. After suggesting he, too, might from outside groups — to carry Gonzalez had “plenty of opportunities” cans to choose a presidential nom- Already, the Republican field of withdraw, Texas Gov. Rick Perry him to victory in New Hampshire to lower the weapon.” (AP) inee, a new standard bearer who challengers was dwindling. decided otherwise. “Here we come and beyond because he doesn’t has the ability and determina- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bach- South Carolina!!!” he tweeted. That have the kind of money his com- (cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:63)(cid:55)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:55)(cid:73)(cid:62)(cid:36)(cid:1) tion to defeat President Obama,” mann ended her campaign after a primary is Jan. 21 and will mark the petitors have. And he doesn’t have Gov. Gregoire Supports McCain said. dreary 5 percent showing in Iowa, first balloting in the South and in much time. New Hampshire’s pri- Gay Marriage Bill “This is a wide-open race still,” the state where she was born. 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Women’s rights, laws kept her in a basement for six months, they fear, may be the fi rst to go in Argentine President (cid:65)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:107)(cid:98)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:55)(cid:92)(cid:93)(cid:94)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:95)(cid:105)(cid:106)(cid:87)(cid:100) ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with any deal with Islamic militants. Cristina Fernandez, hot irons and broke her fingers — all in an Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has Freedoms for women are one of 58, was awake and re- attempt to force her into prostitution. Po- become the bruised and bloodied the most visible — and symbolic — covering Wednesday lice freed her after her uncle called authori- face of women’s rights in Afghan- changes in Afghanistan since the after an operation to ties. President Hamid Karzai set up a panel to investigate. Police arrested her istan. The teenage bride’s eyes 2001 U.S.-led campaign that top- remove her cancerous in-laws, who denied abusing her. A warrant was issued for her husband, who were swollen nearly shut as she pled the Taliban regime. Women’s Fernandez thyroid gland. Doctors serves in the Afghan army. For now, Gul remains in a Kabul hospital. An Afghan was wheeled into the hospital groups are pressing Karzai to do predicted a complete seven months after her arranged official said this week that she will be sent to India for further treatment. (AP) more, but most say the real battle cure without chemotherapy, saying that marriage. will be in police stations and court- the cancer had not spread. (AP) The horrifi c images, captured Afghanistan Times. rooms. Not least will be persuading by television news cameras last Fawzia Kofi , a lawmaker and (cid:68)(cid:101)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:44) Afghans to change their views. (cid:69)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:77)(cid:55)(cid:79) week, transfixed Afghanistan head of the women’s affairs com- That’s why the gruesome story Shooter Is Not Legally and set off a storm of condem- mission in the Afghan parliament, of Gul’s imprisonment and tor- Insane, Experts Claim Afghanistan’s ranking among the nation. The case highlights both says the outcry over a case like Gul’s world’s worst offenders in the ture is seen by some activists as Prison psychiatrists monitoring con- the problems and the progress of probably would not have happened U.N.’s annual Gender Inequality an opportunity for the government fessed mass killer Anders Behring women 10 years after the Taliban’s just a few years ago because of deep Index. Still, Afghan advocates say to recommit publicly to women’s Breivik, 32, say he is not psychotic and he fall. Gul’s wounds and underage cultural taboos against airing pri- attitudes toward women have sub- rights. They say they are encour- has not been put on medication, a pros- wedlock are a reminder that girls vate family confl icts and acknowl- tly shifted over the years. (AP) aged that Karzai felt compelled by ecutor said in a court filing Wednesday, and women still suffer shocking edging sexual abuse. the outcry to become involved. adding fuel to calls to reassess whether abuse. But the public outrage and “There is now a sense of aware- es include child marriage, giving “This is a sign of progress in he is legally insane. Breivik confessed to the government’s response to it ness about women’s rights,” Kofi girls away to settle debts or pay for a way,” Kofi said. “This is just a killing 77 people in a July 22 bombing also show that the country is slow- said. “People seem to be changing their relatives’ crimes and so-called small example. We have hundreds and shooting in Norway. (AP) ly changing. and seem to be talking about it.” honor killings in which girls seen as of thousands of women like Sahar “Let’s break the dead silence Ending abuse of women is a disgracing their families are mur- Gul who are victims of violence, (cid:65)(cid:63)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:62)(cid:55)(cid:73)(cid:55)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:57)(cid:69)(cid:68)(cid:61)(cid:69) on women’s plight,” read the title huge challenge in a patriarchal dered by their relatives. but their voices are not heard.” Official: Militants Kill 26 of an editorial Wednesday in the society where traditional practic- Some women activists worry KAY JOHNSON (AP) A military official on Wednesday said at least 26 people have been killed in a series of attacks since New Year’s Day (cid:73)(cid:102)(cid:87)(cid:105)(cid:1)(cid:57)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:1)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:110)(cid:48) Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed ordered the tourism-dependent country’s resorts by a feared militia in eastern Congo. to reopen their spas on Wednesday, pending a court decision about whether they violate Islam, days after they were The Rwandan Hutu militia, known by its shut. Last week, authorities ordered all spas to close, after a Dec. 23 protest in which thousands of people called for French acronym FDLR, has terrorized a halt to “anti-Islamic” activities, including spas and plans to allow direct flights from Israel. (AP) the region for years. (AP) feel really down? Experiencingthoughtsofsadness,hopelessness, guilt,worthlessness,lackinginterestineveryday activitiesyouonceenjoyed? 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THURSDAY | 01.05.2012 | EXPRESS | 7 8 | EXPRESS | 01.05.2012 | THURSDAY (cid:66)(cid:101)(cid:89)(cid:87)(cid:98) Occupiers Battle New Foe: Cold (cid:63)(cid:100)(cid:1)(cid:56)(cid:104)(cid:95)(cid:91)(cid:92) Some of 99 percent (cid:77)(cid:55)(cid:73)(cid:62)(cid:63)(cid:68)(cid:61)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:68) fl ee as homeless stay, (cid:67)(cid:91)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:109)(cid:94)(cid:95)(cid:98)(cid:91)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:36)(cid:36)(cid:1) Council Member in Plea try to keep warm Members of the Occupy D.C. Talks With Prosecutors movement are asking a judge to block the federal government from D.C. Council member (cid:77)(cid:87)(cid:105)(cid:94)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:100) evicting them and confiscating their Harry Thomas Jr., tents. In court papers filed Wednes- who is alleged to have Usually, the Occupy D.C. protest- day, a lawyer for the group says he’s steered $300,000 in ers at Freedom Plaza battle cor- concerned that U.S. Park Police may city funds to pay for porate greed and taxes. On Tues- seize the tents and other property personal expenses day night, their biggest battle was from the demonstrators at McPher- Thomas that included an Audi against hypothermia. son Square. The court papers say SUV, is trying to ne- The dwindling number of res- WP police have taken property belong- gporotisaetec uat oprlse ain a tghree ecmaseen,t awcictohr fdeidnegr taol ildoewnetsd zvipitpaemd uinps t haenird t esnwtas,d sdwlaeld- AIN/FT ing to the protesters without notice people familiar with the talks. No agree- themselves in clothing as temper- MCCL and without giving them a chance to ment has been reached, according to atures dipped into the teens. ATT recover the items. An order from a M judge last month required the gov- sources. (THE WASHINGTON POST) “Thank God I have blankets,’’ Shannon Scannell arranges her tent at the Occupy D.C. camp at McPherson Square ernment to give the protesters 24 said Blair Rush, a 41-year-old home- Wednesday. Numbers at the park have dwindled as temperatures have hit the teens. (cid:72)(cid:63)(cid:57)(cid:62)(cid:67)(cid:69)(cid:68)(cid:58)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:76)(cid:55)(cid:36) less woman. “I don’t do cold.” hours’ notice if it plans to enforce 3 in GOP Join Perry Suit regulations prohibiting camping or Rush doesn’t do cold, but she selves to wind gusts, only to reveal “The hypothermia van stopped A federal judge on Wednesday allowed knows cold. She said she has been no one snuggled underneath them. by and gave me a blanket,’’ she sleeping in the square. (AP) three Republican presidential hopefuls homeless for four years. The sight reaffi rmed to Rush that said. to join Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s lawsuit In her mind, there are two sorts there were class divisions among “And I just hope that there are “I’m here as long as we need to challenging Virginia’s ballot access of people at Freedom Plaza: the the 99 percent: Those who can’t enough blankets to go to the peo- be here to make our point,’’ said law. U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney homeless and the Occupy Wash- go home again, and those who ple who are homeless and not just occupier Jerry Jackson. Jr. granted a motion by former House ington, D.C. folks, or the “99 per- choose not to. the 99 percent.” “The people that are going to speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah cent.” And when the mercury began Not that Rush faults those who The number of occupiers in stay are the people who truly believe governor Jon Huntsman and former to sink, Rush noticed there were spend the cold nights in a heated D.C. is dwindling. Temperatures they are making a difference. The Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum fewer occupiers occupying. place with a roof over their heads. are sinking, and people are get- other people will just blow away.” to intervene in the lawsuit. (AP) Tent covers surrendered them- She’d do the same, if she could. ting cold. ROBERT SAMUELS (THE WASHINGTON POST) Women: Is Your Drinking Causing Problems? (cid:74)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:101)(cid:106)(cid:106)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:95)(cid:91)(cid:105) Do You Drink Alcohol to Help Ease Your Anxiety? (cid:77)(cid:91)(cid:90)(cid:100)(cid:91)(cid:105)(cid:90)(cid:87)(cid:111)(cid:34)(cid:1)(cid:64)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:42) (cid:58)(cid:95)(cid:105)(cid:106)(cid:104)(cid:95)(cid:89)(cid:106) (cid:67)(cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:111)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:90) Mid-day Lucky Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3-3 Evening Lucky Numbers (Tues.). . . . . . . . . . . 9-4-3 If you are a woman ages 21 to 65 who has tried to stop drinking, or Mid-day Pick 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5-7 Mid-day DC 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4-1-7 Evening Pick 3 (Tues.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1-8 decrease the amount of drinking, but can’t, you may be eligible for a Mid-day Pick 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6-8-8 Evening DC 4 (Tues.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5-9-3 Mid-day D.C. Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1-3-7-1 research study testing the effectiveness of a new drug for women with Evening Pick 4 (Tues.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3-5-7 Evening D.C. Five (Tues.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7-2-4-4 Match 5 (Tues.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-29-32-35-36 (1) alcohol and anxiety problems. This is a five-week inpatient research (cid:76)(cid:95)(cid:104)(cid:93)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:95)(cid:87) (cid:67)(cid:107)(cid:98)(cid:106)(cid:95)(cid:35)(cid:73)(cid:106)(cid:87)(cid:106)(cid:91)(cid:1)(cid:61)(cid:87)(cid:99)(cid:91)(cid:105) study at the Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. EMviden-dinagy PPiicckk 33 ( T. .u .e . s. ..) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 77--53--87 Mega Millions (Tues.) . . . . . . . . . 2-3-15-22-36 (23) There is a chance of receiving placebo (an inactive sugar pill). Mid-day Pick 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8-8-1 Mega Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2X Evening Pick 4 (Tues.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-6-5 All winning numbers are official only when validat- Mid-day Cash 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9-11-20-31 ed at a claims location. Drawings that occur after There is no cost to participate and participants will be compensated. Evening Cash 5 (Tues.). . . . . . . . . . . .2-14-17-18-34 Express’ deadline will be published two days later. Call: 301-496-1993 (cid:74)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:1)(cid:59)(cid:100)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:101)(cid:92)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:109)(cid:101)(cid:1)(cid:59)(cid:104)(cid:87)(cid:105) TTY: 1-866-411-1010 It’s not a good week for independent stores. www.clinicaltrials.gov First, D.C.’s Melody Record Shop called it quits on Tuesday. Then, Penn Camera Exchange filed Study #: 10-AA-0046 for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednes- day. The Beltsville, Md.-based retailer, with eight NIH CLINICAL CENTER locations in the area, is shrinking after 58 years National Institutes in business due to “a dramatic decline in sales,” according to a of Health release. Five of its stores will close immediately, and the remaining stores will hold clearance sales. (THE WASHINGTON POST) THURSDAY | 01.05.2012 | EXPRESS | 9 FREE IPHONE APP AVAILABLE NOW AT THE ITUNES STORE (cid:74)(cid:101)(cid:101)(cid:1)(cid:57)(cid:101)(cid:98)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:101)(cid:101)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:101)(cid:101)(cid:100) (cid:57)(cid:101)(cid:98)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:94)(cid:101)(cid:89)(cid:97)(cid:1)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:1)(cid:106)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:111)(cid:105)(cid:106)(cid:91)(cid:99) Metro tracks were shocked by Tuesday’s dip in temperature. Cracks devel- oped in two steel rails, splitting track sections on the Yellow and Red lines. TEMPERATURE CHANGE CRACK REPAIR Wednesday-morning gan National Airport by Wednes- The Yellow Line crack was day morning, according to the detected around 6:30 a.m., Stes- commute delayed by National Weather Service. sel said, when a light signaled sharp drop in temps That caused a shock to the that there was a problem. The steel rails on Metro’s tracks, said crack on the Red Line was detect- A splice bar Metro’s chief spokesman, Dan ed around 7:30 a.m. in a similar bolted across (cid:74)(cid:104)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:105)(cid:102)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:106)(cid:87)(cid:106)(cid:95)(cid:101)(cid:100) Fracture the gap stabi- Stessel. way, he said. lizes the pieces Sub-freezing temperatures caused “When you go from mild tem- It can be unsafe to run trains temporarily. rush-hour delays on four of Met- peratures and then you have a over cracked rail lines so rail service After reaching 60 degrees The sudden contraction The smaller Red Line crack ro’s five lines Wednesday morning, sharp and sudden drop in temper- had to be suspended and inbound over the weekend, the tem- caused two sections of track was temporarily bridged with a perature dipped to 17 at Na- to crack and the pieces to “splice bar” that held the pieces cracking sections of rail along two atures, the metal rails contract and and outbound trains shared a sin- tional Airport on Tuesday pull apart. A four-inch gap together so trains could use stretches of track and turning an cracks can develop,” he said. gle track on both the Yellow and night, which matched the opened in a particularly ex- that section of track. The 39- already cold commute into a frigid On the Yellow Line, a four-inch Red lines, Stessel said. coldest temperature of last posed Yellow Line rail on the foot section was replaced after marathon for some riders. gap opened in a rail along the Riders on the Blue and year’s frosty winter. The bridge across the Potomac morning rush hour. The Yellow track contracted because River. Another quarter-inch Line gap was too large to repair, Temperatures in the D.C. region bridge across the Potomac River, Green lines experienced cold atoms move more slow- gap was found in a Red Line so Metro replaced that section went from a balmy 60 degrees on Stessel said, and a quarter-inch gap delays due to congestion near ly and stay closer together. rail near the Takoma station. immediately. Sunday to the 40s on Monday, and was found in a rail on the Red Line the Potomac River bridge. BONNIE BERKOWITZ AND ALBERTO CUADRA/THE WASHINGTON POST then dropped to 17 degrees at Rea- near the Takoma station. DANA HEDGPETH (THE WASHINGTON POST) SOURCE: DAN STESSEL OF WMATA, CAPITAL WEATHER GANG Weekend Track Work From Friday, January 13 at 10 p.m. to Monday, January 16 at closing: Buses replace trains on the Blue and Orange Lines between L’Enfant Plaza and Eastern Market stations. Temporarilyclosingstationsandsuspendingtrainserviceis necessarywhileMetroinstallsNTSB-recommendedguarded #8switches. Togetlasttraintimesforspecificstations,orforinformation aboutshuttlebusservice,parkingandalternateroutes,please visitMetroForward.comorcall202-637-7000. TrackworkprojectslikethisarepartofMetro’scommitmentto REDLINEALERT: buildingabetterrideforyou. DupontCirclestation’s southentrancewill closeinFebruary. Fordetails,visit wmata.com/dupont. 10 | EXPRESS | 01.05.2012 | THURSDAY (cid:57)(cid:101)(cid:108)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:104)(cid:111) Twin Births Soar in U.S. Fertility therapies often, but white moms have almost caught up. and a later start to While a lot of attention is families fuel the focused on fertility treatments, that’s not the only factor. pregnancy trend (cid:199)(cid:63)(cid:1)(cid:100)(cid:91)(cid:108)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:1)(cid:97)(cid:100)(cid:91)(cid:109)(cid:1)(cid:94)(cid:101)(cid:109)(cid:1) (cid:77)(cid:87)(cid:105)(cid:94)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:93)(cid:106)(cid:101)(cid:100) (cid:99)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:111)(cid:1)(cid:106)(cid:109)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:105)(cid:1)(cid:109)(cid:91)(cid:104)(cid:91)(cid:1) The number of twins born in the (cid:87)(cid:104)(cid:101)(cid:107)(cid:100)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:107)(cid:100)(cid:106)(cid:95)(cid:98)(cid:1)(cid:63)(cid:1)(cid:93)(cid:101)(cid:106)(cid:1) U.S. soared over the last three (cid:106)(cid:109)(cid:95)(cid:100)(cid:105)(cid:36)(cid:200) decades, mostly the result of test- — VICTORIA JACOBSON, A MOTHER OF tube babies and women waiting to TWINS, WHO SAYS SHE’S “STOPPED AT have children until their 30s, when EVERY CORNER” BY MOMS WHO ALSO HAVE the chances of twins increase. TWINS OR WHO KNOW OF OTHER TWINS. In 2009, 1 in every 30 babies born in the U.S. was a twin, an Research has suggested astounding increase over the 1 women in their late 30s are more in 53 rate in 1980, according to likely to produce multiple eggs a government report issued in a cycle, increasing their Wednesday. chances of twins. “When people say it And there are more seems like you see more older moms. In recent twins nowadays, they’re years, more than a third right,” said Joyce Martin, who of all births have been to co-authored the Centers for (cid:41)(cid:36)(cid:41) women 30 and older, up from (cid:27) Disease Control and Preven- just one-fi fth in 1980. tion report. Take Victoria Jacobson. At 31, An increase was expected as she gave birth to twin girls in April. more women are delaying start- With no family history of twins, The portion of all births in 2009 that ing a family until they are over and no fertility drugs, it was a big were twins — with some states, 30. For some reason, mothers in surprise when she found out at six their 30s are more likely to have most notably Connecticut, nearing months pregnant. twins than younger or older the 5 percent mark, a study found. “I cried, because I’m more of a women. As much as a third realist. My husband laughed,” said of the increase can be attrib- Jacobson, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. AN UPWARD TREND THE AGE FACTOR uted to that, Martin said. The Are more twins good news? rest is due to fertility drugs and (cid:40) (cid:45) Some experts say the trend is (cid:27) (cid:27) treatments. worrisome, noting that multi- “You have a double whammy ple births are more dangerous. going on. There are more older The infants tend to be born The average birth The rate of twin births for moms and more widespread use earlier, smaller and weaker. rate of twins, per year, women 40 and older. They of fertility-enhancing therapies,” Jacobson’s twins, born a from 1980 to 2004. It are more likely to use fertil- Martin said. month early, were tiny, about 3 leveled off to less than ity treatments and to have Starting in the early 1980s, cou- pounds each, and were cared for in 1 percent annually, two embryos implanted ples who had trouble conceiving an intensive care unit. At 8 months, although the rise from during in vitro fertilization. began to benefi t from such medi- they are small but doing fi ne. But 2008 to 2009 was Younger women are more cal advances as fertility drugs and breast-feeding two and getting in vitro fertilization. nearly 2 percent. likely to get just one. (AP) them on the same schedule hasn’t Over the last three decades, been easy, she said. rates rose for white, black and His- Still, she has this advice for panic women, though the increas- GES other moms of twins: Don’t “think A elys, wblearcek nmoto munsi fhoarvme . tHwiisntso rmicoasl-t GETTY IM adboouubtl eit balse dssoiunbgl.e” tMroIKuEb SlTeO. IBtB’sE s(AtiPl)l a

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