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Payrolls grow, yet jobless rate holds
by Frank Ahrens
The economy is adding jobs at a modest clip, though not nearly fast enough to bring down an un- employment rate still hovering near 10 percent. New government data released
Friday showed the biggest month- ly surge in three years, with em- ployers creating 162,000 new jobs in March. More than a quarter of that, however, was the result of temporary census workers being hired by the government, leaving many
analysts questioning
whether the rebounding econo- my is strong enough to sustain measurable job growth. Manufacturers and union lead- ers reacted similarly: with guard- ed optimism. The White House and Demo-
crats in Congress must now weigh the benefits of spending on addi- tional job stimulus against criti- cism that they are dangerously in- creasing the budget deficit and national debt. Yielding to tempta- tion to pour more federal money into job growth will incite deficit hawks and could spell trouble for Democratic lawmakers seeking reelection in November. On Friday, President Obama’s top economic adviser said more attempts to stimulate job growth are necessary, offering a suite of public and private-sector solu- tions. “You do need some more gener- al support stimulus,” said Christi- na Romer, chairman of the presi- dent’s Council of Economic Ad- visers. “For example, extending unemployment insurance for more than a couple of weeks at a time. Also, state and local govern- ments are still in terrible budget- ary shape. Doing more state fiscal relief is absolutely sensible.” Additionally, she said: “The president has also recommended zero capital gains tax for small businesses and a small-business lending fund. Those are very good
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Vatican priest fans fire on abuse
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Homily defending church upsets Jews and victims
by Michael E. Ruane and William Wan
On the most solemn day in the Roman Catholic calendar, a sen- ior Vatican priest ignited a fresh chapter Friday in the debate over the priest abuse scandal by com- paring criticism of the Church and Pope Benedict XVI to the his- toric persecution and “collective violence” against Jews. In a Good Friday sermon in St.
Peter’s Basilica attended by the pope, the Rev. Raniero Cantala- messa said a Jewish friend had written to him, saying the recent accusations about the Church re- minded him of the “more shame- ful aspects of anti-Semitism.” Jews know “from experience
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Tuesday’s mass shooting occurred in front of the house at upper left. At center, a father and son wait to cross South Capitol Street, and above right, the home’s owner, Mr. Chico, speaks with shooting victim Jabarie Jones. Above, a group crosses South Capitol at Brandywine Street.
A resident of a District neighborhood with high hopes for its future says, ‘They have finally shot up the last little place in Southeast that was peaceful’
by Annie Gowen
ellevue seems perenni- ally on the cusp of change. Residents of the neighborhood on the District’s southern tip wistfully speak of multimillion- dollar developments that are on the way. They say the street car is coming soon. So is a new library designed by the same architect who has drawn up the National Museum of African American History and Culture that will soon grace the Mall.
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No joke: Gallaudet ends 13-year skid in baseball
by Mark Viera
and Zach Berman
Surely this was an April Fool’s
joke. It had to be. According to celebratory text
messages received by family and friends from members of the Gal- laudet University baseball team, the Bison had defeated Stevenson University, 5-3, on Thursday in the first game of a doubleheader. But such news was hard to be- lieve on April 1, and harder still because Gallaudet hadn’t won a Capital Athletic Conference base- ball game since 1997. But it was no joke. The Bison had really won. “I’ve seen a lot of ups and
downs,” said assistant coach Kris Gould, who has been involved with Gallaudet athletics for 21 years. “Mostly downs.” Since World War II, the only winning seasons for Gallaudet, a
liberal arts school for the deaf in Northeast Washington, came in 1966 and 1977, both of which end- ed with 7-5 records. Banners hang in the school’s gym to honor those seasons. But since Gallaudet joined the Capital Athletic Con- ference as a charter member in 1989, a ledger of losses has de- fined its baseball team. Before Thursday’s win, the Bison were 0- 14 in the league this season and 0- 20 overall. They had lost 150 straight games in the conference. “It had been a long, frustrating
season,” Coach Curtis Pride, who is deaf, said through an interpret- er, “and to finally win our first game and end our streak again of conference games, it lifted a huge monkey off our back.” For a moment, at least. The Bi- son dropped the second game of the doubleheader to Stevenson,
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On Tuesday night, four young men in a minivan sprayed a crowd of youths with bullets, killing four and injuring five, leaving resi- dents to wonder whether their hopes for renewal were in vain. When the first fancy new con- dominium development arrived in 2006, replacing an open-air drug market, the city optimistical- ly hung signs on all the lampposts that read “Welcome to Bellevue: A Great View of the Future.” Jacquetta Wier, a 50-year-old logistics manager, bought one of
those townhouses. But before she did, she drove in from suburban Ashburn late at night, parked her car and listened, waiting for the sound of gunshots. They never came. So she bought in, signing a mortgage in an area that seemed “the next best place, the next new place.”
“I am happy to live in the Dis-
trict of Columbia,” Wier said. “But I didn’t sign up for this.” Bellevue is “seething with prob-
lems,” according to D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-
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Ward 8), who used to live a few blocks away. The latest downturn in the economy has slowed or stalled the pace of redevelopment and made finding jobs difficult; Ward 8 has an unemployment rate of 27 per- cent, one of the nation’s highest. Teenagers have been especially hard-hit, Barry said, by the poor economy. A nearby Boys and Girls Club closed last year. “There’s nowhere for them to
go,” said Fahim Shabazz, 43, an event supervisor and resident of
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Wooing Afghanistan, at a cost
As it vies with Pakistan for influence, India is also dealt personal blows
By Emily Wax
chelebaak, afghanistan —
Along a rugged stretch of road in the shadow of the snow-covered Hindu Kush mountains, villagers in mud-brick huts praised the newest addition to their vista: a series of massive steel towers that reach into the clouds. The towers, part of a $1.3 bil- lion aid package from India, carry electricity to a crippled region that has long gone without. They also represent an intense compe- tition between India and arch- rival Pakistan for influence in whatever kind of Afghanistan emerges from the U.S.-led war. To blunt India’s eager courtship of Afghanistan, Pakistan is pour- ing $300 million of its own mon- ey and resources into a nation it also views as key to the stability of volatile South Asia, as well as a
power. Afghanistan is a bridge to Central Asia’s vast gas and oil re- serves, which are coveted by India and Pakistan, both of which have nuclear weapons but barely enough electricity. India’s efforts have come at a
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potentially lucrative business partner. The economic stakes are espe- cially enormous for India, the far richer nation, as it seeks energy to fuel its rise as a global economic
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cost: It has suffered four attacks on its interests in Afghanistan in the past two years, which have killed at least 101 people and wounded 239. Attacks on two Ka- bul guesthouses in February killed seven Indians, including a visiting musician and the chief engineer of the Chelebaak elec- tricity project. For U.S. officials, India’s in- creasing presence in Afghanistan is causing new security and diplo- matic problems in a country where more than 1,000 American troops have died in more than eight years of war. Washington
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what it means to be victims of col- lective violence,” the priest said, and “because of this, they are quick to recognize the recurring symptoms.” The statement stung Jewish groups — with one spokesman calling it “repulsive” — and prompted calls for the priest to retract it and for the pope to ad- dress it. The statement also angered
victims groups, which expressed outrage that the Church, some of whose priests preyed on genera- tions of Catholic children, was portraying itself as a victim. “The pope is not the victim here, nor is the Church hier- archy,” said David Clohessy, who is an advocate for victims and who experienced alleged abuses by a priest as a boy. “The victims are the boys and girls being sex- ually assaulted by priests, nuns, seminarians.” He said, “When they play the
victim, when they rally around those who were predators or try to cover up for them, it just intim- idates those who were abused from speaking up.” The Vatican quickly said Can- talamessa, a member of the Ca- puchin Order whose title is preacher of the Pontifical House- hold, was speaking only for him- self. As Cantalamessa delivered his homily in Vatican City, the weary- looking, white-haired pope, 82, sat near the basilica’s main altar. Good Friday is the day on which Catholics mark the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus. Easter fol- lows on Sunday. The homily came amid revela- tions of alleged abuse of children by priests across Europe and in
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