http://hdlns.com/g6 http://hdlns.com/rss_g6.xml United States en-us Aggregation copyright hdlns (dot com), articles copyright original authors. http://hdlns.com/g6zf372za29038106/Atlanta+Police+Search+for+Serial+Armed+Ro... Extract not available. http://hdlns.com/g6zf372za29038104/Atlanta+Police+Search+for+Serial+Armed+Robber Extract not available. http://hdlns.com/g6zf372za29038100/Korean+dry+cleaners+in+Atlanta+sue+gas+marketer DEL.ICIO.US ajc.com > Business Infinite Energy exploited customers after Katrina price spike, suit says; company denies it http://hdlns.com/g6zf372za29038112/Atlanta+nabs+Final+Four+in+2013 Atlanta has been awarded the NCAA Men's Final Four basketball championships for 2013, the NCAA and city hospitality leaders said Wednesday. 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Tuesday night's episode posted a 2.02 household rating, garnering 1.68 http://hdlns.com/g6zf4036za29037963/No+Title http://hdlns.com/g6zf15435za29037946/Wind+Advisory+-+Blackfoot+Region+%28Montana%29 URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE Issued At: 2008-11-20T03:43:00 Expired At: 2008-11-20T16:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Missoula/ http://hdlns.com/g6zf15435za29037950/Wind+Advisory+-+Flathead%2C+Mission+Valleys+%28Montana%29 URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE Issued At: 2008-11-20T03:43:00 Expired At: 2008-11-20T16:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Missoula/ http://hdlns.com/g6zf15435za29037945/Winter+Weather+Advisory+-+Red+Lodge+Foothills+%28Montana%29 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE Issued At: 2008-11-20T03:31:00 Expired At: 2008-11-20T12:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Billings/ http://hdlns.com/g6zf15435za29037949/Wind+Advisory+-+Missoula%2C+Bitterroot+Valleys+%28Montana%29 URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE Issued At: 2008-11-20T03:43:00 Expired At: 2008-11-20T16:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Missoula/ http://hdlns.com/g6zf15435za29037948/Wind+Advisory+-+Butte%2C+Pintlar+Region+%28Montana%29 URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE Issued At: 2008-11-20T03:43:00 Expired At: 2008-11-20T16:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Missoula/ http://hdlns.com/g6zf15435za29037947/Winter+Weather+Advisory+-+Eastern+Carbon+%28Montana%29 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE Issued At: 2008-11-20T03:31:00 Expired At: 2008-11-20T12:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Billings/ http://hdlns.com/g6zf15435za29037951/Wind+Advisory+-+West+Glacier%2C+Bob+Marshall+Region+%28Montana%29 URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE Issued At: 2008-11-20T03:43:00 Expired At: 2008-11-20T16:00:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Missoula/ http://hdlns.com/g6zf1023za29037897/Grieving+Mom+Testifies+in+Cyber+Suicide+Case The mother of Megan Meier, who hung herself after interacting online with someone she thought was a 16-year-old boy, testified Wednesday in the trial of Lori Drew, who is... http://hdlns.com/g6zf1023za29037896/New+York+Bouncer+Convicted+of+Kidnapping%2C+Assault A New York man accused of kidnapping and killing graduate student Imette St. Guillen in February 2006 has been found guilty of kidnapping and assaulting another young college student.... http://hdlns.com/g6zf628za29037504/Ariz.+Governor+Said+to+Be+Pick+For+Homeland+Security+Post Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), whose handling of immigration issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security, Democratic sources said late Wednesday. http://hdlns.com/g6zf374za29037454/Uno+Chicago+Grill+First+National+Chain+To+Debut+Gluten-Free+Pizza Boston, MA - Uno Chicago Grill is the nation's first casual dining chain to offer a gluten-free pizza, currently testing the new menu item in its Northeastern Region. 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The for-profit institution commanded a lower price than the company had hoped for in its stock offering http://hdlns.com/g6zf374za29037457/A+new+wind+is+blowing+in+Chicago CHICAGO: So long, Crawford, Texas Even before President-elect Barack Obama takes office in 61 days, effectively crowning Chicago as the site of the Western White House, the city is basking in a moment of triumph that is spilling well beyond the confi http://hdlns.com/g6zf374za29037456/Coughlin+Worked+With+Chicago%27s+Fallen+Priests+-+Roll+Call Extract not available. http://hdlns.com/g6zf374za29037455/VSA+Partners+Lease+Brings+600+West+Chicago+to+90%25+Leased Design Agency Agrees To Occupy Approximately 40,000 SF in Massive Building VSA Partners signed a long-term lease to occupy approximately 40,000 square feet of office space on the second floor at 600 West Chicago Avenue, the massive, eight-story, 1.5 http://hdlns.com/g6zf4017za29037224/Sip+%26+Kranz According to Pearl Girl over at Neighborhood Notes, it’s been closed. http://hdlns.com/g6zf4017za29037223/Genoa David Sarasohn wrote a very nice piece about Genoa in The Oregonian this week. Worth the read. On an unrelated note, I’m in California, so there won’t be a whole lot going on here this week. http://hdlns.com/g6zf380za29037221/Houston+ISD+set+to+mass-produce+meals Extract not available. http://hdlns.com/g6zf380za29037220/Houston+Chronicle+Working+column%3A+Skip+the+cuteness+on+e-mail Extract not available. http://hdlns.com/g6zf380za29037219/Houston+red-light+scofflaws+could+lose+car+registration A reckoning could be on the way for thousands of red-light camera scofflaws. The City Council on Wednesday approved a measure that will allow the state to deny vehicle registration to drivers who do not pay their red-light camera tickets after repeat http://hdlns.com/g6zf380za29037222/ECE+Solutions+Introduces+PIDMO+For+CADWorx+Plant+Design+Suite+At+COADE%27s+CA HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--COADE announced today that ECE Solutions introduced its new PIDMO product as part of its exhibit participation during COADE's CADWorx User Conference in Houston on October 20-22. ECE Solutions, based in Chicago, Illinois, US http://hdlns.com/g6zf3858za29037156/Republican+National+Committee+Kicks+In+%242+Million+For+Saxby+Chambliss It looks like the GOP is serious as a heart attack at keeping Senator Saxby in office.Sen. John Ensign said Wednesday that the Republican National Committee (RNC) has transferred $2 million earmarked for the Senate runoff in Georgia to the National R http://hdlns.com/g6zf3858za29037157/Live+Blogging+The+Clinton+Martin+Rally [UPDATE 6:20PM]: This will be the last update until my hands warm up, but President Clinton and Jim Martin just finished speaking to the crowd gathered on the campus of Clark Atlanta University.Here are a couple of selected quotes from Clinton and M http://hdlns.com/g6zf387za29037043/Photographers+offer+an+eye+on+city The works of five photographers spanning almost a century cast Pittsburgh in a sentimental light, as currently on display at Concept Art Gallery in Regent Square. The earliest works are by Luke Swank (1890-1944), the Johnstown native best known local http://hdlns.com/g6zf387za29037047/FBI+agent+killed+serving+warrant+near+Pittsburgh Extract not available. http://hdlns.com/g6zf387za29037042/If+flying%2C+check+gun+rules Working a newsroom, I sometimes think the same stories sprout every week. They might involve different people, but the circumstances are similar, and writing about them takes on a sense of the surreal. Such an instance occurred when I read about Jose http://hdlns.com/g6zf387za29037046/Fed+sees+economic+woes+persisting+into+next+year Extract not available. http://hdlns.com/g6zf387za29037041/Store+manager+from+White+Oak+always+looked+out+for+others When Richard Marton advised his wife, White Oak Mayor Ina Jean Marton, about establishing a no-kill animal shelter, it was typical of a man who spent his life helping others. 'Even during the years that Rich spent as an executive with Gimbels, he wa http://hdlns.com/g6zf387za29037045/Deflation+fears+grow%2C+and+Dow+slips+below+8%2C000 Extract not available. http://hdlns.com/g6zf387za29037040/Costa+to+seek+appropriations+chairmanship Forest Hills Democrat Jay Costa wants to become Senate Minority Appropriations Chairman, one of the most powerful posts in the General Assembly. 'I am running,' Costa said Wednesday. 'That's about all I am going to say at this point.' Costa, first http://hdlns.com/g6zf387za29037044/Steel+City+Con+promoter+to+sell+pop+culture+show It's not for lack of success that Dominic Alessandria has decided to sell his popular Steel City Con toy and pop culture convention business. In fact, a relocation this year from the ExpoMart in Monroeville to a larger space at the Pittsburgh Indoor http://hdlns.com/g6zf1270za29036962/2+charged+after+burned+body+found+inside+home No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g6zf1270za29036961/Speeding+blamed+in+wreck+that+killed+4 No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g6zf1270za29036960/Mo.+petition+calls+for+death+penalty+moratorium No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g6zf1270za29036963/Missing+3-year-old+boy+found+safe No Abstract http://hdlns.com/g6zf630za29036819/Suspected+U.S.+Airstrike+in+Pakistan+Kills+Six+Fighters KABUL, Nov. 19 -- A suspected U.S. airstrike deep inside Pakistani territory Wednesday killed six insurgent fighters and wounded several others, according to a Pakistani security official. http://hdlns.com/g6zf630za29036820/U.S.+Troops+in+Baghdad+Take+a+Softer+Approach BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 -- It was billed as a peace concert in war-scarred Baghdad. But after 30 minutes of poetry and patriotic songs, only a scattering of tribal leaders and dark-suited bureaucrats were sitting in the vast expanse of white plastic chairs http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036810/Settlement+Over+School+Is+Reached The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that it had reached a settlement with Purcellville officials over plans to build a high school near the town, marking the end of a lengthy legal battle. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036805/10+Face+Heroin+Charges+In+N.Va. Ten people were charged yesterday in a heroin distribution ring in Northern Virginia that was responsible for at least three heroin deaths in Fairfax County, where 14 people have died from the drug this year, prosecutors and health officials said. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036814/Contest+Fosters+Artistic+Expression Put a camera in Tyrell Waller's hands, and he has a way of looking at the world differently. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036809/New+Tax+Rate+Would+Cut+Payment+for+Homeowners Prince William County supervisors unanimously approved budget guidance Tuesday that would amount to a $600 tax cut for the average homeowner. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036818/Arlington+Lawyer+Enters+GOP+Race RICHMOND, Nov. 20 -- David M. Foster, the former chairman of the Arlington County School Board, announced Wednesday he will seek the Republican nomination for attorney general next year. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036813/Teenagers+in+Foster+Care+Get+a+Lesson+in+Finance A dozen teenagers gathered their swivel chairs around a conference table on a recent afternoon and talked about the credit crisis, or more specifically, how to avoid one of their own. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036808/Va.+Man+Charged+in+Robbery+of+Waldorf+Gas+Station+Clerk A man from King George, Va., was arrested Friday in Waldorf on suspicion of robbing a gas station clerk at knifepoint and trying to use a public bus as his getaway vehicle. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036817/Official+Seeks+to+Make+Inauguration+Day+a+Holiday A Montgomery County school board member is offering a resolution to declare Inauguration Day a holiday in Maryland's largest school system, against the recommendation of Superintendent Jerry D. Weast. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036812/New+Cases+Might+Link+To+Prowler Leesburg authorities said they are investigating whether two recent cases involving a prowler in the town are linked to a string of similar incidents that occurred earlier this year. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036807/Relying+on+Fundamentals%2C+Loudoun+County+Takes+Volleyball+Title+Again When Loudoun County Coach Jenica Matthias took over the school's volleyball program in 2002, the team had not won a district title in more than a decade. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036816/Police+Asking+for+Help+in+Hit-and-Run+That+Killed+Marine%2C+22 He was a beloved high school football star, a model who caught the eye of Abercrombie and Fitch, a son who nicknamed his mother 'momma gomma lomma.' And he was a private first class in the Marine Corps, based in Washington, who was preparing for depl http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036811/Cold-Weather+Shelter+Expects+Busy+Season Loudoun County's emergency cold-weather shelter will be unusually busy this year, serving people who have been turned away from year-round homeless shelters that are filled to capacity, social service officials say. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036806/Virginia+Republicans%2C+Divided+in+2008%2C+Struggling+to+Cooperate+for+2009 RICHMOND As Virginia Republicans continue to assess their Nov. 4 losses and plot their comeback in time for the 2009 state races, one big obstacle hangs over them: coordination. http://hdlns.com/g6zf661za29036815/Board+Delays+Action+On+Fields A Fairfax County proposal to shuffle the way athletic fields are allotted to sports leagues has caused such an uproar that the Board of Supervisors decided this week to table the matter until January. http://hdlns.com/g6zf3987za29036551/Domain We spent the morning wandering around the large park in Auckland which is called the Domain.  We visited the main museum which was pretty nice and all encompassing of New Zeland's history.  We also went to the Winter Garden Botanical attraction.   http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036514/Promotion+Ceremony+for+Lieutenant+General+Ann+Dunwoody+%28Washington%2C+D.C.%29          Good morning. Thank you all for coming. We invited everyone but the fire marshal. Itâ??s good to be with you this morning and itâ??s great to see what an incredible turnout there is in recognition of General Dunwoody. http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036509/Seeking+a+Spiritual+Home+in+D.C.%3A+Pastors+Hope+Obama+Will+Become+Member Frederick Douglass once worshiped in the fifth pew on the 16th Street side of Metropolitan AME Church. President Bill Clinton prayed in the front pew before both of his inaugurations. Come January, members hope President-elect Barack Obama and his fa http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036513/Democracy+in+Nicaragua+In+Peril%2C+Ortega+Critics+Say%3A+Disputed+Mayoral+Elect MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The U.S. Embassy has been accused of counterrevolutionary subversion. A nervous Catholic Church is appealing for calm. The opposition party is crying electoral fraud, while roaming gangs armed with clubs are attacking marchers. http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036508/The+Right+Man+for+D.C. THE D.C. Council's debate on Peter J. Nickles's confirmation as the city's attorney general revealed more about council members than about Mr. Nickles. The latter is, as we already knew and as even his fiercest critics had to concede, an eminently gi http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036512/Editorial+--+D.C.%27s+Mayor+Gets+His+Attorney+General THE D.C. Council's debate on Peter J. Nickles's confirmation as the city's attorney general revealed more about council members than about Mr. Nickles. The latter is, as we already knew and as even his fiercest critics had to concede, an eminently gi http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036516/Lieutenant+General+Steven+Blum+Award+Ceremony+%28Washington%2C+D.C.%29     Itâ??s a privilege to be here on this historic occasion for Americaâ??s National Guard. And Iâ??d like to extend a warm welcome our distinguished guests, and especially the Adjutants General who traveled here from across the http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036511/Arlington+Lawyer+Enters+GOP+Race%3A+Ex-School+Board+Member+Stresses+Need+to+T RICHMOND, Nov. 20 -- David M. Foster, the former chairman of the Arlington County School Board, announced Wednesday he will seek the Republican nomination for attorney general next year. Foster, a lawyer at the Washington law firm of Fulbright & http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036515/Lieutenant+General+Craig+McKinley+Promotion+Ceremony+%28Washington%2C+D.C.%29     This elevation of the Chief of the National Guard bureau to four stars underscores the critical importance of the Guard to Americaâ??s overall national defense as Mike has just described. It also signifies the vital role the chief has in http://hdlns.com/g6zf376za29036510/ARLINGTON+COUNTY%3A+Police+Asking+for+Help+in+Hit-and-Run+That+Killed+Marine%2C He was a beloved high school football star, a model who caught the eye of Abercrombie and Fitch, a son who nicknamed his mother 'momma gomma lomma.' And he was a private first class in the Marine Corps, based in Washington, who was preparing for http://hdlns.com/g6zf654za29036351/10+Face+Heroin+Charges+In+N.Va. Ten people were charged yesterday in a heroin distribution ring in Northern Virginia that was responsible for at least three heroin deaths in Fairfax County, where 14 people have died from the drug this year, prosecutors and health officials said. http://hdlns.com/g6zf654za29036350/5+Hurt+in+High+School+Melee A melee yesterday at a Southeast Washington high school left five students injured, including three with stab wounds, on a day when police, parents, teachers and city officials held a series of meetings to discuss ways of curbing youth violence. http://hdlns.com/g6zf654za29036354/Police+Asking+for+Help+in+Hit-and-Run+That+Killed+Marine%2C+22 He was a beloved high school football star, a model who caught the eye of Abercrombie and Fitch, a son who nicknamed his mother 'momma gomma lomma.' And he was a private first class in the Marine Corps, based in Washington, who was preparing for depl http://hdlns.com/g6zf654za29036353/VIRGINIA+BRIEFING A Woodbridge man has been charged with felony homicide after he set fire this week to a townhouse, causing the death of his wife, Prince William County police said yesterday. http://hdlns.com/g6zf654za29036352/DISTRICT+BRIEFING A District man was arrested yesterday in the fatal beating of his girlfriend's 8-month-old son, D.C. police said last night. http://hdlns.com/g6zf8972za29036347/Is+Byetta+the+Next+Rezulin+or+Avandia+-+Yet+Another+Promising+Drug+That+Fac Those of us who have personally seen the devastating impact of diabetes in our own lives and those of our loved ones are always looking for the next great drug that might provide hope to our diabetic family members. I remember so well following Rezul http://hdlns.com/g6zf3792za29036236/Video+of+8-year-old+murder+suspect+released Shaquille O’Neal to work with Feed the Children to help needy families. Gas prices drop to $2.20 average in the Valley. Mesa church holds vigil for teen killed in crash. Valley loses bid for NCAA Final Four Tournament. 2 separate shootings at t http://hdlns.com/g6zf3792za29036235/Another+drive-by+shooting+in+central+Phoenix Drive-by shooting kills Phoenix man. Phoenix police conduct prostitution sting. Phoenix to rename Phoenix Mountain Preserve mountain after veterans. Community celebrations to inagurate light rail opening. Phoenix marchers call attention to homeless. http://hdlns.com/g6zf3792za29036234/Former+Phoenix+priest+arrested+for+sex+crime 63-year-old fugitive sex offender and former Phoenix priest arrested in San Francisco. Wildfires similar to Southern California not likely in the Valley. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: 'Former Phoenix priest arrested for sex crime', url: 'http://www.phx http://hdlns.com/g6zf3792za29036233/Hundreds+march+to+protest+Prop+102 Hundreds of protesters showed up in downtown Phoenix to protest same sex marriage ban. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: 'Hundreds march to protest Prop 102', url: 'http://www.phx411.com/wordpress/2008/11/16/hundreds-march-to-protest-prop-102/' }); http://hdlns.com/g6zf3792za29036237/New+author+-+Laura I’m back in Phoenix and writing for Phx411.com again! Introduction: I’ve a Phoenix native that has been living in Seattle for the last year on a work contract (web programming). I had written for Phx411.com about a year ago…but that http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036217/Bridge 'I don't know if my partner has lost his mind,' a club player remarked to me, 'but he's making the same mistake over and over again -- and expecting different results. http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036212/%27Twilight%27+Is+a+Tasty+Bite+of+Vampire+Romance It's easy to understand the intensely estrogenic, tween- and teen-centric fascination with 'Twilight,' Stephenie Meyer's first in a series of four best-selling novels about the romance between a high school girl and a vampire. At least it's easy judg http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036222/Quoted Ashley Dupr?? 'This wasn't any different than going on a date with someone you barely knew and hooking up with them. The only difference is I can pay my rent.' -- Ex-call girl Ashley Dupr?? describing her liaison with former New York governor Eliot S http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036216/Airier%2C+Better-Organized+American+History+Museum+to+Reopen The National Museum of American History -- home to a broad mix of historical and pop-culture treasures from the Star-Spangled Banner to Julia Child's kitchen -- reopens tomorrow after an $85 million overhaul. http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036211/%27Billy+Elliot%27+at+Broadway%27s+Imperial+Theatre NEW YORK -- Billy's gotta dance. And you gotta see him do it. http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036221/A+Bit+of+Navel-Gazing+About+the+Media+and+the+Campaign+Trail Pundits hold forth at the Folger Shakespeare Library. (Justin Bishop) About 250 folks trudged through the bitter cold to the Folger Shakespeare Library to hear five pundits dissect the media and the 2008 presidential race at a Vanity Fair forum Tuesd http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036215/This+Year%2C+Sens.+Ted+Stevens+and+Robert+Byrd+Have+Unforgettable+Birthdays So much for happy birthdays, senators. They have grown old together, pals across the aisle, Ted Stevens and Robert C. Byrd. And each year, as their power swelled, they've celebrated birthdays two days apart: Stevens on Nov. 18 and Byrd on Nov. 20. http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036210/Fashions+You+Can+Wrap+Your+Head+%C2%97+and+Budget+%C2%97+Around Money's tight. Your budget's tight. Why not your dress? http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036220/Reframing+the+Issue Tom Daschle (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Hmmm ... don't remember Tom Daschle sporting these funky red glasses when he was in the Senate. Now the proposed HHS secretary looks so ... Thomas Dolby? Alton Brown? Sally Jessy Raphael! http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036214/National+Book+Award+Winners+Are+Honored+in+N.Y. NEW YORK, Nov. 19 -- Annette Gordon-Reed won the National Book Award for nonfiction Wednesday night for 'The Hemingses of Monticello,' her multigenerational portrait of a family once lost to American history. http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036218/Hey%2C+Isn%27t+That+...+%3F Serena Williams (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Serena Williams at Tuesday's Wizards game. The U.S. Open tennis champ (white shirt, black pants) sat courtside with Washington Kastles owner Mark Ein; got a round of applause when caught on the JumboTron; po http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036213/No+Handshake+Man+at+Obama+Inauguration A confounding and perhaps divinely inspired Inauguration Day tradition is coming to an end: Handshake Man says he can't make it to the celebration Jan. 20. http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036223/Another+Big+Event+to+Seek+Out+on+Jan.+20 (AP Photo/MJ Schear) Forget about Michelle's gown or how to get a swearing-in ticket. The looming question about Inauguration 2009: What's Oprah planning? The multimedia queen hinted early on that she'll come to Washington for the big event: In a rad http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036208/ARC+Ensemble+at+Kennedy+Center In 1941, a Polish musical genius fled his country for the hills of Uzbekistan. There in Tashkent, Mieczyslaw (or Moisey) Weinberg began churning out the first of his 22 symphonies and 17 string quartets. Given that Weinberg never fared well with the http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036203/Gustavo+Dudamel+Conducts+the+Israel+Philharmonic+at+the+Kennedy+Center Yes, Virginia, there is a Gustavo Dudamel. There has been so much hype around the 27-year-old Venezuelan conductor that you may well have had reason to wonder. But Dudamel is the real thing -- as Virginia, and Washington, got to see when he led the I http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036207/%27American+Rifle%3A+A+Biography%27+by+Alexander+Rose AMERICAN RIFLE A Biography By Alexander Rose Delacorte. 495 pp. $30 http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036202/Rosie+O%27Donnell+Describes+Strife+on+%27The+View%27 Rosie O'Donnell, promoting her forthcoming NBC Thanksgiving Eve variety special/backdoor pilot, told reporters yesterday that being on 'The View' -- from which she departed hastily and publicly -- left her with something akin to post-traumatic stress http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036206/CAROLYN+HAX Adapted from a recent online discussion: Dear Carolyn: http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036205/Pierre+Hanta%C3%AF+at+Grace+Church Pierre Hantaï gave a sold-out recital Tuesday night at Grace Church in Georgetown, co-sponsored by the French Embassy. The program combined pieces by J.S. Bach and Domenico Scarlatti from the French harpsichordist's recent recordings on the Mirare l http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036209/Robyn+Hitchcock%27s+Eccentric+Charms+Play+Well+at+the+Birchmere For any musician aspiring to become a cult or critic favorite, Robyn Hitchcock's splendid performance at the Birchmere on Tuesday served as a perfect primer. http://hdlns.com/g6zf662za29036204/Television+Highlights The fact that new CFO Grant has a fiancee doesn't faze love-struck Wilhelmina, who makes a play for his affections on 'Ugly Betty' (Channel 7 at 8).