The first day of kindergarten found Alex Barth in the principal's office. The teacher had asked students to draw self-portraits. Alex had wanted to draw his in red crayon. There was no red crayon. Alex had melted down....

The first day of kindergarten found Alex Barth in the principal's office. The teacher had asked students to draw self-portraits. Alex had wanted to draw his in red crayon. There was no red crayon. Alex had melted down....

DeMatha's administration informed boys' lacrosse coach Scott Pugh that he will not return next season, despite the Stags going undefeated in the conference this year and winning their second league title in his three seasons running the program....

6 P.M. Robert Jensen , a professor of media law, ethics and politics at the University of Texas (Austin), discusses and signs Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, 202-387-7638....

In attempting to prove that former escort-service entrepreneur Deborah Jeane Palfrey was, in reality, an upscale pimp, prosecutors yesterday summoned seven more admitted ex-prostitutes to the witness stand in federal court in Washington -- not one of them as unlikely a call girl as Rhona Reiss, PhD....

The business cards handed to men at a North Woodbridge grocery store didn't say much. Just a first name, a cellphone number and the phrase Casa de Carne, or House of Meat....

I was among the thousands of frustrated Washington Nationals fans who tried to get Opening Day tickets [Metro, March 5]. I knew it would be hard, but I hoped for luck....

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