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After the break Nationals’ Ian Desmond is having a resurgence in the second half 13

Bard of bongs?

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Scientists have found cannabis in clay pipes in Shakespeare’s yard 6

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A new study details the mounting cost of child care and the career compromises many parents feel forced to make 11

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Sea turtle hatchlings swim in a tank Monday at the Sea Turtle Reserve Centre in Kosgoda, Sri Lanka, where volunteers are learning about turtles, conservation and the local community during a two-week program.

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A Swiss millionaire’s 20-year-old son set fire to his $245,000 Ferrari just so he could get a newer model, the newspaper 20 Minutes reported last week. The car was one of 15 the man’s father had bought him. Afraid to tell his father he didn’t like the car anymore, he took the advice of a car dealer to commit insurance fraud, the paper reported. His plot was foiled when a security camera caught his two accomplices setting the car ablaze. (EXPRESS)

It wasn’t happy hour, but the beer was flowing on southbound Interstate 75 when a Budweiser truck overturned. The Florida Highway Patrol says beer cans were strewn along the highway north of Tampa early Tuesday after truck driver Malcolm Jamal Wilcox, 23, became distracted by a small dog riding in his cab and lost control of the vehicle. Much of the cargo spilled, but no one was injured in the crash. (AP)

A midair traffic stop? Almost, as a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s helicopter pursued a powered paraglider Monday that had just flown past a jail, raising concern. Paraglider Ron Nagin at first didn’t obey orders to stop, but landed a few minutes later. A sheriff’s statement said Nagin was apologetic and said he hadn’t heard them because of his loud motor. Authorities said Nagin was not spotted dropping anything and was not arrested or cited. (AP)

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D.C.’s punk history saved for posterity

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THE DISTRICT All the stuff Mark Andersen saved — fliers, zines, set lists, photos, audio cassettes and videotapes — he saved simply because he thought it was worth saving. He said: “That’s the essence of the punk approach. If you feel like something should be done, do it.” So he did. Andersen collected and saved mounds of ephemera connected with the rise of punk rock in Washington. It helped him write “Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital,” the 2001 book he co-authored with Mark Jenkins. Then, as he led Positive Force D.C., an activist collective closely associated with the area’s punk community, Andersen created and compiled even more material. All that stuff — the research materials for “Dance of Days” and the records of Positive Force — fills eight filing cabinet’s in the

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Mark Andersen, in the basement of his District home, is co-author of a book on D.C. punk, and has donated his archives to the D.C. Public Library.

basement of Andersen’s house in the District’s Columbia Heights neighborhood. Soon it will have a new home downtown: the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library as part of its D.C. Punk Archive. “We’ve got a lot in the [D.C. Punk] collection, but nothing of this size,” said Michele Casto, special collections librarian. “It at least doubles, maybe triples, the size of the collection.” Andersen is adamant that punk

not be put on a shelf, even if that’s what will happen with his stuff. “I think the essence of the punk ethic is now is what matters,” he said. “Speaking as a punk historian, then is never as important as now. Then is important because it can inform and inspire and fuel what we’re doing now. We hope the materials that we provide will inspire other people and help inform what they will do.” JOHN KELLY (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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A new sensor means cooler temps, right? Responding to concerns, the National Weather Service installed a new temperature sensor at Reagan National Airport on Monday. In recent weeks, a number of local constituents — including the Capital Weather Gang and WUSA9 meteorologist Howard Bernstein — had voiced concerns that the airport readings were too warm compared with neighboring weather stations. It registered more days at or above 90 degrees than any location in the region through early August. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Local historian donates his extensive collection to MLK library’s archive

Sonoma Cellar, a new wine-tasting room and bistro, will open its doors in the heart of Old Town Alexandria on Thursday. Rick Myllenbeck, who is opening the establishment with his wife, Elizabeth, believes there aren’t enough Sonoma wines being offered in the area, and some of the more than 150 labels at Sonoma Cellar will be making their local debut. The space occupies the first floor of a historic 1810 home. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Eat like a ‘Great British Baking Show’ judge Fans of “The Great British Baking Show,” take note: Local British food truck Sixes & Sevens will be baking along with the show’s contestants each week throughout the course of the season. The cooking just kicked off its season Wednesday on the BBC in the U.K. Season 6 is scheduled to start here Sept. 6. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

This one day volunteer recruitment fair will host 30 nonproﬁt and government agencies that provide direct interaction volunteer opportunities with young boys and men of color to ensure that local nonproﬁts are able to recruit and retain large numbers of African American and Latino males to volunteer with organizations that provide support and services in the areas of education, healthy futures and economic opportunity for boys and young men of color. If you would like to participate as an exhibitor to recruit volunteers and mentors or as a volunteer seeking service opportunities, please contact: Pamela B. Weinberg, Serve DC Grants Management Specialist pamela.weinberg@dc.gov or 202.727.7937.

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EDUCATION As Virginia’s English language learners fell further behind in state test scores this year, one poor, largely Hispanic school in Arlington County once again saw massive gains in scores. Some grades at Carlin Springs Elementary saw double-digit increases in their state test passage rates for the second year in a row, following a deliberate effort to prepare disadvantaged students for the exams and to closely track

performance on practice tests throughout the year. The repeat success suggests that the school’s efforts might be paying off, boosting scores among groups of students whose success has proved elusive on standardized tests. On Tuesday, Virginia published passage rates for the Standards of Learning (SOL) exams, annual tests that gauge students’ performance across all subjects. After Virginia increased the level of difficulty of its tests in recent years, scores have fallen. But across the state in all subjects, passage rates inched upward in the 2014-15 school year, a trend attributed in part to teachers and

Third graders at Carlin Springs Elementary study math. This third grade class saw 95 percent of students pass the state’s standardized math test.

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A woman who was shot by a D.C. police officer Friday after she refused to drop a knife had for weeks been using synthetic drugs mixed with PCP and yelled, “I’m ready to die” moments before the officer fired his gun, according to an arrest affidavit. Renita Nettles, 22, has been recovering from a bullet wound to her left shoulder. She was in serious condition Sunday; an update from MedStar Washington Hospital Center was not immediately available Tuesday. Nettles faces charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault on a police officer and arson. Police said Nettles confronted officers with knives and a hammer after allegedly setting fire to her house in Northeast. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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students becoming accustomed to the more rigorous tests. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe also praised the results, noting a five-point overall statewide gain in reading and math and two-point increases in writing, science and history. But the success at Carlin Springs stood out. In two years, the passage rates for thirdgrade math jumped 47 percentage points, with 95 percent of third graders passing in 2014-15. They outperformed their peers in the wealthy, high-achieving Arlington school district, where 84 percent of third graders passed. MORIAH BALINGIT (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Officers and protesters face off along West Florissant Avenue on Monday in Ferguson.

After night of violence, protests take calm turn Police release video showing suspect shot by police had a gun FERGUSON, MO. As another protest on Ferguson’s beleaguered West Florissant Avenue began to turn rowdy Monday night, Jon Belmar was among the first to confront protesters. Wearing neither a helmet nor a shield, the St. Louis County police chief strode directly toward demonstrators, telling them to get out of the street and urging calm. “They’re not going to take the street tonight,” Belmar said. One night earlier, things turned dangerously violent when shots rang out and an 18-yearold black suspect was shot by

police after he allegedly fired a handgun into an unmarked police SUV. Police used smoke to disperse the crowd. Three officers were injured. The scene was markedly different Monday night and early Tuesday, after the St. Louis County executive declared a state of emergency, a move that gave Belmar — instead of interim Ferguson Police Chief Andre Anderson — control of security. Unlike Sunday, there was no gunfire, no injuries and no reports of looting or property damage. More than 20 people were arrested Monday night County Executive Steve Stenger said the state of emergency could be lifted today, depending upon how Tuesday night unfolded. Events marking the

anniversary of Michael Brown’s death were peaceful until Sunday night, when multiple shots were fired and Tyrone Harris Jr. was shot. He is accused of firing into the unmarked police vehicle. The four plainclothes officers inside returned fire. Harris is now hospitalized in critical condition. St. Louis County police on Tuesday released a 13-second clip of security camera footage they say shows Harris minutes before he fired at the officers. The clip shows a person police identify as Harris grabbing a handgun from his waistband and running toward a parking lot, police say, in response to other shots being fired during the protests. JIM SALTER AND ALAN

Your favorite playwright may have smoked more than just tobacco. South African scientists found cannabis in 400-year-old clay tobacco pipes found in William Shakespeare’s garden and around Stratford-Upon-Avon, according to The Telegraph. Of the 24 pipe fragments, traces of cannabis were found in eight samples, with four coming directly from the playwright’s property. There was also evidence of cocaine in two pipes, but neither of them were from the his garden.

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“I am the most fabulous whiner. I do whine because I want to win. And I’m not happy if I’m not winning.” DONALD TRUMP, presidential contender, in a CNN interview Tuesday. He reacted to an opinion piece that called him

“the most fabulous whiner.” Also Tuesday, he returned to Fox News after his dust-up with Megyn Kelly.

36 retired generals, admirals sign letter backing Iran deal

GOP contender Rick Perry has raised so little money for his second-chance presidential bid that he’s stopped paying his campaign staffers, the kind of cash crisis that could normally sink a candidate. But the former Texas governor has well-funded super PACs that say they’re ready to keep his message afloat at least through the February caucuses in Iowa, where Perry has spent more time than any other presidential hopeful. Perry raised only $1 million in his first month of campaigning. But two super PACs amassed almost $17 million over the same period. (AP)

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Control rods were lifted Tuesday from the reactor core at a plant in southern Japan, ending a ban on nuclear power after meltdowns in March 2011 at Fukushima in the northeast that forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. For economic, environmental and political reasons, Japan remains committed to nuclear power despite the accident. Though two other nuclear reactors briefly resumed operations after the Fukushima meltdowns, Japan has gone completely without nuclear power for nearly two years under new, tighter regulations. (AP)

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The parenthood trap A new poll shows that high child care costs hurt parents’ careers

Parents say child care is expensive and sometimes conflicts with work — but for mothers more than fathers, according to a Washington Post poll. Q. Is the cost of paid child care in your area expensive? Not too/Not at all expensive Somewhat expensive Very expensive No opinion

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TRENDS More than three-quarters of mothers and half of fathers in the U.S. say they’ve passed up work opportunities, switched jobs or quit to tend to their kids, according to a new Washington Post poll. While it has long been clear that finding affordable, dependable child care is a daily challenge for parents of young children, the new poll provides rare data on the breadth of the problem and how it’s shaping careers for millions of American parents. The poll also signals that the issue will figure in the 2016 presidential campaign, with about twice as many Americans saying Democrats would more reliably ensure access to child care than Republicans. For many parents, scaling back at the office has become a necessity when the cost of child care strains even a middle-class salary. Roughly three-quarters of parents with children younger than 18 say care is expensive in their area, the poll shows, and a little more than half say it’s hard to find. “Ask any parent: It’s not working for them,” said Helen Blank, director of Child Care and Early Learning at the National Women’s Law Center. Over the past 30 years, average weekly child-care expenses for families with working mothers who paid for the service surged more than 70 percent — from $87 to $148, based on data from the Census Bureau. And some areas are significantly more expensive than others. The annual cost for infant care, for instance, is about $5,600 in Louisiana, compared with about $22,000 in the District, according to Child Care Aware of America, an organization focused

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MOTHERS on the quality of child care. Politicians are beginning to seize on the politics of child care, with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton staking out the issue as central to middle-class stagnation. Advocates on the left want more public funding for child care. Those on the right would rather see tax breaks for businesses that cater to parental needs. Without any rules governing how much flexibility workplaces should offer, some parents are picking jobs based on whether they provide family-friendly benefits. Brandon Schiwal’s wife was eight months pregnant when he took a significant pay cut. He had no paternity leave and said his boss refused to approve vacation days after the baby was born. “He made it clear that, once Milo came, I’d have just one day at the hospital,” recalls Schiwal, 31,

an accountant in Bismarck, N.D. So Schiwal switched to a job that offered more flexibility but slashed his potential earnings by a quarter, although the couple faced $85,000 in student debt. His wife, an environmental scientist, also received no paid leave. She returned to work three weeks later, toting Milo to her desk. They now spend about $1,000 monthly on day care, an amount that nearly matches their monthly mortgage. Infant care in particular is pricey. The average annual cost of infant-center-based care is virtually the same as the average cost of tuition and fees at a fouryear public college, according to the Committee for Economic Development. One month after her daughter was born, Julie Waltz-Stalker decided to return to work to teach art to elementary school students in Corning, N.Y. But by her calculations, the

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wages wouldn’t cover the daycare bill. The payments on their house already devoured most of her husband’s manufacturing salary. Nearly three years later, she’s still home with her toddler, Fiona. “I feel like I’m losing my autonomy,” said Waltz-Stalker, 31. “I want to work. I can’t afford it. And as time passes, I feel more behind and less qualified to go back.” DANIELLE PAQUETTE AND PEYTON M. CRAIGHILL (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Bundles of joy? You might want to think again. Life has its ups and downs, but parenthood is supposed to be among the most joyous. But in reality, it turns out that having a child can have a pretty strong negative impact on a person’s happiness, according to a new study published in the journal Demography. In fact, on average, the effect of a new baby on a person’s life is devastatingly bad — worse than divorce, worse than unemployment and worse even than the death of a partner. Researchers Rachel Margolis and Mikko Myrskyla followed 2,016 Germans who were childless at the time the study began until at least two years after the birth of their first child. They found that most couples in their study started out pretty happy when they set out to have their first child. It was only after birth that the parents’ experiences diverged. Of the new mothers and fathers whose happiness went down, 37 percent reported a one-unit drop, 19 percent a two-unit drop and 17 percent a three-unit drop. On average, new parenthood led to a 1.4 unit drop in happiness. That’s considered very severe. To put that into perspective, previous studies have found that divorce results in a 0.6 “happiness unit” drop; unemployment, a one-unit drop; and the death of a partner a oneunit drop. ARIANA EUNJUNG CHA

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A Texas police officer who fatally shot unarmed 19-year-old college football player Christian Taylor was fired Monday for failing to follow police department policy, putting himself and other officers in danger, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said Officer Brad Miller and Taylor never came into physical contact. A grand jury will recieve evidence and ultimately make any decision on whether to charge Miller. (AP)

EPA workers accidentally unleashed an estimated 3 million gallons of mine waste, including high concentrations of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals, as they inspected the long-abandoned Gold King mine near Silverton, Colo., on Aug. 5. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Tuesday that she takes full responsibility and that the agency is working to assess the environmental impact. (AP)

After two killers escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York in June, other prisoners were beaten by guards, according to The New York Times. Citing letters and interviews, the Times said corrections officers carried out “a campaign of retribution” against dozens of inmates in the days after Richard W. Matt and David Sweat escaped. More than 60 inmates have filed complaints. (EXPRESS)

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What a cheaper yuan means for the U.S. economy China surprised the world Tuesday by devaluing its currency, a move likely to boost exports and support the country’s flagging economic growth. The change to the currency’s value was the most dramatic in one day in two decades. Political leaders, especially in the U.S., have long complained that China leaves its currency — the yuan — at a lower value to boost its domestic industries. But the Chinese central bank argued that this change was a one-time event to let it set exchange rates in line with free market practices. Like many things in China’s economy, the currency is controlled by a mix of market forces and government decree. Each morning, Beijing sets a target for the trading of its currency against the U.S. dollar, then allows investors to buy and sell the currency for 2 percent more or less. Tuesday’s change relaxes government control over setting that rate, setting the midpoint around the market’s previous closing rate. Investors are waiting until today in China to see if the central bank really lets the market set these rates, or whether it continues to intervene. In some ways, the move to make the exchange rate more marketoriented follows what American officials have wanted. But some economists think the decision could hurt U.S. economic growth. Market forces could pressure the currency to depreciate rather than appreciate, making Chinese products cheaper compared to American goods. A cheaper yuan could also weaken American exports to China. ANA SWANSON

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Ian Desmond had his second career multihomer game Monday.

THREE POINTERS

DANNY MOLOSHOK (AP)

Teammates who brawl

A change for the better Nationals’ Desmond is finally starting to heat up after a rough first half of the season NATIONALS Ian Desmond finished a miserable first half with a .211 batting average and seven home runs in 348 plate appearances. The offensive struggles wore on the three-time Silver Slugger, playing in his final season before free agency. There have still been a few hiccups, but slowly, Desmond has made the adjustments in the second half to change the course of his season. Since the All-Star break, the Nationals shortstop is hitting .277 with seven home runs in 92 plate appearances. He has faced some of the NL’s best pitchers and still been productive. His surge was capped by Monday’s two-homer performance against the Dodgers, only the second multi-homer game of his career. “It feels good,” Desmond said after Washington’s 8-3 victory. “I feel good. It’s just nice to get some wins.” During his improved stretch, Desmond has deflected questions about his hitting and adjustments, instead preferring to talk about the team. Asked about

his season totals becoming more respectable with this second-half improvement, Desmond again deflected. “That’s a bit of a stretch,” he said. “It doesn’t matter. We won the game [Monday night] and it’s going to be a big road trip for us.” Nationals manager Matt Williams has noticed a change in Desmond. Watching from a side angle in the dugout, Williams has seen Desmond crouch a bit lower in his stance at the plate and control the foot stride in his swing better. “He’s not drifting toward the pitcher,” Williams said. “He’s seeing it fine. His hands are lightning quick, we know that. And if he can sit down a little bit, he sees it longer and allows him to get in the strike zone. He’s walked some lately. Just a good sign. He’s swinging it well.” A significant part of Desmond’s improvement has been because of improved pitch recognition. From 2012 to 2014, Desmond hit .259 against offspeed pitches. His best season against those type of pitches was

“Deflategate” judge pressures NFL, union, Tom Brady to settle

He just needed a break Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond, who won the past three Silver Slugger awards, had an awful first half of the season. Since the All-Star break, though, he’s turned things around. Here are his splits (entering Tuesday’s game). 1ST HALF 2ND HALF

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2013, when he hit .287 against them. But entering Monday’s game, Desmond was hitting .188 against offspeed pitches. With a calmer approach and better pitch recognition, Desmond smashed a hanging curve from Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson in the

second inning Monday for a two-run home run. Desmond got his front foot down quickly and swung hard at the ball. “If he’s able to be a little more calm in the batter’s box and sit down a little bit, that’s what he can do,” Williams said. Thanks to his second-half surge, Desmond has 14 home runs and nine stolen bases. He is one of a handful of shortstops in major league history to post three seasons with 20 homers and 20 stolen bases. With about seven weeks left in the season, he could still reach 20 homers, although getting to 20 stolen bases would be hard. But at least Desmond has put himself in a position to finish the season closer to his recent career norms. “I’ve played with Ian for a long time,” first baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. “He’s going to continue to grind it out and play hard. That’s why he’s earned the respect he has around here. I don’t think anyone is pulling more for him than the guys in this clubhouse.” JAMES WAGNER

The sucker-punch Tuesday that broke the jaw of Jets QB Geno Smith (story, page 14) was just the latest in a long line of fights between teammates. DAVE TEPPS (EXPRESS)

3 Westbrook attacks At Redskins camp in 1997, Michael Westbrook had words with Stephen Davis and unleashed two hard blows caught on camera. Westbrook’s fine: $50,000.

2 Bonds, Kent scuffle The feud between Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent peaked in June 2002 when they fought during a game in the dugout of the World Seriesbound Giants.

1 “Romo” flips out At Raiders camp in 2003, Bill Romanowski ripped off Marcus Williams’ helmet and slugged him, breaking an eye socket. “Romo” paid $340,000 in a civil suit; Williams was forced to retire.

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

Redskins GM Scot McCloughan on SiriusXM NFL Radio: “We’re not gonna be the best team out there this year”

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Jets quarterback Geno Smith has thrown 25 touchdowns to 34 interceptions in his first two NFL seasons.

Jets’ Smith breaks jaw in a locker room fight QB to miss 6-10 weeks after getting punched in ‘childish’ altercation NFL Geno Smith’s hopes for a breakout season with the New York Jets took a major blow — to the jaw. The quarterback will be sidelined at least 6 to 10 weeks with a broken jaw after being punched by teammate Ikemefuna Enemkpali in the locker room Tuesday morning. Smith, entering his third season, required surgery. Coach Todd Bowles made the a nnouncement before training camp practice was scheduled to start. Enemkpali, a linebacker in his

second season, was immediately released by the Jets. Bowles said Smith and Enemkpali got into an “altercation” in the Jets’ locker room Tuesday morning. “It had nothing to do with football,” Bowles said. “It was something very childish, and he got cold-cocked, sucker-punched — whatever you want to call it — in the jaw.” ESPN reported that the altercation was over a $600 plane ticket paid for by Enemkpali that Smith was to use to attend the linebacker’s football camp in Texas. Smith did not attend for personal reasons. Smith will be sidelined for the rest of the summer and likely for the first few games of the

season. The season opener at home against Cleveland on Sept. 13 is five weeks away. “Depending on how surgery goes, we’ll see where we go from there,” Bowles said. Bowles said the Jets could add another quarterback, but it appears that veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick will assume the starting job. Bryce Petty, a fourth-round pick this year out of Baylor, and undrafted free agent Jake Heaps out of Miami are the Jets’ other remaining quarterbacks. Smith took to Instagram and posted a picture of himself sitting in a car — mouth closed and looking stern — and a simple message: “ILL BE BACK.”

SETH WENIG (AP)

Timberwolves’ Flip Saunders has ‘treatable’ lymphoma Minnesota Timberwolves president and coach Flip Saunders, 60, said he is being treated for Hodgkin lymphoma, and his doctors consider it “very treatable and curable.” Saunders was diagnosed with a cancer of the immune system two months ago and has been undergoing chemotherapy. He plans to remain as the team’s coach and top executive while being treated. “I am taking it step by step and day by day to understand how to best manage this process,” Saunders said Tuesday in a statement. Saunders, who coached the Wizards for just over two seasons, returned to the Timberwolves as team president in 2013. Last year, he replaced the retired Rick Adelman on the bench and the team finished 16-66. (AP)

DENNIS WASZAK JR. (AP)

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“This is probably the closest team I’ve ever been on.” PANTHERS QB CAM NEWTON, downplaying the scuffle

he had with cornerback Josh Norman on Monday

D.C. United forward Fabian Espindola to miss 10-14 days with sprained knee

Doug Melvin is leaving as general manager of Brewers

Maryland opens practice with QB questions Training camp for the Maryland football team began Monday. Here’s a look at some of the team’s top questions as practice begins. ROMAN STUBBS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

Who will win the QB competition? Coach Randy Edsall has declared an open competition among senior Caleb Rowe, Oklahoma State transfer Daxx Garman and junior Perry Hills. All three have won games at this level, and Maryland’s staff is confident it finally has adequate depth at a position that has been in flux during Edsall’s tenure.

Can the Terps overcome attrition at wide receiver? The losses of Stefon Diggs and Deon Long to the NFL were compounded after senior Marcus Leak and sophomore Juwann Winfree left the team. After missing all of last season due to suspension, redshirt junior Levern Jacobs will be relied upon to live up to his potential.

How will the defense fare in the 4-3 scheme? Keith Dudzinski has replaced Brian Stewart as defensive coordinator after Maryland finished 12th in the Big Ten in total defense last year. Edsall has said the new scheme will allow the Terps to play more downhill. Maryland has an experienced secondary, but returns just one starter in the front seven.

NFL draft returning to Chicago in 2016

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The daiquiri: It’s one part D.C. Trace the drink’s roots and you’ll find the city plays an integral role COCKTAILS American businessmen, sailors and congressmen are all rumored to have brought the daiquiri to Americans’ attention. While the cocktail’s origins aren’t exactly as clear as ice, the most intriguing theory about how this Cuban import came stateside can be traced to Washington, D.C. Here’s the story, as chronicled by famed cocktail historian and writer Tom Sandham: In 1896, an American businessman named Jennings Stockton Cox Jr. was working in the Cuban mining town of Daiquiri. Taking a cue from locals who drank canchancharas — a drink of rum, lime and molasses — to keep cool, Cox created his own libation: the daiquiri. The drink stayed local until 1909, when Lucius Johnson, a U.S. Navy medical officer on assignment in Cuba, introduced his compatriots to the beverage when he returned to D.C.

A classic daiquiri is made with white rum, sugar, freshly squeezed lime and nary a cocktail umbrella.

“It began being made at the Army and Navy Club right here in the city,” says Julia Hurst, the former bar director at Hogo, a now-defunct tiki bar in Shaw. According to the 1935 edition of Bar la Florida Cocktails, the classic daiquiri, Daiquiri No. 1, is made with 2 ounces of white rum, one teaspoon of sugar and the juice of half a lime, all shaken with ice and strained into a glass. “It’s a natural product of things growing together and tasting great when combined,” Hurst says. “There are very few things that contain only three ingredients and are perfectly balanced. A daiquiri is one of them.” How, then, did the daiquiri go from that simple classic to the bastardized frozen swirl we know today? You can thank the blender for that. The Waring blender, the first modern electric blender on the market, made its way to Cuba in the late 1930s. Bartenders now had a way to make more drinks at a faster pace, which brought the frozen daiquiri into prominence. Then, “corporations started

Zentan in Logan Circle to host bottled cocktail class Saturday

“[The daiquiri] is a natural product of things growing together and tasting great when combined.” JULIA HURST, a bartender at Rose’s Luxury and the former bar director of Hogo, a defunct tiki bar

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D.C. diners got a taste of Nick Sharpe’s cooking during his brief stint at After Peacock Room in Georgetown, with The Washington Post’s Tom Sietsema describing it as “edible art.” Next week Sharpe will be back behind a stove at Prequel, the pop-up megaplex that hosts multiple restaurant concepts under one roof. The meal is part of Prequel’s Rising Star supper club, which features a four-course meal from a different chef every week. “There’s no theme to it,” Sharpe says of his menu. “There’s a flow and there are elements that tie things together, but what goes onto the plate won’t be restricted by anything.” He’s most excited about a dish made with heirloom tomatoes, house-made tofu, Maryland crab and green chermoula, a Moroccan sauce.

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you can grab a glass and honor D.C.’s role in the drink’s origin story:

Copycat Co. Now through Sunday, Copycat Co. is serving a daiquiri-centric menu with more than 40 variations of the drink. We suggest the half pina colada, half frozen daiquiri version that is blended to order. $11; 1110 H St. NE

2 Birds 1 Stone making strange flavors,” says Adam Bernbach, the bar director of 2 Birds 1 Stone. “A beautiful daiquiri slushy went from there into something that involved corn syrup.” With so many different variations, how can anyone identify a quality daiquiri? “It’s all about good technique,” says Devin Gong, the owner of Copycat Co. bar on H Street NE. “You’ve got to make sure you strain it as fast as you can when done shaking. Straining it quickly makes sure it doesn’t become diluted by melting ice.” Here are a few places where

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Chef Nick Sharpe at Prequel

Bar director Adam Bernbach sticks to the classic, blending white rum with lime juice and raw white sugar for his Daiquiri #1 drink. $12; 1800 14th St. NW, lower level

Room 11 Residents of Columbia Heights perch at this bar for The B Word, a spin on the classic that uses aged rum, falernum (a traditional Caribbean cordial mixture of sugar and spices) and Becherovka (an herbal spiced liqueur from the Czech Republic), lending the drink a slightly spicy flavor.

Lupo Verde on 14th Street to debut new brunch menu Saturday

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On the Ball: Tig Notaro’s D.C. comedy fest to return Tig Notaro shares the view from her side at last year’s Bentzen Ball.

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When Tig Notaro and her “Professor Blastoff” co-hosts announced last month that they were ending the podcast after four years, I wondered if Notaro’s D.C. comedy festival, the Bentzen Ball, would suffer a similar fate. After all, it’s been a busy year for the deadpan comedian. She’s the subject of two documentaries — Showtime’s “Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro” and Netflix’s “Tig” — and on Aug. 22, HBO will premiere her first stand-up special, “Boyish Girl Interrupted.” She’s also set to star in her own Amazon series, co-written by Diablo Cody and produced by Louis C.K. Luckily for D.C., Notaro hasn’t taken her eye off the Bentzen Ball. Today, Brightest Young Things, which organizes the event, will officially announce this year’s festival, set to run Oct. 1-4. The festival will open at the Lincoln Theatre with a live reunion of Comedy Central’s late-’90s cartoon, “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.” The ahead-of-its-time, crudely drawn sitcom starred Jonathan Katz as a therapist whose patients included comedians and actors (often playing themselves). Laura Silverman (who voiced his receptionist) and Janeane Garofalo will appear alongside Katz and Notaro, with TBA special guests. “We feel like in many ways ‘Dr. Katz’ is the godfather of the kind of comedy that is the Bentzen Ball,” says BYT founder Svetlana Legetic, adding that this is the only “Katz” reunion scheduled for the East Coast.

(Tickets are $35 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday via Ticketfly.) BYT is also, for the first time, releasing a limited amount of four-day Bentzen Ball passes, good for entry into the Lincoln on all four nights. (The $100 pass goes on sale at 9 a.m. today through Eventbite.) For now, the “Dr. Katz” reunion is the only show being announced, but Legetic says Notaro will do stand-up at one of the other three Lincoln shows. (She will also likely drop in, unannounced, at the smaller shows, as she has in the past.) “There will be some [comedians] coming back but a lot of the shows are special, one-of-a-kind shows,” Legetic says. “It will allow us to have more improv talents and hosts to [show] the breadth of the comedy offerings — as opposed to just the straightforward stand-up format.”

The Washington area gets plenty of big-name touring comics throughout the year, but the Bentzen Ball — now in its fourth year — is the highlight of D.C.’s comedy calendar. You can revisit past festival lineups to get a sense of who might perform this year, but it’s always a solid mix of established names and up-andcoming comics, improvisers and musicians, most of whom are friends with Notaro. Despite her busy schedule, she’s actively involved in the planning, curating the lineup herself (even down to the local comics who appear at almost every show). “We are 100 percent, multiple times a week in [contact] with Tig,” Legetic says. “She’s involved in every decision. It will forever be Tig’s festival.” For more from Rudi, follow him on Twitter: @rudigreenberg

Hollywood Reporter: Mandy Patinkin to narrate Showtime ‘s CIA documentary, “The Spymasters”

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are collaborating again, this time on an adaptation of a historical novel. Deadline reports that Scorsese will direct “Devil in the White City,” based on the 2003 book by Erik Larson, which details the design of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and the serial killer who terrorized the city. DiCaprio will play H.H. Holmes, known as America’s first serial killer. No other details or cast have been announced. (EXPRESS)

Meghan Trainor is canceling the rest of her North American tour to get surgery on a vocal cord hemorrhage. The singer wrote on Instagram on Tuesday that she’s “been coughing a lot and that pushed it over the edge. … I am devastated, scared, and so sorry.” Trainor’s tour was expected to play through September. (AP) INVESTIGATIONS

NTSB: Fatigue a factor in crash that hurt Morgan The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that a fatigued Wal-Mart truck driver failed to slow down and caused the 2014 crash that severely injured Tracy Morgan. But the board also said the failure of Morgan and other passengers in the limousine to wear seatbelts contributed to the severity of their injuries. (AP) TELEVISION

Revival of ‘Twin Peaks’ begins shooting soon Showtime’s reboot of the eerie 1990 thriller “Twin Peaks” will begin shooting next month, network president David Nevins told a gathering of TV critics Tuesday. The original co-creators, David Lynch and Mark Frost, are writing the new series. No air date has been announced. (AP)

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“I want to do jokes on Donald Trump so badly, and I have no venue, so right now I’m just dry-Trumping.” STEPHEN COLBERT, telling reporters

at the Television Critics Press Tour on Monday that he “light[s] a candle every night” that Trump stays in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until his “Late Show” starts Sept. 8

Netflix lands deal for Christopher Guest’s new film,“Mascots,” Vulture reports

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