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Hoyas Defeat Rutgers in Final Seconds (photos)
Otto Porter scored the final six points helping the 10th ranked Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team avoid an upset by the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in a defensive battle at the Verizon Center on Saturday, January 21, 2012.
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Weekend Roundup January 26, 2012
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R&B's Etta James and Johnny Otis: Singing Life, Living Songs
Johnny Otis, 90, born Johnny Alexander Aliotes and sometimes called the "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues," and Etta James, 73, who translated her own trouble life of sad romance and loss into powerful blues-filled music -- died within three days of each other.
Annie Leibovitz's Pilgrimage
Annie Leibovitz was a 21-year-old student when her portrait of John Lennon ran on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1971. Now, for the first time in her career, she works beyond the pop culture lens with an exhibit at the American Art Museum.
National Gallery Opens Landmark Exhibits
Pablo Picasso was a master draftsman. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione paved the road to Impressionism. And at last, we have our French galleries back, offering a renewed showcase for the Chester Dale Collection. And it's all at the National Gallery of Art.
Across the Cutting Board with Ris: Oatmeal
The history of oatmeal is a modest and uneventful affair. But like a man whose steady greatness slowly reveals itself in his maturity, oatmeal emerges as a sort of existential hero: hearty, decent and strong.
Features
Ari Shapiro & Pink Martini
Ari Shapiro, White House Correspondent for National Public Radio, moonlights as a singer in the band, Pink Martini, and last year made the local scene at Bethesda's Strathmore. But the story's a little wilder than that.
Aye for Newt Spells Double Toil and Trouble for GOP
The GOP primary race remains a wacky brew, although one with fewer fixins. This week, four remain, and the man at the top is not Mitt Romney.
Romantic Country Retreats
A February weekend is the perfect time to drop in on two of America’s grandest old ladies. They are the original spas, the ones who set the standard for American resorts, the Homestead and the Greenbrier.
