MLB: Washington 5, LA Dodgers 4 (UPI)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Tim Redding worked around eight hits Wednesday and Washington fought off the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4.

Dodgers lose their sixth straight, 5-4 to the Washington Nationals (The Press-Enterprise)
WASHINGTON - Joe Torre looked down at his desk, shook his head and said, "No, no, no." It wasn't yet another moment of frustration for the Dodgers manager, but rather a denial that, after digesting a sixth straight loss this late in the season, his team just wasn't a very good one.

Washington, Havana must learn to live in peace (Miami Herald)
During the Cold War, the United States was of two minds regarding the Third World. Did the new nations in Africa and Asia provide fodder for Soviet expansionism? Were Iran under the reformist Mohammed Mosaddeq or Guatemala under Jacobo Arbenz on the brink of becoming Soviet outposts? Should Washington welcome the Cuban revolution?

Washington won't resurrect land deal (The Warren Reporter)
WASHINGTON -- Saying they never had an obligation to close on a proposed land deal for the planned municipal parking lot project, a majority of Borough Council members were unwilling to reopen negotiations on the prospective purchase of a residential property owned by a 77-year-old resident who said she was continually led to believe the borough would buy her home.

National and Washington news in brief (San Jose Mercury News)
WASHINGTON, D.C. Private contractors quarter of spy force Private contractors account for more than one-quarter of the core workforce at U.