Washington Post: Today's Headlines & Columnists

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS McChrystal allies say article broke ground rules It was 2:30 Tuesday morning in Kabul, after a busy day of travel to Kandahar and meetings with top Afghan officials, when Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was awakened by an aide with grim news. (By Karen DeYoung and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post) Lawmakers guide Wall Street reform into homestretch Industry left largely intact Regulators to gain more sway over risky investments (By David Cho, Jia Lynn Yang and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post) At G-8, Obama faces hard sell on recovery European leaders not as keen on public stimulus spending (By Scott Wilson, The Washington Post) Cheney in hospital, will be kept through weekend Former vice president complained of being uncomfortable (By Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post) Palin arrives at Calif. campus amid controversy (By GARANCE BURKE, AP) More Today's Highlights

SPORTS Oilers take Hall No. 1 in NHL draft; Seguin to Bs LOS ANGELES -- The Edmonton Oilers selected forward Taylor Hall with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft on Friday, finally ending a yearlong debate about the two best 18-year-old prospects in hockey. (By GREG BEACHAM, AP) Torre faces Yankees for 1st time since leaving NY (By BETH HARRIS, AP) Langhorne's career-high 27 help Mystics win 4th in row (By Katie Carrera, The Washington Post) Nats blow big lead, lose 7-6 to Orioles Guzman's throwing error in ninth yields eighth loss in 10 games (By Gene Wang, The Washington Post) Washington greets Wall like a conquering hero (By Michael Lee, The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE A Tolstoy with a tale to weave As a vestige of Russian aristocracy and heir to a literary legacy, he is an unlikely resident of St. Mary's Court, a low-income assisted-living facility in Foggy Bottom. (By T. Rees Shapiro, The Washington Post) Post blogger resigns after messages leak (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post) Henry Roth, revived but not revitalized (By Troy Jollimore, The Washington Post) TODAY AT THE FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL (The Washington Post) Grad school rejection doesn't mean failure (By Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post) More Style Deafening silence on Haiti THE U.S. CONFERENCE of Mayors, meeting at its annual convention this month in Oklahoma City, did something extraordinary. With no dissent, the mayors called on President Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to "promptly" grant entry to 55,000 Haitian visa candidates with relativ... (The Washington Post) An 'honest' decision The Supreme Court was right: An anti-corruption law was too broad. (The Washington Post) Stalin, hero of D-Day? A U.S. memorial pays homage to a Soviet tyrant. (The Washington Post)

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