Is Craig Venter going to save the planet? Or is this more hype from one of America?s most controversial scientists?

In a pristine white greenhouse in La Jolla, Calif., maverick molecular biologist Craig Venter is showing off tubs of dark green goop that might help rescue the planet.

Winter sunlight streams through the glass roof onto rows of long, white troughs filled with algae and seawater. A little water wheel in each trough turns to keep the liquid circulating and the growing cells evenly exposed to light and to carbon dioxide-enriched air. Computers maintain a constant temperature. Giant transparent bags of algae varieties waiting to be tested hang from metal beams.

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A sampling of local classes

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G Street Fabrics

www.gstreetfabrics.com/Classes

Class locations: 5520 Randolph Rd., Rockville; 6250 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church; 5077 Westfields Blvd., Centreville

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Afghan women entrepreneurs look to India for opportunities

They run fleets of trucks, supply construction material, design software programs and make furniture. Women entrepreneurs in war-torn Afghanistan have been breaking many cultural ceilings in the past decade.

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Music: National Orchestral Institute at Strathmore

Every summer, the National Orchestral Institute brings together the cream of young American instrumentalists to play orchestral repertory under important conductors at the University of Maryland. But another annual tradition is the New Lights concert, in which the students explore different ways to approach the repertory. This year?s New Lights concert, on Thursday at the Clarice Smith Center?s Gildenhorn Hall, began with applause.

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Louisiana Gov. Jindal still refuses to implement Obamacare

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a possible Republican vice presidential contender who has refused to establish a federally mandated health care exchange in his state, said Friday that he will continue to ignore it.

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Two Washington Post reporters head to Alaska to find romance

The fishermen descend almost before we even make it through the door of the rattletrap bar. They beg us for a game of pool, conversation, anything. The bearded guys hunched over their beers rivet their eyes on us. There?s a guitarist at the open mike who, as soon as he spots Annie, stops strumming and says, ?I?m dedicating this song to you.?

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Judge OKs Apple injunction on Samsung's Nexus phone

A district judge has sided with Apple, laying down a sales ban on one of Samsung's flagship Android devices, the Galaxy Nexus.
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Schedule: Folk Life Festival

TODAY AT THE FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

The 46th annual Folklife Festival returns to the Mall with a full schedule of concerts, demonstrations, workshops and food. This year, the free celebration looks at arts and creativity in Southeast Washington, marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of public universities and the USDA, and commemorates the 25th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. For more information, call 202-633-1000 or visit festival.si.edu.

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John Roberts keeps the Supreme Court on its axis

I?ve always thought of the Supreme Court as having a kind of internal, institutional gyroscope that keeps it from veering too far out of kilter.

This notional instrumentation is obviously imperfect; there are times when the court overreaches. And in recent years ? call it the post-Bush v. Gore era ? there have been numerous instances that give cause to wonder whether the gyroscope is functioning at all.

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