World: A man wielding a machete and shouting “Allahu akhbar” was shot and wounded today after attacking a soldier outside the Louvre in Paris, police say. The man was headed toward the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall under the museum. …

Unkindest Cuts: The NY Times reports today that federal budget cuts might hit hardest in Northern Virginia where much of the population lives on federal spending. The Pentagon is set to furlough as many as 90,000 civilian employees, cutting their …