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Mayor Vincent C. Gray speaks with students and supervisers working with the District Department of Transportation during an announcement of the completion of pay-by-phone parking across the District. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Graduates listen to the commencement address at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Mich., in June 2011. (Associated Press)

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Redskins safety Oshiomogho Atogwe kept in shape by working out at a St. Charles, Mo., high school. Atogwe signed a five-year, $26 million deal in March. (Sid Hastings/Special To The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins safety Oshiomogho Atogwe (center) enjoys a light moment working out with former St. Louis Rams safeties Corey Chavous (left) and Aeneas Williams at a high school in St. Charles, Mo. (Sid Hastings/Special To The Washington Times)

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Samuel Gottsegen, 17, recounts his experiences as one of the victims of a bear attack that occurred Saturday evening near Talkeetna, Alaska, as he recovers in an Anchorage, Alaska, hospital on Monday July 25, 2011. Gottsegen was taking part in an outdoor education course from the National Outdoor Leadership School. (AP Photo/Loren Holmes)

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A girl raises a bible above her head while marching with protesters against gay marriage in New York on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Joe Zamecki protests outside a building where the Texas Board of Education was holding a meeting on Thursday.

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President Barack Obama greets members of the audience during his townhall at the Ritchie Coliseum on the campus of University of Maryland, Friday, July 22, 2011 in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Alaa Ahmed Hassan ties Anthony Gent's shoes during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Trying to beat the smothering heat, a worker takes a refreshment break from roofing Wiley Junior High School in University Hts., Ohio on Thursday, July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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Jalila Al Nuimi, 7, of the UAE women's national soccer team, raises her arms as kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington approach her during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Shahad Ahmed Budebs, 19, of the UAE women's national soccer team, signs a soccer ball for kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, of the UAE women's national soccer team, shows her teammates how to dance to "the dougie" after kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington showed her the dance during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Shahad Ahmed Budebs, 19, of the UAE women's national soccer team does a backflip as teammates Houriya Taheri (left) and Alaa Ahmed Hassan watch during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, of the UAE women's national soccer team, jokes around with Nathaniel Green Jr., from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, of the UAE women's national soccer team, dances with a kid from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, of the UAE women's national soccer team, throws the ball into play during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, of the UAE women's national soccer team, drinks water with kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, of the UAE women's national soccer team, dribbles the ball in a mixed scrimmage with kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, of the UAE women's national soccer team, ties the shoe of Anthony Gent from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)