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Investigators inspect the scene of a fatal shooting on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles after a gunman who fired at cars and shouted, "Kill me" and "I'm gonna die!" was shot to death by police. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has campaigned for his preferred GOP presidential hopeful this week in Iowa, whose caucuses are set for Jan. 3. (Associated Press)

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Katherine Heigl plays a caterer recovering from a broken relationship with a pop star played by Jon Bon Jovi in "New Year's Eve." (Warner Bros. Pictures via Associated Press)

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"Glee" actress Lea Michele is one many big names in the cast of "New Year's Eve," but the star-studded ensemble can't save the film from its cliched story lines. (Warner Bros. Pictures via Associated Press)

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Concert: The Jet Age This weekend D.C. indie rockers The Jet Age will hold a kickoff party for Domestic Disturbances, the band's 12-track opus about a collapsing marriage. As is so often the case, the couple in Domestic Disturbances is facing assault from within and without, their malaise augmented by the emergence of an old flame. And while infidelity and rock music go together like Nikki Six and a blood test, The Jet Age bandleader Eric Tischler is north of 40 and married with children. As a result, Domestic Disturbances is not a celebratory or carefree album, but it is a really good, jangly (not jingly) indie rock record. If hearing the band play it live doesn't sound like your idea of a good time, you are most likely still getting over your divorce. Dec. 9 at Comet Ping Pong, 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. Phone: (202) 364-0404. Web: www.cometpingpong.com

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Tom Arnold has returned to his roots doing standup comedy. His routine is peppered with classic hell-and-back anecdotes. You can see him Dec. 9 and 10 at the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse in Arlington, Va.

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Ryan Seacrest arrives at the premiere of "New Year's Eve" in Los Angeles on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

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Harry Morgan's long acting career was highlighted by his role as Col. Potter on "M*A*S*H," for which he won an Emmy. He died Wednesday at 96.

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Harry Morgan played the fatherly Col. Sherman T. Potter on the long-running TV series "M*A*S*H." (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** Axl Rose, lead singer of the rock band Guns N' Roses, performs during a concert on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in June 2010. (AP Photo/Nousha Salimi, File)

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U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said the $210 million settlement reached in a West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men "requires a recognition that there was criminal conduct at play." (Associated Press)

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Sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background, during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

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Sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background, during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

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This photograph, from a Japanese film later captured by American forces, is taken aboard the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, just as a Nakajima "Kate" B-5N bomber is launching off deck for the second wave of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

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With the U.S. Capitol in the distance, singer Jackson Browne performs for a small crowd at Freedom Plaza, the site of a protest encampment, on Monday. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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The photo on the cover of the December edition of FHM India, a lifestyle magazine, shows Pakistani actress Veena Malik with ISI, representing Pakistan's spy agency, tattooed on her left arm (top). Miss Malik (above) says photos in the magazine were doctored to make her appear to be nude. (Associated Press)