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DREW ANGERER / THE WASHINGTON TIMES "There's just something about the relationship between Harry [and his best friends] Ron and Hermione that resonated with so many people," Bethesda resident Cat O'Dell said before going in to watch the Harry Potter marathon at the AMC Loews Georgetown. The final installment debuts Thursday night.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Indianapolis' Peyton Manning is a plaintiff in an antitrust suit against the NFL. Joining him are fellow star quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Drew Brees.
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Pittsburgh Penguins Mario Lemieux celebrates his 600th career goal, a third period empty net goal that helped beat the Vancouver Canucks, 6-4, Tuesday Feb. 4, 1997, in Pittsburgh.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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The Wynwood section of Miami is home to one of the world's largest installations of murals by multiple graffiti artists. "It's gotten to be so pervasive and it really brightens up the neighborhood," said Kit Sullivan of Roam Rides said, which sponsors tours of the art displays. (Associated Press)
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Rob Deieso (left) and Adrian D'Alessandro, both of Adelaide, Australia, and Jesse Bull, an economics professor at Florida International University, stop to look at a graffiti-covered wall during a two-hour graffiti tour of the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. Once derided as vandalism, graffiti in the form of artistic murals has become an accepted art form. Now visitors can take a two-hour tour by Vespa of the area's best graffiti. (Associated Press)
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The wreckage of motorbikes lies at the site of a bomb blast outside the Opera House in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Maria Shriver arrives at the funeral of former first lady Betty Ford on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, Pool)
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Under a new pricing policy, Netflix customers will have to buy separate plans if they want to rent DVDs by mail and watch video on the Internet. Subscribers will be paying as much as 60 percent more as a result. (Associated Press)
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TLC VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Kody Brown and his four wives (from the left) Janelle, Christine, Meri and Robyn, from the TLC reality show "Sister Wives," are challenging Utah's bigamy law with a suit to be filed Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
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Associated Press Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will take the stage for a fourth straight year to host the Country Music Association Awards show.
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Associated Press Glenn Beck and his family are moving to Dallas, where the former Fox News Channel personality is starting an online network, GBTV.
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People sign the condolence book for former first lady Betty Ford in the front lobby of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Mrs. Ford died Friday at age 93. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Katy Batdorff)
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** FILE ** Kody Brown poses with his wives — (from left) Janelle, Christine, Meri and Robyn — in a promotional photo for the TLC reality TV show "Sister Wives." (AP Photo/TLC, Bryant Livingston, File)
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** FILE ** In a June 4, 2011, file photo Mila Kunis arrives at the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards in Culver City, Calif. A Marine's YouTube request to go on a date with Kunis got through to the actress. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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Curt Flood made three All-Star appearances the 1960s. He played 13 games for the Washington Senators in 1971 before retiring. (Associated Press)
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Abby Wambach (left) and Hope Solo had plenty of reason to smile after the U.S. defeated Brazil in the quarterfinals Sunday. (Associated Press)
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The lobby of the Ed Sullivan Theater, where David Letterman tapes his "Late Show," was trashed by a struggling actor on Sunday, according to New York police. "The inside looked like it was a drunken bar brawl," an police source said. (Associated Press)
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The '90s grunge band Sublime is back with a new lead singer and an updated name, Sublime with Rome. (Sublime with Rome)
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Andrew Rannells (center) performs in "The Book of Mormon" at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York. The show won nine Tony Awards in June, including Best Musical, and remains the hottest ticket on Broadway. Between the stage and politics this year, Mormons are "becoming stronger, not necessarily in their numbers but in their visibility," said Jan Shipps, the pre-eminent non-Mormon expert on the church. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** This April 1, 2011, file photo shows Michael Phelps being escorted by deputies from court after a hearing in Martinsville, Ind. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Alan Petersime, file)
