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Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi lead the 11-member Tedeschi Trucks Band in their studio debut, "Revelator."
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Students dance with Grammy-award winning music duo Mary Mary at the Cinderella Ball at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 5, 2011. This was the sixth annual Cinderella Ball, where students with life-threatening illnesses or disabilities came together to celebrate. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Keith Richards (left) and Robert De Niro share the stage at Spike TV's annual Guys Choice Awards. Mr. Richards claimed the night's final honor, a lifetime achievement trophy called the Brass Balls award.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina appear Thursday on the "Today" show in New York. The teenagers have been doing press together while pursuing careers in country music after the show's May 25 season finale.
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SIXTHMAN VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Cayamo Cruise 2011 in February featured a series of concerts from artists such as John Prine, the Indigo Girls and Loudon Wainwright III. Shows began in the afternoon and the music continued into the wee hours each night.
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An elderly woman casts her ballot in Portugal's general election on Sunday, June 5, 2011, at a polling station in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens on Capitol Hill on June 3, 2011, during a Republican news conference to respond to the May unemployment report. (Associated Press)
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Job seekers in Los Angeles line up at the 10th annual Skid Row Career Fair, held at the downtown Los Angeles Mission on June 2, 2011. Employers hired only 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest in eight months, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent. (Associated Press)
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Photographs by Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times Sriram Hathwar and Arvind Mahankali, both 11, celebrate Thursday after both New York spellers were named finalists in the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee, held at the Gaylord National Resort at National Harbor in Oxon Hill. They were among the 13 finalists who were set to battle Thursday night for the spelling crown.
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**FILE** First lady Michelle Obama introduces the Department of Agriculture's new guide to healthy eating, My Plate, on June 2, 2011. The plate graphic replaces the familiar pyramid and has an accompanying website. (Associated Press)
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20th Century Fox via Associated Press From left: Caleb Landry Jones, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy and Lucas Till may look normal in this scene from "X-Men: First Class," but their characters' mutant powers stop a nuclear war and give new life to a story line that should intrigue devotees of the comic book series.
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Photograph provided by the DC Jazz Festival Chilean native Claudia Acuna will bring her bilingual vocal talents to the jazz festival with a performance on the Mall on June 12.
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DL Media Pianist Cyrus Chestnut will join the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet at Bohemian Caverns on Friday and Saturday.
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The Rebirth Brass Band (left) will give jazz fans "A Night in Treme: The Musical Majesty of New Orleans" at the Kennedy Center on June 13. Freddie Young and his harmonica will top the bill for the Jazz on the National Mall show on the afternoon of June 12.
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Photograph provided by the DC Jazz Festival Freddie Young and his harmonica will top the bill for the Jazz on the National Mall show on the afternoon of June 12.
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Photographs provided by the DC Jazz Festival Bobby McFerrin will showcase his vocal "gymnastics" June 11 at the Warner Theatre with Howard University's Afro Blue Reunion Choir.
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Toby Foyeh (left) will bring his unique fusion of traditional Nigerian Yoruba tribe music to the Mall on June 12 for an all-day, family-friendly event.
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Gina Solomito, 13, of Indianapolis, Ind., wrings her hands while at the microphone to spell a word in the semifinals round of the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at the Gaylord National in Oxon Hill, Md. The finals will be broadcast live this evening on ESPN, and the winner will receive $30,000. Gina missed the word "selion," so she did not advance. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sriram Hathwar, 11, raises his arms as Arvind Mahankali, also 11, raises his hand for a high-five after both New York spellers were named finalists in the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at the Gaylord National in Oxon Hill, Md. The boys are two of 13 spellers who will advance to tonight's final round, which will be broadcast live on ESPN. The winner will win $30,000. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Ray Wang, 13, of Asbury Park, N.J., takes a moment to think about the spelling of "limen" during the semifinals of the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at the Gaylord National in Oxon Hill, Md. Forty-one students competed in the semifinals, and only 13 advanced to tonight's final round, which will be broadcast live on ESPN. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
