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Deborah Jeane Palfrey hanged herself before she was sentenced in connection with her high-priced prostitution ring. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times/File)

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** FILE ** Sidney Harman (left) gets a kiss from a family member at the opening of the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington on Monday, Oct. 1, 2007. The center, home of Washington's Shakespeare Theatre Company, includes the company's 451-seat Lansburgh Theatre and, around the corner, the 775-seat Sidney Harman Hall. (Bloomberg News/Brendan Smialowski)

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Actress Leighton Meester is seen at the Marshalls "Shop 'Til It Stops" event Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Gary He)

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Associated Press Bill Ayers

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Jerome Corsi, author of "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," was deported Tuesday from Kenya for not having a work permit, just hours before the debut of his book there.

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A newspaper box near the Washington Mutual Tower in downtown Seattle displays editions of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer with a front-page story on the bank's seizure and sale.**FILE**Associated Press

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** FILE ** This Sept. 23, 2008, file photo shows the T-Mobile G1 Android-powered phone, the first cell phone with the operating system designed by Google Inc., during its debut in New York. It costs $179 with a two-year contract. (Associated Press)

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This screen shot from Gawker.com shows a personal e-mail account of Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin, captured by a hacker who posted the material. (Associated Press)

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"La Traviata" is no stranger to the Washington area opera scene, and will return this weekend to George Mason University's Center for the Arts.

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** FILE ** Jay Mohr, here with Jaime King, played Gary on CBS' comedy "Gary Unmarried," 2008. (Associated Press)

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Journalist Bob Woodward

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Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, here in CBS' 1956 "I Love Lucy" Christmas special, kept audiences laughing, but Jeff Alexander, author of "A TV Guide to Life," says contemporary comedies such as "The Office" with Steve Carell (left) are sharper. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Late-night talk-show host David Letterman is seen as an "agent of influence" in Saudi Arabia, according to one of the diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks.

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The characters from Fox's "Family Guy" — (from the left) Peter; Lois, with Stewie on her lap; Meg, on the floor; Chris; and their dog, Brian — spend more time watching TV than many TV actors. (Associated Press/Fox) ** FILE **

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VTech's Disney Create-A-Story interactive book

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Monica Lewinsky smiles after she appeared at a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002 in Pasadena, Calif. to promote an HBO documentary scheduled to debut on March 3, titled 'Monica in Black and White.' The film largely consists of Lewinsky answering questions from an audience of HBO staff and college students. (AP Photo by Jeff Kravitz/Film Magic)