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The space shuttle Enterprise is towed June 3, 2012, on a barge underneath the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York. The prototype space shuttle that arrived in New York City by air earlier this spring is on the move again, this time by sea, to its final resting place at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on the west side of Manhattan. (Associated Press)
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Thomas Matson, resident engineer with the Michael Baker Corp., walks along phase one of the New York Avenue Bridge project. The reconstruction has not proved to be the traffic nightmare that skeptics predicted. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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District Department of Transportation Program Manager Ali Shakeri works on phase one of the New York Avenue Bridge reconstruction, which was begun in April 2011 and is expected to be completed in late Septermber. Officials hope to finish the entire $40 million project by 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The patriotic rock band Madison Rising has released a drums-and-guitar-driven version"The Star-Spangled Banner." (Madison Rising)
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The Nationals' Tyler Clippard has struck out six of the 11 batters he's faced since inheriting the closer's role. (Associated Press)
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The Nationals' Tyler Clippard has struck out six of the 11 batters he's faced since inheriting the closer's role. (Associated Press)
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This 2012 photo released by Mission: Allergy, Inc. shows a house dust mite as seen with an electron microscope, enlarged about 200 times. Experts say dust's constant accumulation has nothing to do with poor housekeeping. Dust is a naturally and continually forming collection of some pretty gross stuff. (AP Photo/Mission: Allergy)
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A picture rests next to the diary of Vietnamese solider Vu Dinh Doan that was taken by U.S. Marine Robert Frazure following Operation Indiana in 1966. Officials said Monday's joint exchange of artifacts was the first to have occurred.
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Mason Hansen has been hauling away sand on his farm since the Missouri River flooded last year, and still has a long way to go before he can grow corn and soybeans again. "People don't have any idea how big of a mess this is," he said. (Associated Press)
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An oil rig in the distance starts exploratory drilling beneath the waters off Cuba's northern coast in January as fishermen work in Havana Bay. On May 18, Spanish company Repsol announced that the exploratory oil well had failed and will be capped and abandoned. (Associated Press)
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The bill that would end direct payments to farmers strengthens the subsidized crop insurance program and creates a program to compensate farmers for smaller, or "shallow," revenue losses, based on a five-year average, for acres actually planted. The Senate is expected to take up the bill this week. (Associated Press)
