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Letters from 1942 and 1953, which contain DNA, will be used to identify past military service members' remains at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory at Dover Air Force Base. The lab houses at least 6.7 million boxes of DNA specimen samples. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Axis deer are plentiful on the island of Maui in Hawaii, where they have caused considerable damage over the years to the landscape, but now there are an estimated 100 on the Big Island, 30 miles away, and no one knows how they got there. (Forest and Kim Starr via Associated Press)

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Brandon Lutzow of Waldorf, Md., helps scrub the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, along with other members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland Chapter 1 on May 13 as one way of honoring the sacrifices of those who died in the war. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Other soldiers rest inside the Sudan People's Liberation Army headquarters in Bentiu. (Associated Press)

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Tea party candidate Ted Cruz (left) responds in January to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst during a Republican primary debate in Austin. The former Texas solicitor general has repeatedly challenged Mr. Dewhurst's conservative credentials in the primary race for the U.S. Senate seat left open with the retirement of Kay Bailey Hutchison. (Associated Press)

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Nik Wallenda performs a walk on a tightrope in the rain during training for his walk over Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, N.Y., earlier this month. (Associated Press)

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Battalion Fire Chief Kevin B. Sloan stands in front of his parents' home in Kensington. He said the shift change that followed his transfer is making it difficult for him to help care for his elderly parents. He plans to file a complaint challenging the transfer ordered by Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Battalion Fire Chief Kevin B. Sloan said he received no written explanation for his transfer to a desk job where he is in charge of overseeing use of supplies in fire stations. "It's not ethical, it's not moral. It's retaliatory action," he said. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Journalist and author Katie Couric speaks at the University of Virginia commencement exercises Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Sabrina Schaeffer)

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Navy personnel board the "Fat Ernie" plane, a replacement plane for the "Fat Albert," the Blue Angels support plane, at the Joint Service Open House & Air Show. Fat Albert is currently being repainted and should be back in commission in the next couple of months. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)