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Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, looks across a battlefield in the aftermath of a terrible siege in a scene from director Steven Spielberg’s biopic “Lincoln.” (Dreamworks/Twentieth Century Fox)

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North Carolina's P.J. Hairston celebrates a basket against the Long Beach State during the second half of an NCAA basketball game in Long Beach, Calif. Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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The first Food Network Kitchen has opened at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in South Florida in the JetBlue terminal. The restaurant’s menu promises organic and sustainable ingredients, as well as locally influenced dishes. (Associated Press)

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Mitch Winehouse, left, the father of the late singer Amy Winehouse, has pulled permission to use her music and photos in a new play about her life and career. (Associated Press)

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Construction crews start work on the 1,000-yard outer fence that will run along the perimeter of the Washington Monument in Washington on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. The monument has been closed since Aug. 25, 2011, when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred less than 100 miles southwest of the city. The repairs will occur in conjunction with the Mall Renovation Project that was already scheduled. The scaffolding and construction work will start soon after the fence is in place. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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Renzo Zapata, 26, of Springfield, Va., looks over deals while waiting in line at Best Buy on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Springfield. One family waited in line starting Tuesday night to be the first customers. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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A Christmas tree is displayed at a shopping mall in Hong Kong as the city prepares to celebrate the Christmas holidays on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy greet Hispanic activists at Houston’s Rice Hotel on Nov. 21, 1963. Historians say Kennedy’s appearance at the event was probably the first time a U.S. president officially acknowledged Hispanics as an important voting bloc. (Associated Press)

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Concrete slabs that once supported a boardwalk lie exposed after the wrath of Superstorm Sandy, which washed away millions of tons of sand and devastated beaches along the New Jersey coastline. (Associated Press)

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The half taxi, half police cruiser "Chooser Cruiser." Photo from the Washington Regional Alcohol Program.

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Marvin Kincaid, 85, of Thayer, Mo., a private in the Army infantry during World War II, made it to the World War II Memorial in June as honor flight veterans visited on the 68th anniversary of D-Day. As many as 100 veterans of the war missed their chance to travel to D.C. after money disappeared from a Kansas nonprofit that organized free trips for them. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves Oct. 23, 2012, to the crowd as he arrives with Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for a corner-stone laying ceremony for a Qatari-funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City. (Associated Press)