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People play slot machines at Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, Md. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The casino held a press conference Wednesday to announce that it plans to add live game tables and 24-hour gambling as soon as possible after the state issues the necessary governing regulations. They hope to have the 150 new table games in place by spring. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Robert Norton, general manager of Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, Md., walks the media through the casino on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 to indicate where the new live table games will be added. The casino plans to bring in some 150 table games, including Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Sic Bo and Baccarat. Some of the electronic versions of these games will remain in the casino, but others will be removed. They are hoping to have them installed by spring. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Former CIA Inspector General Frederick Hitz, shown testifying on Capitol Hill on Oct, 3, 2002. (Associated Press)

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Ms. Rucker holds a picture of her son, Jonathan Rucker, at the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday. The District’s flag has three red stars and two red bars on a white background. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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2007: The U.S. commander, visiting an Iraqi village, hears that the security situation has improved dramatically. (Associated Press)

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In this May 2011 photo provided by Sheron Long, Chula, a 30-pound Shetland sheepdog and veteran traveler, rests on a bed in the Sheraton Hotel at the Charles de Gaulle Airport, after a long flight from San Francisco to Paris, France. Travel for humans during holidays is tough enough: Long lines, crowds everywhere, extra bags full of presents. Throw a pet in the mix, and it's a recipe for disaster. Long is the author of "Dog Trots Globe - To Paris and Provence." (AP Photo/Sheron Long)

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**FILE** Brian Meenan of Millwood, N.Y., takes photos and video of items that were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in his family's beachfront house on 31st Street on Long Beach Island in Long Beach Township, N.J., on Nov. 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this aerial photograph, heavy equipment pushes sand to restore a barrier dune along the Atlantic Ocean in Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island, N.J., on Nov. 9, 2012, after the region was pounded by Superstorm Sandy the previous week. (Associated Press)